Motor Trend Car of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the USA, Motor Trend magazine was the first to give a Car of the Year award, doing so to Cadillac in 1949 (the earliest awards were given to the manufacturer, not to a specific vehicle). It has s...
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Innovative mechanical designs, intriguingly detailed styling and pure Pontiac power combined to stir up the market and make the original 1961-1963 Tempest and Le Mans into critical (Motor Trend magazine's 1961 Car of the Year) and popular (over 375,500 sold) successes.
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1964 Ford Motor Company (for the Mustang) ; 1963 American MotorsRambler ; 1962 Buick Special ; 1961 Pontiac Tempest ; 1960 Chevrolet Corvair ; 1959 Pontiac Motor Division ; ... Motor Trend magazine's China-market cousin, Auto Club-Motor Trend, also issues a "Car of the Year" award for that market. [edit] ; Car of the Year ;
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Nov 19, 2009 ... 1961 Pontiac Tempest 1958 Ford Thunderbird, Motor Trend Car of the Year 1960 Chevrolet Corvair 1959 Pontiac Motor Division ...
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Ford Fusion wins Motor Trend Car of the Year award ... 1964 Ford Motor Company (Not for the Mustang) ; 1963 American MotorsRambler ; 1962 Buick Special ; 1961 Pontiac Tempest ; 1960 Chevrolet Corvair ; 1959 Pontiac Motor Division ; 1958 Ford Thunderbird ; 1957 Chrysler Corporation ;
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My point was that Motor Trend and its car of the year award is a bit of a joke. Lets look at a few other choices... 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC ; 1990 Lincoln Town Car (?!?!?) ; 1997 Chevy Malibu ; 2000 Lincoln LS ; And as I stated in my post, the Civic is a fine car. ... 1961 Pontiac Tempest ; 1971 Chevrolet Vega ;
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Past Motor Trend "Car Of The Year" Winners ... 1963 American Motors Rambler; 1962 Buick Special; 1961 Pontiac Tempest; 1960 Chevrolet Corvair; 1959 Pontiac Motor Division; 1958 Ford Thunderbird; 1957 Chrysler Corporation; 1956 Ford Motor Company; 1955 No Award;
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T IS WITH GREAT pleasure that the editors and technical staff of MOTOR TREND Magazine present the 1965 Car of the Year award to the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors for styling and engineering leadership in the development of personalized passenger cars. The 1961 Tempest, featuring transaxle, curved driveshaft,
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In 1961, the year Estes took over as boss, Pontiac and Tempest sales totaled 372,871, and the division barely eked out Rambler for the coveted third ... Their eldest son, Tom, is a Pontiac district manager in Akron, Ohio, while their third son, Ed, works for Cadillac Motor Car Division in the merchandising department.
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