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  1. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Le Mans centenary..,,,Cavallino cover….opportunity lost.
     
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  2. Marcel Massini

    Marcel Massini Two Time F1 World Champ
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    BIG time.

    Marcel Massini
     
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  3. seb333

    seb333 Karting

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    Who is the guy in the MM?
    Honestly, this is so bad that it looks like “find the 10 errors in the picture”.
    10 might be underestimated...
     
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  4. davew

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    Is anyone else in the US still waiting on the latest issue?
     
  5. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Six Time F1 World Champ
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    I am.
     
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  6. jm2

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    Didn’t get mine yet either
     
  7. davew

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    Thanks, my main concern was that mine got lost, etc.
     
  8. cmt6891

    cmt6891 Formula 3

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    Still waiting for my issue. BTW, checked the Cavallino website to get a mailing date and noticed subscription rate has increased yet again, now $99 annually??
     
  9. audi_328

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    I do believe that's the worst cover in the magazine's history to date; from composition to execution, it's pretty bad.
     
  10. moriaan1

    moriaan1 Formula 3

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    its over.... the magazine of Ferrari history is no longer.

    sad, but most good things come to an end.

    Cavallino fired up my passion for classic Ferrari's around 1987, when there was no internet, times have changed.
     
  11. audi_328

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    Same. When I first got into (became obsessed about) Ferraris as a kid in the late 80s, a dealer salesperson asked me if I'd seen Cavallino, but I had no idea what that was. I was so excited to hear this - there was a whole magazine about nothing but Ferraris? How does one get a copy? Can you subscribe? No internet and living in rural New England made finding a copy, now that I knew such a thing existed, a challenge. Once I stumbled upon a copy at a specialist newsstand and subscribed, I'd devour the thing cover to cover several times over while waiting for the next issue to arrive. Cavallino was my lifeline to the Ferrari world back in those days; no fluff, just the sort of info, data, and articles all the real enthusiasts wanted.

    Times have changed indeed.
     
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  12. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    That CGI image has to be The Worst.........

    Dayum.

    With subscription lapses my set is "not complete" but I will focus on inventory and back fill of the Barnes years.
     
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  13. TTR

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    Perhaps they’ve employed a graphic designer/director who hasn't quite reached puberty yet ?
     
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  14. Balsamina

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    I received my copy earlier this week. Mr. Orlandini's column on page 3 says that a hand painted watercolor of the grandstand was inserted digitally into a photo of the cars on the Concours Club track taken while in Palm Beach for the Cavllino show. Page 22 contains a profile of the artist who painted the watercolor. It's unfortunate the mashup doesn't work and reflects poorly on the artist, as imho a different painting pictured in his profile looks nice.

    I also have mixed feelings about including the artist's profile in the magazine. While I understand the desire to broaden the appeal of the magazine by covering adjacent automobilia topics, I share the concern of others regarding the distraction resulting in reporting inaccuracies in the core topic of the cars themselves.

    FWIW I don't have the detailed knowledge of chassis of several other posters here and can't comment on the accuracy of the articles and photos discussing the various Le Mans competitors, but I did enjoy those articles and presentation of the photos.
     
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  15. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Six Time F1 World Champ
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    It’s too bad Sam Posey didn’t write an article instead of being interviewed. These days it’s difficult to know how edited a subject’s comments are. Sam is a terrific writer.

    I thought the editor’s response to a letter writer explaining why there are no photo captions was weak.

    I haven’t read much more than that so far, but agree with most of @Balsamina ‘s comments above.
     
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  16. jjmalez

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    I have issues - or so my wife says ;) #30 through #70 or so. Tried selling some on e-Bay with no interest.

    Collecting dust in my den. Any Idea what these go for? Continental AutoSports cancelled their annual Art & literature show three years ago and counting. So I have no reference point.

    Joe
     
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  17. Nospinzone

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    I think the problem is the cost of shipping the magazines exceeds whatever you could sell them for.
     
  18. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Some of the editorial content was pretty good in 255 but other things still need improvement. Their articles on individual cars were interesting but captions are still lacking, the old sidebars and data panels with specifications and history that were integral to many such articles over the years, are absent and much missed. Some of that information is in the editorial content, but that isn’t as handy or as graphic a presentation as a data panel. The story on the 250 SWB 2689GT has no by-lines for text or photos, a glaring editing error, and a data panel only for build numbers by year and configuration.
     
  19. Marcel Massini

    Marcel Massini Two Time F1 World Champ
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    And the list of Ferraris at Le Mans is full of major errors..........A Berlinetta is not the same as a Barchetta........just saying.........

    Marcel Massini
     
  20. readplays

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    Okay... I mean, technically.

    :p:eek::D
     
  21. Marcel Massini

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    #297 Marcel Massini, Jul 28, 2023
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    Another horrible cover with a "cut" car.
    In years past it used to take me 1 to 2 hours to go thru the mag, this time it took me under 5 minutes.
    It seems to me it is now more about (certain) people, rather than the cars we all love so much.

    And I couldn't find any corrections regarding the misinformation in the Le Mans List published earlier. Oh well.

    My 2 cents.

    Marcel Massini
     
  22. audi_328

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    I miss the days when Cavallino did what Cavallino did and enthusiasts were drawn to it. Seems like the way it should be.

    The new Cavallino presents a change in itself, reflecting that it is drawn towards the people they're trying to sell something to. Unfortunate.

    I get that it's a business that needs to make money and the old-time readership are timing out, etc., but I have to think there are still those out there who love the marque for more than image and "lifestyle"? I'd gladly pay a multiple of the previous cover price to have Cavallino be closer to what it was 20-30 years ago.

    Does the world really need another lifestyle rag? Especially one with enthusiast and marque-scholar roots as deep as Cavallino's? Maybe it does, I dunno :(
     
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  23. jtremlett

    jtremlett F1 Rookie

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    I used to get mailings from Ferrari about cars, Now all I get are emails about clothing. Presumably there are people with lots of money and no taste that buy this stuff and I imagine they are exactly the target market for Cavallino now. Incidentally, the only time I've seen anyone wearing any of this stuff was John Elkann in the pits at Le Mans and he looked a right ****.
     
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  24. Rifledriver

    Rifledriver Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Its just circling the same drain its namesake car show is. Should come as no surprise.
     
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