Automobile Magazine to Unveil 1998 All-Stars
25 March 1998
Automobile Magazine to Unveil Its 1998 All-Stars At This Year's New York International Auto Show
NEW YORK, March 25 -- The editors of Automobile Magazine, a
PRIMEDIA consumer publication, will reveal the Automobile Magazine
1998 All-Stars at a champagne press reception scheduled for 3:55 p.m. on
April 8 at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) at the Jacob Javits
Center. This will be the first time in Automobile Magazine's 12-year history
that the Automobile Magazine All-Stars will be unveiled at the NYIAS.
In describing another "first" surrounding the selections, Founder and
Editor David E. Davis, Jr. stated: "We have changed our approach to the
Automobile Magazine All-Stars. Instead of picking the 1O or 12 vehicles that
we believe to be the most interesting and important of the year, we have
decided to choose vehicles that we believe to be the best of their kinds
within sharply defined market segments." The editors' selections will remain
secret until the April 8 press event.
Yet another Automobile Magazine All-Stars "first": An on-page reader poll
appeared in the January 1998 issue, that asked readers to make their own
best-of-class vehicle selections. Mr. Davis added: "We have further improved
our approach by asking our readers to state their preferences, knowing full
well that they are knowledgeable enthusiasts who don't always agree with us.
They came through like champions, as they always do, and we received several
thousand ballots by mail, by fax, and over the Internet. It was gratifying to
learn that readers agreed with us often, or chose our winners within their top
five." Automobile Magazine's reader and editor All-Star selections will be
juxtaposed in the May 1998 issue, on newsstands April 9.
Automobile Magazine, a contemporary, lifestyle-oriented magazine, is a
PRIMEDIA consumer publication. Other PRIMEDIA titles include Seventeen,
New York, Modern Bride and Chicago Magazine.
SOURCE New York International Automobile Show
