Sexy, Smart And Silent: Tesla Is Named Motor Trend Car of the Year

TeslaSports car enthusiats said it couldn’t be done, but Tesla founder Elon Musk woudn’t listen: Despite the naysayers, Musk pulled in foreward thinking design and engineering and built a revolutionary sports car: It has all the speed and muscle of a sports car, but runs on electricity. It’s seen more in California than on the East Coast, but not for long: Tesla was named Motor Trend’s Car of the Year!


Scotty Reiss
Scotty Reiss

Journalist, entrepreneur and mom. Expertise includes new cars, family cars, 3-row SUVs, child passenger car seats and automotive careers and culture. A World Car Awards juror and member of the steering committee, Scotty likes to say the automotive business found her, rather than her finding it. But recognizing the opportunity to give voice to powerful female consumers and create a voice to match their spending power, her mission became to empower women as car buyers and owners. A career-long journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Town & Country, Adweek and co-authored the book Stew Leonard, My Story, a biography of the founder of the iconic grocery company Stew Leonard’s. Her love of cars started when her father insisted she learn to change the oil in her MG Midget, but now it mostly plays out in the many road trips taken with her family.

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