Harry Leaves Evo
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on someones post really tells you all you need to know Harry's videos, despite coming from someone who was clearly very knowledgable and very well funded, never came across as 'look at me' as they can with some peoples. He always seemed enthusiastic and put the point across in an engaging manner. I'll miss his contribution to my favourite mag and the videos
I've just watched Nick Trotts 12C diary, and it's quite possibly the most dreary thing I've ever watched. I wanted to like it as the car's exciting, but I'm afraid that was not fantastic and I feel he needs to pick his game up if he's to retain the great following EVOTV has built IMHO
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdUAFTnlBE&deskt...
I've just watched Nick Trotts 12C diary, and it's quite possibly the most dreary thing I've ever watched. I wanted to like it as the car's exciting, but I'm afraid that was not fantastic and I feel he needs to pick his game up if he's to retain the great following EVOTV has built IMHO
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdUAFTnlBE&deskt...
I have been addicted to car mags for decades but we do not live in good times for the printed word. Mainly , I suspect, because so few people actually want more than bite size factoid journalism. EVO partly falls victim to that , if not as badly as CAR which is not even a shadow of its iconoclastic glory in 60s to late 80s. EVO has some good writers and HM is one of them (the other stand out being Henry Catchpole who writes brilliantly). But I long since cancelled my subscription because I grew tired of endless droning about thrashing cars around Bedford and the smugness of some articles grated badly.HM was able to extol the virtues of some hyperexpensive car without being crass but he was virtually alone in that ability.
Octane has some very fine journalists, excluding Robert Coucher who takes smugness to a whole new level .And how many times - I am not interested in watches which cost more than my house...!
CSC is a good read especially because it covers the mundane as well as the exotic- and sometimes that is just as intriguing to an anorak like me.
Motor Sport is head and shoulders above all the others - but only if you like ..err.. motor sport. And that is in its widest sense- not just endless F1 noodling a la Autosport. MS has wonderful writers- and its price is worth paying for Simon Taylor's 'lunch with ' series alone. Thank God somebody has the balls stil to publish 6000 word interviews rather than Autosport's recycled tweets..
Good luck Mr Metcalfe - the video stuff is great but don't give up the written word just yet..
Octane has some very fine journalists, excluding Robert Coucher who takes smugness to a whole new level .And how many times - I am not interested in watches which cost more than my house...!
CSC is a good read especially because it covers the mundane as well as the exotic- and sometimes that is just as intriguing to an anorak like me.
Motor Sport is head and shoulders above all the others - but only if you like ..err.. motor sport. And that is in its widest sense- not just endless F1 noodling a la Autosport. MS has wonderful writers- and its price is worth paying for Simon Taylor's 'lunch with ' series alone. Thank God somebody has the balls stil to publish 6000 word interviews rather than Autosport's recycled tweets..
Good luck Mr Metcalfe - the video stuff is great but don't give up the written word just yet..
M4SER said:
Wow, I've just read through this whole thread and thought I'd better post something sharpish before people think it's time to write my obituary.
Thanks for all the very kind comments, as you can probably guess launching evo proved to be an all-absorbing, wonderful experience. Yes we had our ups and downs over the years but when I look at what evo developed into, I do so with immense pride. When we launched back in 1998, none of us ever thought evo would end up being the global brand it is today. We were simply a group of car nuts with a passion to launch the best enthusiast car mag we could put together.
Back then, my one instruction to the team was to launch exactly the magazine we all dreamed of, no shortcuts on paper quality, pagination or content and, looking back, it's the first three issues of evo which I'm most proud of because they look great today.
Publishing in 2013 is very different to what it was in 1998. Today, you need to publish across a multitude of platforms and that's why evo is about to enter a new era of digital publishing, with the launch of a new 'app' that enables the brand to be read across a multitude of platforms. Even Apple are very excited about it and so are we.
I'm sure my leaving evo came as a surprise to many but I felt it was time to move on and just as launching evo proved to be an irresistible opportunity all those years ago, I'm about to embark on another one. One which I can't talk about just yet but will be able to very soon...
In the meantime, I'll go through this thread again and do my best to answer some of the questions you've asked me.
HM
Do you need any help working on your new irresistible opportunity?Thanks for all the very kind comments, as you can probably guess launching evo proved to be an all-absorbing, wonderful experience. Yes we had our ups and downs over the years but when I look at what evo developed into, I do so with immense pride. When we launched back in 1998, none of us ever thought evo would end up being the global brand it is today. We were simply a group of car nuts with a passion to launch the best enthusiast car mag we could put together.
