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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=21.25% BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11"><B>   </B><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19001909"><U><B><IMG SRC="0480b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11"><B>   </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best cars of each decade"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="autocluster.com"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U><B>Introduction</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19001909"><U><B>1900-1909</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19101919"><U><B>1910-1919</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19201929"><U><B>1920-1929</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19301939"><U><B>1930-1939</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19401949"><U><B>1940-1949</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19501959"><U><B>1950-1959</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19601969"><U><B>1960-1969</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19701979"><U><B>1970-1979</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19801989"><U><B>1980-1989</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Best Car 19902000"><U><B>1990-2000</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Car of the Century"><U><B>Car of the Century</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery of Fame"><U><B>Gallery of Fame</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Introduction</div> <bR> <div> <I>Best </I><I>Car of the Decade</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="9" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="540" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 310 WIDTH="518"><div> Readers of <I>Automotive Engineering International  </I>voted on the best engineered cars of each decade of the 20th Century. An overall winner was chosen from among the entries by Daniel J. Holt, Editor-<I>in-Chief </I></div> <div> See the SAE website at <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><U>www.sae.org</U></FONT>. The readers were asked to vote on the car and check the following criteria that fit their choice: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The car successfully introduced a new engineering system and/or solution that was subsequently adopted by others, either wholly or in part. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The car enjoyed exceptional longevity in the marketplace, thereby indicating and validating sound initial engineering capable of further development. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The car achieved better performance than its contemporaries by virtue of the excellence of its engineering. Performance is defined as any combination of the following attributes — accommoda- tion of people and/or luggage, comfort, durability, economy of operation, environmental responsi- bility, handling and stability, production cost, quality, safety, and/or speed. </div> <bR> <div> The choices start with the period 1900-1909</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>