Motortrend needs to take more of a stance... (archive)

"If you like a {insert adjective here} car, get the {insert car here}." "If you like a {insert a different adjective here} car, get the {insert a different but never the same car here}."

And, it always seem like M/T makes the worst possible choice for car of the year. This year it was the PT Cruiser, a car for which an argument can be made that is not a car. Another year they chose the 300M and another year the Corvette. Hell, they got rid of "Import Car of the Year" a while back, and still no foreign car has won "Car of the Year."

Getting back to MT's inability to make a decision, in the article with the M roadster, Corvette, et al., they never really pick out one car as the winner, but resort to the speech that the mother of the geeky wimp will give: "You are all very special {cars}."

I think I'll continue paying the exorbitant premiums for Top Gear ($7?), Car($8), Evo ($8), and Autocar ($4ish?) to get the kind of subjectivity I'm looking for.

-Ben FR

P.S. - Car and Driver is pretty good (they take stances).

Follow Ups:

I heard corporate sponsorship decides car of year. Silvy 23:19 9/01/2001 (0)
Agreed, Autocar/CAR = Great & MT= dreck! (m) Nivola 17:27 9/01/2001 (0)
MT is the worst major car mag dp 15:39 9/01/2001 (2)
- Hate MT also acao 15:52 9/01/2001 (1)
  - i get autoweek... dp 17:56 9/01/2001 (0)
The UK mags are a much better read. Alpina22 15:01 9/01/2001 (0)

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