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I was looking to buy my first car, and being an 18 year old male i wanted a good looking one.Restrained by a £1000 budget and a realisation that the insurance wud cripple me no matter what, i... more

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  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Martin.rowley

    3 Stars Purple....Pink....Orange....and boobs 05/06/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages None

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Its rude!!

    The list of colourful motors goes on!!! Once upon a time (quite e few years ago, i hasten to add) , I had a little fast car (Suzuki swift Gti) and blasting about in it was the major consumer of all my free time. Now, whats that got to do with Max Power Magazine?? Well it was just for like minded people like myself, that lived, eat, slept and did other unspeakable things in the car! The mag had great features on how to make your car faster, louder and more pleasing to the eye. Several pages of adverts selling bits for my car were in there too, this was fantastic! Now, maybe I have grown up a ... more
  • 38 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Infinity

    4 Stars Maximum this - Maximum that 10/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good coverage of the featured cars, competitions, serious articles

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too much nudity, Price?, High expectations

    Where do I start? Well basically what we have here is a magazine aimed at people who enjoy modifying cars. The majority of whom seem to be men. Ok so anyone can buy this magazine, take it home and read it, but it is really aimed at the male population. This is emphasised by the scantly clad women who adorn the pages of the magazine. Many of them are professional models such as Page 3 girls or the like. However, Max Power prefers to call them "Max Babes". Now this is all well and good for the male majority (not all), but what about the female readers and those who are of an impressionable age ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    AndyConnolly

    4 Stars Max Power cannot be derived from bra size can it 26/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Best cars, worldwide, well designed.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Amount of advertising, do we really need to see so many 16 year old girls breasts?, EMAPs editorial discretion is questionable.

    Max Power magazine, the biggest name in the Tuning Magazine industry. For some reason, Max Power has risen to the top of the pile of this type of magazine, and is now read by hundreds of thousands of regular readers each month. The staff line up isn't as impressive as the other magazines available, but a lot of those who work on magazines gained their reputation here at Max Power. Gez Jones (Fast Car) and Jon 'Proby' Walsh (Redline) are the noticeable ones, but Nick 'Trotto' Trott, Gary Inman, and Nigel Grimshaw have all played a part in Max's history and then moved on to pastures new. Still ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sinbad182

    5 Stars great for boy racers and serious modifiers alike 03/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages plenty of info, many pics of top cars, lots of advice of mods to do, some beaut girls in it.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages too many adverts, arrogant attitude to police, some minging girls modeling in it.

    I first started buying 'Max Power' magazine after i bought my second car (a mk 5 ford escort) and realised that i wanted to do some stuff to this very run of the mill motor that would make it look and perform better. I knew some friends with modified cars who all recomended Max Power to get ideas and advice of what to do to my car, and to see what other people have done to thier cars. After buying it for the first time, I was hooked by the whole car tweaking scene. The beauty of this publication is the fact it has a little something for everyone. It has plenty of information on tuning and ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SimonJ

    5 Stars Max info and ideas 02/09/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Full of good ideas, the latest products and suppliers

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Style of writing and style of presentation

    I buy this magazine because I like cars,I like to be different and I like my car to be different. If you want to carry out any sort of modification to your car, styling or performance increase, then this is the place to come to for ideas. Don't take the magazine to seriously. It's written to be understood by teenagers, contains a lot of naked women and has a large number of premium rate numbers advertised in it. Look beyond all of this and you'll see that it's an extremely good source of information for maxing (enhancing) your car. A lot of the cars that are featured in the magazine have had ... more