DETROIT — AutoWeek magazine has announced its 2001 Editors' Choice Awards from the Frankfurt Motor Show.
For more than a decade, the AutoWeek Editors' Choice Awards have recognized those vehicles the magazine's editorial staff selects as the Most Significant, Most Fun, Best Concept and Best in Show models at each major auto show around the world.
The AutoWeek Editors' Choice Awards from the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show are:
- Most Fun: Maserati Spyder
- "There were any number of cars that could have won the 'Most Fun' title, but how can you not enjoy yourself with a fiery red Maserati convertible?" Mandel asks.
- Best Concept: Audi Avantissimo
- "Make no mistake: while this might be the 'Best Concept' winner," Mandel says, "the Audi Avantissimo clearly shows the world what the next Audi A8, and hence the entire future family of Audis, will be like. We like what we see."
- Most Significant: BMW 7 Series
- "BMW earns the 'Most Significant' status for its top-line sedan because of what it says about the direction of the company. Its polarizing style will have people abuzz at the country club," says Dutch Mandel, AutoWeek Editor and Associate Publisher.
- Best in Show: Lamborghini Murcielago
- "The first new Lambo in more than a decade says supercar all over it. Every kid, no matter what age, will be doodling its lines in classrooms and corporate meetings for the next 10 years," says Mandel.
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