Back then, my one instruction to the team was to launch exactly the magazine we all dreamed of, no shortcuts on paper quality, pagination or content and, looking back, it's the first three issues of evo which I'm most proud of because they look great today.
Publishing in 2013 is very different to what it was in 1998. Today, you need to publish across a multitude of platforms and that's why evo is about to enter a new era of digital publishing, with the launch of a new 'app' that enables the brand to be read across a multitude of platforms. Even Apple are very excited about it and so are we.
I'm sure my leaving evo came as a surprise to many but I felt it was time to move on and just as launching evo proved to be an irresistible opportunity all those years ago, I'm about to embark on another one. One which I can't talk about just yet but will be able to very soon...
In the meantime, I'll go through this thread again and do my best to answer some of the questions you've asked me.
HM
graeme4130 said:
Harry's videos, despite coming from someone who was clearly very knowledgable and very well funded, never came across as 'look at me' as they can with some peoples.
This always impressed me as well, and it really isn't an easy thing to pull off when you're dealing with cars of those kinds of values that you personally own. As I said before, he just comes across as a genuine petrolhead and a nice chap to boot. I'm a big fan of the videos.
graeme4130 said:
Harry's videos, despite coming from someone who was clearly very knowledgable and very well funded, never came across as 'look at me' as they can with some peoples. He always seemed enthusiastic and put the point across in an engaging manner. I'll miss his contribution to my favourite mag and the videos
Yes, one thing I always liked about Harry's videos was the genuine appreciation for the cars, whether it was a cheap french hatchback (RS Trophy), an old Italian hatchack (Lancia Delta) or a rare and ultra pricey supercar (Zonda). He just loves the cars themselves, rather than using them as a platform to display wealth and status - this marks him out a true petrolhead, as opposed to a rich person with buying power but little interest in the actual cars themselves.Nick Trott on the other hand, and the rest the EVO team sadly, couldn't seem less interested in the cars they are driving.
Harry is a true gent, everything that has been said about him on this thread shows how well liked he is within the car community. It's a shame he's leaving evo, but I'm looking forward to seeing what his next move is. The fact that he took time to log into pistonheads and reply to this thread just sums up what a top bloke he is.
And as a farmer I would love to look around his farm, I bet it's top class.
And as a farmer I would love to look around his farm, I bet it's top class.
Mastodon2 said:
Nick Trott on the other hand, and the rest the EVO team sadly, couldn't seem less interested in the cars they are driving.
Oh come on, bit melodramatic non? EVO still has Henry, Jethro, Vivian, Porter - all of whom convey passion in their articles. IMHO, of course.Robert, age 33, owner of every EVO since issue 1
You have to admire Harry as he is not just a good journalist, but also one who is prepared to put his hard earned cash into some interesting cars of his own and to share his exploits (both good and bad) with us all and to also help those looking for the next 'classic' with some guidance. The fact that he convinced his bank manager that he should buy a Zonda makes him a special guy in my mind. I hope his next venture has a strong 'whiff' of petrol to it and I admire him for giving his Lambo's a good spanking through Europe this Summer as too many are garage queens now 
Evo is still my car mag of choice, yes half the stuff in it I can only dream of affording and the constant Porsche articles are a bit dull, but it is (IMO well) written with passion that you don't get in the "mainstream" mags.
Oh, and the photography is top notch
Well worth my subs.
To HM-thank you for launching a mag which from reading the first issue onwards in my early teens has contributed towards my passion for driver's cars.
Oh, and the photography is top notch
Well worth my subs.
To HM-thank you for launching a mag which from reading the first issue onwards in my early teens has contributed towards my passion for driver's cars.
I tend to flick to the Harry's garage section of Evo too...and I loved his F12 video too...the production values of it made it very enjoyable. I intend to keep reading Evo as I have since issue 1. It is the best car mag by far. Still. Octane strives to be as good as Supercar Classics, but falls well short.
Spotted!
In the reception of a certain vehicle manufacturer yesterday. I was the chap staring at you, probably for an uncomfortably long period of time as my glasses were in the car, trying to work out if you were in fact yourself. (Until I noticed the VP fleece)
I was going to say hello but chickened out feeling a bit of a berk, the only thing I could think to say was to congratulate you on being a thoroughly good egg! And clearly you don't know me which would probably have just been awkward.
In the reception of a certain vehicle manufacturer yesterday. I was the chap staring at you, probably for an uncomfortably long period of time as my glasses were in the car
, trying to work out if you were in fact yourself. (Until I noticed the VP fleece)I was going to say hello but chickened out feeling a bit of a berk, the only thing I could think to say was to congratulate you on being a thoroughly good egg! And clearly you don't know me which would probably have just been awkward.
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