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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

This is a bi-weekly magazine covering the whole of the car industry. It is not a bad read for the price and if you are interested in the latest news and good round up of all the cars then its for you (however its weekly sister auto express is obviously more up-to-date). If you have a particular preference for an area of the car market then there are much better magazines out there which will cater to you. However, as with most things there is an exception and this is their performance car of the year issue. In this they get all of the best performance cars of the year and place them head-to-head on the track. An excellent issue and one I buy every year. ...  Read the complete review

I been an avid reader of car magazines for many years. Autocar has always been one of my favourites, and it still is after 20 years. More colour than ever before and a clear layout is keeping it at the top of the pile. Its also well priced at under 3 pounds. I've tried Auto Express, and although they take a different an often interesting angle on features, some of the journalism is poor and the road test data can be inaccurate also. I find that the other competitors such as What Car and Car Magazine are too expensive. What car is just stuffed full of facts, with very little emotion for the driving experiences, and Car Magazine is just too focused on ...  Read the complete review