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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.
The year 1949 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1949. ... August 29: WOWT (originally WOW-TV) ...
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 .
Dodge Coronet. Years produced: 1949-1976 Original starting price: $1,945 None of Dodge's other muscle cars matched the sales of this beast. A family sedan and wagon regularly packaged with brawny ...
The 1953 Chrysler Imperial was the first production car in twelve years to offer air conditioning, following tentative experiments by Packard in 1940 and Cadillac in 1941. [49] In actually installing optional Airtemp air conditioning units to its Imperials in 1953, Chrysler beat Cadillac , Buick and Oldsmobile , who added it as an option later ...
Car and Driver and Road & Track are sister publications at Hearst and share the same advertising, sales, marketing, and circulation departments. However, their editorial operations are distinct and they have separate publishers. This arrangement exists since 1985, when CBS acquired Ziff Davis' consumer magazines and among them, Car and Driver. [8]
The General Motors Motorama was an auto show staged by GM from 1949 to 1961. These automobile extravaganzas were designed to whet public appetite and boost automobile sales with displays of fancy concept cars and other special or halo models.