The June 2008 cover of Automobile Magazine.
is an
automobile magazine in the
United States and is owned by
Source Interlink. It was founded by a group of former employees of
Car and Driver magazine, led by that publications’s former editor,
David E. Davis, and originally published by
News Corporation.
Automobile distinguishes itself as more of a lifestyle magazine than the other automotive publications, an editorial theme that Davis greatly expanded upon from his tenure as the editor of
Car and Driver.
Unlike most other automobile magazines,
Automobile does not often do instrumented tests of cars or provide much technical data. Instead, the reviews of vehicles are subjective experiential reports with the cars in their naturally intended, real world environment. Additionally,
Automobile reserves a good portion of each issue covering vehicles no longer in production, but still relevant to collectors or automotive history as a whole. For example, it includes features such as "Collectable Classic," an in-depth review of a particular older car, and reports from recent classic and
antique car auctions. It also has a regular column by former General Motors designer Robert Cumberford, who analyzes styling elements of current production models and show cars, often linking their design to those of older cars.
Automobile magazine is headquartered in
Ann Arbor, MI, in the building which formerly housed famous college
dive bar,
The Pretzel Bell, and is published by
Source Interlink Media, the same publishing corporation that publishes
Motor Trend. Davis retired in recent years and the current president and editor-in-chief is
Jean Jennings, who helped Davis found the magazine. Davis currently serves as the editor of
Winding Road magazine, an online automotive magazine.
While editor of
Automobile, Jean Jennings was featured in a “
video news release” produced for GM and shown on local television as if it were an actual news story
The name is also employed in
France by an unrelated magazine called
, which was founded in 1946; the American magazine began publishing in 1986. The French magazine now belongs to the German group.
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