Cover Photos of Motor Trend Magazine from the 1980s

Motor Trend is an American auto magazine. It was published for the first time in September 1949, and the first Car of the Year award was introduced. Los Angeles-based Petersen Publishing Company published Motor Trend until 1998 when it was sold to British publisher EMAP, who then sold the former Petersen magazines to Primedia in 2001. Since 2019, the magazine has been published by the Motor Trend Group. It has over one million readers each month. Its tagline reads, “The Magazine for a Motoring World.”

The photos below show covers of Motor Trend magazine from the 1980s.

#1 Motor Trend, July 1980

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#2 Motor Trend, August 1980

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#3 Motor Trend, September 1980

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#4 Motor Trend, October 1980

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#5 Motor Trend, November 1980

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#6 Motor Trend, January 1981

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#7 Motor Trend, April 1981

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#8 Motor Trend, May 1981

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#9 Motor Trend, August 1982

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#10 Motor Trend, October 1982

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#11 Motor Trend, December 1982

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#12 Motor Trend, February 1983

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#13 Motor Trend, March 1983

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#14 Motor Trend, April 1983

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#15 Motor Trend, May 1983

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#16 Motor Trend, June 1983

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#17 Motor Trend, July 1983

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#18 Motor Trend, August 1983

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#19 Motor Trend, September 1983

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#20 Motor Trend, October 1983

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#21 Motor Trend, November 1983

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#22 Motor Trend, December 1983

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#23 Motor Trend, January 1984

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#24 Motor Trend, February 1984

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#25 Motor Trend, March 1984

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#26 Motor Trend, September 1984

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#27 Motor Trend, October 1984

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