What's the Best Driver's Car of 2019? Mustang Shelby? Porsche 911? McLaren Senna? | MotorTrend

Hello, and welcome to this year's Motor Trend

2019

Top Drivers' Car. It's a real smorgasbord of new performance parts, from a $1,000,000 all-carbon fiber McLaren to a Lamborghini SUV to a Toyota Supra and finally we brought a Hellcat, not just any Hellcat, the red eye. 800 horsepower might win the

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car, so this is the first part, at

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, the

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's car might be the most important part of everything, after all, these are road cars, so so we have an amazing stretch of road and we can drive up and down. As fast as we can, the police are here to make sure no one gets in our way.

It's going to be cool, yeah we're on Highway 198 and the good thing is the cars here are really going to shine and be a great road car. They will go to the track and fall apart, so it's always interesting to see the mix, yes the race track is coming but today it's about this hill climb, that's right, which car do you want to drive first? aerospace okay, come on, okay, you're in the red BMW, okay, cool, it's a Toyota, this has to be the most talked about car of

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, the new Toyota Supra, the return of an icon, this car was actually developed in conjunction with BMW, there is the bones of a really good car, over the course of these next few days we could find out if that potential really translates into something really very good and worthy of a Superman, while the super could be in doubt, the Hellcat Cherie that we have always loved elusive. more psycho power and the red eye version is much better.

I think a lot of people are red-eyed about

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Dodds changed and they just did a great job on the suspension, that's really the key difference between this one and others. gangs, yes after flying over Friday Eagles saluting America, that's

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this car does, the red eyes are purely American, that's for sure. I hope the Bentley Continental GT can wave the flag a bit for us Brits to come here, a lot of that will be a critical 542 horsepower, so it absolutely pulls ahead on the straights, it just can't. It's really impressive that this car doesn't seem to follow the normal rules, like you know the laws of physics.

Things like that. I thought I would prefer the Bentley for the m2 competition it turns out like Jethro. I was often wrong, this little Beemer is becoming a favorite. There is so much torque that the moment you step on the accelerator it just ramps up and down. Well, the m2 is good, it's nice. ordinary, how about something a little more unusual? You might tend to think that the track-focused Jaguar Project 8 is perfect for Highway 198, and you'd be right with nearly 600 horsepower and all that extra grip. -wheel drive system, the big muscular cat walked up the hill with authority talking about rare and expensive, have you met my friend the Senate?

It's purple and it only cost a few million dollars, unless you move the party to 100 ah, hear that so loud here. I can't hear myself, it feels like a scramjet, the brakes, right? They move your stomach, if that's crazy, fortunately there is 780 horsepower to accelerate again from the ridiculous to the most ridiculous, and this one calls itself Lamborghini, but I can't believe there could be in this one because everyone has been raving about this Lambo all day, pretty programmed to hate it, but for a huge SUV, it goes fast, but it's not good. I feel bad maybe for Johnny in This Johnny loves this.

Jethro seems happy to reaffirm his ignorance, but to me the auras are incredible. However, the AMG GT 63 isn't much smaller or lighter than the Eros, but it has some serious moves. The all-wheel drive system gives a truly neutral feel. balancing rear wheel steering helps shrink the car and the engine is a monster. It may be the best super sedan on sale right now. It wouldn't be the best

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's car without it, it doesn't have a huge fixed wing or a name like gt3. but it's a completely new generation and let's face it, it's considered brilliant in terms of chassis balance, damping, steering, running, how does it race?

I think that's the challenge of everything else this week. Obviously, Jethro denies it, but I don't. Hiding something when it comes to my love for the magnificent DBS Superleggera, there's power dripping from its fender curves, monster people, just a monster, that's it, we really wish there was one more shock setup, as the big girl It could use a touch more body. control even if the PDC was the most desirable, I would leave it in the acid here we are BMW M 850 yes, and yes, we wanted the m8, but it is not out yet, but the good thing is 526 horsepower, wow, there is oomph in this one thing, just Torque everywhere is just a matter of damping and I think that's where the car is letting me down a little bit as a driver's car and again it's not the sport version of it so I felt bad saying yes I wish let it be 40 here because there's a The final contender for the R1 sports car bucks the trend of performance-enhancing technologies like all-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering, and you know, we don't care one bit.

