What Car?
 What Car? magazine cover, July 2001 |
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| Magazine editor | John McIlroy |
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| Categories | Car buyer's guide |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation |  77,003 (Jul-Dec 2011)[1] |
| Publisher | Haymarket Consumer Media |
| First issue | 1973 |
| Company | Haymarket Media Group |
| Country | UK |
| Based in | Teddington |
| Language | English |
| Website | whatcar.com |
| ISSN | 0307-2991 |
What Car? is a long-running UK monthly automobile magazine and website, currently edited by John McIlroy and published by Haymarket Motoring. First published in 1973, it is intended primarily as a magazine for consumers rather than dedicated automobile enthusiasts. It contains an extensive buyers' guide section to help consumers to buy the right car and provides tips on how to get discounts on cars and car accessories.
In 1978 the magazine launched its first Car of the Year award winners, giving car buyers advice on the best models to buy, and this has since been an annual - and eagerly awaited - feature. In 1996, the website, www.whatcar.com, was launched.
What Car? also had an Australian edition entitled (more correctly, in terms of grammar) Which Car?, which was published between 1995 and 2000 by ACP Magazines, who also publish the popular Wheels Magazine. It was initially a monthly publication, then quarterly, then bi monthly; it was a very successful magazine at first, but its readership began to decrease and it ceased publication in 2000.
More recently What Car? launched an edition, published in India every two months.
[edit] Cars of the Year
- 1978 Renault 20
- 1979 Peugeot 305
- 1980 Vauxhall Astra
- 1981 Volkswagen Golf
- 1982 Mercedes-Benz 200T[verification needed]
- 1983 MG Metro
- 1984 Peugeot 205
- 1985 Volkswagen Golf
- 1986 Saab 9000 Turbo 16
- 1987 Renault 21 Savannah
- 1988 BMW 735i
- 1989 Ford Fiesta
- 1990 Rover 214 Si
- 1991 Rover Metro
- 1992 Volkswagen Golf
- 1993 Ford Mondeo
- 1994 Peugeot 306
- 1995 Volkswagen Polo
- 1996 Peugeot 406
- 1997 Renault Scenic
- 1998 Land Rover Freelander
- 1999 Rover 75
- 2000 Škoda Fabia
- 2001 Ford Mondeo
- 2002 Toyota Corolla
- 2003 SEAT Ibiza
- 2004 Volkswagen Golf
- 2005 Land Rover Discovery
- 2006 BMW 320d
- 2007 Vauxhall Corsa
- 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7D V6 Luxury
- 2009 Ford Fiesta
- 2010 Peugeot 3008
- 2011 Audi A1
- 2012 Volkswagen Up!
[edit] References
- ^ Ponsford, Dominic. "Mag ABCs: Breakdown of circulation for all 500 titles". Press Gazette. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48769&c=1. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
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