Editing Car and Driver (section)

==History==
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!Issues!!Owner
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|+Ownership
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|Jul 1955 – Feb 1956||Motor Publications
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|Mar 1956 – Apr 1985||[[Ziff Davis]]
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|May 1985 – Dec 1987||[[CBS]] Magazines
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|Jan 1988 – Apr 1988||Diamandis Communications
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|Apr 1988 – May 2011||[[Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.]]
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|May 2011 – Present||[[Hearst Communications]]
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''Car and Driver'' was formed as ''Sports Cars Illustrated'' in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation|url=http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf|work=PSA Research Center|access-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115225953/http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf|archive-date=November 15, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In its early years, the magazine focused primarily on small, imported [[sports car]]s. In 1961, editor [[Karl Ludvigsen]] renamed the magazine ''Car and Driver'' to show a more general automotive focus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/karl-ludvigsen|author=Mark J. McCourt|date=January 2019|title=Karl Ludvigsen|work=Hemmings Classic Car}}</ref>

''Car and Driver'' once featured [[Bruce McCall]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/author/2362/bruce-mccall/|title=Bruce McCall|work=Car and Driver}}</ref>  [[Jean Shepherd]],<ref name="Bergmann">{{cite book|last1=Bergmann|first1=Eugene|title=Excelsior, You Fathead!: The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd|date=November 1, 2004|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]]|location=[[Winona, Minnesota]]|isbn=978-1-55783-600-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/excelsioryoufath00berg}}</ref> and [[Brock Yates]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/author/219213/brock-yates/|title=Brock Yates|work=Car and Driver}}</ref>  as columnists, and [[P. J. O'Rourke]] as a frequent contributor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15142347/ferrari-reinvents-manifest-destiny-pj-orourke-and-a-ferrari-308gts-archived-feature/|author=P.J. O'Rourke|date=February 16, 2022|title=Ferrari Reinvents Manifest Destiny: P.J. O'Rourke Drives Cross-Country in a Ferrari 308GTS|work=Car and Driver}}</ref>  Former editors include William Jeanes and [[David E. Davis, Jr.]], the latter of whom led some employees to defect in 1985 to create ''[[Automobile (magazine)|Automobile]]''.

When CBS acquired Ziff Davis' consumer magazines in 1985,<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 1985 |title=CBS + Ziff = huge |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3065/is_v14/ai_3627670/ |url-status=dead |journal=Folio |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710202741/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3065/is_v14/ai_3627670/ |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=December 16, 2011}}</ref> the company decided to keep both ''Car and Driver'' and existing CBS automobile magazine, ''[[Road & Track]]''. Successive owners keep this arrangement.

Rather than electing a [[Car of the Year]], ''Car and Driver'' publishes its top ten picks each year in its [[Car and Driver 10Best|''Car and Driver'' 10Best]].

''Car and Driver'' is home to the [[John Lingenfelter]] Memorial Trophy. This award is given annually at their [[Car and Driver Supercar Challenge|Supercar Challenge]].

Currently,{{when|date=May 2020}} ''Car and Driver'' is also published in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Spain. The Spanish version just makes use of the ''Car and Driver'' name; no editorial direction is shared. China had an edition called ''名车志 Car and Driver'' ({{Translation|Quality Automotive Magazine "Car and Driver"}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hearst.com.cn/brand/caranddriver/|title=Car and Driver名车志 - 赫斯特集团网站}}</ref> The Middle Eastern edition is issued by [[ITP Media Group|ITP Publishing]] based in Dubai.