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