What is the Best Automotive Magazine?

"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
11/18/2013 at 20:47 • Filed to: Magazine, Poll, Evo, Road & Track, Car & Driver, MotorTrend, OppositeLock

After I found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I stopped reading a monthly car magazine, save for the occasional Top Gear Magazine if I happened to wander into a book store. I still keep a head up on who's doing what in the print industry, but I don't intensely follow or favor any particular magazine.

These companies have started to sway back some customers and intrigue potential customers with online videos. I've been quite drawn to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 's videos, and disappointed by AutoCar and Motor Trend's offerings, while !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has started offering an alternative to these 'press' videos by becoming Youtube's answer to AutoWeek.

I've been considering subscribing to Evo because I like their videos, their justification of opinions when describing a car (something I didn't notice with Motor Trend, and thusly unsubscribed), and their overall enticing graphical design. So, what are your opinions on the best automotive magazine?

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If I missed a big magazine, let me know and I'll add it in.

DISCUSSION (9)

NoahthePorscheGuy > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/18/2013 at 20:56

You missed Automobile, and kind of Autoweek, Evo is still the best imo.

stuttgartobsessed > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/18/2013 at 20:57

Whenever I pick up a physical motoring magazine I go for an issue of Car . It gets my vote, but it's missing from your list.

dogisbadob > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/18/2013 at 20:57

I did the same thing by not reading car magazines since Jalopnik. Most if not all my auto news and shit comes from Jalopnik, FLD, Drive, Roadfly, and Everyday Driver.

I picked Road and Track because they are featured on here from time to time.

FLD used to have commercials where they chopped up Car and Driver in a blender and shot Road and Track.

You should also have Consumer Reports :p

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > stuttgartobsessed
11/18/2013 at 20:59

Added.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > NoahthePorscheGuy
11/18/2013 at 20:59

Added.

stuttgartobsessed > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/18/2013 at 21:05

Thanks!

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/18/2013 at 21:35

Car & Driver, hands down. For starters, it's the only one among the listed magazines actually available in Brazil (technically, you can buy the other ones as well, including the american C&D, but imported car magazines usually cost something between 49,99 to 59,99 a pop and are hard to find) and second, it's actually damn good. Really damn good. No other car magazine made in Brazil can even come close, that's how much better C&D is. Finally, they only started publishing in Brazil a number of years ago, but are already established as one of the major labels, in front of magazines with over 40 years of history, for example.

hike > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/19/2013 at 00:42

I still get R&T, Motor Trend, and C&D since they really don't cost much. Out of those 3, RT and CD are definitely the top two. I think I prefer CD though. Seems to have more technical stuff and some fun comparisons and such. RT offers some awesome photography and more culture and race stuff. Motor Trend still wins for big ass comparisons.

Cars Lover > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
04/30/2017 at 15:30

Motor Trend is the best. It even has its own award show. It’s one of the oldest auto magazines.