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Car&Driver is one of my favorites. I've been reading it since 1978 (when I was six years old!). I also like Practical Classics (British mag), F1, Mustang Monthly (since 1982!), and Road&Track. I used to love looking through the Hemmings Motor News. As for Motor Trend, you only need to know one fact: Motor Trend's Car Of The Year 1983- Renault Alliance. 
Martin
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2000 Contour SE V6 ATX 170K miles
Hecho en Mexico
Steel blue w/greystone interior
1997 Volvo 850 Wagon 146K
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1999 Silver Frost Contour SVT
2690 of 2760 Born 08/13/1999
Sony Mobile ES CDX-C90 Deck
6 1/2 Infinity Kappa Perfect mid & tweet set, 2 12 Infinity Kappa Perfects JBL P.600.1 for Bass, P.180.2 for front stage.
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motor trend- informative on new cars
hot rod- i like old cars
scc- very funny, once in a while informative. usually i look to hot rod for light tech though.
truck trends- i like trucks
00 black/tan svt, #2052 of 2150, born 2/1/00
formerly known as my csvt
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Grassroots Motorsports baby!  I love gorging myself on their tech articles. I used to read Sport Compact Car but stopped because I thought their articles were getting less informative and substantial.
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1. Playboy. There's usually a picture in there about a car somewhere.
2. LowRider
3. MM&FF
2003 Sonic Blue SVT Cobra Coupe
2003 RedFire SVT Cobra Convertable
2005 Dark Toreador Red F150 XLT 4x4
2000 Black SVT Contour - Beater
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import tuner
super street
sport compact
MM&FF
-Matt
"Pain heals, chicks dig scars, and glory lasts forever!"
will do/pay just about anything for the following parts:
CF sunroof glass replacement
OEM CF trunk
Non OEM style cf or fiberglass hood not the cf1 design
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Originally posted by phattieblacksvt:
Autoweek is terrible. Pay attention to all the errors they end up having to correct in the back pages every week. Also, WAY too much racing coverage. I've never understood why just because you like cars means you like racing (ie. Nascar, F1). About the only racing worth watching is SuperTouring. 
Aren't all the errors almost always addressed in the first few pages?
Too much racing coverage? They wrap up all forms of motorsport in like 6 pages! And that usually includes a NASCAR feature and a feature on something else. Its only like 15% of the total issue. Plus, being a weekly AW is the only magazine positioned to cover motorsports in a timely manner.
I'm with James though, their assessments have lost some bite in recent years. IMO its due to losing Leon Mandel. And I can't help but think Rich Ceppos is a suited-up, corporate douche who was a journalist first and car guy second and never forgot it.
-- 1999 SVT #220 --
In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.
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98 CSVT Black/Blue #135 of 6535
Formerly known as "SVTbullet"
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Thoroughbred and Classic Cars- UK
1998 CSVT Silver Frost
#1119 of 6535 dob 5-20-97
custom seating and dash
classics:
1968 Lancia Fulvia Rallye 1.3
1971 Audi 100LS 2 door
1983 BMW 320i
Other horses in the stable:
2004 Mercury Monterey
1994 Mercedes E320 Wagon
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Most U.S. auto magazines aren't very well written; all of the articles sound the same after awhile (I gave up on Motor Trend for this reason). Sad to say, most of the U.S. niche-area auto magazines are even worse.
Of the U.S. broad-category automotive magazines, Car & Driver is probably the best. Their editorials always make me think; the letters are hysterical. I always thought their editors were knowledgeable, but recently I discovered why: An issue a few months ago described the process of filling some positions at the magazine, and noted that all technical editors are required to have a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (as I recall, all have engineering degrees) in addition to specific automotive enthusiast background and other requirements. In other words, you've got to be more than just a knowledgeable car-crazy person to apply.
However, almost all U.S. automotive magazines pale in comparison to the Brits. For up-to-date stuff, try BBC Top Gear (sorry, the magazine is better than the offshoot TV show, Fifth Gear).
My all-time favorite automotive magazine of any type (sorry, the Brits win here): Sportscar and Classic. The writing and research are simply phenomenal. There are some cars I now want to own simply because of the article in Sportscar and Classic.
1995 Contour GL V6 ATX T/C
1986 Mustang GT 5.0
2000 Windstar LX
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