Autocar

Well who would have thought eh? Little old me writing yet another review on a car magazine! All I can say is that the public gets what the public wants. We demand to know who makes the worst and best magazines, we need to know who is getting our hard-earned cash this week! Let me tell you my friends, this week you’re buying Autocar and nothing else! If you like the weekly appearance and continually fresh information of Auto Express but aren’t quite so keen on the less refined style of magazine then you may well be about to discover just what you’ve been looking for. Autocar is, like Auto Express, a weekly magazine but has that glossy magazine ...

For much of the 20th century the buyer of a motoring magazine in the UK had a choice of just two weekly titles - Autocar and Motor. In the 1980s the two titles merged to become Autocar and Motor before the single word title - Autocar was chosen to be used again. Whilst many things have changed and motoring magazines are now very plentiful and cater for many niches within the general motoring genre the Autocar is maintaining its appeal through these more competitive times. The format has evolved without unnecessary revolutionary changes. Each edition has at least one usually two obligatory road tests. These tests cover every possible piece of testing ...

As a self confessed car nut I read just about all the motoring press from time to time, but the only magazine I actually subscribe to is Autocar. To any of you who enjoy this weekly motoring magazine, but are complaining about the expense, do yourself a huge favour, save a bundle by subscribing, for years I had it delivered from the newsagent and wasted literally hundreds of pounds. The cover price weekly is £2.20, on subscription you can save 15% or more and currently they will send you a very good Aston Martin model worth £20 as a thank you. Indeed my subscription has been recently renewed for the coming year, I was not offered the ...