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Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile. The magazine still gives this award.

It also refers to an award
Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signified...
 given yearly to the new automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 selected best by a jury of journalists for motor magazines in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

Although other similar awards exist in other parts of the world like Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 from the Australian automobile magazine Wheels
Wheels magazine

Wheels magazine is an Australian automotive magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. Wheels was founded in May 1953 by editor Athol Yeomans....
 and the AJAC
Ajac

Ajac is a Communes of France in the Aude Departments of France in southern France....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, these two are the major ones that use the phrase, which is sometimes abbreviated COTY.








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Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile. The magazine still gives this award.

It also refers to an award
Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signified...
 given yearly to the new automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 selected best by a jury of journalists for motor magazines in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

Although other similar awards exist in other parts of the world like Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 from the Australian automobile magazine Wheels
Wheels magazine

Wheels magazine is an Australian automotive magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. Wheels was founded in May 1953 by editor Athol Yeomans....
 and the AJAC
Ajac

Ajac is a Communes of France in the Aude Departments of France in southern France....
 in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, these two are the major ones that use the phrase, which is sometimes abbreviated COTY.

International

  • European Car of the Year
    European Car of the Year

    The European Car of the Year award was established in 1964 by a collective of Magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are Auto , Autocar , Autopista , Autovisie , L'Automobile Magazine , Stern and Vi Bil?gare ....
  • Green Car Journal
    Green Car Journal

    Since 1992 Green Car Journal is a quarterly publication focusing on vehicles that uses energy and technology environmentally friendly.The Green Car of the Year is an award from the Green Car Journal....
    s Green Car of the Year
    Green Car of the Year

    The Green Car of the Year is an award from the Green Car Journal.The winner is selected by an 11-member panel comprising automotive and environmental experts....
  • International Car of the Year
    International Car of the Year

    The International Car of the Year awards are one of Car of the Year around the world for new automobile models judged to be the best of their generation....
  • North American Car of the Year
    North American Car of the Year

    The North American Car of the Year is an automobile award voted annually in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The jury consists of no more than 50 automotive journalists....
  • World Car of the Year
    World Car of the Year

    The World Car of the Year is an automobile award selected by a jury of 48 international automotive journalists from 22 countries. Cars considered must be sold in at least five countries on at least two continents prior to January 1 of the year of the award....


National

  • Canadian Car of the Year
    Canadian Car of the Year

    Canadian Car of the Year winners, as chosen by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada:...
  • Car and Driver
    Car and Driver

    Car and Driver is an United States automobile enthusiast magazine. Its total Magazine circulation is 1.31 million. It is owned by Hachette Filipacchi M?dias....
     magazine's Ten Best
    Car and Driver Ten Best

    Car and Driver magazine annually nominates a list of what it considers the Ten Best cars and Five Best trucks.All production vehicles for sale in that calendar year are considered with these restrictions:...
  • Evo Magazine
    Evo Magazine

    Evo is a United Kingdom automobile magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. The first issue was produced in November 1998 as an unofficial successor to Performance Car, which had become part of Car Magazine....
    's Evo Car of the year [eCoty]
  • Japan Car of the Year
  • RJC Car of the Year
    RJC Car of the Year

    The Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan, also known as , is a non-profit organization established in 1990, consisting of Japan-based automotive critics and journalists....
     (Japan)
  • Lithuanian Car of the Year
    Lithuanian Car of the Year

    Lithuanian Car of the Year is an annual automobile award. Cars are selected by board consisting of journalists. The award was established in 1997...
  • Motor Trend
    Motor Trend

    File:motor trend cover.jpgMotor Trend is an automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, issued by Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, California, and bearing the tag line The Magazine for a Motoring World. Petersen Publishing was sold to British publisher EMAP in 1998, who sold the former Petersen magazines to...
     magazine's Motor Trend Car of the Year
    Motor Trend Car of the Year

    In the USA, Motor Trend magazine was the first to give a Car of the Year award, doing so to Cadillac in 1949 . It has since expanded the award category to include the Truck and SUV of the Year, awarding these separately from the Car of the Year....
  • MotorWeek
    MotorWeek

    MotorWeek is a Maryland Public Television television show focusing on automobiles. The show puts new cars in a series of road tests that evaluates various aspects of its design....
     magazine's Driver's Choice Awards
  • Road & Track
    Road & Track

    Road & Track is an automobile enthusiast magazine in the United States, founded by two friends in 1947. It is owned by Hachette Filipacchi M?dias and is published monthly....
     magazine's Ten Best
  • Top Gear
    Top Gear (current format)

    Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
    's     Car of the Year Awards
    Top Gear (current format)

    Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
  • Wheels
    Wheels magazine

    Wheels magazine is an Australian automotive magazine published monthly by ACP Magazines. Wheels was founded in May 1953 by editor Athol Yeomans....
     magazine's Car of the Year
    Wheels Car of the Year

    Wheels magazine has announced its Car of the Year every year since 1963, with the exception of 1972, 1979 and 1986 when no cars were considered worthy of the honour....