AndyW Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Anyone else picked up the new relaunch of Performance Car magazine?Linky to their website hereHas a great test of the new 197 Cup V Clio Williams, junior hot hatch test and a pretty good Elise story. Its an interesting alternative to EVO, they've said they won't be going into supercar/hyper car territory and will be sticking with modest machinery, for those would good memory the original Performance Car became CAR and many of the writers eventually found their way into the EVO project in the late 90's.Well worth picking up if you haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 quite enjoyed it but still lacking something, not going to cancel my evo subscription yet. Has potential for some good new v old real world tests though. The white clio cup with black speedlines looked good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Oh I wouldn't ditch EVO, far from it, its just nice to see something with a bit of potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) All these mags are "rebranding" now to try and shake off the kitted-1.1-Saxo-wiv-neons-and-plastic imageSurprisingly enough, max power were the first I saw binning their burberry Edited March 14, 2008 by twisty b-road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 All these mags are "rebranding" now to try and shake off the kitted-1.1-Saxo-wiv-neons-and-plastic imageThe old performance car thankfully pre dates the cruising scene, it used to have EVO's, Impreza's, 205 GTI's, that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArosaMike Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 All these mags are "rebranding" now to try and shake off the kitted-1.1-Saxo-wiv-neons-and-plastic imageSurprisingly enough, max power were the first I saw binning their burberryPerformance Car though was not a chav magazine. It was basically what EVO is now 10 years ago and then faded into what became CAR Magazine and lost all it's writers to EVO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddy Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 i have you guys to blame for getting me hooked on Evo as you kept going on about it last year i went and got it and have not looked back i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 i have you guys to blame for getting me hooked on Evo as you kept going on about it last year i went and got it and have not looked back i love it Well worth checking out Performance car I'd say, if you like EVO I'd say you'd like it.While I'm still a big EVO fan, for whatever reason I've found myself with a backlog of issues I haven't read yet. Theres about 4 on our coffee table waiting for me to finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 not sure the next issue will be as good as the first, will still buy it but the line up doesn't sound as promissing.I am reliably imformed its out on the 20th. Includes the following...Cover Story: Mitsubishi Evo X UK test Road Test: Honda S2000 GT Group Test: Diesel coupés First Drives: Toyota Auris SR 180, Lexus IS F, Autodelta Spider Drive Story: Caterham Superlight R400 in the South East Buying Guide: BMW E39 M5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 not sure the next issue will be as good as the first, will still buy it but the line up doesn't sound as promissing.I am reliably imformed its out on the 20th. Includes the following...Cover Story: Mitsubishi Evo X UK test Road Test: Honda S2000 GT Group Test: Diesel coupés First Drives: Toyota Auris SR 180, Lexus IS F, Autodelta Spider Drive Story: Caterham Superlight R400 in the South East Buying Guide: BMW E39 M5I see you quoted my own post from pistonheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyeBaz Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Bought Performance Car magazine to read while I was flying out to Rome. I am very interested in the new 197 cup, although the write up was mostly about the Clio Williams !!!Still love EVO magazine. Cannot believe they were driving the Rothmans Porsche 959. Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 There's still something missing from EVO recently though, not sure what it is. I used to find myself reading practically all of it, but now after 30mins I'm done with it. I then only pick it up when I need some 'me time' on the throne. Might pick up the new issue though, if only to have a nose at the AD Spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Anyone else still reading this? Four issues in and I still quite like it, although I do find myself finishing it quickly. Latest issue has a nice VAG 2.0TFSI themed test, Octavia vRS, Leon Cupra and Golf GTI. Am loving the amount of hot hatchery, tad more than EVO and a full roadtest of the Corsa VXR which contains some of the nicest shots of the car I've seen.Oh and you can read about my Lupo in the online section of their long termers bit. Am working in a CL reference for next month.VW Lupo GTI Longtermer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr ColinG Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Great read Andy, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Thats a fantastic write up Andy. Wish we could steel that for the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 I confess, its a re-work of my original Auto-Journals piece, but with better language and thought put into it. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 You were quick off the line offering your Panda up for EVO maggy Andy Nice work! Look forward to seeing it in print (Saw the post on PH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted May 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 You were quick off the line offering your Panda up for EVO maggy Andy Nice work! Look forward to seeing it in print (Saw the post on PH)Ha, any excuse. Thought it would be a nice day out to see how the professionals do it to be honest, plus any excuse to go up near the triangle.Actually took the Lupo up there about a month ago to try out my new DSLR, wanted to take the Panda to see what it was like but didn't in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 A slightly dull Lupo update concerned with serving and such things. Was way over my word limit so am saving my Club Lupo reference for another time. Have to do one every month so will get plenty of chance to plug. Anyway, heres June's highly exciting and tension packed report into, er, servicing a Lupo...Linky McLink LinkOh, and I'll be reusing my huge back catalogue of pics for this, so for this month we're still on shots I took in France, in 2005. Have nothing to do with servicing, but they look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Put a nice big plug in for CL this month.Thanks to Tigz for a couple of the pics, thought the one of Sarahs Lupo was good...Oh, and as for the actual mag this month, it has the Scirocco in apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Nice job, good report - I'm sure Saz will be pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saz Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nice job, good report - I'm sure Saz will be pleased I certainly am! Cheers Andy. As Matt says, good report (as always!)Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 No probs, I admit I forgot to ask them to blank the plate, hope you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 I've just been reading some of your previous entries, including the Auto Journals ones. They are an excellent read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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