2015 CAR OF THE YEAR

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Why VW's Golf Is Car of the Year Car for the Course: Our Champion Is a Jackrabbit of All Trades By Rory Jurnecka | Photography by Julia LaPalme It might be hard to believe, but in a four-decade lifespan, Volkswagen's Golf has only run away with our Golden Calipers once before, in 1985. Also interesting is the fact that the GTI that won our Car of the Year award 30 years ago was deemed our "domestic" COTY at a time when we still categorized imported cars into their own award. The domestic tag was because the 1985 GTI was constructed at Volkswagen's now-defunct Pennsylvania plant, which was shuttered three years later. A lot has changed in the intervening years. Volkswagen is once again producing cars in the U.S., and the Volkswagen Golf, including the GTI, is once again our Car of the Year. For 2015, the Golf was a near-unanimous decision choice among our judges by virtue of its strong performance in each of our six Car of the Year criteria. 'A Quality Car, Fun Car, and a Grown-Up Car' 2015 Car of the Year Contenders and Finalists: Which Came Close? Ed Loh: Meet the Professors of Our Car Guy Master Class Finalist: See How the New Turbo Mustang Fared In Our First Test 2015 Lexus RC F (Finalist) Faces BMW M4 on Head 2 Head Which Car of the Year Contender/Finalist Would You Buy? Check Out Our YouTube Channel Subscribe to Motor Trend POPULAR THIS WEEK ON MOTORTREND.COM 2014 CAR OF THE YEAR 2014 Cadillac CTS Took the Fight to Mercedes, BMW, Audi. And Won. CHEVY COLORADO FIRST TEST 'This Thing Scoots and Sounds Good Doing It' CONSERVATIVE NO MORE? Spied: Radical Redesign For 2016/2017 Honda Civic TO OUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS: YOUR PRIVACY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL IN ERROR OR WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE CLICK HERE. Write to us at: Motor Trend Digital Newsletter 831 S. Douglas Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Privacy Policy (c) 2013 Source Interlink Media, Inc. All rights reserved.