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In the USA, 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 was the first to give a Car of the Year
Car of the Year

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....
 award, doing so to Cadillac in 1949 (the earliest awards were given to the manufacturer, not to a specific vehicle). 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. Until 1999, the award was only eligible to American-made cars; imports had their own category, the Import of the Year.






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In the USA, 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 was the first to give a Car of the Year
Car of the Year

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....
 award, doing so to Cadillac in 1949 (the earliest awards were given to the manufacturer, not to a specific vehicle). 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. Until 1999, the award was only eligible to American-made cars; imports had their own category, the Import of the Year. The rationale for the combination was explained by editor Angus Mackenzie as "because it's so hard to say that, for example, a Toyota Camry, built in Kentucky and designed in California, is less American than a Ford that may have been built in Canada or Mexico and designed in Europe." Since the combination of the awards, American cars have won the award five times, and imports have won four times. Most cars who win the award report a spike in sales because of how they were judged to be the best: however, getting "The Calipers" is no guarantee of success, best shown by the nostalgic Ford Thunderbird
Ford Thunderbird

The Thunderbird, often abbreviated as T-Bird, was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1955 through 2005 — through thirteen generations and various body types....
, which was awarded the prize in 2002 to wide acclaim, but pulled from the market two years later due to criticism of its performance and surprisingly low sales.

To be eligible for the award, a car must be a new model introduced in a given model year, or given a fundamental redesign for that year ("freshenings" are ineligible for the award), and cost less than $100,000. All vehicles are given the same battery of tests: standard car tests such as skid-pad ratings, acceleration and quarter-mile times, and evaluations of the interiors are combined with a track run conducted by SCCA-licensed testers and taking the cars out on normal roads to test their drivability under normal conditions and fuel economy. Trucks and SUVs add towing capacity and speed, plus an off-road course, to the normal regimen. The trophy for the winner, a depiction of calipers, is well-known to Americans, and is often used in the winner's advertising post-victory.

Car of the Year

2009 Nissan GT-R
Nissan GT-R

The Nissan GT-R is a sports car created by Nissan Motors, released in Japan on 6 December 2007, United States July 07, 2008, and expected to be released in the rest of the world by March 2009....
2008 Cadillac CTS
Cadillac CTS

The CTS is a mid size luxury car made by General Motors for the Cadillac brand.It was introduced as the replacement for the Cadillac Catera in 2003....
2007 Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car, formerly a compact car manufactured by Toyota since 1980. The name "Camry" comes from a phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kemuri , which means "wiktionary:smoke", when an engineer noticed the thick smoke pouring out of the engine during testing before the exhaust was fitted....
2006 Honda Civic
Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact car/compact cars manufactured by Honda. In the United States of America, the Civic is the second-longest continuously-running nameplate from a Japanese manufacturer; only the Toyota Corolla, introduced in 1968, has been in production longer....
2005 Chrysler 300
Chrysler 300

The Chrysler 300 is a full-size car. There have been many vehicles using the name, starting in 1955 and continuing to this day....
2004 Toyota Prius
Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius is a hybrid electric vehicle mid-size car developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation.The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, making it the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle....
2003 Infiniti G35
2002 Ford Thunderbird
Ford Thunderbird

The Thunderbird, often abbreviated as T-Bird, was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1955 through 2005 — through thirteen generations and various body types....
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser
Chrysler PT Cruiser

The Chrysler PT Cruiser was launched by Chrysler as a retro-styled station wagon in 2000 and as a convertible in 2005. Originally conceived as a Plymouth automobile model, the PT Cruiser received the Chrysler nameplate on introduction — in anticipation of the 2001 discontinuation of the Plymouth brand....
2000 Lincoln LS
Lincoln LS

The Lincoln LS is a mid-size, rear wheel drive sedan from Lincoln . Until 2006 it was based on the Ford DEW platform shared with the Jaguar S-Type; thereafter, the Ford Thunderbird....
1999 Chrysler 300M
Chrysler 300M

For the 1999 model year, DaimlerChrysler revived the Chrysler 300 letter series on the 300M. This time it was a front-wheel drive, V6 engined car using the Chrysler LH platform....
1998 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast corvette....
1997 Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Malibu

