What is happening at EVO magazine?

[Mike1990]

I’ve thought these past 3 issues have been rather good if I’am honest.

[vincegail]

My copy arrived today (I live in Belgium so it took a few days more) and I don't like it. The cut in size and the very cheap paper make it look very downmarket. My first EVO magazine I bought in the shop, if it had looked like this, I think I would have left it there. Too bad I've recently renewed my subscription for an extra 2 years!

[Alfa numeric]

Mike1990 said:

I’ve thought these past 3 issues have been rather good if I’am honest.

I agree, I've thoroughly enjoyed the last few issues. The Aventador story, the GT in Scandinavia and the urQuattro/GTR test are all stand out articles. The only thing I'd like to change back is the Fast Fleet, the little updates were often as good as the full page write-ups.

[skylarking808]

I gave up my EVO subsrciption a few years ago then discovered PistonHeads and never looked back lol

EVO magazine always has good photos, decent writing etc but did loose a little of the independent character it once had.
Mind you most Classic mags are turning into investment brochures....

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Carnage said:

John D. said:

Cancelled my long standing EVO sub a while back. It just seems to lose its spark. Perhaps I grew up a bit (I don't think so!). Shame as I used to love it.

I'm still subscribed to Motorsport magazine where Nick Trott has now turned up and is 'improving'. I've noticed more watches......

I cancelled my Motorsport subscription this month. The writing quality has plummeted and Trott... his love that dare not speak its name for Richard Meaden and his shameless plugs to get some free club racing irritated me to much to read.

Shame, after 11 years, but there you go.

I’m deeply concerned about what damage Trott might do to Motorsport. I’ve been reading for 20 years and have back issues to 1950. I would assert that the magazine under Damien Smith’s stewardship was as good as at any time in its history. Trott has the potential to undo all that in a year. Losing Roebuck, Taylor and Smith in one hit was a body blow.

As for EVO, it’s OK. I really am not concerned about the paper - the content actually seems less indulgent than days passed.

I do enjoy Octane. Robert ‘properly sorted XK140’ Coucher remains hard work but he’s a tiny percentage of the mag. And I rate Richard Heseltine as the best out there at the moment: great authority, erudite, and with a strong vocabulary and turn-of-phrase.

Print isn’t dead but it doesn’t always make it easy for itself.

[havoc]

chevronb37 said:

Losing Roebuck, Taylor and Smith in one hit was a body blow.

Where have they gone?

Motorsport has always been my 'occasional buy' magazine if I see some articles I like, and was a possible replacement to subscribe to if I canned evo, but with Trott there now and half of their front-line walking I'm not so sure...

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havoc said:

chevronb37 said:

Losing Roebuck, Taylor and Smith in one hit was a body blow.

Where have they gone?

Motorsport has always been my 'occasional buy' magazine if I see some articles I like, and was a possible replacement to subscribe to if I canned evo, but with Trott there now and half of their front-line walking I'm not so sure...

I forgot Ed Foster too! He’s gone to Goodwood.

Roebuck - one column per week in Autosport.
Taylor - not sure but maybe more work for C&SC or maybe winding down?
Smith - foray into PR, back to Autosport and now going into teaching(!).

Interesting times in motorsport journalism. I’m going to catch up with a friend who’s a former Autosport editor to catch up on the gossip.

Of course I’m contractually obliged to say that Historic Racing Technology is the best racing title out there as well.

[Alex]

Alex said:

DanielSan said:

I keep morning to create the Evo drinking game, where the use of the word alacrity means you have to down your drink each time it’s in an article and therefore by the end of the game you’re either very nearly dead or very actually dead. Especially if David Vivian has more than one job to do that month.

My subscription finishes in December and I won’t be renewing

I play it with the word "helm".

Just remembered another one: referring to the engine as the "mill".

[coppice]

'Vicelike grip of Recaros' , 'rifle bolt gearshift' , inability to write 'sitting ' (always 'sat ') , obsessive use of 'rotate'(a term hardly ever used until about 4 years ago ) and increasing tendency to use 'likely' instead of 'probably' are all key skills of EVO writers .

Motorsport - some of Nick Trott's changes are fine but we need far fewer pieces on derring do in modern historical racing and more on motor sport history- cares drivers and venues . And please, nothing , not a single para ,on the latest hypercar folly or 'teh market '.

[slk 32]

I ditched Evo when every Dan Prosser article contained the word 'characterful'

[DanielSan]

Alex said:

Just remembered another one: referring to the engine as the "mill".

That’s a bit of an old skool one, haven’t seen that for ages. Onto the list it goes for it’s inevitable return though.

[CrisW]

Alex said:

Alex said:

DanielSan said:

I keep morning to create the Evo drinking game, where the use of the word alacrity means you have to down your drink each time it’s in an article and therefore by the end of the game you’re either very nearly dead or very actually dead. Especially if David Vivian has more than one job to do that month.

My subscription finishes in December and I won’t be renewing

I play it with the word "helm".

Just remembered another one: referring to the engine as the "mill".

How about use of faux military terminology e.g. "weapons grade cup holders" or "milspec sunvisors" or even "weaponised hazard warning lights".

[otolith]

Using "mechanical grip" when talking about cars which have no meaningful distinction between aerodynamic and mechanical grip because they have no significant downforce.

[iSore]

Alex said:

Just remembered another one: referring to the engine as the "mill".

That was more Car Mechanics circa 1979.

Has anyone mentioned 'hewn from granite' yet?

[ukaskew]

What's the best way to cancel? I emailed the customercare address and had an auto response telling me to log in to www.managemymags.co.uk. I did, but there is no option to cancel.

Can I just cancel the direct debit?

[Dracoro]

E-mail their customer services team. That’s what I did.

[krisdelta]

ukaskew said:

What's the best way to cancel? I emailed the customercare address and had an auto response telling me to log in to www.managemymags.co.uk. I did, but there is no option to cancel.

Can I just cancel the direct debit?

I called customer services on 0330 333 9491

[Limpet]

Jethro Bovingdon has cropped up on a couple of US shows on Motortrend On Demand. I subscribe for Roadkill mostly but flicking through the other content, I was surprised to see him doing skids in DB11 among other things.

[coppice]

Skids .. the term which was stranded in a Sixties wasteland until reinvigorated, in a clumsy attempt at irony, by , who was it? Frankel , Harris?

[s m]

coppice said:

Skids .. the term which was stranded in a Sixties wasteland until reinvigorated, in a clumsy attempt at irony, by , who was it? Frankel , Harris?

I'd say it's more of a Harris term but happy to be corrected