Practically Classics Forum

As a long time subscriber to Practical Classics, I have just received an email from the publishers Bauer about the launch of a new magazine called 'Modern Classics' looking at cars from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. We have had arguments in the past about 'what is a classic' and so I don't want to start that all over again but lets just say that I won't be rushing out to buy this one . . . .

For those that are interested, details are here
http://view.e.practicalclassics.co.uk/? ... 7e7216&r=0

Mike

Here at practically classics, we often talk about the likes of the BMC Farina bodied motors of the late '50s - early '70s, the Minor, the mini and other devices that were "bread & butter" back in the day but which are now regarded as desirable old motors that are enjoyed for being evocative of their periods. So imagine my disappointment when the blurb for the new publication was full with ponce metal! Bauer would seem to have missed a gaping hole in the market and filled that which wasn't a hole in the first place thanks to PPC and Retro Cars, both of which feature the performance end of the marketplace and feature the exotic stuff occasionally. The difference is that both of these other magazines have plenty of that bread & butter content to keep the practically classicists happy.

Sorry, Bauer, but without the Escorts, Datsun Sunny and Vauxhall Chevettes of this world all you've done here is created a publication that predicts the type of content which the "coffee table" mags* will most likely be carrying in the 2020s.


*Coffee Table publications being those whose average feature car is worth as much as or, in many cases, more than a decent stone cottage in an average village within the Edinburgh or Newcastle commuter belt, no BMC motors that can be maintained at home by the average, none-specialist grass roots enthusiast and definitely nothing that anyone would be more likely to use as daily transport - oh how frightfully infradig - than they'd be to bring to shows on a trailer and spend the long, sunny summer afternoons yelling "get your filthy hands off my car!" at any small child who dared to breathe in its proximity.

Stop sitting on the fence, John.

Apart from the Elise, they all seem a bit posh.

P45.

I just saw the front cover of the first edition with the W126 SEC, BMW 6 Series and Porsche 928. Very interested in reading this article as I own all three cars but unlikely to be able to because i'm in Texas. I have a Practical Classics subscription but this mag is too new to show up in the US.