Jerry Perez
Jerry Perez combines performance-car expertise, motorsport immersion, and a focus on car culture in his coverage for The Drive. At the masthead he serves as deputy editor, shaping daily and long-term coverage while continuing to write high-visibility stories himself. He has covered the automotive industry professionally since 2015 and has been with The Drive since 2018, progressing from writer to senior editing roles. Across reviews, racing coverage, and features, his work stays rooted in the enthusiast’s point of view and the lived experience of driving and fandom.
Performance car and SUV reviews
Perez writes a steady stream of road tests and first drives that range from affordable compacts to six-figure performance SUVs, consistently framing them in terms of value, usability, and character. Recent pieces like “2026 Honda Civic Sport Review: The Best $28,000 You'll Spend” and “2025 Honda Civic Si First Drive Review: Fun as Ever, Now With Heated Seats” show him weighing performance and driving fun against price and everyday comfort. In “2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing First Drive Review: Still the Best Car GM Makes by Far” and “Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Pros and Cons: Too Good to Last Forever,” he treats a halo sports sedan as both an enthusiast benchmark and a product nearing the end of its lifecycle. He applies the same lens to SUVs and crossovers, with reviews of the Porsche Cayenne as The Drive’s “Best SUV of 2023,” the 2024 Range Rover Evoque, the 2024 Subaru Crosstrek, and the 2024 Toyota Tacoma highlighting design, comfort, and capability for real-world buyers.
His archive shows a long-running interest in how performance translates into daily use, whether in “2022 Mercedes-AMG EQS First Drive Review: AMG Goes Electric and Nails the Landing” or “2021 Bentley Bentayga Review: Opulent Doesn’t Have to Mean Impractical.”
Earlier pieces such as “2019 Mazda3 Sedan Review: Stealing BMW’s Lunch in a $30,000 Compact Car” and “2019 Ram 2500 HD Limited Diesel and Airstream Globetrotter 23′ Review: Capable Comfort” underline his focus on ride quality, long-distance usability, and segment context as much as raw specs. Minivans and family cars get the same attention, with “2025 Honda Odyssey Review: The Ultimate Road-Trip Vehicle” positioning a people-mover as a long-haul companion rather than a mere appliance.
Across these stories, Perez writes for readers who care about how a vehicle feels, not just how it performs on paper.
Formula 1 and global motorsport
Perez maintains an extensive motorsport beat, with Formula 1 coverage running through driver storylines, team politics, technical developments, and race-weekend reporting.
Headlines such as “F1 Azerbaijan GP Was a Masterclass in Speed, Strategy, and Skill,” “McLaren’s First F1 Title Since 1998 Proves Young Talent Is Key,” and “FIA’s Wolff Investigation Barely Lasted 2 Days and Underscores F1’s Worsening Rift” show him combining race analysis with commentary on governance and competitive balance. He covers the sport’s expansion and manufacturer involvement in pieces like “F1 Finally Approves Cadillac Entry for 2026 After Andretti Back-and-Forth,” “Cadillac F1 Team Will Run Ferrari Engines Until GM Power Unit Is Ready,” and “GM Plans to Supply Formula 1 Power Units Starting in 2028.” Driver-focused stories - including “What’s Eating Sergio Perez?,” “Max Verstappen Has No ‘Desire to Win Eight or Nine F1 Titles,’” and “Red Bull F1 Boss: Sergio Perez ‘Will Be Our Driver in 2024’” - underscore his attention to personalities and career arcs within the championship.
His motorsport scope extends beyond F1 to IndyCar, endurance racing, and hill climbs. Articles such as “PitFit Training: IndyCar Drivers’ Secret Weapon to Winning the Indy 500,” “Behind the Shadowy Billion-Dollar Payouts of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar,” and “IndyCar Confirms Switch to Hybrid Engines From Honda and Chevrolet in 2022” mix human-performance stories with the business and technical sides of racing. He has covered Pikes Peak in depth through pieces like “This Is Why Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Is the Most Dangerous Race in America,” “These Are the Sights and Sounds of the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb,” and “The Coolest Cars of Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: Day 1,” blending safety concerns, atmosphere, and machinery.
Mazda’s spec racing ladder appears in coverage such as “Global Mazda MX-5 Cup: Kicking off 2018 Deep in the Heart of Texas” and “Fast at 15: A Day in the Life of Global Mazda MX-5 Cup’s Youngest-Ever Race Winner,” where he tracks talent development and diversity on the grid.
Car culture, fandom, and events
Perez frequently steps away from pure race results or product news to document how fans, brands, and communities express their passion for cars and motorsport.
“How Four Random Lando Fans Showed Me What Real F1 Fandom at Silverstone Is All About” exemplifies his interest in grandstand culture and the personal rituals that surround a race weekend. His feature “Why the Goodwood Revival Is a Love Letter to Car Culture” frames a historic event as a curated celebration of aesthetics, nostalgia, and craftsmanship.
Other event-driven stories like “The Drive at US F1 GP: The 10 Coolest Hats at the Circuit of The Americas” and “These Are the Sights and Sounds of the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb” focus on sensory details and small moments rather than just lap times.
He also covers how automotive figures and artifacts resonate beyond the track, as seen in “The Automotive Community and Beyond Reacts to Lee Iacocca’s Death” and “The Death of an Icon: Final Volkswagen Beetle Rolls Off Assembly Line in Mexico.”
Pieces such as “Michael Schumacher’s Race-Winning F1 Tire Was Turned Into a Bracelet You Can Buy,” “Valtteri Bottas Posed Nude 12 Times So You Could Have This Hilarious Calendar,” and “Exiting Your Vehicle and Walking Into Traffic Is a Bad Idea Every Time” show him picking up on quirky, offbeat stories that reveal the sport’s humor and hazards. His notable works on Horacio Pagani and the guardians of Honda’s first winning F1 car similarly emphasize craftsmanship and legacy through the characters behind the machines.
Across this strand of his portfolio, car culture is treated as a social world with its own customs, icons, and communities.
Industry news and enthusiast analysis
Beyond reviews and race coverage, Perez reports on shifting product strategies, technology, and business decisions in the automotive world. His work includes pieces like “Bugatti Boss to Euro Car Brands: Ditch Screens and Focus on Luxury, Not China,” where he explores executive perspectives on the direction of premium cars. He tracks powertrain and heritage news, from “Chevy Discontinues Supercharged LS9 V8 Developed for C6 Corvette ZR1” to “IndyCar Confirms Switch to Hybrid Engines From Honda and Chevrolet in 2022,” connecting technical changes to enthusiast concerns.
Headlines such as “New Study Reveals Interesting Behaviors of Modern-Day Car Shoppers” and “History Channel Documentary on Detroit and Michigan Central Station Airs This Sunday” show him covering consumer research and media portrayals of the industry.
Perez often situates these developments within broader trends, using features like “The Only Supercar Made in America Is the 2020 Acura NSX” and “Behind the Shadowy Billion-Dollar Payouts of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar” to examine manufacturing footprints and financial structures.
His editorial role is described as upholding The Drive’s ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car outlet, and his bylines reflect that mandate by prioritizing clear stakes for readers - whether a power-unit decision, a discontinued engine, or a new hybrid program. Taken together, his body of work positions him as a specialist in performance cars and motorsport whose analysis keeps the enthusiast at the center of industry and racing news.
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