what are your favorite car related magazines?

[frenchy chan]

my husband needs some new reading material and he can bring car magazines to work...what are your favorites?

 

we really like grassroots motorsports and we just ordered racer

[Cordell]

Big fan Of GM High Tech Performance, but you kind of have to be a big GM fan.

 

I would like to find something geared towards Miatas and autocross, so anybody know about those type mags?

[AWW$HEEET]

car craft

[frenchy chan]

Big fan Of GM High Tech Performance, but you kind of have to be a big GM fan.

 

I would like to find something geared towards Miatas and autocross, so anybody know about those type mags?

 

yeah, he's not really a gm kinda guy :lolguy:

 

have you checked out grass roots motorsports (NASA) or sportscar (SCCA)? they tend to have a lot of miata stuff.

[schmuckingham]

anything with boobs and cars

[Rally Pat]

Grassroots Motorsports, which would also be a good one for you Scott. SportsCar is kind of meh, but you get it with an SCCA membership so nothing really to complain about there.

[hpfiend]

I always preferred to read motortrend to car and driver and road and track... I had a subscription to grassroots motorsports for a while which I enjoyed- but I now have popular mechanics but I don't have time to read any of them anymore with 2 kids

[PRD2BDF]

I'm subscribed to HOT ROD, Motor Trend, and Car and Driver.

 

used to subscribe to Car Craft but stopped after I noticed it getting thinner and thinner while the price was going higher and higher.

[Draco-REX]

EVO (if it's still around)

Racecar Engineering (MUCH MUCH cheaper to get the on-line subscription than getting it in the mail)

Grassroots Motorsports

[frenchy chan]

EVO (if it's still around)

Racecar Engineering (MUCH MUCH cheaper to get the on-line subscription than getting it in the mail)

Grassroots Motorsports

 

ooh, racecar engineering sounds good! unfortunately, we need a paper copy for him to take to work

 

eta: but, damn, that's like $100 for a year! and that is why we don't subscribe to the top gear magazine, too

[Draco-REX]

ooh, racecar engineering sounds good! unfortunately, we need a paper copy for him to take to work

 

eta: but, damn, that's like $100 for a year! and that is why we don't subscribe to the top gear magazine, too

 

Yeah, it's from across the pond. But it's REALLY heavy in detail and racing tech. I love their wind tunnel articles. I think the online format is only $35. I haven't tried, but you might be able to load it into a reader on a smartphone.

[Farkas]

PVW

[KennyFKINPowerz]

GMHTP - My new favorite

Camaro Performers

Popular Hot Rodding

Hot Rod

Super Chevy

Car Craft

[Crossle]

European Car

Car & Driver

Project Car - Dunno if it's still around, it was bi-monthly.

Grassroots Motorsports

[frenchy chan]

Yeah, it's from across the pond. But it's REALLY heavy in detail and racing tech. I love their wind tunnel articles. I think the online format is only $35. I haven't tried, but you might be able to load it into a reader on a smartphone.

 

I should just get it for him. He's really into engineering car stuff...most of what he's doing now is custom stuff

[appn88]

muscle mustangs and fast fords

[LS_Sonoma]

I like to subscribe to magazines that have nothing to do with my current interests, for instance: euro tuner, kit plane and wooden boat. Keeps me abreast on other things.

[craig71188]

Autoweek (now every two weeks) - racing coverage-actually close to the race dates across all types of motorsport. Road tests of U.S. and intereresting euro/asian only market cars occasionally. Some good columnists along with the "But Wait There's More" back page of interesting and humorous auto related stuff.

 

SportsCar - yea, comes with the SCCA subscription, lots of SCCA related coverage (but yes that usually menas Miata stuff fairly regularly

[Tshensley]

Car and Driver

Motor Trend

GM High Tech

[bmwohio]

Definitely a fan of Grassroots, for sure my favorite, because I can relate and actually afford most of the cars and projects they do......most :thumbup:

 

Roundel (comes with BMWCCA membership) the tech section is fantastic, but this magazine is probably only interesting if you own the brand

 

Euro Tuner - I like this one because it's not a total Ricer mag, like so many others and they just finished an E36 project car which was fun to read about

 

European Car - meh, it's ok....getting a little ricey for me

 

Racer - I like this one because I am Motorsports junky and it keeps me up to date on all of the series I watch and follow (F1, WRC, DTM, etc, etc)

 

SportsCar (comes with my SCCA, some good articles, and keeps you up to date with all SCCA events and results)

 

F1 Magazine - enough said for me....I love F1

 

I had never heard of Race Car Engineering, I'm going to check that one out :thumbup: I'm defintely a 'how does that work' guy.......

 

What about a magazine specific to the type of car he owns or tinkers with? Does he like to modify his car?

[SpaceGhost]

I get Autoweek on my iPad.

[Draco-REX]

Definitely a fan of Grassroots, for sure my favorite, because I can relate and actually afford most of the cars and projects they do......most :thumbup:

 

Roundel (comes with BMWCCA membership) the tech section is fantastic, but this magazine is probably only interesting if you own the brand

 

Euro Tuner - I like this one because it's not a total Ricer mag, like so many others and they just finished an E36 project car which was fun to read about

 

European Car - meh, it's ok....getting a little ricey for me

 

Racer - I like this one because I am Motorsports junky and it keeps me up to date on all of the series I watch and follow (F1, WRC, DTM, etc, etc)

 

SportsCar (comes with my SCCA, some good articles, and keeps you up to date with all SCCA events and results)

 

F1 Magazine - enough said for me....I love F1

 

I had never heard of Race Car Engineering, I'm going to check that one out :thumbup: I'm defintely a 'how does that work' guy.......

 

What about a magazine specific to the type of car he owns or tinkers with? Does he like to modify his car?

I'll have to check out Racer and take a closer look at F1. Last time I checked out F1 it seemed more about the money and lifestyle than the tech.

[AudiOn19s]

Grassroots is about the only one I actually read anymore these days.

 

I still get European Car and Euro Tuner but I mostly just look at the pictures then move on.

 

Since getting an iPad there's really no need for all of those magazines to be stacked on the shitter anymore...it does a good job of taking their place.

[99BlownYellowGT]

muscle mustangs and fast fords

5.0

[bmwohio]

I'll have to check out Racer and take a closer look at F1. Last time I checked out F1 it seemed more about the money and lifestyle than the tech.

 

Draco, I like the interviews with drivers/team principals/etc....some of the shit they say is funny as hell. Actually Kimi is the featured story this month, and I'm sure there are some funny quotes in there. There is a lot about the lifestyle, but I like the interviews, pics, and how stuff works.