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How does Motor Trend Magazine decide on which cars to pick for Motor Trends Car of the Year?

I did some research and the toyota camry in 6 months has had a 73 complaints according to http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ The 2006 car of the year …Honda accord has had 38 complaints. The Ford Fusion has had the least and is on Consumer reports cover in December with only 11 complaints in the 18 months it has been out. Why did Motor Trend not pick the Fusion? Is it because Ford does not spend the millions of $s toyota spends in advertising?

I guarantee that Motor Trend Magazine has NEVER even looked at the NHTSA’s website when choosing their “winners”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration / US Department of Transportation is a government agency that : documents & investigates, consumer compaints, safety issues & recalls, manufacturer defects, technical service bullitens,etc.

Motor Trend Magazine makes money by selling advertising space in an ‘Entertainment’ publication.

Consumer driven publications, such as Consumer Report, are less biased.

I also have visited http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
I’m pretty astonished at all the Camry & Accord complaints & safety recalls & investigations etc.
& I’m pretty impressed with the Fusions “lack of same”

You are right about the customer complaints :
73 in 6 months for the ‘all new & improved’ Camry
11 in 18 months for the Fusion.

But did you read the actual complaints….one Fusion complaint was about how when parallel parking the rims scraped up against the curb, causing damage to the wheels & tires.
Does that sound like a safety defect ? or someone that can’t parallel park ? LOL

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