The Chevrolet Malibu is a mid-size car produced in the United States by General Motors. It is marketed in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Middle East....
1996 Dodge Caravan
Dodge Caravan

Chrysler introduced the Dodge Caravan minivan along with its badge engineering variant, the Plymouth Voyager in November 1983, for the 1984 model year — followed by the Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Grand Voyager long-wheelbase models in 1987, the badge engineering Chrysler Town and Country in 1990, and the Volkswagen Ro...
1995 Chrysler Cirrus
Chrysler Cirrus

The Chrysler Cirrus is a mid-size 4-door Luxury Vehicle sedan , marketed by Chrysler in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil from 1995 to 2000....
1994 Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang

File:Ford mustang badge.jpgThe Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the Ford Falcon , a compact car....
1993 Ford Probe GT
Ford Probe

The Ford Probe was a coupe produced by Ford Motor Company, introduced in 1989 to replace the Ford EXP as the company's sport compact car. The Probe was fully based on the Mazda Mazda G platform using unique sheetmetal and interior....
1992 Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan
Cadillac Seville

The Cadillac Seville is a luxury car that was manufactured by the Cadillac division of United States automaker General Motors as a limited production specialty model in the 1950s and 60s....
1991 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LTZ
Chevrolet Caprice

The Chevrolet Caprice and Caprice Classic were full-sized automobiles produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors in the United States and Canada from 1965 through 1996 model years and in Mexico from 1977 through 1983....
1990 Lincoln Town Car
Lincoln Town Car

The Lincoln Town Car is a full-size, rear-wheel drive luxury vehicles sedan sold by Ford Motor Company upscale Lincoln brand. The Town Car features a V8 engine and large exterior and interior dimensions....
1989 Ford Thunderbird SC
Ford Thunderbird

The Thunderbird, often abbreviated as T-Bird, was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1955 through 2005 — through thirteen generations and various body types....
1988 Pontiac Grand Prix
Pontiac Grand Prix

The Pontiac Grand Prix was an automobile produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. First introduced as part of Pontiac's full-size model offering for the 1962 model year, the Grand Prix name was also applied to cars in the personal luxury car market segment and the mid-size offering, slotting below the large Pontiac Bonneville in th...
1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
1986 Ford Taurus LX
Ford Taurus

The Ford Taurus is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States. Originally introduced in the 1986 model year, it has remained in near continuous production for more than two decades, making it the fourth oldest nameplate that is currently sold in the Ford lineup....
1985 Volkswagen GTI (eligible due to it being built in VW's now-defunct Pennsylvania plant)
1984 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast corvette....
1983 AMC / Renault Alliance
Renault Alliance

The Renault Alliance is a subcompact automobile that was built and marketed in North America by the American Motors Corporation through its partnership with its majority owner Renault between 1982 and 1987, when the Chrysler Corporation acquired AMC....
1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Chevrolet Camaro

The Chevrolet Camaro is a pony car manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. It went on sale on September 29, 1966 for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang....
1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries
Dodge Aries

The Dodge Aries is an automobile sold by the Chrysler Corporation from 1981 to 1989. It replaced the Dodge Aspen as Dodge's family car with "mid-size room" in a size and front-wheel drive format commonly associated with compact cars....
 / Plymouth Reliant
Plymouth Reliant

The Plymouth Reliant was one of the first two so-called "Chrysler K platforms" the Chrysler Corporation, introduced for the 1981 model year....
1980 Chevrolet Citation
Chevrolet Citation

The Chevrolet Citation was a compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of United States automaker General Motors from 1980 through 1985. The Citation and its GM X platform siblings , were among the first compact front wheel drive vehicles sold by GM....
1979 Buick Riviera
Buick Riviera

The Buick Riviera is an automobile produced by Buick in the United States from the 1963 to 1999 model years, with 1,127,261 produced.A full-size coup? or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists and writers....
 S
1978 Chrysler, Dodge Omni
Dodge Omni

The Dodge Omni and the similar Plymouth Horizon were front wheel drive cars introduced by the Dodge and Plymouth automobile divisions of Chrysler Corporation in North America in 1978, and were based on a European Simca-based design of the Simca Horizon....
 / Plymouth Horizon
1977 Chevrolet Caprice
Chevrolet Caprice