At the very least, you might notice that I have to leave this strange contraption down here. I am referring to the Shelby gt350 and it is the only one that is the same with my new cables, which means for me no extra points right away. Red, back to basics, but mixing it up is really important before and just hitting the car, throwing it into the corners. I proposed the Mustang. For God's sake, it's called the best drivers' car. I think some of them take you a bit, but in this one you have to get stuck in after a full day running from 12 cars up and down. 198 certain things begin to come into focus specifically our two favorites. the Shelby gt350 and the Porsche 911 Carrera have what the best drivers car is more than just a protest, it is a complete evaluation of the vehicle and therefore, for the sake of completeness, we are heading to a race track, but not just any race track, one of the best in the world.

Laguna Seca now, the good thing about coming to a track instead of driving on the road is something we like; may not be as good here and vice versa, while all the contenders get some R and E labs for the purposes of this story. six cars that were interested in advancing number one is the McLaren Senna why well last year the Porsche gt2 RS set the lap record for a production car with Randy post behind the wheel one minute twenty eight point three seconds of any vehicle on land can beat that Porsche is the Senate next, the seventh generation Porsche 911 Carrera S, the refreshed and surprisingly excellent Shelby gt350, the Jag project dates the killer AMG and, despite Jethro's howls, the Lamborghini hours and now it's time to do hot laps first powered by Bolognese and Bovington. tears the Lamborghini hours Did I mention how little death row cares about this?

You just don't get it, fortunately of course that's on the road, on the track it could be a completely different story. Powerful engine. Lots of torque. You want it inside the curb. There people, Randi Pope just broke her own lab's record for production SUVs by beating the Alfa Romeo Silvio Quadrifoglio by over two seconds pretty well for five grand. The Lamborghini calls for an SUV that handles very well, it is not a sports car, but here on the track the weight is noticeable. In terms of lowering the car aiming for the apex, I really thought the car was great on the street with aggressive truck driving, it's too much for the Lamborghini, well done Lamborghini, now let's get serious, it's downtown time. just the lap record gt2 RS little 120 has to be two seconds per lap with so much arrow a racing boat how much lower against and I love that power people explode once again like an annual clock the eternal Randy Pobst has sent another production car lap record at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, well that was a lot of work, well that was really fast, you were walking, here's your left, yeah we noticed that last one, laughing, oh really, I was working and working and working, you know? a little more at a time and as if for the corkscrew I go up to the end so that he can go to rest.

I think I'm not going to make it and McLaren just did it, they made it ugly with the Senna it only beat the Porsche gt2 RS by seven tenths of a second, but they did it. Congratulations, no, now, the two fastest, most track-focused family cars you can buy, the Jaguar project date and the Mercedes AMG GT 63, okay, that's as good as I am. can drive a project jaguar Hey okay um the project jaguar eight just cruise around Laguna Seca faster than a four door vehicle including the previous record holder the project jaguar eight randy drove no that car was pre-production, he doesn't I don't really like this car, full production, much better, we all love it so talk to me, that's the fun thing about records, you break them, oh yeah, that's what they're for and records are for breaking .

Great car, I really enjoyed driving it, it has a little too much understeer in the middle of the corner and too much oversteer on entry sometimes I want it all to go well, well congratulations again, thanks Chuck, oh do it again. The problem for Jaguar is that AMG, if you understand that AMG correctly, sorry, Jaguar. We will have, as you know, 15 minutes of glory and then it will be all AMG day. Andy Warhol famously said that everyone has 15 minutes of fame. The draft date managed to reaffirm his title of fastest racer around Laguna Seca for about 60 minutes and then Randy jumped on it.

AMG, what slow and uninterrupted responsiveness got the drift, slowed it down ten cents in the corner and it's close, comes out of the corner, well, life is good, we have a new photo production car, record holder for laughs, Holy Cow. Wow, that's faster than a 458 Italia. faster than a lexus LFA 997 gt3 RS, how can you beat a $188,000 Jaguar with a $190,000 AMG? Good training. We said at the beginning that it was the Mustangs and Porsches that were losing the race with that in mind, let's take a look at their laps, what? Shifter bless the mohawks, good brakes, stopped, got a lot of grip from the tires.

