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19/01/2025
Road & Track’s 2025 Performance Car of the Year test has finally arrived.
PCOTY starts months before we ever turn a car’s wheel, but for the sake of brevity, let’s pretend it begins with two days of uninterrupted lapping at Thunderhill Raceway West. We followed that with two full days of road drives, since all of these contenders-from the most affordable to the stratospherically expensive-are road cars, not pure racing machines. California’s temperate and beautiful wine country, with its wide variety of roads, proved a perfect location for testing real-world prowess.
This year, all 10 entrants competed in a single division, resulting in a single winner. Tap the link in our bio for the full 2025 Performance Car of the Year feature and to learn who takes the prize.
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