Chevrolet lumina12/31/2023 ![]() Sure, many consumers who view cars as transportation appliances may welcome this technology. But the truth is they are not fun to drive, don't work well enough yet for most people and are very expensive.EVs on the race track? Have you ever been to a Formula E race? Please.And even if we set EVs aside, the electronic nannies that are being forced on us pretty much preclude a satisfying driving experience in any brand-new vehicle, regardless of propulsion system. Just take a look at Jalopnik.And then we come to the real problem: The vast majority of new vehicles coming out today are not interesting to enthusiasts, are not fun to drive and/or are just not affordable.You can argue that EVs are technically interesting and should create enthusiasm. And even those who consider themselves enthusiasts seem to have mixed feelings. That doesn't mean there are no young enthusiasts but the numbers are much smaller. Young people coming up are generally not car and truck fans. But the truth is that there IS a lack of interest from enthusiasts. ![]() ![]() And most do not include that.Tim, you wrote :"Niche titles aren't dying because of a lack of interest from enthusiasts, but because of broader changes in the economics of media, at least in this author's opinion."You're right about the broader changes in economics. Steve Biro It takes very clever or amusing content for me to sit through a video vehicle review.And C/D for the road tests and pithy commentary, and columns like Gordon Baxter's, and Jean Shepherd's (that goes way back to the early '70s). R&T for the road tests (especially the April Fools road tests), used car reviews, historical articles, and columns like Peter Egan's Side Glances and Dennis Simanitis's Technical Correspondence. I haven't seen an issue of C/D in a while.I enjoyed both magazines a lot when I was subscribing. I let it lapse after a year.From what I've seen of R&T's print version, it's turned into more of a lifestyle thing like The Robb Report. I tried their digital versions with their reader software (can't remember the name now), but it wasn't the same. Dukeisduke I subscribed to both Road & Track and Car and Driver for over 25 years, but it's been close to 20 years since I dropped both.Dukeisduke I still think the name Bzzzzzzzzzzt! would have been better.
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