MotorTrend Reviews

I have a print subscription and have not been able to access the digital version for a very long time through MotorTrend . The first time I had problems resetting the password-the link I was sent to wouldn’t let me reset. Now, I can reset the password but when I go to log in after reset it tells me the password is invalid. I have done this several times as well as delete and reinstall MotorTrend . At a loss now on how to get this to work. Emails to the help email have gone unanswered.

Always show details and facts about rating the best automobiles on the planet with nice photos of the automobiles and how much they sale and the comparison of them all together.

Cannot download august edition, check my apple subscription and called apple support and they were not able to find out what was causing the problem other than my subscription was cacelled( I did not cancel it)

When I try to make a account it doesn’t let you which means it won’t let me use it and I cant horrible app don’t suggest this
Down car magazine if you are looking for a good car news source

Won’t download magazines to the device for off-line reading

Gotta subscribe to even use MotorTrend. I’ll stick to free car news apps

I have been a subscriber to the print version for a few years and love it. Then when I got an iPad I saw in the magazine that I can get the iPad version for free, so I decided to give it a try...I mean why not, right? I'm certainly glad I did! The iPad version is simple to navigate has really cool extras like videos and high resolution images as well as occasionally some articles you you don't find in the print version. When I receive the print magazine the digital version is not available yet, not too surprising, so I read it and when finished download the electronic version and see what more they have included. I love it as I am not one who enjoys reading long articles/papers on a screen. Once you have read an article and follow it up with the movie, you're hooked... Hearing the tire squealing and the engine whaling you get the sense of what the author was saying in the article. The Lamborghini Aventador piece is a perfect example. And if you have issues tell the publisher so they can fix it... No one correct what they do not know about.

First, the positive: This latest update allows MotorTrend to work if you have iOS8. Before this, it would crash every time and you'd have no access to your magazines.
Now, the negative: A few months back, the iPad edition took a giant step backwards and my hopes for a return to that excellent app have been dashed with this latest update. How can TEN decide that going from a terrific version of the magazine for the iPad with landscape formatting, interactive features, full screen slideshows and imbedded video to a version that looks like a PDF copy of the paper mag be a good thing!? I understand that a magazine needs advertising to survive. There's no way $10/year is paying for a magazine's cost. So if that's the problem, I'd be more than happy to have ads in my interactive iPad version. Just bring it back, or risk losing your subscriber base for magazines that do embrace the digital age, starting with me...

UPDATE: A year after the last interactive issue and we're still stuck with an on-screed "PDF" of the paper magazine. I dropped my subscription to Automobile for this reason, and I'm about to drop my Motor Trend subscription and move to Car And Driver which still embraces modern interactive magazines on the iPad. Way to go Source Interlink/TEN.

I just subscribed to the print edition and was thrilled to also get the iPad version. I hope that MT continues to offer print subscribers the iPad versions because I like the flexibility of having both versions at the very reasonable price of 10 bucks per year. Now I can read my print copy, give it to a family member and still have the digital copy to go back to. Also, have this on my iPad makes it awesome for travel.
MotorTrend itself is beautiful and well set up. It navigates much better than other digital car mags and offers additional content over the print copy. I was tempted to use Zinio, but having more than just digital scans makes MotorTrend more appealing IMO. I am very impressed with MT and MotorTrend. That says a lot since I am picky about apps I use on my gear and delete many apps within minutes of downloading them. Apps like this make me like my iPad even more! Thanks Motor Trend! Keep up the good work!

I don't think it's fair that you can restore the purchased magazines ONLY if you are a subscriber. I have bought a couple of editions as non-subscriber in order to see whether I want to be a subscriber or not. But after an update, all the magazine that I have purchased went missing. Each edition cost me $4.99 unlike the $1.99 a subscriber pays for. So, a subscriber pays less AND gets to restore the purchased editions. Whereas, I, payed a lot more and cannot restore the previously bought edition. That is truly unfair.

Evo Magazine on the other hand, actually "remembers" all the magazines I buy, which makes it possible for me to restore them. And only for that, I have become an EVO magazine subscriber owing to their fair and honest business conduct.

