The 2009 new-car model year will likely go down as a seminal time in automotive history. Two worlds – the green and the powerful – are on a collision course. Compound that with a shrinking economy, radically changing buyers tastes, and more new-car choices than ever before, and you have a complicated market with many vehicles blurring the line between traditional categories. All of which made choosing our 10 picks for the 2009 MyRide/Autobytel Editors' Choice awards that much more difficult, and who received these awards more significant than ever before.
