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[spi-bwk]

Hi all,

So I'm guessing that this topic will take a 'battering' from people slating the whole modified car scene but thats not really what this topic is for...

I was wondering what went wrong with Max Power magazine so badly that they had to stop producing the magazine? Was it that people just aren't modifying their cars anymore? Is it that companies don't produce aftermarket bits like they used to or is it other reasons?

Just wondered what people's thoughts were (other than just slating cars with bodkits with 'serves em right')....

A penny for your thoughts....

[Tommyboy12]

Insulting the older generations, encouraging damage to speed cameras, articles on driving badly, promoting illegal cruises and wasting police time are just a few things that brought the magazine to a close. The 'modified' scene as the called it were just a bunch of 17 year olds with Saxos with boots full of stereo and fibreglass dragging along the concrete. I dont think that really covers the true enthusiast who actually cares about tuning and handling over looks and volume. If you bought it for the soft-core porn then you were wasting your money. Nuts and Zoo are much cheaper.

To cut it short the magazine cost too much and didnt cover the right stuff/do itself any favours.

[spi-bwk]

I agree to the thoughts on the mag and wondered if it was the case that they didnt really focus on anything like you said. Redline seemed to change their complete focus a few months ago and it improved the mag no end. I wonder if the mag got sue'd or something then or if it was a decision made by publishers etc?

[The_Mistro]

is fast car still about? or has that gone too!?

[Tommyboy12]

Still going but I hear its not doing very well. Selling the kind of numbers Max Power did when it closed up.

[sledgehammer]

I used to go to the Chelsea cruise , over the years I took an old Mustang , and a few De-seamed Mini's
all the other cars were proper custom cars and Yank's / unusual cars - even Ferrari's / exotic's
it was a nice atmosphere - most of the cars were open with bonnets up
had the odd loud stereo - but it wasn't overpowering
about the same time as Max power came out the Cruise went down hill
Chav's would turn up in old bangers with whale tails on , and booming stereo's & poorly fitted body kits
I went once after - all the Custom cars had gone - just the Max Power crowd with their neons Mega amps & subs
The cars that turned up , must have taken hours to mod , not years
I think Max Power killed the old Cruise scene and created Chav Cruises
Max Power was about rapid customisation , with large bolt on body kits
without any in depth body modifications

All just my opinion ...

Edited by sledgehammer, 17 September 2011 - 02:10 PM.

[Bungle]

we have had this topic before



http://www.theminifo...er&fromsearch=1

Edited by Bungle, 17 September 2011 - 04:40 PM.

[Shifty]

I used to like max power and fast car, they used to feature some nice cars. One of the first feature cars was a Mk1 escort with cossie running gear. It was kinda like a
glitzy version of car and car conversions.

Dave Walker used to be involved with fast car and that too used to be a good read.

I think money is the issue, i'd bet a load of the chav cars were built using credit cars and lots and lots of finance. Working at Mcdonalds can't pay for many saxo bodykits!!

The scene has changed as well, the first max power issues were full of Dimma body kits and similar, wide arch stuff.

Insurance has forced many younger drivers off the road as well, well just into unmodifed cars anyway.

Mags are expensive but I still buy them.

- Practical Classics
-Mini Mag
-Mini world
- Practical performance car

I also like retro cars as well.

I'm old fashioned, I like to read stuff on paper and not a screen!!

[scotty_1987]

ye i personally just think that most car enthusiasts(not all of us)have grown out of bodykits,bidg massively oversized wheels, fast n furious style graphics,and the like but there is still the few which i cant understand...although i do think that it is just somethin which happens in the car scene its constantly changin..over here in ireland over the past few years alot of us loved the jdm jap scene but its kinda dyin out now..due to some rough kinda people bein involved in it!

[Mini 360]

Cruise culture is given a bad name and in my experience deserves it. Too many neds in Corsas doing burnouts, handbrake turns etc etc.....

The mag was a bit behind the times and had too much plastic 'fantastic' cars. Didnt really go for what is popular today, either quick and sorted cars or the subtle VW/Euro look.

Plus with a name like MAX POWER and the so called sexy ladies it was only ever viewed as a stereotypical teenage boy magazine.

Also the modified scene and car scene are two totally different entities in my view. Modified scene is balls out mods everywhere to me where as the car scene can be a fast car designed for track use or just a lad into his motor lowering and tidying it up on a tasteful set of wheels.


But then again its all open to individual opinions and outlooks on types of car.

[skyinsurance]

Hi all,

So I'm guessing that this topic will take a 'battering' from people slating the whole modified car scene but thats not really what this topic is for...

I was wondering what went wrong with Max Power magazine so badly that they had to stop producing the magazine? Was it that people just aren't modifying their cars anymore? Is it that companies don't produce aftermarket bits like they used to or is it other reasons?

Just wondered what people's thoughts were (other than just slating cars with bodkits with 'serves em right')....

A penny for your thoughts....

The internet is the main reason why magazine distribution numbers are down.

Redline seem to be going the same way as MaxPower

[leaky]

Max Power was a crap mag to be honest. As said it was too far behind and concentrated on body kitted cars with stupid spoilers. I read FastCar now and again as a couple of my mate buy it. I was quite surprised. It was quite a good mag. They seem to have moved on. I was reading a Jap special issue and it was full of some pretty nicely modified JDM cars. No ugly body kits in site. I dont think I would buy it but I'd defo have the odd flick though my mates ones now and again.

My favorite mag at the moment is Retro Cars. I also buy both the mini mags but they all seem a bit same ish now. At least with Retro Cars theirs a nice selection of different cars.

[mini_mad69]

I agree with Leaky, I love retro cars.

But the modified car scene changed. That's where max power failed I think.



That's the type of car max power would feature.





That's the sort of car that fashion has moved to.

Same car, very different results.

I think I bought it when I was young, and stupid once.
But fast car sometimes have some good reads in them.

[89mini-boy]

Mags are expensive but I still buy them.

- Practical Classics
-Mini Mag
-Mini world
- Practical performance car

I also like retro cars as well.

I'm old fashioned, I like to read stuff on paper and not a screen!!

Same i still buy
mini mag
miniworld
practical classics
custom car
classic car weekly
milkcow
practical van and pickup!!<--always has a mini van pup in it haha
Triumph world
and finally
Six appeal (Its the triumph 2.0 2.5 owners register magazine and is a real good read !!!)

most off the above i buy monthly, but custom car has started going down hill same as classic car weekly. where as most of them are very good reads but quite expensive each time!!!!!!

Edited by 89mini-boy, 19 September 2011 - 11:44 AM.