You're not paying to get the magazine, you're paying to get the ads. They don't make much if any money on subscriptions. Subs do help their readership numbers which helps their ad revenue. Which is why most mags are ~75% ads these days. But, yeah, even then most still aren't making money.
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I am just curious here. Is there any real interest in this in the last two decades? Was there anything that was really newsworthy? Or even exciting? What did the car magazines write about?
For history, my car enthusiasm started maybe four decades ago. My dad had a lot of Road & Track and Car & Driver magazines piled up, and I read them all, top to bottom. I read about American cars and imports. From the Honda 600 and the Subaru 360 to the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maserattis.
I enjoyed reading about all the cars then. But what is there to report today? I guess snow performance between the RAV4 and Subaru Outback would be informative. But beyond that...?
For me when I am on the thrown doing my duty, I do not handle electronic devices. Old fashioned paper magazines. The only value left with Coke Rewards is obtaining subscriptions to AW, R&T and C&D.
I like them for the articles. News and trivia such as learning that Ford is ending production of all cars except Mustangs to produce only SUVs and trucks, and that Chevy was the last major car maker to put CD players in their cars and it was the first to discontinue CD players in their new cars.
I get this just to keep up to date with latest automobiles, esp the electric ones. The reviews they do are 50-50 good or total tripe. Their *-of-the-year awards are mostly a joke as nobody can afford the awarded car 99/100 times. But in the end the couple issues showing all the new cars, SUV's and trucks is worth the $3/year.
You're getting these magazines delivered for $0.25 each, there is absolutely no way magazines are still profitable.
You're not paying to get the magazine, you're paying to get the ads. They don't make much if any money on subscriptions. Subs do help their readership numbers which helps their ad revenue. Which is why most mags are ~75% ads these days. But, yeah, even then most still aren't making money.
I am just curious here. Is there any real interest in this in the last two decades? Was there anything that was really newsworthy? Or even exciting? What did the car magazines write about?
For history, my car enthusiasm started maybe four decades ago. My dad had a lot of Road & Track and Car & Driver magazines piled up, and I read them all, top to bottom. I read about American cars and imports. From the Honda 600 and the Subaru 360 to the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maserattis.
I enjoyed reading about all the cars then. But what is there to report today? I guess snow performance between the RAV4 and Subaru Outback would be informative. But beyond that...?
It just sounds like your interests have changed over time.
I have car and driver , mens health subscription. Car and driver magazine stopped coming in few times and even for continuously 2-3 months. Mens health is delivered just 30% of the times in last 1 year (haven't received it since last 3-4 months).
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For history, my car enthusiasm started maybe four decades ago. My dad had a lot of Road & Track and Car & Driver magazines piled up, and I read them all, top to bottom. I read about American cars and imports. From the Honda 600 and the Subaru 360 to the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maserattis.
I enjoyed reading about all the cars then. But what is there to report today? I guess snow performance between the RAV4 and Subaru Outback would be informative. But beyond that...?
I like them for the articles. News and trivia such as learning that Ford is ending production of all cars except Mustangs to produce only SUVs and trucks, and that Chevy was the last major car maker to put CD players in their cars and it was the first to discontinue CD players in their new cars.
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For history, my car enthusiasm started maybe four decades ago. My dad had a lot of Road & Track and Car & Driver magazines piled up, and I read them all, top to bottom. I read about American cars and imports. From the Honda 600 and the Subaru 360 to the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maserattis.
I enjoyed reading about all the cars then. But what is there to report today? I guess snow performance between the RAV4 and Subaru Outback would be informative. But beyond that...?