Goodby Sport Compact Car.... we will miss you :(
 

Yes, it's true.

Source Interlink kills Sport Compact Car, laying off 115 employees - Autoblog



This the mag. that got me into cars back in highschool...sometime in 98 or 99 (i know, im a youngin'). I still have my first issue somewhere.

Me too, sad to see it go. I can find comfort in the fact that the quality and page count had been in decline for some time. This mag was my middle ground between rice-tastic rags like Import Tuner and the sometimes bland Sportscar or Racer. Here's hoping nothing happens to Turbo mag.

well that saves me the trouble of canceling my subscription. it went from 300 pages to under 100 with very little content in a very short time. I'll keep my GRM though.

so sad. scc used to be THE magazine to read when you get tired of the ricery/------ry of super street and the old farty'ness of motor trend
truly a sad day

Wow, this is truly sad. The BEST magazine for DYIers whose focus was on more show than go.

My subscription ends in february, as does the magazine.

I had a turbo mag subscription for two years and loved it. I was considering resubscribing, but since the article said that Turbo could possibly go, I wont.

It appears Turbo is done for as well.

I think at the time, they also cut their ~75% ads down to less than half. More content driven like it was initially.


+1

IIRC, this is the magazine that really got the M62 and over the top intercooler piping for the Miata really out there.

I used to also enjoy the Ultimate Streetcar Shootout. That twin engined Hyundai was an awesome sleeper!

You will be missed, Car Geek Magazine.

Chris

maybe, but they also had regular tech articles and entire tech sections in every issue. granted, there were ALWAYS spelling and layout errors, but at least when the content is awesome, it's tolerable.

now, for my awesome tech articles, I just come here and read Dave "geek at large" and his LeMons build :)

that really sucks

This mag got me into the tuner scene back in the day...:(

+1, this is the mag that got me into cars as much as I am today. I was a hard core ricer before I started reading the mag, it opened my eyes to the world of real cars. Although it has gone down hill since I first started reading it, and I cancelled my subscription about 6 months ago, it is still sad to see it bite the dust.

Lame.

SCC was the only import magazine I could stomach.

At least GRM is still going strong. Thank God for that.

I'm like crying. That is/was the only magazine i'd ever want to read.

SOFB.

only the good die young

Meh, I got tired of the thin articles. I had a subscription for a few years, but got tired of the same old stuff.

GRM is the real DIY car mag!

I remember that Issue, that was crazy. I'm gonna miss SCC.

wait, turbo is going down too? noo!! What happenes to my subscription?

I let my subscription go about 5 years ago. They went from being a half way decent magazine with decent tech articles and reviews to pretty much a shiny poo version of Turbo & Hi-Tech complete with misspellings.

today i got a renewal notice in the mail. hmm.

i like modified mag every once and a while. they have a sub magazine printed by them called project car magazine reallygood tech articles and they did/are doing a miata too lol.

grm > *

Project Car is okay, but it seems to be more for the beginner enthusiast. I just bought a Modified mag the other day, and one of the articles quoted Jeremy Clarkson! :yippee:

Project car magazine miata = buy cheap rip-off ebay bolt-on crap and install it on the car.

I hope GRM lasts at least until my 10 year subscription runs out!

Not surprising that it got canned, after the editorial staff switched a bit ago the mag took a nose dive. Tis a shame b/c it is the mag that directly led me to buy a miata after reading an article by the tech guy. If you guys are looking for a good new read check out 0–60 just got some free issues from them at the formula d in long beach recently and decided to subscribe to it at the event. Its a really good read and well produced check it!

why cant they kill off pos rags like tuner xxxx and tunerz that.

IT was sad how it went from large articles and contents to 100 pages with 50 page of ad's.

SUPPORT GRM!!!!

I agree with Pitlab

Despite the drop in quality, it was still better than the other POS mags.

I suppose the masses are too dumb to appreciate SCC over Tunerzzzzz ...

NNOOOO just about to finally get a subscription too!