Section : General

Retro Cars Cancelled 

Posted By : James Fotheringham, 17-Nov-2006, 11:51pm

Bad news chaps, my personal favourite magazine, Retro Cars, has been pulled.

The website is down, on Futures site you can no longer subscribe.
All that is left is the following RSS feed - http://www.retrocarsmag.co.uk/rss/retrocars

With the final entry being that it has been cancelled.
The current issue will be the last!

I for one an gutted as I thought it was far and away the best magazine out!

Ironically I was looking for subscription details for an Xmas pressie!

Absolutely Gutted!

• Retro Cars Cancelled 

  Posted By : George Ralph, 18-Nov-2006, 09:27am

  Oh no!
  
  I agree with you James, I liked this magazine. Their show at Santa Pod in July was fun and I won a free year's subcription for winning the 1960's Modified category. Now I won't get all 12 copies. I liked this mag 'cos they were'nt so hooked on Dave Walker's Law i.e. "if it aint got throttle bodies and an ECU then we don't want to know" like another well known modifiers mag.
  Such is commercial reality I guess. But I still feel that it still leaves a gap in the market for the modifiers of "real classics" as opposed to sticking dustbin sized turbos on '80s & '90s hatchbacks.
  

  • Retro Cars Cancelled 

    Posted By : John Davies, 18-Nov-2006, 09:49am

    There's still "Practical Performance Car" that includes the legendary Dave Walker from CCC (although he seems to be taking the tablets and Rave no longer appears)
    PPC isn't entirely Saxos and chavs.
    
    And when CCC folded, the publishers gave me an alternative subscription to something else car-related.
    Not compensation for that loss, but still something for my money.
    So don't let them just forget you - most magazine publishers have a sheaf of titles to choose from.
    Something for the lady, perhaps?
    John

    • Retro Cars Cancelled 

      Posted By : George Ralph, 18-Nov-2006, 11:06am

      Yeah, I take PPC as well and years ago I used to be a CCC fan, looks like the guys with the matt black Roller will have to be the sole suppier for monthly fix from now on! You must admit though, that the legendary Dave is now becoming something of a repetetive advert for his own products and services? I'll wait and see if Future Publishing plc offer me anything else.

      • Retro Cars Cancelled 

        Posted By : John Davies, 18-Nov-2006, 12:51pm

        Don't wait and see!
        Write/email and ask which magazines you may choose from for the rest of your subscription!
        John

        • Retro Cars Cancelled 

          Posted By : George Ralph, 07-Dec-2006, 05:03pm

          John,
          
          You were right! It took several emails to get my free subscription transferred. Originally they told me that there was no "relative" publication to transfer it to. Then I pointed out that they also publish Classics Monthly and in fact that magazine was a co-organiser of the Retro and Classics show where my car one its class (the subscription being the prize) and they have capitulated. It pays to persist! Thanks for the advice mate.
          
          I asked them for an explanation as to why the magazine was closed down, but they haven't responded. It suprised me because I thought there was a market for it and PPC was the only similar competitor except for some single marque magazines. Interestingly, I was talking to Will Holman (Ed of PPC) at a show when he and Kevin Leaper first left Practical Classics to set up on their own with another publisher and he said the reason was that the Practical Classics publisher wasn't interested because the market research only showed 20K copies per month. He was convinced that he would have a successful publication at that circulation and found another backer. I guess it shows that these publishers (Future plc for Retro Cars) have no interest in the content of the mags just the circulation figures. It was ever thus....