Autocarindia vs Overdrive

Cyrus43 · 15th June 2009, 00:33

Got this Email recently. Thought it would be interesting. Autocar has reached 1,99,000 readers.

@Mods, in no way is this an advertising attempt. If it is inappropriate, you may delete it. Thanks.

GTO · 15th June 2009, 15:36

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Originally Posted by Cyrus43

Got this Email recently.

You got an email on this? I thought you're from the same office

Of course it can stay. Very relevant to the thread.

Cyrus43 · 15th June 2009, 21:56

Internal Circulation!!

We are so close to cracking the 2,00,00 figure!!!

squid · 15th June 2009, 23:37

On a side note, one must check out the new BSMotoring-Home. Very exhaustive and it's much easier to locate old road tests or travel stories or features. Slightly slow to load I agree, but so much better in terms of content than any of the other auto magazine websites around.

razor4077 · 15th June 2009, 23:51

Although it isn't on the list, I have started liking Top Gear (India) of late.

Vid6639 · 9th July 2009, 21:42

Overdrive continues to praise the Laura 1.8 TSI's non-existent supercharger this month as well. They even go onto say that the Laura's supercharged engine gives amazing performance in low revs and then the turbo kicks in providing great performance through out the rev range.

Have they even opened the bonnet to see that there is no supercharger in the Laura.

McLaren Rulez · 9th July 2009, 22:13

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Originally Posted by vid6639

Overdrive continues to praise the Laura 1.8 TSI's non-existent supercharger this month as well. They even go onto say that the Laura's supercharged engine gives amazing performance in low revs and then the turbo kicks in providing great performance through out the rev range.

Have they even opened the bonnet to see that there is no supercharger in the Laura.

Lol I don't read Overdrive but that is pretty funny. Obviously they meant turbocharger but its a mistake nonetheless

Vid6639 · 9th July 2009, 22:18

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Originally Posted by McLaren Rulez

Lol I don't read Overdrive but that is pretty funny. Obviously they meant turbocharger but its a mistake nonetheless

No no, they mention the turbocharger kicks in later after the supercharger provides the boost at lower rpm's.

hillram · 9th July 2009, 22:45

Autocar is definitly superior to Overdrive.Autocar has classifieds which Overdrive misses out.

*VT* · 16th July 2009, 10:07

Ok, I agree that ACi is better than OD BUT I don't understand why its price is increasing day by day and that so called "XTRA PAGES" Edition, around 50% are ads!

VT

14000rpm · 16th July 2009, 20:44

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Originally Posted by hillram

Autocar is definitly superior to Overdrive.Autocar has classifieds which Overdrive misses out.

and we pay for those classifieds. ACI suddenly comes up with a special issue and prices it high. The increased price only means more classifieds' pages.

Spitfire · 27th July 2009, 17:09

I would be damned. But is that normally_crazy in the rear and front seats of the cars of the ACI road tests? where they try to show how much leg/head/shoulder space is available in the car.

Hope normally_crazy dosent mind me comparing that person to him. Apologies if i have.

GTO · 27th July 2009, 18:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spitfire

I would be damned. But is that normally_crazy in the rear and front seats of the cars of the ACI road tests? where they try to show how much leg/head/shoulder space is available in the car.

Hope normally_crazy dosent mind me comparing that person to him. Apologies if i have.

Could be. He & Drifter (star ACI road-tester

) are pretty thick buddies.

EDIT : Or are you mistaking Drifter's pic for NC?

Takumi-san · 27th July 2009, 18:44

I used to always prefer Overdrive initially. Didnt take me long to get hooked onto Autocar later. Its been about 3 years since I read either of them , seems my decision to move onto Autocar is still justified.

1968chensaro · 3rd August 2009, 15:41

I used to previously buy Overdrive. for past 1 to 1 1/2 years, I was having a feeling of some thing is missing in the magazine. It is not the same as it was previously.

