Favorite Car Mag's going away....

***SMWS6TA*** · 05-30-2014, 07:48 PM

HP Pontiac is going away

Seems some douche bag marketing ppl don't think much of our opinions....

Source Interlink Media Rebrands As TEN: The Enthusiast Network - Transworld Business

These are going bye bye

Affected Title

Popular Hot Rodding
Rod & Custom
High Performance Pontiac
Custom Classic Trucks
4 Wheel Drive& SUV
Mud Life
5.0 Mustang
Modified Mustangs & Fords
Camaro Performers
GM Hi-Tech
Import Tuner
Honda Tuning

Being replace with these...
Relevant Core Brand

Hot Rod
Street Rodder
Hot Rod
Classic Trucks
Four Wheeler
Four Wheeler
Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords
Mustang Monthly
Super Chevy
Super Chevy
Super Street
Honda Tuning

**raynor139** · 05-31-2014, 03:41 AM

Great the only two magazines I buy are being absorbed by others. Guess that will end since I don't need all the other stuff that will be featured in the mag.

**pajeff02** · 05-31-2014, 04:49 AM

Son of a beyotch.

That sucks... only magazine I currently subscribe to is GM High-Tech. Zach got me a subscription to Hot Rod and I steal my brother-in-law's left over copies of Motor Age. Nice they can't even get the name right for GMHTP.

**pajeff02** · 05-31-2014, 04:52 AM

They already killed the GMHTP website and absorbed it into Super Chevy.

***SMWS6TA*** · 05-31-2014, 05:35 AM

What I want to know is what will happen with my subscription. I still have 15 months left on it.

**pajeff02** · 05-31-2014, 08:51 AM

Looks like we'll be getting "Super Chevy" in the mail.

**GTP231** · 05-31-2014, 06:40 PM

Had a feeling this would happen when they first bought out Petersen....

**Too Fast** · 06-01-2014, 03:13 AM

I'm super bummed also, I have 2 more years left on the subscription. It's the only mag I'm subscribed to also.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 06-02-2014, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

What I want to know is what will happen with my subscription. I still have 15 months left on it.

Preface: At one time or another I've had subscriptions to every US car mag in existence except Motor Trend.

Back in 2001 I had subscriptions to both Hot Rod and Muscle Car Review. I had time remaining on both but had recently resubscribed to both for 3 year terms. Within months MCR was absorbed by HR. I got a letter stating that my subscription to HR was extended to 2008. Kinda pissed me off as I liked MCR much better than HR.

Well, MCR came back and I now am a subscriber once more. I've had a subscription to Hot Rod since 1978 but I've decided to not renew as the mag has changed beyond the point of my liking or caring.

Sucks to see PHR (subscriber since 1983) and Camaro Performers (subscriber since #1) getting the axe as I subscribe to both of them also. I guess my subscription to Super Chevy (subscriber since 1980) will get longer as a result.

Regarding car mags I guess I'll keep MCR, HMM, and SC (not so sure about SC either). The rest have been dumped or became a product I do not like.

**bigrondownhiller** · 06-02-2014, 03:16 PM

That stinks. I just hope that I will always be able to get a print copy of magazines.

**pajeff02** · 07-04-2014, 04:18 PM

Not a word in the most recent issue of GMHTP about this.

**raynor139** · 07-04-2014, 05:31 PM

The editor posted on tech about this and basically said the decision makers have no clue about cars and to them these were just duplicate mags not unique like they really are. They had no warning were just told to come to a place and then told to have your stuff out by a certain date. Even though they were growing in subscription and advertising they didn't care all they saw was an unjustified expense in their minds.

**pajeff02** · 07-04-2014, 05:49 PM

Thanks for the info. I wondered what was going on as this month's editorial talked about how many subscribers GMHTP has grown to have and future plans for articles. Any timeline on this?

**raynor139** · 07-04-2014, 05:54 PM

The editor has already moved on to a new job and the office is shut down. Pretty sure this was their last issue

**cammed goat** · 07-04-2014, 06:27 PM

Ridiculous. Utter bullshit. GMHTP was the only mag I subbed to. Nothing else. I used to buy Super Chevy years ago then discovered GMHTP and was hooked. I was also bummed when GMHTP relocated from Rochelle Park, NJ to Florida. Rochelle Park is 20 mins from me. Would have been nice to take a tour of their office or, if available, buy some GMHTP merchandise.

**pajeff02** · 08-13-2014, 02:47 AM

Received this yesterday on the cover of Super Chevy... bastards.

**raynor139** · 08-13-2014, 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by pajeff02

Received this yesterday on the cover of Super Chevy... bastards.

There is nothing sincerely coming from the GM high tech team they were fired months ago........

***SMWS6TA*** · 08-13-2014, 06:38 AM

When my subscription runs out I don't think I'll renew it. Looking for another "Pontiac theme" mag. I like HPP because they had tons of articles on Trans Am's.

**theorangeguy** · 08-13-2014, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

When my subscription runs out I don't think I'll renew it. Looking for another "Pontiac theme" mag. I like HPP because they had tons of articles on Trans Am's.

if you actually find one let us know...

**pajeff02** · 08-14-2014, 02:09 AM

That's part of my bitch - we won't see any Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, or Buicks in "Super Chevy". I was really enjoying all the Buick GN articles and tech information. Technically, the only Chevrolets we own are the Corvette, Suburban and Monte Carlo SS. The majority of our cars fall under the BOP banner.