Unfortunately, Road & Track, T3, Automobile, Robb Report, Motor Trend, and Car and Driver Magazine are all the same. Actually Robb Report is even worse because one edition of Robb Report cost me $7.99. I rarely take time to write a review but this time I felt ripped off and had to share this with others.

I subscribe to the print version but cant seem to figure out how to get it on my ipad. Not as easy as one would think. When you sign in with you print info one would think it would either give you the password or let you make a password but it dont. Not sure how this is suppose to work was looking forward to bringing my copies along with my on my flight tomorrow but looks like ill have to pack the paper copies instead. Until its fixed i think ill give it 1 star because all i can do is download MotorTrend .

Ok got MotorTrend to finally work. After rebooting my iPad it gave me an option to then login with my subscription info in the upper right hand corner of MotorTrend where it shows the mags for purchase and then it let me make a password. MotorTrend it's self seems to be off like its not fitting my screen which is weird. It's like it's not centered.

It took me about 12 seconds once I downloaded MotorTrend to realize that I don't want it anymore. Now I have to go figure out how to turn off my subscription. Publishers have to realize that the National Geographic app is the gold standard, and any serious Magazine app has to provide equal or better features than NG. I would gladly pay $20/yr for a MT iPad magazine that was more than simply the hardcopy magazine scanned in and showing on my screen. It's pathetic and frustrating. My hardcopy subscription to Motor Trend has lapsed, that's why I was at MotorTrend Store and find out if they had a suitable electronic replacement. They don't. So I guess, motor trend won't be getting any of my money until they figure out how to "wow" their audience with a digital product.

Oh, and one more thing- going to MotorTrend Store and finding three distinct motor trend apps was another very confusing experience. There should be one app for motor trend, not three. Roll all content into a kick-butt single app.

I’m a digital subscriber since 2013 and one of those who complained the most when in 2015 (?) MotorTrend became a simple PDF reader. Before that, MotorTrend was one of the best on the market, with proper digital contents, pictures and videos in full screen mode, sliders for the technical info, etc... it was, in my opinion, second only to the National Geographic iPad app which is fully interactive.
Now, with this just released version (finally also iOS 11 compatible), we’re back to a responsive design that’s easier to read, pictures that can be zoomed to full page... it’s still not as good as the 2013 version, but I’m happy with this giant step forward. I can finally enjoy MT on the iPad again, thanks!!!

While the magazine content and features are outstanding, MotorTrend quality is astonishingly bad. Most of the time, I can't even make it past the table of contents without it crashing. Of course, even then I'm lucky if I can even get MotorTrend to download the content in the first place.

Content is in the 600MB+ range. I have to keep MotorTrend open the entire time that its downloading. If I do ANYTHING other than sit on the boring main library page, MotorTrend stops downloading the content. It's exceptionally trying to say the least. Reading a magazine should not be this painful. If it wasn't for the outstanding magazine content, I'd have purged this excuse for an app from my device a long time ago.

this app: please keep up the amazing reporting, put please, PLEASE drop the company that wrote MotorTrend and get someone that can do your brand the justice it deserves. MotorTrend severely lets down even your most loyal of subscribers and is honestly an embarrassment.

I've been struggling with MotorTrend since it went live. I have yet to get it to work as designed or function consistently.
Some of my experiences include:
- Freezes
- Crashes
- When, and if, you try to advance, sometimes it stops and closes at the same place, over and over again.
- Scrolling issues, can't ever press twice on the same spot on the screen, and expect the same result.
- Did I say Crashes? (Sure glad I'm not paying the insurance, I'd be canceled).

Because of these issues, it requires almost too much effort to use. I keep trying, hoping, someone will kick the tires and check the power windows before it reaches the showroom.

Another issue, the opening is annoying. It's like buying a 70's Jaguar, looks pretty and when it works, it works great! After a while, however, you can't wait to see what breaks next. Thank goodness I have a monthly "paper manual" to back me up.

But hey, the pictures are pretty, and when it works, you keep hoping it will last. I keep hoping this Pinto won't crash, explode, or require a government bailout!

