Automobile Magazine: Volkswagen GTI 2007 is CAR OF THE YEAR

Automobile Magazine has said that they are naming the Volkswagen AG GTI as their car of the year.

This is good news for VW as this award is often used by companies in their advertising efforts to attract consumers.

Gavin Conway, editor-in-chief of Automobile Magazine said that they picked this car for the way it combined performance and affordability.

The car price starts at under $23,000 and it comes loaded with 200-horsepower, four-cylinder engine. The car can touch 60 mph in mere 6.6 seconds.

This is not all. It offers highway fuel economy of 30 miles per gallon.

The magazine further said that they are naming the Aston Martin V8 Vantage its design of the year.

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