Performance Vehicle of the Year Proves the State of the Art Is (Mostly) on Fire

We're in the golden age of gas-powered performance as the electrified age dawns.

, the Kia EV6 GT. I'm of the minority opinion, but naming it a finalist was a stretch. Yet we thought it was important to bring some sort of EV along to the canyon-carving portion of our program, and the wild Kia was the best option.As for the gasoline-powered vehicles we evaluated? Friends, this is the golden age of performance. It really, truly is.

From the racetrack to the mountains, we were reminded repeatedly why we love cars too damn much. Who would have ever guessed that thousands of pounds of metal and plastic and carbon fiber could make the human heart so happy? At one particularly embarrassing moment in the mountains after having a head start from our base camp, I was caught daydreaming in the McLaren by executive editor Mac Morrison driving the Hyundai Elantra N.

, which wasn't ready in time for this year's event but should be there next time, features three electric motors, each capable of producing—you guessed it—670 hp. Interesting times, indeed.

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