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Encyclopedia > 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. The magazine still gives this award.


It also refers to an award given yearly to the new automobile selected best by a jury of journalists for motor magazines in Europe. Look up Award in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile (or motor car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... European redirects here. ...


Although other similar awards exist in other parts of the world like Australia from the Australian automobile magazine Wheels and the AJAC in Canada, these two are the major ones that use the phrase, which is sometimes abbreviated COTY. Wheels Magazine is an Australian automotive magazine. ... The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) is an association of professional journalists, writers and photographers whose focus is the automobile and the automotive industry in Canada. ...


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