Motor Trend is thought to have originated the car of the year concept, selecting Cadillac's V-8 models in its first year of publication in 1949.

人们一般认为是《汽车潮流》杂志开启了“年度汽车”的概念。1949年，也就是该杂志创刊那一年，它将凯迪拉克(Cadillac)的V 8车型评选为年度最佳。

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The redesigned Toyota Camry, the hottest-selling car in America, is the winner of Motor Trend Magazine's 2007 car of the Year award.

全新设计的丰田佳美，被美国《汽车趋势》授予2007年度车大奖。

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If somebody wants to go buy, as the President said, the Motor Trend car of the year, they can go do that.

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The Volkswagen Passat won the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the Year award (which judges models on a variety of value and safety criteria), propelling it to sales of over 117, 000 that year alone.

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And I think he pointed out today that of the companies that we're talking about, like I said, he said in his remarks, he mentioned -- I don't want to turn this into an advertisement -- (laughter) -- you know, Chevy Malibu was the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year, or North American Car of the Year.

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