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Motor Trend, which debuted in 1949, was the first publication to name a Car of the Year. The inaugural Motor Trend Car of the Year award recognized Cadillac's V8 engine in 1949 (76 years ago) (). [2] The earliest awards were given to the manufacturer or division, not for a specific vehicle.
Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, [3] and designated the first Car of the Year, also in 1949. [4] [5]Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles published Motor Trend until 1998, when it was sold to British publisher EMAP, who then sold the former Petersen magazines to Primedia in 2001.
Media company MotorTrend has a habit of choosing luxury vehicles for its famed Car of the Year award. In 2023, the honor went to the model Genesis G90, a flagship vehicle from a relatively new ...
The MotorTrend Truck of the Year wasn’t an EV like the Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. A gas-powered truck won top honors. MotorTrend (), celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, selected ...
Car and Driver included the EV9 on its 10 Best Trucks and SUVs list, ranking it just behind the Ioniq 5. Best Electric Truck: 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning (starting MSRP: $49,995)
The Allanté was hampered by poor performance, being a front-wheel-drive car powered by a 170 horsepower engine while weighing 3600lbs; Motor Trend measured the Allanté as having a 0–60 time of 10.3 seconds, 4 seconds slower than the Mercedes. [112] This led to the press dismissing the Allanté as "all show, no go". [112]
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. [1] [2] [3] Other publications and various organizations also have developed COTY recognitions. [citation needed] The Australian automobile magazine Wheels began an award in 1963.