Ever owned a Motor Trend Car of the Year?

[Trip McNeely]

My wife’s SUV made the SUV list in 2016; Volvo XC90.

[GrayStangGT]

Can we really trust any list with a Mustang II on it......

[ram57ta]

Funny thing...my sisters first car was Motor Trend's car of the year when it came out in 1976 and then the following year I believe it got Lemon of the year. A 1976 Dodge Aspen with the 318. Was a fairly good looking car for its time...but holy hell what a pile of shit it was.

[Chas_svo]

Boy, like said above, there are some real pieces of crap in that list. No COTY for me, but I do own a ‘18 F150, so 1 TOTY.

[BLAKE]

it might be Car of the Year but allot of those cars are crap and didn't last

For sure. The only thing I can think, especially with the three I originally listed, is that they may be crappy cars in hindsight, they were hugely impactful for their time. Many say that the K car saved Chrysler (along with the minivan), the Mustang II was a huge seller and a perfect fit for the gas crisis of the 70's, and the PT Cruiser was a cultural phenomenon at the time. Even if it was a piece of shit.

[AnthonyS]

Turbocoupe, super coupe and a few 94 GTs

[svauto-erotic855]

I owned 3 , a Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Thunderbird SC, and a 70 Torino with 351C 4V.

The only one of them that I owned anywhere close to the time it was the car of the year was the Thunderbird SC.

[Rick Modena]

I had just bought my '94 T-bird SC, so I had to wait a few years before I bought my SN95, but I was already reading about the 4v mill coming out so I waited til early 96 to try and buy new Cobra, but no Mystics were available and by the time I went to get one, I could only find that ugly green one with tan interior so in late I ordered '96 to my SVT '97 Mustang Cobra.

[scootro]

it might be Car of the Year but allot of those cars are crap and didn't last

[cool cat]

Almost, 1967 Cougar was COTY, i have a 68.

[quikag]

One: 2016 Camaro 2SS. I loved that car.

[BLAKE]

If you ever had a '94 Mustang you have.

I went down the rabbit hole on this, and there is a crazy mix of great and terrible cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Trend_Car_of_the_Year

1974 Mustang II
1981 Chrysler K Cars
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser

I personally have had 2.

1993 Ford Probe GT: Slower than it should have been, but handled great and looked cool for the time (sweet ass interior). Unfortunately, engineered to fall apart over time. I only had mine 2 years, bought new.

2003 Infiniti G35: Fantastic car. Almost wish I still had it, even being 17 years old. Also too slow, but damn was it fun.