February 23, 2004

By: Leonard Fischer
Website: http://www.1st-in-cars.com

Car Collector Magazine And Yahoo! Autos Unveil Cars Of The Century

To celebrate the past one hundred years of the automobile, experts from Car Collector Magazine and Yahoo! Autos, a free comprehensive road map for researching, buying, selling and maintaining new and used cars on the Web, today unveiled the most popular Cars of the Century. To kick off the Cars of the Century celebration, Car Collector Magazine and Yahoo! Autos invite Internet users from around the globe to get in gear and vote on the top cars of this century. Through the new offering on Yahoo! Autos, car enthusiasts can join the foremost world classic car collectors, exhibitors and owners, many of whom are attending this weekend's 49th Annual Concours D'Elegance event in Pebble Beach, to appreciate the most influential and innovative cars of this century.

Beginning today and running through February 1, 2000, visitors can go online tour of the top 20 models selected by Car Collector Magazine and Yahoo! Autos. By clicking on Cars of the Century, people can cruise back in time through photo galleries of vintage vehicles and collectible autos, read about the line-up of pre- and post-war cars, learn about who built the cars and what makes each stand-out above the rest. Car enthusiasts can help make history by voting on their favorite car of the 20th century. Car owners and fans alike can rank the vintage vehicles based on five criteria: performance, style, innovation, industry influence, and popularity.

As we approach a new millennium, editors at Car Collector Magazine teamed with Yahoo! Autos to identify 20 of the most popular automobiles ever produced; 10 from before World War II and 10 from the post World World II era, said Jeff Broadus, publisher, Car Collector Magazine. While some of these cars made the list because of stylistic and engineering innovation, others are clear industry leaders that were mass-produced by opportunistic automakers. All of the cars have one thing in common: they shaped the imagination of consumers. Because of this, we think it is fitting that consumers tell the world what car ranks as the top car of this century.

By teaming with Car Collector Magazine, Yahoo! Autos can continue to offer car enthusiasts and collectors a place to follow the historic design breakthroughs of a fast-moving and innovative automotive industry, said Susan Carls, senior producer, Yahoo! Autos. We want to give people a chance to look back and review some of the greatest accomplishments in automobile design and engineering history, meet other auto enthusiasts, and give our millions of users a chance to cast their consumer vote to tell us what car tops them all.

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