I think you're done accelerating and there's still no 3000 rpm to go, mr. maybe too many three girls until turn six, so if the corkscrew pushes well, Grif is good, certainly stable, wow okay Mustang people, I don't think I've ever had a car that could take third gear from turn five until turn six. turn six and then up here in the corkscrew is the best corner for this car, brakes hard, good pedal, doesn't feel faded, really fun track car, works, the Shelby's lap is downright impressive, one minute thirty-six point eight three seconds, not only puts you ahead of the rest.

More powerful project eight for $188,000, but it's almost on par with real supercars like the Lexus LFA and Acura NSX, plus not far from the world trampling our version of itself. One thing to know, driving a manual on a track is quickly fading and becoming a The last dying art, but certainly not the least, is the Porsche 911. My quick prediction number. I said Elmo deviates right on the edge by one minute thirty-five point five two seconds, which puts him within a tenth of a second of a Lamborghini Aventador Porsche 911 Carrera S. Better balance. and the Mustang is a very different experience I don't want to stop, let's keep going well, more importantly for potential customers, the 92 night version of the Carrera S is almost a second faster than the 991 it replaces, you can't stop Progress.

Some years it's harder to take down the BDC field than others this isn't one of those years almost since two cars emerged as the cars to beat. I must emphasize that last thing, despite Jethro's repeated insults and slander, the Lamborghini Boris is a fabulous super SUV in the same way, the AMG GT 63 s is one of the most impressive, if not the most impressive sedans that any of us have driven. The Bentley feels like a Nissan GTR wrapped in 14 cows of green leather. The m2 competition is a glorious little one. pocket rocket and may or may not be hatching plans to steal an Aston Martin, but the best driver's cars for now are two.

Be honest, how surprised are you that the Porsche 911 came out on top? I have to say no. I'm very surprised and yes, there is a temptation to think it's disappointing that I love them doing it again, but they just have this quality and you have to recognize it, no matter how you go about hoping for something else to come. I'm not the 911 in the top two, I can only take my hat off to these guys, the Mustang houses went out of time for some honest failure since the Ford Mustang has an independent rear end. I didn't like it very much, finally look.

The best driver's car of the year, the GT Performance Pack 2, came in last 12 out of 12. Well, for 2019, that's all changed. I mean, thinkon what this Shelby had to do to get here. It had to drive better than not just the BMW m2 competition and the Supra, but like the Sena, it had to be a better car to drive than you look at the rest of the field, it's all turbocharged nonsense, by no means alone it grips and accelerates and accelerates and accelerates and it's just fantastic, it also has a manual. transmission and many people argue that if you don't have a manual it's not a real driver's car.

I'm not in that field, but a good manual is a beautiful thing and this is a great manual and there is this noise, yes or it is. It's about my limits, I think it's that Portia really cares about these things, she cares about the steering field, she cares about brake response, brake feel, damping and all that geeky stuff, but All that geeky stuff is what makes a car a great driver, it just gives you an incredible amount of feedback, but you combine that with this rear stability and go with it and you end up with something that is just devastatingly effective, an old formula 911 that It never goes out of style and I seriously take my hat off to Shelby Ford SVT, whoever is tuned to this phenomenal thing and hard to explain how well this thing drives, I mean, look, we got here with a Porsche, you know, after to spend nine days with these cars.

I think I know how to end this one. I think I know the conclusion we came to, we drove, we both loved it, but when it comes to Motor Trend 2019. the best driver's car there can only be one I know what you're thinking I can read your mind you're thinking this is all this It's the year a Shelby wins best driver's car This is finally the time a Ford Mustang brings home the gold, except Porsche showed up with a new 911 and you know what that means, it means it's good, It's annoyingly good, we shouldn't be mad, come on, everything we've thrown at this Porsche is excellent, it's incredibly composed on the road, it's very fast. on the track it's just Porsche doing what Porsche does, yeah you know, you'd think there would be something wrong with it because it's a new car, you think there's an exposed Achilles heel and there isn't.

I can't find one as good as this Shelby gt350 and it's really cool. Motor Trend's 2019 Best Driver Car is this bright yellow Porsche 911 Carrera S and you know next year they'll be back with something even better for everyone else. it's time to up your game