Finalist: 1950s 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air America: Reborn, rebuilt, restyled

摘要

It's weird to think of MotorTrend as a startup, but back in the early days, we needed to figure things out as we went. No one had published a magazine devoted to the American new-car enthusiast and shopper until we came along. Throughout the 1950s, we jumped around with how we named our Car of the Year. We did everything from naming a specific vehicle to simply awarding individual vehicles for superlative performance, with the automaker with the most wins unofficially earning the title. Some years, we skipped it altogether.