SteVTEC

Volvo isn't going anywhere. Yup, plenty of them here in the DC area, very popular cars. I'm actually surprised that Mitsubishi is still around. They're far more popular in other markets besides the U.S. though, like Taiwan for example.

2002GGPIS3

I love car mags, I have over a thousand of them, and never want to see them die.. I understand the news is outdated and I would have no problem with the main us car mags being online only, but then there are quality magazines like some of the British ones like Top Gear and Evo that are like mini books and have the best photography. also some of the marque magazines like Excelence for Porsche have such great stories and pictures and are a perfect escape for me, to sit back, turn everything off and go to another world..

lastly to me, there is no better way to relax then go to a bookstore and view car mags.. The world will be poorer without them.

robloc93

Car magazines have made my bathroom trips so much easier over the years

KevinGS

to both of these sentiments

And I still like reading my Car & Driver and Motor Trend magazines via a hard copy. I'd rather not have an online-only option.

KevinGS

Yep, it's a staple in the 'burbs of Washington DC. I have friends with 3 kids, and they own 2 Volvo's, one of them is a manual wagon. And the wife loves it! She's already taught 2 of the 3 kids how to drive stick in that Volvo.

bitkahuna

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printed pics are nice, but i'm fine looking at it all on an ipad. as advertising revenue continues to decline, i think you'll see the cost of mags go up.

barnes and noble doesn't make money (except for a coffee) when you sit there reading mags. unless they get bailed out, they're going under in the next year or so.

ba-b4

With deep Chinese pockets Volvo aint going anywhere. They're about to launch a bunch of new models in the US including the sexy V60 wagon.

mmarshall

I agree with most of this, Bob, but I'm not sure about the Volvo rivaling Mercedes fit-and-finish part. In the 1960s and 1970s, M-B built what were clearly some of the best-assembled cars on the planet. Their general quality didn't start to tank until the 1990s, when Lexus and Infiniti came along and simply started beating them at their own game....and M-B could no longer compete at the same price-levels.

Of course, in the 60s/70s, some of the most durable engines/automatic transmissions actually came from a domestic source.....Chrysler, especially with its Slant-Six and 318 V8 (one reason why they were popular as taxicabs). But, apart from drivetrains, Chrysler overall quality/fit-finish was a mess.

I8ABMR

I will honestly cry if they kill Road & Track. Why the hell would they kill the magazine. They are the best and oldest. Sad. I hope its not true