Car Magazines Disappearing

[dghii]

Things sure do change. I was a long time subscriber to R&T as well as others like C&D and Automobile. Not surprised at the demise of the print format. I can't believe there's any local
newspapers left.

Since local car ads went online, newspapers are old and stale. Don't really miss them at all.

BTW, you can get the online versions of a hundred plus magazines from Apple for $10/month for all. its called Apple News +. Not pitching the service but my wife tried it and the whole family can access.

[TeamOxford]

I hope that some of the stalwarts, such as R&T and C&D, can withstand the digital onslaught. I still love "books" too. There's nothing quite like sitting in one's easy chair and cracking open a new volume. Just the smell of newly printed paper adds to the romance of reading a book.

The digital format may be the choice of today's millennial, but like vinyl records, printed media will someday make a comeback.

Just sayin'............

TO

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

The digital format may be the choice of today's millennial, but like vinyl records, printed media will someday make a comeback.
TO

I would not be surprised...or disappointed!

(I've still got a stack of LPs that would probably go 6 ft tall. Still listen to many of them! )

[rexcramer]

Are magazines a new app?

[kk2002s]

The digital revolution may be a double edge sword.Unless there's a hard copy any where we are eliminating parts of our history. Actual photographs are being replaced by digital images.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

I hope that some of the stalwarts, such as R&T and C&D, can withstand the digital onslaught. I still love "books" too. There's nothing quite like sitting in one's easy chair and cracking open a new volume. Just the smell of newly printed paper adds to the romance of reading a book.

The digital format may be the choice of today's millennial, but like vinyl records, printed media will someday make a comeback.

Just sayin'............

TO

Yep, no such thing as curling up in your easy chair with a good computer.

I hated when R&T moved their nice headquarters in Newport beach way up north. I used to test drive the press cars & then deliver to R&T which was 15 minutes from my house. Most of the car magazines went on a severe diet a few years ago & I haven't been buying many. Prices went up & content went down. Even canceled my PCA membership after Pete Stout left.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Even canceled my PCA membership after Pete Stout left.

Bill, the only reason I keep my PCA membership is to allow me to donate every year (mostly), to the PCA foundation aka Membership Only Raffles...

BTW this fall they are raffling a GT4..

[JBauer]

Wow, Mustang Monthly surprises me. 😳 I really liked that one. I was a subscriber for 20 years. Every 5 years the would rehash the same thing but it was a great magazine for clasic Mustang owners.

[tommy583]

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car is the one I miss the most. If you never saw it, the content was mostly European sports cars. You can still view most of the past issues on the Hemmings website though.

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by tommy583

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car is the one I miss the most. If you never saw it, the content was mostly European sports cars. You can still view most of the past issues on the Hemmings website though.

Wow - Hemmings is gone?!?!?

Sheesh...

Could swear I 'perused' that more than the Sears catalog... well, cumulatively LOL in my lifetime

[thstone]

Originally Posted by tommy583

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car is the one I miss the most.

This was my most favorite car magazine of all time!