911 and Porsche World
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burman

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361 posts

234 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Quick question any news on whats happening to the mag at the moment, any clues C moose?

supersport

4,530 posts

248 months

Wednesday 1st July 2020
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It only occurred to me the other day that I haven't had one for a while.

I was going to cancel my subscription anyway as I am bored and fed up of "group" articles on the same old cars all the time. Some of the journalism is getting a bit tired and poor, with some of them seemingly not being fans of the cars.

Very much enjoying Evo, you can really feel the joy in their articles. And they are not just travel blogs to their favourite tuner.

Radish

172 posts

149 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Also thinking of cancelling my subscription; there is a limit to what can be written - or read - about the 996.

Maxym

2,684 posts

257 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Seems to have become a rag-bag of articles with no coherence. Not enough focus on current/recent models, too much emphasis on mods and 911s. Macan, Cayenne, Pana (and even Cayster) don't figure in the mag's Porsche world. Taycan featured once.

Chris Horton's stuff always interesting - even if, given I'm a technical ignoramus, the pics don't always mean much to me.

Ken Sington

3,964 posts

259 months

Thursday 2nd July 2020
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It was the sun kissed reviews of certain traders with less than stellar reputations, presumably based on their ad spend, that did for my subscription. Especially that one who motors all the way to Hendon.

Fl0pp3r

869 posts

224 months

Wednesday 8th July 2020
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Ken Sington said:
It was the sun kissed reviews of certain traders with less than stellar reputations, presumably based on their ad spend, that did for my subscription. Especially that one who motors all the way to Hendon.
Chortle. Good one biggrin

burman

Original Poster:

361 posts

234 months

Thursday 3rd September 2020
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Latest news-- Magazine taken over by Kinsey group , next issue out shortly.
Assume previous owners took one look at post Covid world and said sod it and retired!.

Nyloc20

793 posts

84 months

Thursday 3rd September 2020
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Ken Sington said:
It was the sun kissed reviews of certain traders with less than stellar reputations, presumably based on their ad spend, that did for my subscription. Especially that one who motors all the way to Hendon.
Yes I fully agree about not calling out the rogue dealers, shocking. I've been a Boxster owner for over a year and my member friend passes his mag on to me. The Boxster/Cayman content is very poor in my opinion. I won't be subscribing.

v8ksn

4,713 posts

205 months

Thursday 3rd September 2020
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I wonder how much they knew (and indeed, what they now think) about Specialist Cars of Malton

If I remember correctly, they used to write loads of puff-pieces about them and were constantly featuring their cars.

supersport

4,530 posts

248 months

Friday 4th September 2020
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Finally cancelled my subscription after 15 years as It had become fairly st and boring with poor writing, with some very odd opinions from its contributors.

According to the publisher it is back in print this month.

It’s attitude towards some now departed dealers was not really surprising, they lent it a lot of cars.

Not sure where they will now get them from, we shall see. I don’t think it will survive, there is only so much you can write about the modern dullness, unless they go back to featuring interesting modified cars.

Nyloc20

793 posts

84 months

Friday 4th September 2020
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supersport said:
Finally cancelled my subscription after 15 years as It had become fairly st and boring with poor writing, with some very odd opinions from its contributors.

According to the publisher it is back in print this month.

It’s attitude towards some now departed dealers was not really surprising, they lent it a lot of cars.

Not sure where they will now get them from, we shall see. I don’t think it will survive, there is only so much you can write about the modern dullness, unless they go back to featuring interesting modified cars.
Agree with the above. I have a Lotus as well as the Boxster. A couple of years ago a new mag called Absolute Lotus came out. Published every two months, it has an excellent mix of articles across the range from the start of Lotus to the present, both road and race cars with occasional articles by the great and the good from the Lotus world. The new publishers would do well to have a look.
(I have no connection with the mag btw)

Venom28

17 posts

64 months

Thursday 10th September 2020
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I sent them an email not long ago to the letters page just as this was the first Porsche magazine I had read but that being the June edition from 2002 !
Said I could send them a picture of the car in the advert on page 127 as that did no justice to the car, but had no response. Shame really but then I saw this forum and I saw a post on sharing piccies so posted some there, which are better pics anyhow !


So oddly will be the first and looks like the last magazine I will read from them !!!



Roof down

301 posts

147 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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I agree with many of the comments here, there is a shelf life to what can be regurgitated, early days it was a great magazine. But it’s the same with any make of car.
Wish Steve the editor well, he genuinely liked his Porsche’s , hopefully he sold for a tidy sum.
Mike

Maxym

2,684 posts

257 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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Bennett is/was just the editor. Magazine was owned by someone else.

Maxym

2,684 posts

257 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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Bennett is/was just the editor. Magazine was owned by someone else.

996Targa

267 posts

167 months

Saturday 12th September 2020
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Clive Househam, C H Publications.