There appears to be a lot of misinformation or miscommunication here.
First, when David says, "Okay, votes have been heard", that does NOT equal "We are not interested, go away."
I can tell you without a doubt that David is VERY interested in what you have to say, and has filed away notes to himself to get more Fiat coverage in the magazine. In fact, without even looking at the editorial calendar I'd bet he has more Fiat coverage planned already.
Rapunzell said: "Honestly folks, better to leave CMS alone, they have their audience and are less than interested in the X.
That's just ridiculous. Our audience is ALL classic car lovers, and that obviously includes the vibrant X community.
Rapunzell said: "They have every right do as their editorial staff chooses.
That's very true. Our editorial staff chooses to make the best magazine we can, and make it appeal to a broad range of classic car fans. We're interested in inclusion, not exclusion.
Doug wrote: My guess is that within the next half year we'll see a Fiat project of some kind. ... In the end, he knows we're all paid subscribers and he has every reason to want to cover a topic/brand that a meaningful minority of his readership enjoy
I don't know if a Fiat project will turn up or not -- you never can tell what will be next -- but I do know two Alfas were recently added to the staff stables. We like Italian cars. We like British cars. We like Swedish and German and Japanese and American cars. We like cars.
We like the communities that spring up around them, too, and we DO listen to you.
Rooster wrote: I mean, how good of a job would they do? A.) they'd probably not do an X justice and B.) they'd probably just nit pic the car anyways.
As good a job as we know how to do (which is usually pretty damn good) and why would we want to nitpick our own project car? Remember, we own and drive our project cars, and have to live with them every day. We have a personal interest in doing them well.
And I can see GRMS doing an article, but wasn't CMS originally an english car rag? They'd rather sell their soul to the devil before working on a Fiat.
Classic Motorsports was once British Car magazine (not British Motor Sport). When Tim Suddard (not Stoddard) bought it, he wanted to expand it beyond British cars. I wasn't there at the time, but I'm sure that was both a business decision and a reflection of Tim's wide and eclectic automotive tastes. Like the rest of the staff, Tim's a fan of British cars, but he loves Italian cars, and German cars, and... well, pretty much anything with wheels and and engine. In fact, when British Car magazine was reborn as Classic Motorsports, one of the very first project cars was an Italian car--an Alfa Romeo.
Anyway, that was all a very long way of saying don't think we don't love ya, 'cause we do, and we are listening.
Sunbeam :laugh:
