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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.
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 (75 years ago) (). [2] The earliest awards were given to the manufacturer or division, not for a specific vehicle.
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 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 ...
For the purposes of this list, a production car is defined as: Being constructed principally for retail sale to consumers for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible);
Motor Trend Car of the Year 1971: Chevrolet Vega: Motor Trend Car of the Year 1997: Cadillac Catera: Automobile All-Stars: 1985: Merkur XR4Ti: Car and Driver 10Best Cars 1997: Chevrolet Malibu: Motor Trend Car of the Year 1990: Lincoln Town Car: Motor Trend Car of the Year 1980: Chevrolet Citation: Motor Trend Car of the Year 1974: Ford Mustang ...
Although the 1955–1957 Ford Thunderbird had proved successful (in comparison to the Chevrolet Corvette), Ford executives—particularly Robert McNamara—still felt its overall sales volume had room to improve. Market research suggested sales of the Thunderbird were limited by its two-seat configuration, making it unsuitable for families.
The 1994 Mustang GT was named Motor Trend Car of the Year. For 1995, a one-year model referred to as the Mustang GTS was introduced. This was considered to be a "stripped down" version of the Mustang GT that included the performance parts of the GT model, but a minimum of non-performance related features, similar in concept to the 5.0 LX Fox ...