Epic Drives

On this episode of Epic Drives, Arthur St. Antoine ventures into the wild and dangerous Death Valley, CA. To explore this unforgiving and intriguing environment, Art enlists the off-roading prowess of the Ford SVT F-150 Raptor. Beginning where they say the moon landing was faked, Art takes you on a tour below sea level, through a Ghost Town and off the top of some huge sand dunes.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Jonny Lieberman and Justin Bell take the Twin-Turbo V12 G65 AMG on a mischievous trip through the lands of Sweden as they make their way to AMG's Winter Driving Academy and the Arctic Circle! Along the way they stumble across a fashion show in Stockholm, visit the 40 foot tall Gavle Goat and drift an SLK on a frozen lake. Will the G65 prove to be a capable vessel or will it leave them buried and stranded in sub-zero temperatures?

On this Episode of Epic Drives, Arthur St. Antoine brings Maranello's all-wheel drive super sled to the Big Island and who better to accompany him in this tropical paradise than Jessi Lang! Captian Cook, Coffee and fiery volcanos line the roads of this Epic Drive.

Join host Arthur St. Antoine and MT colleague Carlos Lago as they visit the embargoed island nation of Cuba—where they discover a time capsule of classic 1950s American cars, the world's best cigars, and the unforgettable hangouts of writer Ernest Hemingway.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Arthur St. Antoine pilots the blazing 520-hp 2013 Audi S8 sports sedan through the Rockies on a final Winter 2013 fling. Along the way, he encounters 14,000 ft peaks, pro skiers, old mining towns, the trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and even a vintage site that makes him chicken out!

For this latest Epic Drives auto adventure, Arthur St. Antoine straps into the fastest Jaguar sedan ever built, the vicious new 550-hp 2013 XFR-S, for a unforgettable sweep across the deep South—including high-adrenaline encounters with wild alligators, drag racing's greatest-ever star Don Garlits, New Orleans' anything-goes French Quarter, and the outrageous Circuit of the Americas Formula 1 racetrack in Austin, Texas.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Arthur St. Antoine and the 2014 Subaru Forester 2.0XT venture to the predator-filled plains and forests of South Africa in search of elephants, lions, leopards, and the most ambitious prize of all: an up-close encounter with the rare and dangerous white rhino. Along the way, Arthur puts Subaru's all-new Forester crossover through grueling paces normally reserved only for the most purpose-built SUVs. Will St. Antoine bag his rhino? Will Forester (and host!) survive?

On this episode of Epic Drives, Oregon's lush forests and laid-back cities shudder in the roar of quad exhausts when host Arthur St. Antoine arrives with the baddest Benz of them all: the new $296,000, 622-horsepower AMG SLS Black Series. When AMG's screaming-yellow monster cuts loose, cheese explodes, beautiful girls sing, and the foothills of Mount Hood tremble in awe.

On this episode of Epic Drives, join host Arthur St. Antoine as he takes to the wide-open spaces of Big Sky Country in one of the world's fastest and most outlandish supercars, the 691-horsepower Lamborghini Aventador Roadster. From behind the wheel to horseback to the pilot's seat of a Cessna, Arthur explores the best of Montana—then unleashes Italy's raging bull toward the horizon for an unforgettable blast to The Big Two.

Traveling halfway across the world to Adelaide, Australia, host Arthur St. Antoine meets up with MT colleague (and Aussie native) Angus MacKenzie for an insider's tour of some of the unique wonders of Oz - including wheel time in a curious, turbocharged two-seat sports pickup found nowhere else on earth, the Ford Falcon XR6 Ute!

Does Nevada's infamous secret base, Area 51, house UFOs and little green men? What's it like to experience 5+ g's in a tumbling aerobatic plane? Do pilots actually race WWII warbirds at 500 mph just 100 feet off the ground? And does Bentley's awesome, 567-horsepower W-12 Continental GT have the right stuff to outgun a stunt plane in a drag race? Join host Arthur St. Antoine as he pilots Bentley's heroic supercoupe into the vast Nevada desert to explore all of the above—and see if the ContiGT improves his luck at the high-roller tables of Vegas, too.

From its thunderous, 577-hp supercharged V-8 to its massive brakes and bodacious bod, Holden's wicked new HSV Gen-F GTS stands alone as Australia's ultimate performance sedan. Once again making the 7500-mile trip to Oz, host Arthur St. Antoine joins Motor Trend's native Aussie, Angus MacKenzie, to wring out HSV's four-door beast on the writhing roads outside Sydney. From there, it's on to "the Nurburgring of Australia"--the treacherous Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst--where the GTS cuts loose around the famed race track in the company of one of its most successful Bathurst competitors of its time.