Tag Archive for ‘Magazines’
Forget the Prius, I want a Flivverette!
Recently, Google partnered with a number of magazines to offer complete back-issue catalogs online. For car fans, this collection of Popular Science is a tresure trove of automotive history. For example, way back in 1920 PopSci featured the Flivverette, the smallest electric car in the world. “It will carry you for less money than even [...]
Top Gear’s Road to Riches
Time Magazine is running an interesting inside look at the success of the UK show, Top Gear. Not a lot of new info for die-hard fans of the series, but a good primer for newcomers. Check it here.
Sport Compact Car Magazine Dead
It was only a matter of time, but Sport Compact Car magazine is now dead. According to Autoblog, 115 were laid off yesterday and February 09 will be the final issue. Over the past few years the pages were trimmed, the print quality reduced and all that was left was a husk of it’s former [...]
Just like a print mag… without the cost or delay.
So you have an awesome cell phone and you’re mourning the loss of some great print magazines. Just because SCC, Turbo and other car magazines are on the precipice of doom doesn’t mean you can’t take great automotive content with you. The solution? You’re looking at it. Go ahead and load up your iPhone, Windows [...]
Car and Driver: Officially for Old People
Car and Driver Magazine just announced its list of 10 Best for 2009. Many are shoe-ins, including the perennially fantastic MX-5 and the rockstar Infiniti G37. But the Accord? Who the hell voted that one in? Yes, I’ve driven it. Yes, it’s fine. But it’s also too big and totally uninteresting to drive. The latter [...]
Our cars: Ryan’s Silver Bullet
Subaru makes some fast factory cars. Specifically, its rally-bred STI is known for a 300hp fire-breathing mill and excellent road-handling capabilities. However, as much as I like speed, I prefer to have something a little less “racer boy” for my daily driver. I like the feel of Subaru’s boxer motors and the driver ergonomics, I [...]
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