The Chevrolet Caprice and Caprice Classic were full-sized automobiles produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors in the United States and Canada from 1965 through 1996 model years and in Mexico from 1977 through 1983....
1976 Chrysler, Dodge Aspen
Dodge Aspen

The Dodge Aspen, produced from 1976 to 1980, was a compact car from Chrysler Corporation's Dodge division; its Plymouth -Badge engineering counterpart was the Volar?....
 / Plymouth Volare
1975 Chevrolet Monza
Chevrolet Monza

File:77 monza mirage.jpgThe Chevrolet Monza was a rear-wheel drive subcompact sporty Coupe introduced in the fall of 1974 as a 1975 model, along with H Body varients the Oldsmobile Starfire and the Buick Skyhawk....
 2+2
1974 Ford Mustang II
Ford Mustang

File:Ford mustang badge.jpgThe Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the Ford Falcon , a compact car....
1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Chevrolet Monte Carlo

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an American-made automobile. Originally introduced by Chevrolet for the 1970 model year , it has gone through six generations as of 2007....
1972 Citroën SM
Citroën SM

The Citro?n SM was a high performance coup? produced by the France manufacturer Citro?n between 1970 and 1975. The SM placed third in the 1971 European Car of the Year contest, trailing its stablemate Citro?n GS, and won the 1972 Motor Trend Car of the Year award in the US in 1972....
 (An imported vehicle that was selected overall "Car of the Year")
1971 Chevrolet Vega
Chevrolet Vega

File:71 Vega Panel Express.jpgThe Chevrolet Vega is a four passenger subcompact car that was introduced September 10, 1970 and produced for the 1971 through 1977 model years....
1970 Ford Torino
Ford Torino

The Ford Torino is an mid-size car car produced bythe Ford Motor Company for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was initially an upscale version of the intermediate sized Ford Fairlane, which Ford produced between 1962 and 1970....
1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Plymouth Road Runner

The Plymouth Road Runner was the no-frills muscle car version of intermediate Plymouth Belvedere and Plymouth Satellite built by the Plymouth automobile division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States between 1968 and 1980....
1968 Pontiac GTO
Pontiac GTO

The Pontiac GTO is an automobile built by Pontiac in the United States from 1964 to 1974, and by Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. It is often considered the first true muscle car....
1967 Mercury Cougar
Mercury Cougar

The Mercury Cougar was an automobile sold under the Mercury brand of the Ford Motor Company's Lincoln-Mercury Division. The name was first used in 1967 and was carried by a diverse series of cars over the next three decades....
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado
Oldsmobile Toronado

The Toronado was a two-door coupe produced by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors from 1966 to 1992.The name "Toronado" has no meaning, and was originally invented for a 1963 Chevrolet show car....
1965 Pontiac Motor Division
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
1964 Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
 (Not for the Mustang
Ford Mustang

File:Ford mustang badge.jpgThe Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the Ford Falcon , a compact car....
)
1963 American MotorsRambler
1962 Buick Special
Buick Special

The Buick Special was an automobile produced by the Buick of General Motors Corporation, Flint, Michigan .From 1936 to 1958, Buick's Special model range represented the marque's entry level full-size car automobile....
1961 Pontiac Tempest
Pontiac Tempest

The Pontiac Tempest was an entry-level compact car automobile produced by the Pontiac of General Motors, introduced in September 1960 for the 1961 model year....
1960 Chevrolet Corvair
Chevrolet Corvair

The Chevrolet Corvair is a automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1959 to 1969, for the 1960–1969 model years....
1959 Pontiac Motor Division
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
1958 Ford Thunderbird
Ford Thunderbird

The Thunderbird, often abbreviated as T-Bird, was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1955 through 2005 — through thirteen generations and various body types....
1957 Chrysler Corporation (all makes:Plymouth
Plymouth (automobile)

Plymouth was a marque of automobile based in the United States, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler....
 , Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
, DeSoto
DeSoto (automobile)

