Driving Schools

  • 2016 Cadillac CTS-V

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: attending a driving school is one of the best things you can do if you truly want to become better behind the wheel of your own car. More and more automakers are offering such schools for those that purchase the most performance-oriented offerings in a given lineup. The latest addition in the world of driving schools comes from Cadillac, and it's called the V-Performance Academy. It makes sense for Cadillac to offer such a school, considering the current lineup it's putting forth. The V-Performance Academy is included in the purchase price of the...

  • Fiat 124 Spider Abarth joins Bondurant for new Abarth Track Experience
    Fiat Abarth buyers get free Abarth Track Experience at Bondurant

    One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, if you're passionate about driving, is a driving school. You'll have a great time learning driving skills, and those skills could even save your life down the road. Occasionally, an automaker offers you the chance to attend such a school when you...

  • AMG Winter Driving Academy in Sweden
    Mercedes bringing AMG winter driving school to North America

    Mercedes-Benz has a winter driving school here in North America. What we do not have, however, is an AMG winter driving school. That's changing, though, as the more powerful Benz cars are set to hit this continent this coming winter. If you're interested, better start acting friendly and drinking...

  • Brian Redman and the 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL
    BMW to offer amazing driving school experience to lucky few

    BMW has announced a special driver training event for a very lucky batch of roundel-loving folks. Teaming up with its classic division, BMW is going to offer driver training from the likes of Brian Redman, Boris Said, and Bill Auberlen, as well as other professional BMW Performance Driving School...

  • Aston Martin Vulcan
    Aston Martin Vulcan Driver Course Gets Underway In Abu Dhabi

    Aston Martin has joined the likes of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and McLaren by offering a car designed solely for track days, a car that comes complete with an intensive driver training course to ensure owners know how to get the most out of their multimillion-dollar machines. Aston Martin’s entry...

  • Drift 101 Student Drifter
    Drift 101: A Track Day Spent Sliding Sideways

    So you want to learn how to get sideways? You think it looks easy enough, right? A bit of throttle, some opposite lock dialed into the steering, and now you're king of the streets. You're burning up tires, you've got 100,000 followers on Instagram, and you're ready to take on the big leagues. Let...

  • Porsche 911 driving test

    There’s a good reason why they don’t use Porsche 911s in driving schools—and this video shows exactly why. Although this looks entirely scripted, we could imagine some new drivers reacting in the same way. ALSO SEE: Ford Shelby GT350 Vs. Chevy Camaro SS: Video Throwdown Porsche produced the video as a fun way to promote its official Porsche Experience Centers, where you’ll get detailed instruction on how to get the most out of your cars, on a purpose-built road handling course. There are just a handful of the centers around the globe. Here in the United States...

  • 2016 Dodge Viper SRT from the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
    Bondurant & Dodge team up to teach you how to handle your snake

    The Dodge Viper is no simple machine. You don't just hop in, turn it on, and then drive it like stole it. If you do that, you're going to end up hurting yourself as the Viper is not a car for those without some level of skill behind the wheel. Now there's a place you can go to make sure you...

  • MAMA Track School
    Teaching The Teachers: Track School For Journalists

    As part of our job here at Motor Authority, we test performance cars in a performance environment. That means we spend several days every year at race tracks wringing the living daylights out of the latest sports sedans, sports cars, and even supercars. We do this as a service to you, our loyal...

  • Lamborghini Huracán at Winter Driving Academy
    Lamborghini Brings Winter Driving Academy To U.S.

    The growing popularity of supercars has seen a surge in the interest in performance and winter driving schools, with many automakers now offering their own programs where customers can learn how to handle high-performance cars in all conditions. Lamborghini is one such automaker, having run its...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at Ron Fellows Performance Driving School
    2014 Corvette Stingray Buyers Get $1,500 Discount At Ron Fellows Performance Driving School

    Anyone who buys a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray can sign up for a two-day program at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School near Las Vegas and receive a $1,500 discount. That means you have to pay just $1,000 to learn how to get the most out of your Vette as well as how not to see it end up...

  • Aston Martin On Ice
    Aston Martin On Ice: Potent Power Put Through Snow-Covered Paces

    Nine degrees. That’s what the display says inside the car. The air outside is cold, crisp, and very Colorado. Winter means snow, and there’s plenty of it on the ground. It’s far from the ideal place to drive any vehicle that isn’t equipped with Mattracks. Still…...

