The Renaut Aliance (Aliant?) was a "Car of the Year" and it was crap ....
don't know if the "Yugo" also received that "honor".

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> Brandy Alexandre wrote:
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>> For the first time ever I own a cool car!
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> Don't be too enthused by the "Car of the Year" title since Motor Trend
> bases it more on market hype than vehicle merit, one of the worst
> examples being the Chevy Vega, their choice in 1971, and several years
> earlier they named the Toyota Corona as "Import Car of the Year" after
> Toyota paid for the entire year's circulation. At least with the Honda
> Civic is a good choice.
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