The DeSoto was a brand of automobile based in the United States, manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 1961. The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of Hernando de Soto ....
 , Chrysler
Chrysler (division)

Chrysler is the flagship brand of Chrysler, named after founder Walter Chrysler. It is a near-luxury brand that competes with brands such as Buick....
 , & Imperial
Imperial (automobile)

Imperial was the Chrysler Corporation's prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981 through 1983.The Chrysler Imperial had been the company's most luxurious model, and in 1955 when the company decided to introduce a separate luxury brand, Imperial was the natural choice for the nameplate of the ne...
 ).
1956 Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
1955 Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
1954 No award
1953 No award
1952 Cadillac Motor Division
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
1951 Chrysler Corporation
1950 No award
1949 Cadillac Motor Division
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....


Import Car of the Year

Introduced in 1970 due to distinguishing differences between imports and American cars, was discontinued after the 1999 model year when the line between what is truly American and what isn't became very blurry.

1999 Volkswagen New Beetle
Volkswagen New Beetle

Volkswagen New Beetle is a Compact car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998, drawing heavy inspiration from the design of the original Volkswagen Beetle....
1998 Lexus GS
Lexus GS

The Lexus GS is a series of mid-size luxury car sports sedans / executive cars sold by Lexus since 1993. Designed to fill the gap between the Lexus ES and Lexus LS, and to provide Lexus with a sports sedan to compete in the mid-size class, three generations of the GS have been produced to date....
1997 BMW 5-Series
1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive car cars manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. The E initially stood for Einspritzung, ; a new feature in volume production vehicles at the time that the E-Class first appeared, with the E as a suffix to the engine nomenclature in the 1950s....
1995 Nissan Maxima
Nissan Maxima

The Nissan Maxima is a full-size car manufactured by Nissan. The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Nissan Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then....
1994 Honda Accord
Honda Accord

The Honda Accord is the series of midrange automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in most automotive markets throughout the world....
1993 Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7

The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car produced by the Japanese automaker Mazda from 1978 to 2002. The original RX-7 featured a twin-rotor Wankel engine and a sporty FMR layout, rear-wheel drive layout....
1992 Lexus SC 400
Lexus SC

The Lexus SC series is a personal luxury car coup? sold by Lexus since 1991. The SC features a FR layout design and seating for up to four passengers....
1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
1990 Nissan 300ZX Turbo
Nissan 300ZX

The Nissan 300ZX, also known as the Nissan Fairlady Z, is a sports car that was produced by Nissan. It comprises the third and fourth generations of the Nissan Z-car line-up, respectively given the chassis designations Z31 and Z32....
1989 Mitsubishi Galant GS
Mitsubishi Galant

The Mitsubishi Galant is an automobile manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors since 1969. The name was derived from the French language word galant, meaning "chivalrous"....
1988 Honda CRX Si
1987 Acura Legend Coupe
Acura Legend

The Acura Legend, sold as the Honda Legend outside the United States, Canada, and parts of People's Republic of China, was a sporty luxury vehicle sold from 1986 to 1995 as both a sedan and a coupe....
1986 Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7

The Mazda RX-7 is a sports car produced by the Japanese automaker Mazda from 1978 to 2002. The original RX-7 featured a twin-rotor Wankel engine and a sporty FMR layout, rear-wheel drive layout....
1985 Toyota MR2
Toyota MR2

The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, MR layout, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Toyota from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan, in three different design series....
1984 Honda Civic CRX
1983 Mazda 626
Mazda 626

The Mazda 626 was an automobile produced by Mazda for the export market. It was based on the Japan-market Mazda Capella. The 626 replaced the Mazda Capella#616/618 and Mazda RX-2 in 1979 and was sold through 2002, when the new Mazda6 took over as Mazda's large family car....
1982 Toyota Celica Supra
Toyota Celica

The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
1981 Mercecedes-Benz 300SD
Mercedes-Benz W126

