New Aston Martin Magazine

[MG511]

Dennis (publishers of EVO and Octane) are launching a new Aston magazine, edited by Richard Meaden (of EVO). Link to get a trial copy for £1 here https://dennis.subscribeonline.co.uk/home/vantage?... - no connection to me, they just sent me an email as I'm an Octane and EVO subscriber.

[v8woollie]

I got that too this morning. They are doing a money back if not happy with content deal so may be worth a punt Looks like it is well designed.

[Bravo73]

Excellent.

I am a current long term Octane subscriber and have been an 'on and off' Evo subscriber in the past so I will definitely be getting this. I've not received an email yet so thanks for the heads up.

(It's quarterly, BTW).

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Reminds me of 'Virage', another quarterly that was published in France with both English and French text in each issue. A very high quality magazine. Hope they do better...Virage only lasted 1 year.

[Ikebaddog]

Excellent, just subscribed, cant wait.

[robgt]

I've signed up . If its as good a read as Evo that will do me nicely.

[bomberh]

Comes out on the 7th March 2013

[jonby]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Reminds me of 'Virage', another quarterly that was published in France with both English and French text in each issue. A very high quality magazine. Hope they do better...Virage only lasted 1 year.

about as long as the car lasted then !

[bomberh]

Also just signed up, with a bit of luck it will be a good read

[MichaelV8V]

I'd have paid the £1 very happily, but it's one of those inertia selling deals, where you set up the direct debit, then they hope you'll forget/ don't bother to cancel it, so end up paying the full price for years.

It always takes me years to get round to stopping those things, so it's not for me

[erics]

MichaelV8V said:

I'd have paid the £1 very happily, but it's one of those inertia selling deals, where you set up the direct debit, then they hope you'll forget/ don't bother to cancel it, so end up paying the full price for years.

It always takes me years to get round to stopping those things, so it's not for me

+1. So I won't do it.

And I sincerly hope it picks up but have a funny feeling it won't go very far. They are trying their luck in many areas these days: they tried lauching a more 'luxury' type of cycling mag. Not sure that worked very well.

[Ikebaddog]

For a few quid a month, especially if it doesn't last that long, surely it would be worth giving it a try, it adds a certain something to your service history file ?

[robgt]

Bye Bye Top Gear Mag. Hello Vantage Mag,

[KarlFranz]

Printed magazines are so last century.

[Ikebaddog]

KarlFranz said:

Printed magazines are so last century.

Yeah, we call them the good old days!

[Robbontherock]

£1 to me this is worth a go, I'll cancel it if it gets crap or if the mag's stop appearing.

Remember if you do online banking stopping a direct debit is a 10sec job.

Cheers
Andy

[bomberh]

The magazine is also quarterly; so if you take up the offer,that's £18 a year . I don't think that's too bad, so that's about 3 or 4 pints of beer or a takeaway.
Bring it on, I'm looking forward to my first read.

[cardigankid]

erics said:

+1. So I won't do it.

And I sincerely hope it picks up but have a funny feeling it won't go very far. They are trying their luck in many areas these days: they tried lauching a more 'luxury' type of cycling mag. Not sure that worked very well.

You can pay for it annually with your credit card if you like, though I can't say having magazine subscriptions on direct debit has ever caused me any problems. At £18 per year its hardly a major fraud attempt.

Its an interesting venture, if they put serious effort into running it, and are imaginative in the articles they write, it could be successful. I am going to subscribe anyway.

[Cockernee]

How long before they look at these threads and spot some of the modified Astons on here and want a go

570BHP V12V, 6.5 Litre DB9, Johnny 550, Purdey and the dark horse Woolders Who we need to find a name for.

[Bravo73]

Cockernee said:

How long before they look at these threads and spot some of the modified Astons on here and want a go

I imagine that the BR PR department(!) has already been on the 'phone to them.

I also imagine that there might well be an 'Ask the Experts/Technical' section (hosted by youknowwho) and the first edition might well carry one or two ads from BR.