New Editor for Autocar
Replacement for Steve Sutcliffe now appointed
Autocar has appointed Rob Aherne as its new Editor following the resignation of Steve Sutcliffe. Aherne, 32, previously edited Autocar between 2000 and 2002 before joining sister title What Car? as Group Editor. He will take up his new role on 5th July.
Aherne joined weekly motorsport newspaper Motoring News in 1994, becoming Deputy Editor in 1998 and Editor later that year. He moved to Autocar as Deputy Editor in 1999, becoming Editor six months later.
As well as being the world’s oldest car magazine, Autocar is an increasing global force. It now has 10 overseas editions in countries as diverse as India and the Czech Republic.
Aherne will be joining the established Autocar team including Executive Editor Richard Bremner, Editor-in-Chief Steve Cropley and Deputy Editor Bill Thomas.
Steve Fowler, Publisher of What Car?, said: "An announcement regarding Rob’s replacement at What Car? will be made in due course."
In a way he did me a favor, helping to precipitate a move back to the States.
In any case, I wish Steve all the luck in the world at... evo?
RF
robert farago said:
I can now reveal that Mr. Sutcliffe blacklisted me from Autocar after I critized his "eyes closed at 150" story. My rant was published here on pistonheads: www.pistonheads.com/truth/Default.asp?storyId=6071.
In a way he did me a favor, helping to precipitate a move back to the States.
In any case, I wish Steve all the luck in the world at... evo?
RF
Steve will continue to write for Autocar magazine. He has always stated that he won't be disappearing completely. He'll be taking some time out to work on his house, he'll be doing some more racing and he'll also be writing a lot more than he's been able to in the last 12 months.
Stuart
Surely u mean Lotus Weekly? or even Ariel (a car!!) Bi-Monthly?
Makes not a jot of difference who is editor - jus like the tabloids it's those above who control what goes in. All the hype they gave the Brit Motorshow - best ever and so on. I wandered the halls on press day and thought - this is dead! (except for the Mazda RX8 but we'd already seen that). Guess what? Attendance figures not published - must have been a record then!
Wasn't bothered about not seeing BMW, Audi or Mercedes as you see them everywhere now (21st century equivilent of BMC, Ford, Vauxhall?).
The organisers of the show had the right idea with regard to making it 'live' but didn't go far enough. It needs to become theatre much like Top Gear has become entertainment rather than documentary style.
PetrolTed said:
The traditional motor show is dead. The advent of the internet means that people can see lots and lots of pictures and videos of fancy cars. In years gone by the only way to see these cars was a few pics in a magazine or to get along to a show and ogle them there.
The organisers of the show had the right idea with regard to making it 'live' but didn't go far enough. It needs to become theatre much like Top Gear has become entertainment rather than documentary style.
well argued
I resent paying that amount of cash to park my car (infact last time i went to motor show - last year, i have a feeling that it was even more!). Espcially when i have been to other events at the NEC, for example the classic car motorshow and the car parking was £6.
Still outrageous, but why the price hike..? Really bugs me how everyone is out to fleece money.
The 150mph story was only not bright, because people with something to gain would comment (no offence to the chap thus posted as i have no idea who you are sir!).
>> Edited by Buffalo on Monday 28th June 23:21
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