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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:12 AM
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Question Magazines: Which are best?

Hello,
I was wondering what magazines you all read to get your Porsche fix.

I currently subscribe to:
Excellence
European Car
EuroTuner
AutoWeek


What other magazines are good sources to keep up with what's going on with the factory, and the products they offer?



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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:57 AM
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for P-cars......Excellence.......hands down.
Euro-tuner is more for the VDub/Audi crowd.
European Car, is a good mag and hits almost all euro-brands while not being baised to a single brand.......and it happens to be my favorite of the bunch!
Auto-week....can't really say much, i picked up a copy of one a few years ago, didn't like what i saw, and have never read another one since.
 

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agreed. Excellence and Euro. Car. are the two that really cover Porsche pretty well.
 
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Excellence & European car mag.!!!!
 
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Road and Track is good too...
Autocar (a weekly car mag from the UK) is one of the best IMO
 
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1) Evo
2) Autocar
3) Excellence
4) Autoweek (i like this because I get it every week and it usually has at least something interesting each week

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I get:

Excellence
Panorama
GT Purely Porsche
Du Pont Registery
Autoweek
Road & Track
Automobile
Car and Driver
Motor Trend
Roundel
European Car
 
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In addition to the marque specific mags, I like EVO, CAR, Autocar, TopGear - all British and avail at most Borders / Barnes and Noble -type chain stores.
 
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I check C&D, R&T, MT, and Automobile on the internet occasionally
 
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Here's my list:

Automobile
Autoweek (not the best, but you gotta love that weekly delivery)
Christophorus
Excellence
Panorama
Road & Track
Sports Car International (great, but only 6 issues per year)

Have gotten in the past, but no longer:

Car & Driver
Motortrend
 
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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Here is what I get (yes I am nuts)
US based: Excellence, Road and Track, Motor Trend, Sports Car International, Forza, Car and Driver, Automobile Mag, DuPont Registry, Autoweek, Christophorous (Porsche official mag from Germany)
UK based: Autocar, Car (I think my #1 mag by far!!), BBC Top Gear, EVO
French based: Automobiles Classiques, Sport Auto and sometimes Option Auto (more about aftermarket stuff)
German Based: Auto Motor Und Sport (I cant read German but they have some of the best spy pics)
I wanna subscribe to GT purely Porsche when I get back
non-car related: Maxim, FHM, Architectual Digest, The Economist and others I cant remeber...
TOO MUCH READING LOL
 
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GT Purely Porsche
EVO
Excellence
Car
Sports Car International
 
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How do you guys find time to actually read magazines? Man I must be doing this all wrong ... LOL
 


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