haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (11/11/84)
< Nami nami nami nami ... > According to Automotive News, an authoritative trade weekly, Motor Trend Magazine has selected the 1985 VW GTI as their Car of the Year. Don't ask me how they did it before production even started... :-) Tom Haapanen University of Waterloo (519) 744-2468 allegra \ clyde \ \ decvax ---- watmath --- watdcsu --- haapanen ihnp4 / / linus / The opinions herein are not those of my employers, of the University of Waterloo, and probably not of anybody else either.
jhs@druri.UUCP (ShoreJ) (11/19/84)
Motor Trend receives, as do most of the other major automotive rags, "production" vehicles from the manufacturers (or their distributors) for advance testing. "Car of the year" awards are based not on the public's reaction but the auto journalists', hence the possibility of annointing the winner in advance of public release. Note: Nominally the vehicles tested are supposed to be production configuration and not custom versions--whether you believe that or not depends on your cynacism level. :-)
ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) (11/21/84)
Waitaminute, wasn't the VW bunny discontinued in 1984??? -- "Where can you find Ron Christian a stale work environment Watkins-Johnson Co. with excellent pay?" San Jose, Calif. --bay area newspaper (...ios!wjvax!ron)