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Wheels Car of the Year (commonly abbreviated to COTY) is an annual automotive Car of the Year award presented by Wheels magazine. The publisher claims that it is the world's oldest continuous motoring award of its kind. [1] [2] The award is given to the best newly released vehicle each year.
Wheels is an Australian automotive magazine owned by Motoring Media Network. [2] The publication is well-renowned by Australian car enthusiasts. Its main competitor within the Australian car magazine market was Motor, though Wheels and Motor were stablemates in the Bauer Media Group catalogue and were aimed at slightly different readers as Motor put more attention on performance cars.
While later models went some way to fixing the problems, the combination of negative word-of-mouth and diminishing sales figures eventually led to the Camira's withdrawal in 1989. The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Drive.com.au, CarsGuide and Wheels magazine all selected the Camira as one of the worst cars or worst Australian cars of all time.
In July 1998, Wheels magazine reached a top speed of 232 km/h (144 mph). [15] Suspension. The car featured a front end setup unique to the model, consisting of re-shaped cast uprights to allow the use of larger discs (328mm instead of 287mm on regular falcons). Twin pot calipers were also used in place of the standard single pot. Performance
Introduced in May 1967 to replace the HA series Vauxhall Viva in the Australian market, the first Torana model was a mildly facelifted HB series Vauxhall Viva. It featured a two-door body, 12-inch (305-mm) wheels, and a 56-bhp 1.2-litre four-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed gearbox. A Borg-Warner Model 35 three-speed automatic transmission ...
The Renault 12 is a mid-size family car introduced by French automaker Renault at the Paris Motor Show in October 1969 [4] and produced in France until 1980. Available as a saloon (Berline) and estate (Break), it was also produced under licence in many countries around the globe into the early 21st century.
DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. automakers Ford Motor and General Motors will donate $1 million each, along with vehicles, to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, company ...
Wheels Magazine was founded in 1977. [1] The magazine is published by Egmont Tidskrifter AB in Stockholm. [1] It mostly deals with hot rods and custom cars. [2] In 2014 the circulation of Wheels Magazine was 15,400 copies. [1]