Motor Trend Car of the Year

Over time, other publications and organizations have copied Motor Trend's Car of the Year award and created their own.

[5][6] Motor Trend's Car of the Year is "one of the most prestigious honors bestowed in the auto industry.

In 2014 as an example, the Motor Trend judges debated and evaluate each vehicle against six key criteria:[12] Motor Trend also only considers cars with base MSRPs less than $150,000 in order to avoid expensive luxury and super cars dominating the competition.

Introduced in 1970 for one year and then brought back in 1976 due to differences between imports and American cars.

The award was discontinued after the 1999 model year when the difference between what was a domestic and an import had started to become problematic.