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2010 Subaru Outback wins 2010 Motor Trend SUV of the Year
Subaru of America announced today that its 2010 Subaru Outback has won the Motor Trend’s 2010 SUV of Year award. That’s two consecutive wins for Subaru, which also won the Motor Trend’s 2009 SUV of Year with its Forester model.
“The 2010 Subaru Outback offers a unique combination of comfort, efficiency, versatility and value,” said Motor Trend’s [...]
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2010 Motor Trend SUV of the Year Contenders revealed
It’s that time of the year again – when Motor Trend picks the “Motor Trend SUV of the Year” for the year 2010. Last year’s award went to the 2009 Subaru Forester. It seems as though this year, Motor Trend has focused most of its attention on luxury SUVs. Either way, stay tuned for the winner who [...]
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Remember Motor Trend’s Best-Handling Car multipage feature? Well, the publication announced today that from here on out, the feature will now be known as Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car.
“Motor Trend is not looking for the quickest car over the quarter mile, the car that pulls the highest lateral g through a turn, or even the [...]
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Video: Motor Trend pits the Corvette ZR1 against an F/A-18 Hornet Jet
We love our Top Gear – a lot. We’ll do anything to watch the most recent episodes whether it means jumping on YouTube and sorting our search results by “Relevance” or doing the whole bit torrent thing.
One of our all time favorite segments was when Hammond raced a Bugatti Veyron against a fighter jet. Apparently, [...]
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Ford F-150 awarded 2009 Motor Trend Truck of the Year
No big surprise here (well at least to us) - Motor Trend has awarded the 2009 Ford F-150 the 2009 Motor Trend Truck of the Year. While rivals Dodge Ram and Toyota Tundra are really strong pickups, the rules have been changed this time around.
“Fuel prices skyrocketed, the economy tanked, consumer confidence evaporated, and folks who [...]
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2009 Nissan 370Z goes from 0 to 60 in 4.7 seconds, or so says Motor Trend
The other day during Thanksgiving dinner a couple of us were arguing about the 0 to 60 time of the new 332-hp 2009 Nissan 370Z as reported by CARandDRIVER. The automotive enthusiast magazine said that the new Z goes from rest to 60 in 5 seconds which seemed a bit awkward to us since the [...]
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Nissan GT-R named 2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year
Here it is – your 2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year. The Nissan GT-R, aka Godzilla, has claimed the number one spot from other impressive contenders.
“The GT-R puts Nissan on a map that thus far only designated Maranello, Sant’ Agata, Munich, and Stuttgart as points of interest,” said Motor Trend editor Ron Kiino. ”Well, it’s [...]
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Videos: Corvette ZR1, Porsche GT2, Ferrari 599, Nissan GT-R top speed runs
While Motor Trend was hanging out at Chrysler’s Arizona Proving Grounds in over half a million dollars worth of the world’s hottest cars, they decided it was the perfect opportunity to take each vehicle to its top speed. Check out these videos of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Porsche 911 GT2, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and the [...]
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Video: Motor Trend takes the 2009 Corvette ZR1 from 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 secs
Motor Trend recently hit up the hot Arizona desert to test the most powerful GM car ever built – the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
Testing the 638-hp 6.2L V8 at Chrysler’s Proving Grounds, Motor Trend hit 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds (CARandDRIVER recently reported 3.4 seconds). Comparing that to its rival, the Dodge Viper SRT-10 does [...]
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2009 Subaru Forester awarded Motor Trend Sport/Utility Of The Year
Out of a list of 13 finalists, the 2009 Subaru Forester has been chosen as Motor Trend’s Sport/Utility Of The Year. Of course, fuel-economy was one of the biggest factors this year that the 2009 Forester 2.5XT returned an outstanding 16.0 mpg for an all-wheel-drive SUV.
The 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5L 4-cylinder engine along with all-wheel-drive and an [...]
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2010 Suzuki Kizashi prices start at under $19,000
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2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder coming to LA, prices start at $61,200
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Fiat 500 with a 1.4L Mutliair coming in 4th quarter of 2010
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Jeep will move over to Fiat platforms in 2013, “I live. I ride. I am. Jeep”
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New Dodge 7-passenger crossover and C-segment on the way
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BREAKING: Only 500 more Dodge Vipers will be made, replacement coming in 2012
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Review: 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS, no longer your daddy’s car
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Review: 2010 GMC Terrain shows how GMC is evolving
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Review: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, look here for impressive fuel-efficiency numbers
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Review: 2010 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost, high-performance can be economical
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Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO – It’s SHOw Time
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Review: 2010 Mazda3, it’s smiling at you… and you should smile back
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Review: 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S with PDK, launch-control active
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