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axoid
post Jun 2 2014, 03:44 PM
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Not for much longer.

GM High-Tech Performance is dead, or will be after the Aug issue.

I used to subscribe to the print version, but dropped that a few years ago. I would pick up one off the news stand when I saw something I liked, but last year I re-uped for the digital version.

I liked that they covered cars without carbs and didn't just focus on strait line cars, but there articles were always thin, just covering the surface and missing a lot of the cool details. The also spent so much focus on the pretty cars and not covering much in the cool and fast cars that didn't have flawless paint. There are a load of subject I wish they had covered, but that would have required deep articles on things like how they actually tuned the ecu for the latest engine they built for a project car.

Another member of the print media falls. They weren't the first and I'm sure they won't be the last.
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post Jun 2 2014, 04:34 PM
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I agree Bill. My car was featured, and then I wrote an article for them as well. I always hungered for more details in the articles, I was shocked that they took the article I wrote. Before Freidburger and HOTROD featured him, I begged the staff to feature StanIROCZ's car, but they didnt citing something about it not having a stock enough interior. WTF??? They seemed hypersensitive to keeping things on the surface so as not to loose the reader's interest. They seemed to cater to the guy with lots of money that wanted to throw money in bolt ons at a C6 or 5th gen Camaro, when frankly thats not what lots of us wanted to see. Not enough hardcore content, period. Featuring Austin's car is a perfect example of why HOTROD is doing OK and GMHTP is dead.
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axoid   Still read GM HiTech Preromance Mag?   Jun 2 2014, 03:44 PM
trackbird   Wow, I have some old issues I kept with 3rd gen st...   Jun 2 2014, 03:59 PM
1meanZ   I agree Bill. My car was featured, and then I wro...   Jun 2 2014, 04:34 PM
RacingZ-44   QUOTE (axoid @ Jun 2 2014, 10:44 AM) Not ...   Jun 2 2014, 07:52 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (RacingZ-44 @ Jun 2 2014, 02:5...   Jun 2 2014, 08:24 PM
dailydriver   QUOTE (RacingZ-44 @ Jun 2 2014, 03:5...   Jun 3 2014, 11:56 PM
Midnight02   It is sad to see it go, however this forum and oth...   Jun 3 2014, 01:16 AM
Blainefab   The mainstream media mags have absolutely no relat...   Jun 4 2014, 07:00 AM
mitchntx   Didja ever notice that a car build or test article...   Jun 4 2014, 11:27 AM
FASTFATBOY   Glad my car got in GMHTP before it got cut. Shame...   Jun 4 2014, 11:28 AM
v7guy   I largely gave up on the car mags 4 or 5 years bac...   Jun 5 2014, 06:26 AM
dailydriver   The other Brit rag, "Race Tech" is also ...   Jun 6 2014, 02:02 AM
roostmeyer   oooooo. I've loved the trial copies of raceca...   Jun 6 2014, 04:56 PM

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