  • MINI's Performance Motoring School cars - image: MINI USA

    Buy a BMW, and you can sign up to attend the BMW Performance Driving School. Buy a Mercedes-Benz AMG, and you can register for the AMG Driving Academy. Choose a Porsche, and you can hit the Porsche Sport Driving School. These are hardly your only factory-backed options, as nearly every manufacturer building sports (or even sporty) cars these days has a tie-in to a driving school that’s ready, willing and able to show you the capabilities of your new ride. One notable exception, until now at least, has been MINI. That changes with the announcement of the MINI Performance Motoring School...

  • McLaren's ice driving school in Gstaad, Switzerland - image: McLaren
    McLaren MP4-12Cs On Ice

    Gstaad, Switzerland is well known for its variety of winter sports, including downhill skiing, cross-country skiing and tobogganing. It’s climate is cold, but not too cold, and the city receives an average of around 13 inches of snow between December and February. It’s also earned a...

  • The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe laps Spring Mountain - image: GM Corp
    Cadillac Launches Its Own Driving School, The V-Series Academy: Video

    Mercedes-Benz offers its customers the AMG Driving Academy, Porsche offers driver training at its “Experience Centers” and Jaguar staffs its own Performance Driving Academy. It stands to reason, then, that Cadillac would launch a driving school of its own, centered around the CTS-V line...

  • DirtFish Rally School. Photo via DirtFish.
    DirtFish Rally School With Subaru Rally Team's David Higgins

    David Higgins is, if you're not familiar, the 2012 RallyAmerica National Champion driver (along with co-driver Craig Drew), and the lead wheelman in Subaru Rally Team USA's efforts. He's therefore, by definition and demonstration, one bad-ass driver. But in rally, it's not all about the driver (or...

  • Lexus LFA 'Unleashed' campaign
    Contest Winner Gets To ‘Unleash’ The Lexus LFA: Video

    Lexus recently held a competition on its Facebook page where the prize was a chance to test drive an LFA and experience the supercar at the Skip Barber Racing School at Laguna Seca. Oh, and the winner was also to receive some one-on-one time with pro racer and Lexus spokesman Scott Pruett. Well...

  • An Aston Martin in the wet at the Boxberg Proving Grounds
    Aston Martin Visits Bosch's Boxberg Proving Grounds: Video

    In addition to providing Aston Martin owners with specialized driving instruction programs in the U.K. and the U.S., the luxury sports car maker also runs a series of more relaxed “lifestyle events,” which usually involve scenic tours in Aston Martin automobiles. Somewhere in between...

  • Ron Fellows with Corvettes at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School

    Whether you're into NASCAR in general or not, the road races the series runs often provide spectacular racing--unafraid of some contact, hustling big machines, and with hired-gun road course specialists making appearances, they get us fired up even when we're sick of the ovals. If you're like us, then you're likely looking forward to the upcoming Watkins Glen and Montreal races. Veteran racer and NASCAR road course specialist Ron Fellows is too, and to show it, he's giving away two seats at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain--one for each race--with the Fellows 5...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA
    Lexus Details Its 'Unleash The LFA' Contest: Video

    Last week we told you about an upcoming promotion that Lexus was calling “Unleash The LFA,” part of the brand’s “Golden Opportunity” sales event. We didn’t have a lot of details then, but now we do. From August 1 to August 21, you can visit Lexus’ Facebook...

  • The AMG Driving Academy’s EMOTION - Tour Spirit of AMG
    Mercedes' AMG Driving Academy Offers More Than Just Track Time: Video

    While most of us here would argue that there’s no such thing as too much track time, we also understand that high speed lapping, under the watchful eye (and occasionally, the harsh criticism) of an instructor isn’t for everyone. Mercedes-Benz understands this, too, which is why it...

  • AMG Performance Driving Academy giveaway
    Mercedes-Benz Giving Away Two Free AMG Driving School Spots

    Whether you're an experienced amateur or a rank novice, there's a lot to be said for brushing up on your skills (or developing new ones) with a high-end driving school. Even if you're already happy with your current skill level, the chance to spend a day or three on track in some fast, expensive...

  • Land Rover Experience, Eastnor Castle, U.K.
    Land Rover Experience at Eastnor Castle: First Drive

    The vehicles may change, and as the saying goes, the off-roading is never the same twice. The overlords at HQ even get hot-swapped every decade or so. Still, the quintessential Land Rover experience remains the same. Clamber into a plushly lined, regally poised off-road specialist, and proceed to...

  • Jaguar XKR-S
    Jaguar Expands Performance Driving Academy In U.S.

    First launched in 2009 for buyers of the XFR and XKR, Jaguar's Performance Driving Academy is now open to all Jaguar owners and other driving enthusiasts, too. Two different courses, Basic and Advanced, will be offered at four different tracks this year. As Jaguar North America's brand vice...

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