RE: C&D finally admits the truth
Interesting... I think Motor Trend has alot more apologizing to do - for instance, there wasn't any mention of them naming the god-awful Shamu-looking 1991 Chevy Caprice as their 1991 Car of the Year. Sorry to mention a Chrysler product, but naming the 1976 Aspen/Volare as their car of the year wasn't exactly the best of thinking either (and didn't the AMC Pacer with the 1975 COTY?)
I guess alot of these were victims of the "seemed-lie-a-good-idea-at-the-time" syndrome. I remember when the Renault Alliance was introduced in '83 - a HUGE marketing campaign, the old fuddy-duddy AMC was finally energized with European cars - sure they were absolute POSs, but we wanted them to succeed - guess we couldn't see the forest for the trees, ultimately.