The 'Mercedes-Benz W126' was a series of flagship Automobile manufactured by Germany automotive marque Mercedes-Benz. Premiering in September 1979 as the successor to the earlier Mercedes-Benz W116 line, the W126 was the second generation of the Mercedes-Benz flagship to officially bear the Mercedes-Benz S-Class name referring to Sonderklass...
1980 Honda Civic
Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact car/compact cars manufactured by Honda. In the United States of America, the Civic is the second-longest continuously-running nameplate from a Japanese manufacturer; only the Toyota Corolla, introduced in 1968, has been in production longer....
1979 Datsun 280ZX
1978 Toyota Celica
Toyota Celica

The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
1977 Mercedes-Benz 280E
Mercedes-Benz W123

The Mercedes-Benz W123 cars were produced by the Germany manufacturer from 1976 to 1985.The W123 models surpassed their predecessor, the Mercedes-Benz W114 models, as the most successful Mercedes, selling over 2.5 million cars before being replaced by the Mercedes-Benz W124 after 1985....
1976 Toyota Celica Liftback
Toyota Celica

The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
1971-1975 NO AWARD
1970 Porsche 914
Porsche 914

The Porsche 914 was a Mid-engine design sports car built and sold collaboratively by Volkswagen and Porsche from 1969 through 1976....


Truck of the Year

2009 Ford F-150
2008 Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra

The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota that originally went into production in 1999 . The Tundra was built with an United States look and feel and ultimately had something the T100 never did, a V8 engine option....
2007 Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
2006 Honda Ridgeline
Honda Ridgeline

The Honda Ridgeline is a mid-size sport utility truck produced by the Japanese automaker Honda. The Ridgeline was released in March 2005 as a 2006 model year and is Honda's intended first foray into the North American pickup truck market....
2005 Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tacoma

The Toyota Tacoma is a compact pickup truck manufactured by the Toyota Motor Company since 1995. It is essentially the Toyota Hilux modified and rebadged for North America....
2004 Ford F-150
2003 Dodge Ram
Dodge Ram

The Dodge Ram is a full-size pickup truck from Chrysler LLC's Dodge brand. The name was first used in 1981 on the redesigned Ram and Power Ram, though it came from the hood ornament used on 1930s and '40s Dodge vehicles....
 Heavy Duty
2002 Chevrolet Avalanche
Chevrolet Avalanche

The Chevrolet Avalanche is a four-door, five or six passenger sport utility truck sharing General Motors long-wheelbase chassis used on the Chevrolet Suburban and Cadillac Escalade EXT....
2001 Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
 Heavy Duty
2000 Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra

The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota that originally went into production in 1999 . The Tundra was built with an United States look and feel and ultimately had something the T100 never did, a V8 engine option....
1999 Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
1998 Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Mercedes-Benz M-Class

The Mercedes-Benz M-Class is a mid-size sport utility vehicle with light off-road capability, first offered in 1997 as a 1998 model, and built by the Germany automaker Mercedes-Benz....
1997 Ford F-150
1996 Chevrolet Tahoe
Chevrolet Tahoe

The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Chevrolet K5 Blazer model names through the early 1990s....
1995 Chevrolet Blazer
Chevrolet Blazer

The Chevrolet K5 Blazer and GMC 1500 Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models.The names "Blazer" and "Jimmy" were also used on other smaller model SUVs produced by General Motors....
1994 Dodge Ram
Dodge Ram

The Dodge Ram is a full-size pickup truck from Chrysler LLC's Dodge brand. The name was first used in 1981 on the redesigned Ram and Power Ram, though it came from the hood ornament used on 1930s and '40s Dodge vehicles....
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee

The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size monocoque sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of Chrysler. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr....
1992 Ford Van Chateau Club Wagon
1991 Mazda Navajo
Mazda Navajo

The Mazda Navajo was a 2-door SUV introduced in 1991, and Mazda's very first off-roader. Also, the Navajo was Mazda's only truck-based SUV. Available only as a four-wheel drive, two-door vehicle, the Navajo was essentially a badge engineered Ford Explorer Sport....
1990 Ford Aerostar
Ford Aerostar

The Ford Aerostar was Ford Motor Company first minivan, and was introduced as a 1986 model in summer 1985. The Aerostar was unique since it combined the trucklike rear-wheel drive and towing capacity of the Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari with car-like user-friendliness of the Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager....
1989 Toyota Truck Xtracab SR5
1980-1988 No award
1979 Chevrolet LUV
Chevrolet LUV

The Chevrolet LUV was a rebadged Isuzu KB light truck. Sales began in the USA in March 1972 as a response to the Toyota Hi-Lux and the Datsun pickup, as well as Ford Motor Company's Mazda-built Ford Courier....


