New Performance Car mag - 1st issue

[L100NYY]

Morning chaps and chapesses,

I have arrived into work this morning and sitting on my desk is the first issue of the new Performance Car magazine and I have to say having just had a quick skip through it looks absolutely fabulous.

Great photography, lovely layout and great writing. Some of the features incl -

E30 M3 vs 'Grale vs G60 vs Quattro
197 Cup vs Williams
968CS buying guide
New WRX
Elise SC on the Route Napoleon
Junior hot hatches under £12k and group 10 ins.
Long termers incl Civic Type R GT, Golf GTI, Integra Type R, E92 M3.

Cracking stuff guys.

Edited by L100NYY on Wednesday 20th February 08:57

[L100NYY]

It really is very good indeed, first issue is out 21st Feb according to the info I have.

Well worth a read.

[L100NYY]

playerone said:

and why cant I find their website?

http://www.performancecarmagazine.co.uk/

[L100NYY]

Plotloss said:

Evo without the Shell adverts and self congratulation?

I'm in.

There are actually next to no adverts in this issue which comes as a very pleasant suprise!

[L100NYY]

900T-R said:

Plotloss said:

Evo without the Shell adverts and self congratulation?

I'm in.

Website is a bit short on info, though,

It is a bit brief isn't it!! Magazine more than makes up for it though.

[L100NYY]

thebluebus said:

Can't wait to get hold of it.

Is their long term Integra a DC5?

DC2.

[L100NYY]

speedtwelve said:

Sounds great; exactly the kind of cars I actually want to read about.

High though the production values of 'Evo' are, there're only so many articles about LP640s and Zondas that I'll want to read, as I'll never be owning them!

968CS, Integrale, E30 M3... this is my 'comfort zone'. Modern stuff may be 'quicker', but all too often the car has had its soul sacrificed to fly-by-wire throttles, stability control and other devices which can further detach the driver from the experience. Maybe I'm just a Luddite?

I have many back copies of the original 'Performance Car'. I remember the first time they got their hands on a Cerbera, Barker 'testing' their Race Tuscan and the Tango-orange Project 944CS.

'Fast Lane' was good in its time also. Unfortunately, circulation of these mags is always the problem; the public want to spend their £4 on 'What Airbag?' each month, in order to see which 55 bhp shopping trolleys are available with traction control...

That is exactly the thought echoed by many, many people on here chap and going by the first promising issue of Pc I think that we will be very happy.

I still re-read my old Performance Car mags and still watch my old PC video too, great issues back then

[L100NYY]

Podie said:

Ooh, fallen at the first hurdle...

Chimaera article said:

So ignore the leaks, the hot starting problems, the fact the door opening mechanism will fail and trim will fall off...

Whoops. That's our Chim in the pics!

[L100NYY]

Zod said:

L100NYY said:

Morning chaps and chapesses,

I have arrived into work this morning and sitting on my desk is the first issue of the new Performance Car magazine and I have to say having just had a quick skip through it looks absolutely fabulous.

Great photography, lovely layout and great writing. Some of the features incl -

E30 M3 vs 'Grale vs G60 vs Quattro
197 Cup vs Williams
968CS buying guide
New WRX
Elise SC on the Route Napoleon
Junior hot hatches under £12k and group 10 ins.
Long termers incl Civic Type R GT, Golf GTI, Integra Type R, E92 M3.

Cracking stuff guys.

Edited by L100NYY on Wednesday 20th February 08:57

Sounds as if they should just have reprinted the 80s editions.

[L100NYY]

HeavySoul said:

Willing to give it a go - website looks pretty good and I guess for a first issue the adverts are not going to appear that much.

Let's hope there are enough legs in the concept to keep it going ad it doesn't just turn into the lazy journo stuff they pump out in their other titles...

Is EVO's art director on board?

The team is as follows -

Editor - Dominic Holtam
Dep Ed - Chris Knapman
Staff Writer - Dan Prosser
Contributor - Brett Fraser
Photography - Max Earey/Dave Smith/Dominic Fraser/James Lipman (there may be more....)

[L100NYY]

briSk said:

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Podie said:

The Chimaera article shows so little understanding of TVRs that it’s sickening for something that it supposed to be a car enthusiast’s magazine. Indeed I could write an entire article on the bits they omitted to cover. Amusingly they are very concerned over running costs in the Long Term fleet, but it doesn’t get a mention here.

haven't read it but what on earth was going on with those stick on lights (l100nyy??!)

Edited by briSk on Thursday 21st February 12:48

Were on there when we took it in, easily removable and I have since sold the car. The new customers has removed the lights anyway.

Edited by L100NYY on Friday 22 February 11:10

[L100NYY]

SJobson said:

[I'm not impressed by how far they've already deviated from their modus operandi.

I don't remember PC magazine themselves actually saying that they would only be focusing on sub £20k cars, I think it was only people on here saying that?

[L100NYY]

Gad-Westy said:

L100NYY said:

SJobson said:

[I'm not impressed by how far they've already deviated from their modus operandi.

I don't remember PC magazine themselves actually saying that they would only be focusing on sub £20k cars, I think it was only people on here saying that?

Not got a copy to hand, but I'm pretty certain that that is exactly what they said in the Editor's comments at the start.

Just re-read the editors comments and it says affordable but nowhere does it mention £20k?