Cars The Automotive Magazine

OVERVIEW:
Cars - The Automotive Magazine was first published in 1959 by Irwin Stein and his Royal Publications. Stein had numerous car magazines in the era. He was well known as a New York publisher, the owner of Lancer Books, and he published many genres like science fiction, detective and heroic fantasies.

This magazine was first titled Hot Rods, Super Stocks and Customs. Three issues were printed with this name, then the title was changed to Cars - The Automotive Magazine in April, 1960. It was published monthly with intermittent breaks until August, 1965, when it was re-titled again as Hi-Performance Cars. All issues were printed in the large format style.

The table of contents, if available, can be seen by clicking on the icon.

PUBLICATION DATA:
Cars - The Automotive Magazine had three years of publisher-provided print volume data for 1963 through 1965, and annual net paid circulation was 350,000 issues in 1963 and grew to 363,000 by 1965.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
There were 51 issues printed from December, 1959 through August, 1965. All cover images are complete, but we are still collecting table of content pages.

Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Dec December 1959 — Dec 1959 Vol 1 No 1

Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Jan January 1960 — Jan 1960 Vol 1 No 2

Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Mar March 1960 — Mar 1960 Vol 1 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1960 — May 1960 Vol 1 No 4
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Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1960 — Jun 1960 Vol 1 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1960 — July 1960 Vol 1 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1960 — Aug 1960 Vol 2 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September 1960 — Sept 1960 Vol 2 No 2

Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1960 — Oct 1960 Vol 2 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1960 — Nov 1960 Vol 2 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1961 — Jan 1961 Vol 2 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1961 — Mar 1961 Vol 2 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1961 — Apr 1961 Vol 3 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1961 — May 1961 Vol 3 No 2

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1961 — Jul 1961 Vol 3 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine Sep September 1961 — Sep 1961 Vol 3 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1961 — Oct 1961 Vol 3 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1961 — Nov 1961 Vol 3 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1962 — Jan 1962 Vol 4 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1962 — Feb 1962 Vol 6 No 2
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Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1962 — Apr 1962 Vol 4 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1962 — May 1962 Vol 4 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1962 — Jul 1962 Vol 4 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September 1962 — Sep 1962 Vol 4 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1962 — Oct 1962 Vol 5 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1962 — Nov 1962 Vol 5 No 2

Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1962 — Dec 1962 Vol 5 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1963 — Jan 1963 Vol 5 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1963 — Mar 1963 Vol 5 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1963 — Apr 1963 Vol 5 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1963 — Jun 1963 Vol 6 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1963 — Jul 1963 Vol 6 No 2

Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September 1963 — Sep 1963 Vol 6 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1963 — Oct 1963 Vol 6 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1963 — Nov 1963 Vol 6 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1963 — Dec 1963 Vol 6 No 5
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Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1964 — Feb 1964 Vol 6 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1964 — Mar 1964 Vol 7 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1964 — Apr 1964 Vol 7 No 3
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Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1964 — Jun 1964 Vol 7 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1964 — Jul 1964 Vol 7 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1964 — Aug 1964 Vol 7 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1964 — Oct 1964 Vol 8 No 1

Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1964 — Nov 1964 Vol 8 No 2

Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1964 — Dec 1964 Vol 8 No 3

Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1965 — Feb 1965 Vol 8 No 4

Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1965 — Mar 1965 Vol 8 No 5

Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1965 — Apr 1965 Vol 8 No 6

Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1965 — June 1965 Vol 8 No 7

Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1965 — July 1965 Vol 8 No 8

Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1965 — Aug 1965 Vol 8 No 9
**Last issue b/4 re-title**

Cars - Magazine Covers 1959 to 1965

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