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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.
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.
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.
Car of the Year (COTY) is a common abbreviation for numerous automotive awards. [citation needed]The "Car of the Year" phrase is considered to have been introduced by Motor Trend magazine in 1949 when the new publication named Cadillac as Motor Trend Car of the Year.
In 1964, the 1100 was Wheels magazine's Car of the Year. For most of its production life, the ADO16 was Britain's best selling car, holding around 15% of the new car market at its peak, before finally being outsold by the Ford Cortina in 1972.
Window sticker as fitted to VE Valiants after winning the 1968 Wheels Magazine Car of the Year award. The VE Valiant was announced as the winner of the Wheels magazine Car of the Year award in January 1968. [7]
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The Passat became Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 1974, however. A five-door station wagon/estate was introduced in 1974; the same car was available with Audi badging in many markets. The Passat was one of the most modern European family cars at the time and was intended as a replacement for the aging Volkswagen Type 3 and Type 4.