Motor Trend

File:Motor Trend February 2010 cover.jpg Motor Trend, February 2010
Categories	Automobile magazine
Monthly
Publisher	Source Interlink Media
Total circulation (December 2011)	1,135,090[1]
First issue	September 1949
Country	United States
Based in	Los Angeles
Language	English
Website	www.motortrend.com
ISSN	0027-2094

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Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, issued by Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, and bearing the tag line "The Magazine for a Motoring World". Petersen Publishing was sold to British publisher EMAP in 1998, who sold the former Petersen magazines to Primedia in 2001. As of 2007, it is published by Source Interlink. It has a monthly circulation of over one million readers.^[2]

One of the earliest and most enduring of the magazine's creations was its Car of the Year award, given almost continuously since its inception, although the phrase itself would not become entrenched until well into the 50s. The first winner was the 1949 Cadillac; the company turned it down.^[3] The award has gone through several splits and permutations over the years, being called the Golden Wheels Award for a while in the 70s and having given rise to Truck of the Year and Import Car of the Year as well as SUV of the Year. Nevertheless, it is still coveted by manufacturers and is usually covered by the mainstream press as the most important distinction awarded in the American auto industry.

New Car Guides[link]

The magazine releases a special edition every September and October listing the latest new vehicles. In September the issue looks at the latest automobiles for the next coming calendar year, whilst in October the magazine looks at off-roaders, MPVs and sport-utility vehicles.

Offshoots[link]

Truck Trend and Motor Trend Classic are two offshoots of Motor Trend magazine. Truck Trend magazine presents features and the latest news about the truck, SUV, and crossover segments. Additionally, the Readers' Rides section allows readers to post images and information about their own vehicles.

Motor Trend Classic, which took a break from publishing in the late 2000s, was restarted in 2010. It includes articles about significant classic cars from around the world made during the last 60 years.

Used car warranty[link]

In 2009, Motor Trend introduced a certified used car program,^[4] beginning with dealers in Atlanta, Georgia and Cincinnati, Ohio. As explained in their press release, the program is powered by EasyCare.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Motor Trend Official website
• Truck Trend home page
• Wide Open Throttle Automotive News Blog

This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (September 2008)

For Douglas Scott, the Glasgow-based climbing partner of W. H. Murray in the period 1935-1955, see that article

Douglas Keith Scott CBE, known as Doug Scott (born 29 May 1941), is an English mountaineer noted for the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. Scott and Dougal Haston were the first Britons to climb Everest during this expedition.^[1] In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the Lifetime Achievement Piolet d'Or, his personal style and climbs were described as "visionary".^[2]

Childhood[link]

Scott was born in Nottingham, England and started climbing at the age of 12, his interest sparked by a school trip to the White Hall outdoor activities centre near Buxton.

Mountaineering[link]

Scott's mountaineering career includes over 30 expeditions to inner Asia and he is regarded as one of the world's leading high altitude and big wall climbers. He is best known for his first ascent of the south-west face of Everest with Dougal Haston in an expedition led by Chris Bonington. All of his other climbs have been in the lightweight alpine style.

Highlights of Scott's climbing career include

• 1975: South-west face of Everest with Dougal Haston, bivouac on the south summit at 8760 m.
• 1977: Baintha Brakk, more commonly known as The Ogre (in Pakistan), and descent with both legs broken at the ankle.
• 1978: Attempt of the west side of K2.
• 1979: North ridge of Kangchenjunga (8586 m).
• 1979: Ascent of the north side of Nuptse with Georges Bettembourg, Brian Hall and Alan Rouse.

Scott has climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each of all seven continents. He is a past President of the Alpine Club and was made a CBE in 1994. In 1999 he was awarded the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He was presented with the Golden Eagle Award by the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild in 2005 and received the Lifetime Contribution Award at the 2011 Piolet d'Or awards in Chamonix. He was awarded an honorary MA by the University of Nottingham in 1991.

Charity work in Nepal[link]

During Scott's climbing career, his understanding of the culture and the people in the regions where he climbed grew as he formed strong bonds and relationships. Scott founded the charity Community Action Nepal and spends much of his time fundraising for this cause, especially from giving public lectures. Scott is also an advocate of Responsible Tourism. Scott set up his own trekking agency in 1989, and pays the porters and other staff double the going rate, with improved working conditions, porters' loads being reduced and clothing purchased to combat the cold and rain.

Books[link]

• Doug Scott, Himalayan Climber: A Lifetime's Quest to the World's Greater Ranges, ISBN 1-898573-16-6
• Doug Scott, Big Wall Climbing, ISBN 0-7182-0967-2.
• Doug Scott and Alex Macintyre, The Shishapangma Expedition, ISBN 0-89886-723-1.
• Doug Scott, Mountaineer (1992)

References[link]

1. ^ Douglas Keith Scott. The Alpinist, Issue 2, 29, 1 March 2003
2. ^ Piolet d'Or [1]

External links[link]

• Everest history
• Short biography
• Photos by Doug Scott
• Community Action Nepal
• Doug Scott's lectures
• Scott's climbing CV
• Community Action Treks
• Alpinist Magazine, Issue:2,Faces
• ClimbAndMore.com Climbers