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I was going to use soccer as an example, but I just went with whatever... LOL.
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I read an interesting article this week on those little hot hatches.... aparently the XR5 doesnt not have cruise control??? is that correct???
Those pics are of WHEELS MAG not Motor. The current edition has the Camaro on the front, and features pages, upon pages of a SALUTE to the VZ series holdens. From what i understand its merely a tribute to the Final VT-based Commodore bringing on the all-new VE, but Was the VT-VZ such a milestone in Australian Motoring?? If you read all the letters in Motor, 90% complain about its content. Not enough Euro's, Not enough Fords, Not enough Ferrari's. At the end of the day the Editor chooses stories based on what vehicles are made available to them, and what stories will sell magazines. I think they feature plenty of fords.... but as someone said different times of the year they feature different cars. TIP: generally have a flick through a mag b4 you purchase it, that way you wont be upset when it features 90+ pages of Crumpledoors :P |
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The Holden content in Motor magazine is probably higher than the Australian content in a Holden Commodore.
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Simple solution
But Australian Muscle Car instead lol But seriously ppl shouldnt complain about Motors content Sometimes its Aussie car biased, other times its Euro and Nippon city. Just pick your issues. |
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You're all pretty civil to the other side in FF. Coming from outside either camp and having owned two Holdens I don't have a problem saying which is the better brand. Holden simply has a history of mediocrity, playing catch ups with the competition and compromising its customers' safety (VP, Daewoo Barina). Ford hasn't exactly been crash hot either until the 2000s but now its products are clearly superior. The new Commodore will simply catch up with where the Falcon is now and everything will be even for a while. Lets see how it goes in ANCAP. On the other hand, Holden dealers are on the whole much better than Ford dealers.... ![]()
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It will be the same when ford release the orion next year,motor and wheels will have majority of articles on the new falcon.
Could you really see these magazines ignoring the VE launch having say,only a 3 page article on a brand new car?i cant.
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Don't buy Modern Motor (money wasted), Problem solved !
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Now if a lot of people are talking about a new model and want to know before everyone else, would they buy a mag that says VE secrets reveled? ***** oath they would. I just hope Ford stir up this kind of interest for Orion, make the car seem like it's going to change your life, like its the greatest thing since slice bread! Holden do a great job of this, I knew the VE wasn't going to be all that special (well for 1.2billion spent on it, it isn't) but it got everybody talking about it and for the Holden fan boys the hype has worked on them. I'm still waiting for the technical specs so I can see whats so great about the car.........oh wait they fixed that POS suspension that they had. Hardly worth 1.2b. |
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Just to clarify for the ininformed, the new Motor does not have any articles on the VE. The space is mostly taken up by the "tribute" to the VT-VZ models, and I nearly choked when I read the quote on the front cover - "We salute a cult classic"
![]() Incidentally, the Camaro story relates to how they believe much of the new retro Camaro will make its way into the Monaro, which Motor claims will reappear in around 2009. Provided this is true, I think its an appalling business decision to publicly kill off a model (for the second time) only to bring it back 3-4 years later, and what about all those people who bought the "last" Monaro's? ![]() |
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Its an Australian car magazine, with an unabashed emphasis on Australian built cars.
Ford gets just as much print space. Just wait intil Ford's new model is featured. I reckon Motor has a great format, no dross, Prius type cars, lots of hi po machinery and they're not scared to be photographed / write about stuff we all dream about doing..... burnouts, power overteer etc etc. And they love the aftermarket. I hope they (motor) change nothing.
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You guys realise that both Wheels and Motor are owned by ACP, the Packer publishing company. Back in the day, there was differences between the two (with Car Australia as a third magazine; whatever happened to it?). Since ACP took ownership of both, they are a carbon copy of each other.
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Well , How many bought the Magazine to have a look at the "New VE" ???? , probably the same amount of GMH owners that bought it to see "The New FORD" at the time . I haven't seen the new Mag. yet , but has it got many GMH adverts in it ? ?
In the media "advertising pays for editorial space" . All about economics. If GMH pays for heaps of Ads = Heaps of Editorial If FORD pays for heaps of Ads = Heaps of Editorial
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