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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
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jcoops16

    2 Stars Fed up to the MAX 04/02/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Some good articles, staff cars

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Poor writing content, some of the cars

    I’ve been buying MAX POWER for about a year now and have to say that I’m fed up with it. Don’t get me wrong there are some good articles and features to be read, its just not enough to merit buying it. When they do serious reports on, say car crime or driving under the influence these can be very interesting. There is a regular feature on new cars in which they test its handling and performance, giving guides on how it could be improved and rating the car as a future ‘MAX car’ . Other good features are the drive-by shooting in which readers send in photos of their car with a list of mods done ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    k.mccrindle

    5 Stars The definitive guide to arsing about in cars 22/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great feature cars, good in-depth info and spec details, lots of nice pictures, half-naked women, not alot of irrelevant ads

    Disadvantages Disadvantages N/A

    This magazine has got to be THE best car magazine in the UK. It's packed full of high-performance machines with detailed pictures and specification listings. It's also got quite a lot of humour throughout (well come on, even their slogan is "the definitive guide to arsing about in cars") which in my opinion is a good thing in a magazine as it keeps you reading. In addition to this there are also many fine women gracing the pages which is sure to keep any man interested in reading (or looking at) it. There are a few featured cars each month, with the most impressive being on the front cover and ... more
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    duck1979

    2 Stars The Guide to tarting up a shopping Trolley 15/02/2005
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots of info on how to tart up your shopping trolley

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Read by the worst drivers in the country, and pricey to boot

    Max Power Magazine..... I'm sure you've all heard of it..... most likely via the sticker in the rear windscreen of a tarted up shopping trolley such as a Vauxhall Nova or Corsa, or a Citreon Saxo or Peugeot 106 and such like, being driven by some dopey little w***** who's just done one of the stupidest pieces of driving you've ever seen. You hope he gets caught by PC Plod, but then you remember they're all too busy messing about with them Speed camera things to bother with things like that which are the real cause of accidents. Anyway, from what I remember from when I used to read it.... MAX ... more
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jasp

    4 Stars bums tits cars and players 03/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages gives manufacturers something to copy

    Disadvantages Disadvantages may not appeal to everyone

    Max power, for those of you who dont know is a motoring magazine aimed at 13-30 year olds. The emphisis is on modifying cars to make them go faster, handle better, sound better and have a great sound system. In order to appeal to the audience who are mostly men, max power spreads scantyly clad women (often topless) across its pages. This truely is a great magazine. To understand the true significance of this magazine on influencing the design of new cars that you buy think about this. 1) Most new cars have bigger wheels that are nearly all alloy! 2) New cars have a smaller gap between wheel ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dizzych

    5 Stars Max Power 10/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cool Mag, full of cool info

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Price, New look going on, adverts

    I have been reading Max Power for many years and id say it has to be my favourite mag. Now lately it has changed its look... Good thing or bad thing? Im still not certain yet. Lets start from the front cover.... Its a really bright coloured front page, definatly eye catching! First thing you will notice is the kitted up (Maxed) car which someone has spent £KKKKs doing up and just wants so show off... After all its their pride and joy.... Why shouldn't they? Aswell as other titles on the front giving information on what is featured in this months issue, there is also one of the featured female ... more
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