Sport/Utility of the Year

2009 Subaru Forester
Subaru Forester

The Subaru Forester, is a tall, all-wheel drive Compact Sports Utility Vehicle manufactured since 1997 by Subaru — currently in its third generation and now marketed as a compact SUV crossover ....
2008 Mazda CX-9
Mazda CX-9

The Mazda CX-9 is a full-size crossover SUV, also described as a "modern station wagon", built by Mazda. It replaced the Mazda MPV minivan for North America ....
2007 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class

The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is a Full-size car Sport utility vehicle built by the German carmaker since 2006. The GL-Class debuted at the 2006 North American International Auto Show....
2006 Nissan Xterra
Nissan Xterra

The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV based on the Nissan F-Alpha platform as of the 2005 model year, and shares many similarities with the Nissan Frontier pickup....
2005 Land Rover LR3
2004 Volkswagen Touareg
Volkswagen Touareg

The Volkswagen Touareg is a mid-size car sport utility vehicle produced by German automaker Volkswagen since 2003. It was the second Sport Utility Vehicle from the automaker, after the much older Volkswagen 181....
2003 Volvo XC90
Volvo XC90

The Volvo XC90 is a mid-size luxury SUV crossover SUV produced by Volvo Cars since it was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show 2002. It is based on the P2 Automobile platform, shared with the first generation Volvo S80 and other large Volvo cars....
2002 GMC Envoy
GMC Envoy

The GMC Envoy is an SUV from the GMC marque of General Motors. It was introduced as a luxury version of the GMC Jimmy for the 1998 model year, the same year the Jimmy was restyled....
2001 Acura MDX
Acura MDX

The Acura MDX is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Acura since the 2001 model year. The MDX is the first crossover SUV to have third-row seating....
2000 Nissan Xterra
Nissan Xterra

The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV based on the Nissan F-Alpha platform as of the 2005 model year, and shares many similarities with the Nissan Frontier pickup....
1999 Lexus RX300


Car of the Year in China

Motor Trend magazine's China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
-market cousin, Auto Club-Motor Trend, also issues a "Car of the Year" award for that market.

Car of the Year

2008 FAW Volkswagen Magotan
Volkswagen Passat

The Volkswagen Passat is a family car built by Volkswagen through six design generations since 1973. Falling between the Volkswagen Golf/Volkswagen Jetta and Volkswagen Phaeton in the current Volkswagen line-up, the Passat has been badged variously as Dasher, Santana, Quantum, Magotan, Corsar and Carat....
2007 Guangzhou Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car, formerly a compact car manufactured by Toyota since 1980. The name "Camry" comes from a phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kemuri , which means "wiktionary:smoke", when an engineer noticed the thick smoke pouring out of the engine during testing before the exhaust was fitted....
2006 FAW Toyota Crown
Toyota Crown

The Crown has evolved into a line of full-size luxury car by Toyota. The range was primarily available in Japan and some other Asian countries, originally designed to serve as a taxi....
2005 Changan Ford Mondeo
Ford Mondeo

The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. The name "Mondeo" derives from the Latin word mundus, meaning "world"....
 2.5 V6
2004 First Automotive Works Mazda6
2003 Shanghai VW Polo


SUV of the Year

2006 Shanghai GM
Shanghai GM

Shanghai General Motors Company Limited is a joint venture between General Motors Corporation and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation . Shanghai GM manufactures and sells automobiles in mainland China....
 SRX
Cadillac SRX

The Cadillac SRX is a mid-size Crossover produced by the Cadillac division of United States automaker General Motors since the 2004 model year....
2005 Shuanghuan Auto SRV (Known as Laibao SRV, a copy the Honda CRV)
2004 Chang Feng
Chang Feng

Chang Feng is a state-owned China automobile manufacturer. It was affiliated with the People's Liberation Army at one time, constructing military trucks, but today operates in the fledgling Chinese automobile industry....
 Liebao Feiteng


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