[Magazines] It's Official - MotorSport goes back to Green!

[Andrew Kitson]

At last...common sense prevails!
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk

[Stone Man]

Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

At last...common sense prevails!
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk

Glorious Green.....Common Sense is so uncommon these days!

[Al Weyman]

I knew I should'nt have chucked all those red ones away, they will be worth money in a few years time. I prefer the green though.

[v8mgbgt]

Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

At last...common sense prevails!
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk

great and about time !

[John Turner]

I had heard of that possibility; excellent news; just looks and feels right!

[Stone Man]

When Motorsport originally changed from "Green" to "Red", I received a letter that said it was to make it stand out on the magazine stalls!

[John Turner]

Yeah, a real joke that one wasn't it? Blended in nicely with all the fashion mags! When I enquired at their stand at Goodwood Revival why the change, I was told that red stood out more! Yes, if all the other mags were green!

[jamesholland]

Whilst I agree that a return to a green cover is absolutely right I still won't be buying it. The last few issues I have looked at were terribly thin and the content has become much more slanted to quite recent events. Very expensive for what it is.

I do realise, however, that my interest has been more than adequately covered over the years and they do have to find new topics to write about.

[John Turner]

Just had the latest issue; in the editorial, Marcus Simmons confirms that it's going green again ftom the next issue - June.

I'm going to split these last few posts off and stick them in Armchair

[Knowlesy]

Oh, it's going green again?

Great stuff!

[fangio]

Great news; you see that all our comments must have worked.
I guess that the red didn't stand out as well as the green in the shops.

At least when green I can find them back between my wife's fashion magazines.....

[Knowlesy]

But how will it be done?

Will it be the traditional green design, or the same as it is currently, just with the red changing to green.

And will it be proper green, or some horrible luminous concoction?

[John Turner]

The illustrations suggest a return to the green it was just before the change to red! However, not sure the layout will alter much from the current cover!

[Super Hans]

I'm glad to see a return to the more traditional green.

As someone mentioned earlier, I have also noticed that the magazine has become thinner in recent months, although the quality of writing is still excellent.

[Pondo]

Good - it was a stupid idea to change it in the first place.

[Adam43]

I best subscribe again! Although this wasn't technically due to the colour my lack of subscription will coincide with it. I shall pretend it was.

[AllonFS]

I agree about how stupid it was to change the cover - the modern curse of rebranding. I had a subscription for a couple of years, but stopped when it went red - part coincidence partly because I loved the old look and the history that went with it. I do get the odd copy but like others I have noticed it seems to be quite a bit thinner these days. Most of the obvious topics have been covered which is going to be an ever increasing problem for it, and for me personally increased coverage of historic racing is not enough to make me subscibe again.

[ensign14]

Whether it is thinner or not is not really the issue for me. I have been pleasantly surprised by the recent articles on some of the more backwater areas - SuperSaloons and the career of Tony Trimmer, for example. Much rather see this than trying to shoehorn the history of the 250F into 6 pages when I already have 3 or 4 books doing so in detail. Unless there is something very interesting to add, like photos of the Argentinian specials based on them.

[Super Hans]

I thoroughly enjoyed the recent SuperSaloons feature.

I would love to see some footage of those cars in action, as I'm afraid they were slightly before my time. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be eternally grateful.

[John Turner]

Got the June edition through the post today. Lovely dark green with the magazine title in the old style black with white border. The quality of the cover now reflects the contents which have been revamped a bit too. The only question mark I have is over the 'Script' style adopted for some of the headings; maybe a bit OTT. Otherwise looking good and although haven't had time to read it yet, the article titles indicate some great reading in store.

[Super Hans]

I got myself a copy of the June issue yesterday, and have had plenty of time to devour it, due to being laid up with a slipped disc.

Despite sharing John's reservations about the tyepface used for headings, I have to say that the magazine as a whole looks beautiful. The content is as good as ever, especially with the features on JYS and Michael Andretti. Although I'm sure many readers will have something to say about the comments made by Max Moseley re historic racing cars.

All in all, a big thumbs up.

[John Turner]

Agreed, and let's hope the rumour that they want to go 'Octane' is just that, a rumour! I suscribe to both and they fill different niches and it should stay that way.

[Knowlesy]

I picked it up today, to make up for being late to college (!).

Fantastic......I love green.

[Truckosaurus]

Had a browse of the new look Motorsport in the WHSmiths reading library, and was impressed by the 'build quality' of the magazine, it feels like it will withstand many years of being re-read. I was a little surprised at the price (£4.95) which is the obvious downside to such high production values.

[John Turner]

It's only once a month, Trucko, and if you become a subscriber it works out about a £1 a month less.