| Automobile Magazine named Volkswagen GTI as | | | | automaker and third best-selling model |
| its 2007 car of the year. Said title is part | | | | worldwide. It boasts cutting-edge its 2002 |
| of a series of year-end industry awards that | | | | Volkswagen GTI parts accessories that offers |
| automakers use to support their marketing | | | | efficiency, power and elegance. It is also |
| efforts. The car emerged as the cream of the | | | | given a four-cylinder engine that takes the |
| crop vehicle for the magazine. Said choice is | | | | 2-door version to 60 mph in 6.6 seconds. The |
| anchored on the combination of affordability | | | | car has a reported fuel economy of 30 miles |
| and performance of the car. Gavin Conway, | | | | to the gallon. Last year, Automobile Magazine |
| editor-in-chief of Automobile Magazine, said | | | | named Ford's Aston Martin V8 Vantage as its |
| the sporty version of the VW Golf, which is | | | | design of the year. Conway said Aston Martin, |
| now in its fifth generation, was the | | | | deserved credit for building its $110,000 |
| unanimous pick of the magazine's senior | | | | two-seater sports car in a way that harkened |
| editors because of the way it combined | | | | back to classic designs while incorporating |
| performance and affordability. "It's a great | | | | more stringent safety regulations. "Without |
| car to drive as well as being an easy car to | | | | question, the V8 Vantage is the best Aston |
| live with," Conway said. Conway expected that | | | | Martin ever produced," Conway said. He added |
| the selection would generate some controversy | | | | that the car is "arguably the best-looking |
| among the readership of the Ann Arbor, | | | | design car in the last couple of decades." |
| Michigan-based magazine, with some readers | | | | Automobile Magazine is one of several |
| questioning the choice of the magazine. But, | | | | industry publications that give various car |
| he said, the magazine had wanted to highlight | | | | and truck of the year awards. It has a |
| "a more responsible approach to performance | | | | circulation of 550,000 and has established a |
| driving," considering factors such as fuel | | | | reputable name in the motoring press |
| economy. Volkswagen GTI is a compact car that | | | | industry. The honors given by the magazine is |
| belongs to the best-selling models of the | | | | highly appreciated by the automakers. |