Has all motoring magazines went wrong?

There's a lot to choose from when we are talking about motoring magazines. From cheep weekly ones to expensive or sensible monthly. But to exclude the price and frequently – is there anything worth reading?

Personally, couple months ago got back from Frankfurt Motoring show and just in the beginning of November hammered London's Earl court for MPH show. During those couple days got my hands on quiet a few motoring magazines and cars themselves. But when got time to read the papers got quiet disappointed.

People think that if you like cars you should know pretty much everything about – from newest cars on the market to all technical stuff. But for me it's all about pleasure. I love driving and may don't know all the technical stuff but do I have to? On the other hand – that's what the AA is for.

But let's get back to motoring magazines. How to choose the one that will fit you and maybe even save you money!

During the year got through tens of different magazines but so far, among all of them, TopGear stands alone. From German rivals to Lithuanian, and finally touching the English. But it's not a big deal which country you are in – most can be delivered straight to your door.

But the question 'has all motoring magazines went wrong' appeared only after getting through the 'Evo' mag. There hasn't ever been such a magazine which I would want to throw away. Straight after starting.

Such features like new car review or couple random reader letters is an usual thing. And I don't mind that. But one of the things that really makes me angry is the way of writing. When you're a politician you can talk about sun and clouds and people will be happy. Well, most will be. But when you get a motoring magazine, you want facts. And to make reading nicer they can put couple sentences about sun and clouds. Or grass – if you prefer proper off roading. But when I go through and find myself reading the same things all over again I get a bit angry. If they can't write enough to fill the pages, well, maybe it's time to employ new people who would be able to do their job properly? The other thing from writing culture is naming things and people as, well, they aren't supposed to. I can truly understand Jeremy Clarkson and his attitude to everything but he's a Jeremy Clarkson. So, deal with it. I don't mind 'Jaguar' being 'Jag' or 'Mercedes' being named as 'Merc'. On the other hand, don't think that even you would be happy if someone would make something up from you name. From my point of view it's a bit disrespectful.

New cars are released almost each week, in some cases a month can be pretty quiet. But there's always something to write about. And it's even sometimes interesting to get couple different magazines and to compare how the same car is rated.

But all in all it gets boring after some time. Even buying the same mag turns to be a waste of money. But after a month or two brake you are hungry for news.

So – has all motoring magazines went wrong? Or we got too much information to digest?