Motor Trend
Cover of the 75th anniversary issue (Summer 2024) | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Edward Loh |
|---|---|
| Categories | Automobile magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly (print) Monthly (Digital) |
| Total circulation (June 2022) | 553,838 |
| First issue | September 1949 |
| Company | Motor Trend Group (Hearst Communications) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | El Segundo, California, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0027-2094 |
Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, and designated the first Car of the Year, also in 1949.
Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles published Motor Trend until 1998, when it was sold to British publisher EMAP, who then sold the former Petersen magazines to Primedia in 2001. Motor Trend bears the tagline "The Magazine for a Motoring World". As of 2024 it is published by Motor Trend Group. It has a monthly circulation of over one million.
Publication was monthly but changed to quarterly in 2024.
In December 2024, Hearst Communications acquired Motor Trend Group and most its assets including Motor Trend from Warner Bros. Discovery.