Fast Car Magazine
Encyclopedia
Fast Car magazine is a UK
-based car magazine
covering the modified car market and car culture. It was the first UK magazine focusing on this genre. It is owned by Future Publishing
, based in Bath, Somerset. The magazine is published 13 times a year.
Fast Car started as a performance car magazine, but now specialises in readers interested in Japanese, European cars and the car culture genre.
The Audited Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reports that Fast Car's sales peaked at 127,620 copies in 2003 . Historically, Fast Car traditionally sold fewer copies of their magazine than Max Power
(which closed in January 2011 due to poor sales). However, Fast Car has been the market leader in this segment since 2007.
Its most recent ABC audited circulation figure was 26,107.
, Kent
, UK in April 1987 by Security Publications Ltd as an evolution from a short-lived publication called Power and Style.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based car magazine
Automobile magazine
An automobile magazine is a magazine with news and reports on automobiles and the automobile industry. Automobile magazines may feature new car tests and comparisons, which describe advantages and disadvantages of similar models; future models speculations, confidential information and "spyshots"...
covering the modified car market and car culture. It was the first UK magazine focusing on this genre. It is owned by Future Publishing
Future Publishing
Future plc is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers...
, based in Bath, Somerset. The magazine is published 13 times a year.
Fast Car started as a performance car magazine, but now specialises in readers interested in Japanese, European cars and the car culture genre.
The Audited Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reports that Fast Car's sales peaked at 127,620 copies in 2003 . Historically, Fast Car traditionally sold fewer copies of their magazine than Max Power
Max Power (magazine)
Max Power was a UK-based magazine, headquartered in Peterborough, which covered the performance-tuning car market, boy racers and softcore pornography....
(which closed in January 2011 due to poor sales). However, Fast Car has been the market leader in this segment since 2007.
Its most recent ABC audited circulation figure was 26,107.
History
The magazine was launched in OrpingtonOrpington
Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms the southeastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, UK in April 1987 by Security Publications Ltd as an evolution from a short-lived publication called Power and Style.