Motor Trend Magazine issue: 1989 Tbird SC Car of the Year Award

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Does anyone know the exact Motor Trend magazine issue wherein the SC was awarded 1989 Car of the Year? I've got an 89 SC and I thought it would be cool to get a copy of the magazine to add to my file.
Thanks for any clues!

Edit: automatic search results showed up after I posted this. For some reason I could not get the results from the search function when I tried it. Oh well.
The answer I was looking for is the February, 1989 issue (of Motor Trend). I found a pristine copy of that issue on eBay and bought it.
 
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The October 1988 issue of Motor Trend has a red SC on the cover and a ten page feature article on the award. I have this issue.

Car & Driver also did a decent writeup on the SC in a late 1988 issue ( can't recall exact month)

I remember a yellow Ferrari on the cover of that issue.
 
The October 1988 issue of Motor Trend has a red SC on the cover and a ten page feature article on the award. I have this issue.

Car & Driver also did a decent writeup on the SC in a late 1988 issue ( can't recall exact month)

I remember a yellow Ferrari on the cover of that issue.

I just Ebay checked the October 1988 issue of Motor Trend and it has a Yellow ZR1 Corvette on the cover?? Any chance you can pull it?? The one I have is from February 1989 it also has a Red SC on the cover. Wondering if there’s another one. Thanks.
 
My error on the issue date. It was actually the February 1989 issue. The October 1988 copy I was referring to was the "Car & Driver" issue which featured the 1989 Thunderbird SC.

attached is a screenshot of the Feb. 89 issue cover page /.. sorry about the mixup.Motor Trend Feb 1989 cover 01.JPG
 
My error on the issue date. It was actually the February 1989 issue. The October 1988 copy I was referring to was the "Car & Driver" issue which featured the 1989 Thunderbird SC.

attached is a screenshot of the Feb. 89 issue cover page /.. sorry about the mixup.View attachment 69333

No worries I love collecting magazines and articles on my cars and just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing one.
 
1989 Tbird SC Car of the Year magazine articles

Well, I had to dig through several file cabinets to find these, since I knew I had several old magazines with SC articles ,but hadn't looked at them in at least ten years. The one I mentioned below was actually a Road & Track issue from December 1988, which had a good article on the 1989 SC. A yellow Ferrari 408 is on the cover of this issue. (that's what I had initially recalled in trying to find this mag.

The other one I found was a July 1988 Car & Driver issue with the cover title: "SCOOP! 1989 T-BIRD" showing a white SC on the front.

My SC file grew into hundreds of books and mags over the years. Can't trust my memory for this many details any longer. ...Anyway, here's a shot of the covers. cheers~david

Car-Driver Jul 1988 cover 01.JPGRoad-Track Dec 1988 cover 01.JPG





The October 1988 issue of Motor Trend has a red SC on the cover and a ten page feature article on the award. I have this issue.

Car & Driver also did a decent writeup on the SC in a late 1988 issue ( can't recall exact month)

I remember a yellow Ferrari on the cover of that issue.
 
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