End of an Era...
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Gotta be honest i was shocked when i read this topic......not because i like the mag (did buy it when i was 15/16 though) but because someone i know has very recently had their car featured in Max power and was banging on, on facebook how Max power was the biggest car mag in the uk etc etc and how well he'd done to get featured pmsl
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Anyway max power, feel a little sad, it was the first magazine that I used to get every month, and did do for some years! Then moved on. As said I think they took a gamble and went in the direction of massive bodykits and trailer queen cars. Wasnt for me so never bought one again!
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I take it the editorial assistant was a beast too?
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only looked thought a few issues over the years not bad kind of fun some cars were neet but most ,kind of wot the fek was he thinking ! still if it got peps modding cars thats good
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dan was she a ming? ya know animals need love too
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i can't believe the best thing about max power hasn't been mentioned yet.........
SPIT OR SWALLOW???? PINK OR BROWN?????
Fuckin brilliant. best thing about the mag!!!!! dirty old slappers getting their kit off in a tesco car park on a cold winters evening!!!! pmsl!!
SPIT OR SWALLOW???? PINK OR BROWN?????
Fuckin brilliant. best thing about the mag!!!!! dirty old slappers getting their kit off in a tesco car park on a cold winters evening!!!! pmsl!!
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read it many times was a great mag for 18 year olds just getting in to cars had a bit of everything in there shame think it prob went down because theres so much info now on net and the price of the mags now are alot of money
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lmfao on the back page they were pretty epic tbf always made ma laff shag on the first date - yes pink or brown -both lmfao =slag hahahaha
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that harrier was for sale on ebay earlier this year, seller had just spent ŁŁŁŁ on it restoring it..
maxy p must of been the first mag i ever bought when i was about 14 too, came with a poster of a red F40 with yellow mirrors and didnt they have a blue mk4 xr3i track car??
maxy p must of been the first mag i ever bought when i was about 14 too, came with a poster of a red F40 with yellow mirrors and didnt they have a blue mk4 xr3i track car??
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I think I still have a copy of the first edition, had a purple car on the cover? tried flogging it on ebay a few years ago, but got no takers, maybe it will be worth more now........
Did Max power's sales success help kill off CCC and help turn Fasc Car mag into a clone of MP? How ironic would that be
Did Max power's sales success help kill off CCC and help turn Fasc Car mag into a clone of MP? How ironic would that be
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Was a huge phenomenon and not just a magazine....
I cant think of a specailist magazine thats had such a massive impact of society.
at the beginning it was also a monthly BIBLE for young people like me into modded cars. This was pre internet dont forget!
Not sad to see it go at all, but I will remember it very fondly.
I cant think of a specailist magazine thats had such a massive impact of society.
at the beginning it was also a monthly BIBLE for young people like me into modded cars. This was pre internet dont forget!
Not sad to see it go at all, but I will remember it very fondly.
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Interesting how so many people slate it, I wonder if the tuning industry would be so big, or this site would have so many members if it wasn't for magazines such as Max Power selling the modifying scene on a global scale?
It was certainly an acquired taste, and not for everyone, but as a successful business venture, it certainly did the business for quite a while.
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Was a huge phenomenon and not just a magazine....
I cant think of a specailist magazine thats had such a massive impact of society.
at the beginning it was also a monthly BIBLE for young people like me into modded cars. This was pre internet dont forget!
Not sad to see it go at all, but I will remember it very fondly.
I cant think of a specailist magazine thats had such a massive impact of society.
at the beginning it was also a monthly BIBLE for young people like me into modded cars. This was pre internet dont forget!
Not sad to see it go at all, but I will remember it very fondly.
Even more recently, the staff were still getting interviewed on tv for Top Gear and things when talking about the modifying scene.
I think it had a big impact, and Redline, Revs, Fast Car etc wouldn't exist without it. They must have been doing something right if other publishers were trying to get a piece of the profits.
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Haven't read max power for about 10 years as it went to shit
First one I got had the bmw with cosworth 4x4 running gear
Got loads of them in my shed at my mums was going to bin them lol
First one I got had the bmw with cosworth 4x4 running gear
Got loads of them in my shed at my mums was going to bin them lol
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They utterly lost direction in the last few years and their desperate attempts to get back to the glory days only made it worse for them. The more they tried, the more sales they lost.
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Well, irony for me, as I thought CCC was a very good mag, but it was maybe too technical based for the time and did'nt change, hence why it died, but the mag that toppled it has also died due to not changing or changing too much....
PPC mag has sort of replaced CCC, thank god
PPC mag has sort of replaced CCC, thank god
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Fast Car came out well before Max, but quickly switched its game to chase Max's sales by including cruises and all that stuff. For many years it was the underdog, but Future has a much better grasp of how to create specialist mags and while FC has gone on to weather the 'chav storm' and come out the other side with strong sales Max just lost the plot and no longer seemed to know what was actually happening in the real world.
Once upon a time they could dictate to the world what the modified car scene was all about, but they never seemed to realise that that wasn't the case any longer and hence (IMHO) it died.
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Times are changing, the internet is replacing magazines. For example, you can read about Luca's Fiesta in the mag or you can come on here and read the whole story from start to finish, see the pictures and talk to the fella himself.
I only buy one car mag these days compared to half a dozen about 10 years ago.
I only buy one car mag these days compared to half a dozen about 10 years ago.
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Well, irony for me, as I thought CCC was a very good mag, but it was maybe too technical based for the time and did'nt change, hence why it died, but the mag that toppled it has also died due to not changing or changing too much....
PPC mag has sort of replaced CCC, thank god
PPC mag has sort of replaced CCC, thank god
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good cars these days are hard to come by so who wants to stick all that shite ie chrome fake cozzy vents and all that speeker shite on the cars they spend a fortune to restore or build. not everyone is kurdish