After a thorough research I found the reasons for my uneasiness. The reason for falling in numbers of the overdrive in my opinion is as below:

Until Sirish Chandran took over as chief Editor, the magazine was doing good business. After he taking over, the magazine started to focus mainly on fast and furious foreign cars which are only a distant dream for any average indian buyer. They also started to devote more pages for rallying and racing (both local and outside india). They have started to allot less number of pages for the locally available car and always seem to fly to a foreign destination to test a funky car which may not come to India. Even if it comes to india, this will sell 10s or 20s only. Previously they were doing many comparison tests on the locally available cars. They also did some novel comparions such comparing mileage, cost of ownership etc. Now they have stopped all these things.

Recently I got a chance to read Autocar India. Then I found the difference and immediately stopped buying Overdrive and switched to AutocarIndia.

But I will stop buying AutocarIndia also, as I find Team BHP is miles ahead of these two magazines.

Regards,

csk

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15th June 2009, 00:33	#301
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 230 Times View My Garage	Got this Email recently. Thought it would be interesting. Autocar has reached 1,99,000 readers. @Mods, in no way is this an advertising attempt. If it is inappropriate, you may delete it. Thanks. Attached Thumbnails
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15th June 2009, 21:56	#303
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 230 Times View My Garage	Internal Circulation!! We are so close to cracking the 2,00,00 figure!!!
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15th June 2009, 23:37	#304
squid BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 26 Thanked: 0 Times	On a side note, one must check out the new BSMotoring-Home. Very exhaustive and it's much easier to locate old road tests or travel stories or features. Slightly slow to load I agree, but so much better in terms of content than any of the other auto magazine websites around.
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15th June 2009, 23:51	#305
razor4077 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,881 Thanked: 300 Times View My Garage	Although it isn't on the list, I have started liking Top Gear (India) of late.
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9th July 2009, 21:42	#306
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,689 Thanked: 44,150 Times View My Garage	Overdrive continues to praise the Laura 1.8 TSI's non-existent supercharger this month as well. They even go onto say that the Laura's supercharged engine gives amazing performance in low revs and then the turbo kicks in providing great performance through out the rev range. Have they even opened the bonnet to see that there is no supercharger in the Laura.
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9th July 2009, 22:45	#309
hillram Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 2,941 Thanked: 1,329 Times View My Garage	Autocar is definitly superior to Overdrive.Autocar has classifieds which Overdrive misses out.
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16th July 2009, 10:07	#310
VT BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: India Posts: 118 Thanked: Once	Ok, I agree that ACi is better than OD BUT I don't understand why its price is increasing day by day and that so called "XTRA PAGES" Edition, around 50% are ads! VT
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27th July 2009, 17:09	#312
Spitfire BANNED Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panaji - Goa/Bangalore - Karnataka Posts: 3,313 Thanked: 778 Times	I would be damned. But is that normally_crazy in the rear and front seats of the cars of the ACI road tests? where they try to show how much leg/head/shoulder space is available in the car. Hope normally_crazy dosent mind me comparing that person to him. Apologies if i have.
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27th July 2009, 18:44	#314
Takumi-san BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 368 Thanked: 121 Times View My Garage	I used to always prefer Overdrive initially. Didnt take me long to get hooked onto Autocar later. Its been about 3 years since I read either of them , seems my decision to move onto Autocar is still justified.
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3rd August 2009, 15:41	#315
1968chensaro BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coimbatore Posts: 56 Thanked: 7 Times	Better magazine I used to previously buy Overdrive. for past 1 to 1 1/2 years, I was having a feeling of some thing is missing in the magazine. It is not the same as it was previously. After a thorough research I found the reasons for my uneasiness. The reason for falling in numbers of the overdrive in my opinion is as below: Until Sirish Chandran took over as chief Editor, the magazine was doing good business. After he taking over, the magazine started to focus mainly on fast and furious foreign cars which are only a distant dream for any average indian buyer. They also started to devote more pages for rallying and racing (both local and outside india). They have started to allot less number of pages for the locally available car and always seem to fly to a foreign destination to test a funky car which may not come to India. Even if it comes to india, this will sell 10s or 20s only. Previously they were doing many comparison tests on the locally available cars. They also did some novel comparions such comparing mileage, cost of ownership etc. Now they have stopped all these things. Recently I got a chance to read Autocar India. Then I found the difference and immediately stopped buying Overdrive and switched to AutocarIndia. But I will stop buying AutocarIndia also, as I find Team BHP is miles ahead of these two magazines. Regards, csk
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