These are the 12 best driver's cars of 2016

Past winners of the competition include the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, and the defending champion Mercedes-AMG GT S.

This year, the competition consisted of 12 cars from various domestic and international brands that range for mass-market to ultra-niche.

The Motor Trend staff and Pobst spent a week putting the cars through the ringer in a series of instrumented tests, carving the mountain roads of California, as well as hot laps around the track at Laguna Seca.

And here are the results.