Well, I'm aware of the financial incentives/influence, but just wouldn't
paint it quite that black. But I concede that it is always there, and you have
to be bright enough to see it and compensate for it.
Too bad though, I thought "Automobile" had a higher level of thought, some
cred, and a more enlightened, less populous oriented point of view than rags
like Motor Trend, etc etc. But more and more, they seem to cater to the
masses rather than inform them.
Dave J.
----- Original Message -----
From: Blue One Hundred
To: davidwjones ; healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: 100 Coolest Cars
David -
Let me explain something about the US media. They put
alot of these new cars on the list because it gets
them advertizing revenue from the very same car
companies.
To be honest, I find British car mags like Top Gear to
be willing to print independent opinions regardless of
their advertizers. You know the result? Tob Gear is
huge in the UK because everyone reads the magazine and
watches the show... they get plenty of advertizers ...
independently.
USA Free press? Don't let the journlists fool you.
You want the free press you have to leave the USA
anymore.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> -Just got the October issue of Automobile Magazine.
> where they listed their
> subjective list of the 100 coolest cars...
>
> The good news is that one of the big Healeys did
> make the list: The 100M
>
> The bad news is that it was 98th! Some grievous
> choices placed higher were:
> Subaru WRX
> Chrysler 300C Hemi
> New Mini Cooper
> '69 Chevelle SS 396
> Mazda Miata!
> Fiat 500
> Renault R5 Turbo
> Jeep CJ
>
> I could go on.... But why bother... There were a
> lot of VERY cool cars on
> the list, but their choice of the 1963-1967 Corvette
> Singray as #1 kinda
> wrecked their credibility anyway...
> Two different XKEs made it, but otherwise, no other
> classic LBCs.
>
> There's no accounting for taste....
>
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
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