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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
From the geniuses who (temporarily) brought you the Phaeton:
A 650 hp W12 Golf GTI concept.
BTW, I only ever read car mags at the barbershop. If I were to subscribe to one, what should it be? I don't need to read about Veyrons and Murcielagos, but I like to know what's coming next to real people near me. Suggestions?
eta: Just saw this was posted two months ago by NFH. Sorry.
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Here's a rundown on the rags, select whichever would work best for you:
1) Automobile. Was started up to be more highbrow than the other buff books. The content and the focus of the stories, the last I read it, seemed to continue that strategy. There are stories of travel, with the cars almost secondary, the writing strikes me as if aspires to be more like literature. When they started up the magazine, they didn't publish 0-60 figures, as the authors thought that the information was irrelevant. I believe that they've changed their tune on that.
2) Car and Driver. I understand that C&D is the most widely read. It's writers often are engineers but that have a decent sense of humor. The stories are amusing, but sometimes have an air of people trying too hard to be funny. On past occasions, they received scoops of car news, but these days, with sites like
Autoblog.com out there, it's tough for the printed magazines to still get (or maybe just print) scoops. Their reviews are pretty comprehensive and fair.
3) Road and Track. Like Car and Driver, but without the humor. The reviews are drier, but seem to give more detail, and have more thumbnail sketches of comparison information for comparable cars at the end of the stories.
4) MotorTrend. Used to be terrible, just fluff and awful writing. It has improved immensely, at least as of the last time that I read it. For some reason, I seem to recall that David E. Davis was involved with MT. (DED was with C&D forever, then started up Automobile.)
5) AutoWeek. My personal favorite. It's pretty brief, so it's easy to get through, there is less fluff than the buff books, and you get news in a more timely fashion. Decent columnists, too. But, if you're looking for a comprehensive resource, look elsewhere.
