This week they have a supplement called Half Price Heros!
The Editor of this Chas Hallet reckons you can get a lovely Chrome Orange Exige S1 2000 X with 28K miles for �14,950.
So I rang him to ask where this car is as I wanted to buy it…BUT all I got was an answer machine and still no reply!
Other intersting prices include a 2001 VX220 2.2 16V for �10,950, and a 30k mile Honda NSX for �20,000!
They’re dealer part ex prices
They’re dealer part ex prices
Not according to Mr Halletts editorial, these are ‘forecourt’ prices!
It’s not like the press to misinform everyone is it ?..
It’s not like the press to misinform everyone is it ?..
Why do car mags do this?
I went to view a car after it was the subject of a feature in a Classic Car mag…the write up was utter and total b@llocks!
After sending an invoice to the editor for my expenses, he told me that the contributor who wrote the article was alledgedly taking bungs from the selling Dealers to write ‘up’ the car!
Obviously the bottom has fallen out of the S1 market.
Autocar & Auto Express are the tabloids of the motoring press. Just treat them accordingly…
Two examples (paraphrased slightly, but you get the idea)
How they get these mags from proof to print I’ll never know, as all the pages must surely be stuck together.
Tim.
Autocar & Auto Express are the tabloids of the motoring press. Just treat them accordingly…
Two examples (paraphrased slightly, but you get the idea)
- ‘New Lotus Exige set to smash Audi TT’ - Autocar 2000.
- ‘New M250 on the road’ (c/w photo to prove it) - Auto Express. The only one anyone saw was made of wood. And clay. With a plastic engine.
How they get these mags from proof to print I’ll never know, as all the pages must surely be stuck together.
Tim.
I actually bought this weeks Autocar to read the ‘First Drive’ of the Exige S…as advertised on the front of the mag, but was the article in there, was it b@llocks, so ive written to the editor asking for a refund!
I believe Micheal Heseltine is the owner (see here) and he’s worth about �240m, so you never know.
Ian
I actually bought this weeks Autocar to read the ‘First Drive’ of the Exige S…as advertised on the front of the mag, but was the article in there, was it b@llocks, so ive written to the editor asking for a refund! [/quote]
What you mean you missed the Autocar first drive…don’t blame you…it’s on page 65 in the bottom right hand corner. I picked the mag up saw the front cover ‘first drive exige s’…what a load of . I’m with you on this one Bertone. In typical Autocar fashion some of the pics of the cars in half price heroes aren’t even the right cars.
I believe Micheal Heseltine is the owner (> see here> ) and he’s worth about �240m, so you never know.
Ian
Got an email today from the editor offering me a refund…wonder if he’ll send me any goodies as well?
I believe Micheal Heseltine is the owner (> see here> ) and he’s worth about �240m, so you never know.
Ian
Got an email today from the editor offering me a refund…wonder if he’ll send me any goodies as well?
A voucher for 10% off a subscription.
Got an email today from the editor offering me a refund…wonder if he’ll send me any goodies as well?
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Top Goodie Hunting. Here’s another.
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Well done mate…doesn’t matter what they offer it’s a result.
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