In 1976, Bob Hall, a journalist at Motor Trend magazine who was an expert in Japanese cars and fluent in the language, met Kenichi Yamamoto and Gai Arai, head of Research and Development at Mazda.

* Winner of Motor Trend Magazine's Sport / Utility of the Year Award in 2009

The Toronado was Motor Trend magazine's 1966 " Car of the Year.

* Oldsmobile Toronado ( 1966 – 1992 )-personal luxury coupe, major redesign downsized the car in 1986, Motor Trend Car of the Year in ' 66.

Because of these changes, Motor Trend magazine picked the entire Pontiac line as 1959 Car of the Year.

The Tempest won the Motor Trend " Car of the Year " award in 1961 — for Pontiac, the second time in three years.

The February, 1965 issue of Motor Trend was almost entirely devoted to Pontiac's Car of the Year award and included feature stories on the division's marketing, styling, engineering and performance efforts along with road tests of several models.

It won the Motor Trend Car of the Year award in 1974 and 1994.

: The MDX wins the prestigious Motor Trend " 2001 Sport / Utility of the Year " award

*' Motor Trend ' magazine ( USA ), February 1972 issue

*' Motor Trend ' magazine ( USA ), February 1974 issue

( In 2000, Motor Trend did away with separate awards for domestic and imported vehicles.

In a Motor Trend interview August, 1970 DeLorean said, " Vega will be the highest quality product ever built by Chevrolet.

The new model, introduced at a time of increased interest in small cars, won several awards including Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Motor Trend declared: " The Alliance may well be the best-assembled first-year car we ’ ve ever seen.

In 1963, the entire Rambler line received the Motor Trend Car of the Year award.

* Motor Trend, an automotive magazine

A four-barrel Motor Trend test car, a heavier convertible handicapped by the two-speed automatic transmission and the lack of a limited slip differential, ran 0-60 mph in 7 seconds and through the quarter mile in 16. 1 seconds at 89 miles per hour ( 142. 4 km / h ).

Car Life was satisfied with the metallic brakes on its GTO, but Motor Trend and Road Test found the four-wheel drum brakes with organic linings to be alarmingly inadequate in high-speed driving.

Motor Trend clocked a four-speed Ram Air with 4. 33 rear differential at 14. 45 seconds at and a standard GTO with Turbo-Hydramatic and a 3. 23 rear axle ratio at 15. 93 seconds at.

Motor Trend tested a 1971 GTO with the 455, four-speed transmission, and 3. 90 axle, and obtained a 0-60 mph time of 6. 1 seconds and a quarter mile acceleration of 13. 4 seconds at 102 mph ( 164 km / h ).

The article continued: " Walt Woron of Motor Trend enjoyed the ' quick-flowing power ... that pins you to your seat and keeps you there until you release your foot from the throttle [...] Olds dominated the performance landscape in 1950, including wins in the NASCAR Grand National division, Daytona Speed Weeks, and the 2100-plus-mile Carrera Panamericana.

In January 1965, Foyt qualified and ran in the front of the pack most of the day with Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones in the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside.

It was also history-making, becoming the first individual model line ( as opposed to an entire company ) to earn Motor Trend " Car of the Year " honors.

On a skidpad, the car achieved. 83 g, only. 03 g less than the Celica GTS, during testing by Motor Trend and Sport Compact Car.

An Anglia tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1948 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 38. 3 seconds.

An Anglia saloon tested by the British Motor magazine in 1954 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 29. 4 seconds.

A new Anglia saloon tested by the British Motor magazine in 1959 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 26. 9 seconds.

The British Motor magazine tested a 400 de luxe saloon in 1959 recording a top speed of and acceleration from 0-in 23. 0 seconds and a fuel consumption of.

A road car tested by The Motor magazine in 1960 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0 – in 11. 4 seconds.

The British " Motor " magazine tested a Fiat 128 in April 1970, shortly after its UK launch.

Motor Trend magazine tested a 1970 Torino GT SportsRoof with a 429 CJ, C-6 Automatic, and 3. 50: 1 gears, and obtained a 0-time of 6. 0 seconds, while the quarter mile took 14. 4 seconds at.

Motor trend tested a 1970 Torino Cobra equipped with the Ram Air 429 CJ, C-6 automatic and 3. 50: 1 rear axle, and it went 0-in 6. 0 seconds while taking 14. 5 seconds at to go through the quarter mile.

" Motor Trend also tested a 1970 Cobra with a 429 SCJ, 4-speed and 3. 91: 1 gears, and resulted in a 5. 8 second 0-time, with a 13. 99 second quarter mile at.

A Prefect tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1948 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 22. 8 seconds.

The Motor magazine tested a de-luxe 100E in 1957 and recorded a top speed of and acceleration from 0-in 32. 2 seconds.

A long-wheelbase version tested by The Motor magazine in 1953 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 23. 3 seconds.

An automatic Limousine was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1962 and had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 23. 5 seconds.

A 3-litre Vanden Plas Princess with automatic transmission was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 16. 1 seconds.

A car was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1958.

A car with hardtop tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 20. 0 seconds.

It weighed 740 kg ( 1631 lb ), Motor magaxine famously tested a UK Special to a top speed of, did 0 – 60 mph in 6. 6 seconds, and ran the 1 / 4 mile in 14. 9 sec.

A car tested by The Motor magazine in 1954 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 24. 1 seconds.

The Motor magazine tested a 100E in 1960 and found it to have a top speed of, acceleration from 0-in 19. 6 seconds and a fuel consumption of.

An open 3. 8-litre car, actually the first such production car to be completed, was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of and could accelerate from in 7. 1 seconds.

A Light Fifteen tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1951 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0 – in 29. 7 seconds.

A Capri was tested by the British The Motor magazine in 1962 and had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0-in 22. 6 seconds.

Motor Trend tested the SLR and achieved a 0-60 mph time of 3. 3 seconds in April 2006.