Head of Editorial
Welcome to our inaugural Performance Vehicle of the Year (PVOTY) issue. A quick history: We’ve awarded our Car of the Year title since 1949. In 1978, we added Truck of the Year and then SUV of the Year in 1999. Alongside Person of the Year, these have been our automotive Of The Year awards for decades. Until now.
Why, and why now? It’s instructive to look back at ’s old Import Car of the Year. First awarded in 1970, the idea of ICOTY was
