dan, this is the main thing you need to keep on top of imo.things change over time.i used to buy both mags when i had my escort turbos for the rst's and if there was a cossie i would look and dream but not understand what they were on about.
i then went off your mag big time due to the fiesta's,mondeos' etc with body kits and ice. not imo a good route.too max power.and most werent fast.

you then changed your game and i started to pick up if it had a good car that caught my interest(not always the cover car either) normally a cossie.

i now buy very regularly due to the quality of car and how its written. and yes i mainly buy for the escos but i love them all,the 3drs and especially saffs. but i do still buy on the strength of a cracking car.as mentioned luke's fiesta interests me alot, and there has been the odd focus to pull me too.the dark grey st in this months is a favourite of mine.

theres alot of different ways of tuning and the more we read the better imo,as its always good to compare