► CAR magazine’s 60th anniversary!
► Counting down the 60 greatest car makers
► Read it all in our new membership club
CAR magazine is turning 60 – and to celebrate we’re counting down our favourite 60 car makers of the past 60 years.
Who’s your favourite car maker over the past six decades? Ferrari or Lamborghini, for their magical supercar highs? BMW or Porsche for consistently thrilling cars? Citroen for putting people first with comfort and functionality? Or Tesla for turning the fossil fuel industry upside down?
Vote for your number one!
Click here to vote in our poll – and gain entry to our prize draw to win a Porsche Silverstone Driving Experience, Ferrari design drawing or Amazon vouchers.
CAR team members voted to jointly create our power list, ranking brands for the excellence of their cars, tech innovation, business health, motorsport success and cultural significance, from 1962 to 2022.
CAR60! See our favourite 60 covers, read our back story
We’re in the middle of our three-issue CAR60 countdown. The October 2022 issue (catch up on our app microsite) kicked it all off by covering car makers ranked from 60 to 36. The November 2022 issue (out 12 October) covers numbers 35 to 16, with Maserati, McLaren, Nissan, Lamborghini, Kia and Mini starring in our exclusive in-depth features.
CAR60 Issue Two highlights
Maserati: Exclusive tour through six decades of magical Maseratis, from 1966 Quattroporte through to the new MC20 supercar and Grecale SUV – click to read this article for FREE on our app microsite
Nissan: the iconic Z car is back for 2022 – and Ben Miller drives it on some of California’s finest roads (behind a 99p trial paywall)
Kia: EV6 GT adventure – through Norway to Arctic Island Svalbard, where polar bears roam free and humanity’s seed crop is stored (behind a 99p trial paywall)
Lamborghini: Countach vs Countach – 2022’s new supercar meets the original ‘80s poster child (behind a 99p trial paywall)
CAR60 Issue One highlights
DS Automobiles: James Taylor is the only UK journalist to drive the E-Tense Performance, the 805bhp electric supercoupe (above)
Rimac: we’re let loose on the Croatian production line assembling the parameter-busting Nevera electric hypercar
Corvette: we drive all eight generations of America’s legendary sports car (above), right up to the latest mid-engined C8 – read for FREE in our app microsite
Lancia: we shadow WRC champ Miki Biasion as he races his Delta Integrale once more (below)
How to get CAR magazine’s CAR60
The most convenient way to consume CAR60 is on our new digital platform, comprising a microsite browser and our new smartphone apps. Click here to visit the microsite, giving access to both FREE and Members-only content.
By becoming a CAR Member, you’ll get access to everything CAR – our magazine content, videos, exclusive newsletters and more – on our multi-channel digital platform. You’ll be able to read the magazine online with the microsite or app, with the latter also supporting issue downloads, PDF page turn-view and audio reads.
You’ll also get CAR all in one place, with 10 years of back issues, and you’ll also qualify for members’ rewards, including discounted experiences and travel.
Origins: the story of CAR magazine, told by Gavin Green