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=== Road Test ===
One of the main staples of ''MotorWeek'' is the Road Test, where the team of testers puts a new car through various conditions to see how it operates.

Over the years, ''MotorWeek'' has conducted its basic tests at various venues. In the show’s early years, testing was primarily done at either [[Martin State Airport]] in Baltimore, using one of the airport’s seaplane tarmacs, or at 75-80 Dragway in [[Frederick, Maryland]]; ''MotorWeek'' also had access to a stretch of unfinished highway at an indeterminate location outside of Baltimore in its early days. One location was the west bound lanes of Interstate 70 from the terminus in Catonsville headed towards I-695. Another location used later was I-795 before it was opened.

Eventually, ''MotorWeek'' settled on 75-80 Dragway as its primary test track. The show remained there through the end of season 39, and for most of that time the production was the only entity to have access to the track; it had closed to competition multiple times while ''MotorWeek'' was in production and by 2019 had been largely abandoned and become overgrown and dilapidated. For the show's fortieth anniversary season, ''MotorWeek'' permanently moved its testing to Mason-Dixon Dragway in [[Boonsboro, Maryland]].

In the winter months, the show relocates the testing to [[Roebling Road Raceway]] in Savannah, Georgia. ''MotorWeek'' has also done tests at the Ford and General Motors proving grounds in the past as well as at several famous racetracks such as [[Pocono Raceway]] in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, [[Charlotte Motor Speedway]] in Concord, North Carolina, and [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] near Lexington, Ohio, and [[Road Atlanta]] in Braselton, Georgia.

Each test starts with an overview of the car’s engine and features, as well as other options that are available. This portion is comprehensive, ranging from how much power the engine has to how the interior of the car is set up.

The car is then taken out onto the drag strip. Here, tests are done to measure its zero-to-sixty time, how long it takes to traverse the quarter-mile drag strip, how the car handles a slalom course, how it handles quick turns, and how much distance it takes for the car to come to a complete stop from 60 miles per hour. A test is also done to determine fuel economy ratings against the ones provided by the Environmental Protection Agency; to perform this, the testers use a 100-mile loop that combines city and highway driving and averages their figures. Since 2008, the environmental impacts of vehicles (specifically their carbon footprints and their oil usage) are also included in the discussion.

Older episodes also tested a car’s speed at 500 feet to simulate entering a highway as well as its turning diameter.

Once the road test is complete, the car’s hits and misses are revealed as are the reasons why the testers felt a certain way about various issues. The car’s costs to the consumer are revealed at the very end of the segment, including what the vehicle would cost with various option packages.