Best car magazine...
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I have just visited my attic and discovered a heap of classic car magazines from the 1970s onwards and they make such good reading that I shall cancel all my current subscriptions!
The prices in the advertisements bring tears to the eye, but you have to weigh that against the average weekly wage or the cost of a gallon of petrol at the time.
I am amazed at the amount of them which have a red E Type on the cover.
I suppose the sales of the magazines double compared to having an Austin Allegro there instead.
The prices in the advertisements bring tears to the eye, but you have to weigh that against the average weekly wage or the cost of a gallon of petrol at the time.
I am amazed at the amount of them which have a red E Type on the cover.
I suppose the sales of the magazines double compared to having an Austin Allegro there instead.
Evo for me. I have almost been reading from the start, only missing issues 2, 3 and 4.
I read Practical Performance Car for a long time too, but got bored of them never finishing anything, apart from that ridiculous Reliant Robin.
I recently bought some copies of Fuel, a hot rod /custom magazine from Australia. Beuatiful photography and refreshing light on adverts.
I read Practical Performance Car for a long time too, but got bored of them never finishing anything, apart from that ridiculous Reliant Robin.
I recently bought some copies of Fuel, a hot rod /custom magazine from Australia. Beuatiful photography and refreshing light on adverts.
Edited by Megaflow on Friday 5th June 08:29
Motor Sport- written by grown up enthusiasts for people who realise that there is more to motorsport than F1. Head and shoulders above the rest
C and SC - good read and not at all elitist
..unlike Octane which can be nauseatingly smug and elitist. Shame- it usually has some good articles
Car..how the mighty have fallen. Glib , badly written and irritating. How I miss Bishop , Setright , Blain , Manney , Llewellyn and Bulgin.
Evo- tiresome. I could not stomach reading yet another cliche drenched piece about thrashing some overpriced uber Merc around Bedford. Meaden writes as well as he drives though.
Autocar- once indispensable and now unreadable. Plodding , earnest , badly designed and dire content. At its best -60s to 90s it was THE magazine about every facet of the car world
Autosport - was terrific and covered everything . Now terribly written and hugely over priced F1 fanzine (Marcus Pye is an honourable exception- a proper enthusiast )
Top Gear - great if you have the attention span of an ant but not so good if you can read without moving your lips.
The rest - see Top Gear above
The best ever was Car in 60s to late 80s and Car and Driver in late 60s and early 70s
C and SC - good read and not at all elitist
..unlike Octane which can be nauseatingly smug and elitist. Shame- it usually has some good articles
Car..how the mighty have fallen. Glib , badly written and irritating. How I miss Bishop , Setright , Blain , Manney , Llewellyn and Bulgin.
Evo- tiresome. I could not stomach reading yet another cliche drenched piece about thrashing some overpriced uber Merc around Bedford. Meaden writes as well as he drives though.
Autocar- once indispensable and now unreadable. Plodding , earnest , badly designed and dire content. At its best -60s to 90s it was THE magazine about every facet of the car world
Autosport - was terrific and covered everything . Now terribly written and hugely over priced F1 fanzine (Marcus Pye is an honourable exception- a proper enthusiast )
Top Gear - great if you have the attention span of an ant but not so good if you can read without moving your lips.
The rest - see Top Gear above
The best ever was Car in 60s to late 80s and Car and Driver in late 60s and early 70s
In the past I had subscriptions to loads of car magazines, but MotorSport is the only one I still have. Classic & Sports Car I still like and read regularly, Evo and Octane I get when they are doing '5 issues for £1' type deals, Car I still like and buy sometimes, but follow them on Facebook and you see lots of stuff for free. Autocar I subscribed to for many, many years but these days I wouldn't even buy it on a £1 deal, it's tedious and badly written. Auto Express on a '6 for £1' deal is okay but I wouldn't pay any more for it.
Obviously I agree with Phil regarding Razzle but in terms of the also rans:
- Motorsport: This is the one I look forward to most. Great writers, superb photograpy and excellent regular features. An absolute joy when it drops through the letterbox.
- Evo: is still worth a look but blows a bit hot and cold
- Octane: Agree with the comments about it being elitist but still has some good stuff and Derek Bell & Tony Dron's columns are normally worth reading
- Autocar: Not an in-depth read, all very top line. More of a weekly update from the car industry - but nobody does it better. I do enjoy James Ruppert bangernomics pieces (more my level) and Steve Cropley always makes sense and isn't afraid to give a different point of view.
- Classic & Sportscar: The best all-out classic mag. The staff cars updates and adventures strike a chord.
- Retro Cars/PPC: Not regular buys but always help reduce the tedium of a train journey.
- Motorsport: This is the one I look forward to most. Great writers, superb photograpy and excellent regular features. An absolute joy when it drops through the letterbox.
- Evo: is still worth a look but blows a bit hot and cold
- Octane: Agree with the comments about it being elitist but still has some good stuff and Derek Bell & Tony Dron's columns are normally worth reading
- Autocar: Not an in-depth read, all very top line. More of a weekly update from the car industry - but nobody does it better. I do enjoy James Ruppert bangernomics pieces (more my level) and Steve Cropley always makes sense and isn't afraid to give a different point of view.
- Classic & Sportscar: The best all-out classic mag. The staff cars updates and adventures strike a chord.
- Retro Cars/PPC: Not regular buys but always help reduce the tedium of a train journey.
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