Old "CAR" magazine enquiry

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Thu 29 Jun 2006 12:34
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - stevied
I may be clutching at straws here, but does anyone remember (or even have a copy of the mag, that'd be great!) an article in CAR ealry 1970s referring to the stillborn replacement for the Beetle? It was going to be mid-engined in the sense that the engine was under the rear seat.

I used to have this magazine, but have lost it in various house moves.

On a related tangent, does anyone have and want to sell any old issues of "Car" from the early days to late 80s early 90s? I would be interested in buying.

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Thu 29 Jun 2006 12:38
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - Garethj
I'm fairly sure the car was codenamed the VW EA266. A Google search brings up a few photos of a prototype in the Wolfsburg museum
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Thu 29 Jun 2006 12:44
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - stevied
That's the one!! Brilliant, cheers Gareth.

YOU haven't got any old mags have you? : )
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Thu 29 Jun 2006 13:09
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - Garethj
YOU haven't got any old mags have you? : )

Not many CAR magazines and none with the EA266 in it, sorry.

I phoned them a couple of years ago to get a photocopy of an old article, they were very helpful
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Thu 29 Jun 2006 15:23
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - henry k
YOU haven't got any old mags have you? : )

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Well I hate to admit it ......but YES I do have old old CAR mags he says in a wisper.

>>.......an article in CAR earlry 1970s....
Any better guess? Thats quite a lot of mags.
Any other details?
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Thu 29 Jun 2006 12:49
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - Armitage Shanks {p}
E bay has all 12 1984 issues and all 12 1987 issues at £12/year. The link was too big to post but a search for "car" + magazine brings up about 5 pages which are quite easy to look thru
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Thu 29 Jun 2006 12:53
Old "CAR" magazine enquiry - stevied
Cheers for that.. I'll have a look to see if there's anything older as well.

I contacted the magazine themselves recently, but since they disappeared up their own yuppie posteriors in the 90s, they aren't interested in their brave, innovative past. I swear blind that the person I spoke to was Chantelle.

Sad sad sad sad sad sad sad. I need to start my own intelligent magazine.... or maybe forums like this are the future eh?
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