New Magazine on Aston Martin

It's put out by Octane. I subscribed, but wonder if there is enough material to survive more than a year or two.

 

Thanks for the heads up on this. I'd read about it on the AMOC website, but when I saw your post I went over to the local B & N and was able to pick up a copy.

 

Yup

 

My local B&N apparently doesn't carry it.

 

I buy it sometimes at Barnes and Noble if the content looks good. Overall a well written magazine and some of the EVO magazine testers write for them.

 

Ah, spelling. I mean constituency. In other words, before Octane and other magazines ran the occasional story on Aston, but now every time you see a new issue of this you will understand the history of the firm and how some models are more valued than others.
I secretly think it is being done at a loss; maybe secretly paid for by Aston.
But if it is, that's a brilliant move.
And the quality is top notch for photography, paper, printing, and presentation of facts.
Yet my theory that a magazine can lift up a marque's visibility is belied by the iso Grifo and Bizzarrini marques, both of which are soaring in value (now two Bitz have gone for over a million) and yet there is no magazine devoted to either available on the newsstand.

 

I belong to the AMOC and receive a number of great magazines from them as well. I think that they may have sent a copy of this recently.

The history of the firm and the cars dates back to the early 1900s and is quite interesting. Plenty of subject matter to put in to print. Probably most well known are the David Brown era cars. Less so are the pre-war models. The club and the magazines provide an interesting perspective on the era that most of us would not be otherwise exposed to.