I'm just disappointed, since the magazine is so great, and this format has so much potential! Too bad it acts like a Vega, not a new Cadillac.

At this point, i have to admit, I'd be happy if it worked like a Chevy!

To all of the frustrated print subscribers out there, I finally figured it out after several days how to get the free iPad edition. When you download the motor trend app and start MotorTrend , you go to the store and on the right side of the screen after you scroll all the way down to the bottom you will find a little bitty button called "existing print subscribers". Push that button and it takes you to the sign up page and after that it works very well. Love the iPad edition, just very frustrating trying to get signed up.

Wow I paid for a subscription that I often cannot read! This is like paying for a magazine and receiving it after the lawn mower has run over it. Has media that is unwanted... If I wanted a stupid media opening I could order a video. Really? Just give me something to read with simple pictures. Your electronic magazine is overworked with video, and animations that just aren't needed and quite frankly buggy. I'm letting my subscription end due to the interruption of my music (which occurs when you dumb and unneeded video occurs). Really? Video in a magazine ...jeez ....over done buggy Application crashes more than a redneck in a Mazarati. I should ask for my subscription back...I haven't due to the fact I probably wouldn't get it. Thanks for nothing except frustration and a buggy over worked application.

I love MotorTrend on the iPad. The magazine looks great and has awesome interactive features.
However, I recently replaced my iPad with an iPhone 6 Plus, and I have to say I'm quite disappointed. The awesome interactive version on the iPad is replaced by what seems to be just a PDF of the print version on iPhone. You have to zoom in to see the text and it's just too static. No videos, no interactivity, just pictures of the print version. National Geographic does fine with both the iPhone and iPad versions of their Newsstand app, including interactive versions on both, so I don't know why Motor Trent can't either. Definitely canceling the yearly digital subscription I've had for years due to the awful reading experience on the iPhone.

I have been a subscriber to the this app app since it started and it has been great. I loved being able to click on the pictures and scroll through them in articles and even watch some embedded videos and sound clips. I liked MotorTrend much better than print because it was much easier to read and enjoy. I even donate my print magazines to a local hospital and just read MotorTrend but I can't stand the scans of the magazine. They took away everything I loved about it and made it hard to read. this app will you just look at your app rating. It's terrible and you are losing business. I would think that is a sign to do something about it. You updated and made a iPhone app for people that didn't even need it. Change it back!

Not having all the issues reported by earlier reviewers (i.e., no loss of previously downloaded data or subscription Identity, no mag purchase requests, etc.), but still slow on the download. It took 10+ mins to download a 202MB file--which is understandable given the heavy graphic content. BUT, another download returned an error message, then stuck me in a loop of the Shelby video, and wouldn't let me get back to the magazine editions. Uh... a little help correcting bug, please?

Once downloaded properly, the reading experience is GREAT! MotorTrend really brings MT magazine home for easy reads anywhere. It's those initial hurdles that make MotorTrend frustrating, yet in the end... it's SO cool.

What happened to MotorTrend? When it first came out it worked great (a couple years ago now). As time went on it got worse and I would rarely use MotorTrend due to frustration. As a print subscriber I was mostly satisfied to not even use MotorTrend until the "Title Fight" issue came out and I wanted more content. MotorTrend keeps crashing and wants to download every time I want to open it. I tried to download all this past years issues and that's impossible. What the heck are you guys doing? Most of the reviews are negative and clearly it's not just me.
Please fix this ASAP. I hope Ed Loh or Angus M. are reading this! I hope you guys can help because if half the people can't watch the extra content you do on MotorTrend , what's the point in making it?

There's better mag apps out there but this one isn't bad. The biggest issue I have with this is the image quality. Not sure if it's just not retina (iPad 3) supported and would look good on other devices or if MotorTrend developers just got lazy. A few other minor gripes too but none worth mentioning. As for the good, it sports a lot of similar features as other mags. Like video, full screen images, and what not. If you like motor trends writing style in the printed magazine then you'll like this as well. I didn't subscribe but bought one issue. So I am limited to one experience and can compare it with other mags I've bought or sub'd too.

Hope this helps you.