In the USA, Motor Trend magazine was the first to give a Car of the Year award. The earliest awards were given to the manufacturer, not to a specific vehicle. To be eligible for the award, a car must be a new model or a fundamental redesign. All vehicles are given the same battery of tests: standard car tests such as skid-pad ratings, acceleration and quarter-mile times, and evaluations of the interiors are combined with a track run conducted by SCCA-licensed testers and taking the cars out on normal roads to test their drivability under normal conditions and fuel economy.