Automobile magazine is an automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and is owned by Source Interlink

Source Interlink

Source Interlink is an American magazine publishing and logistics company. It has a strong position in the automotive magazine sector, owning a variety of magazines including Motor Trend and Automobile.- Current US publications and digital assets :...

. It was founded by a group of former employees of Car and Driver

Car and Driver

Car and Driver is an American automotive enthusiast magazine. Its total circulation is 1.31 million. It is owned by Hearst Magazines, who purchased prior owner Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011...

magazine, led by that publications’s former editor, David E. Davis

David E. Davis

David Evan Davis, Jr. was an automotive journalist and magazine publisher widely known as a contributing writer, editor and publisher at Car and Driver magazine and as the founder of Automobile magazine....

, and originally published by News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

. Automobile distinguishes itself as more of a lifestyle magazine than the other automotive publications, an editorial theme that Davis greatly expanded upon from his tenure as the editor of Car and Driver.

Unlike most other automobile magazines, Automobile does not often do instrumented tests of cars or provide much technical data. Instead, the reviews of vehicles are subjective experiential reports with the cars in their naturally intended, real world environment. Additionally, Automobile reserves a good portion of each issue covering vehicles no longer in production, but still relevant to collectors or automotive history as a whole. For example, it includes features such as "Collectable Classic," an in-depth review of a particular older car, and reports from recent classic and antique car

Antique car

In the United States, an antique car is generally defined as a car over 45 years of age, this being the definition used by the Antique Automobile Club of America. However, the legal definition for the purpose of antique vehicle registration varies widely. The antique car era includes the veteran...

 auctions. It also has a regular column by former General Motors designer Robert Cumberford, who analyzes styling elements of current production models and show cars, often linking their design to those of older cars.

Automobile magazine is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the building which formerly housed famous college dive bar

Dive bar

A dive bar is a type of bar or pub. Dive bars generally have a relaxed and informal atmosphere—they are often referred to by local residents as "neighborhood bars," where people in the neighborhood gather to drink and socialize...

, The Pretzel Bell, and is published by Source Interlink Media, the same publishing corporation that publishes Motor Trend

Motor Trend

Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, issued by Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, and bearing the tag line "The Magazine for a Motoring World". Petersen Publishing was sold to British publisher EMAP in 1998, who sold the former Petersen...

. Davis retired in recent years and the current president and editor-in-chief is Jean Jennings, who helped Davis found the magazine. Davis later served as the editor of Winding Road

Winding Road

Winding Road is a digital automotive enthusiast magazine owned by NextScreen LLC, of Austin, Texas, which also publishes various consumer electronics related titles digitally and in print. Winding Roads monthly digital magazine focuses on enthusiast-oriented vehicles, and passionate drivers...

magazine, an online automotive magazine.

While editor of Automobile, Jean Jennings was featured in a “video news release

Video news release

A video news release is a video segment made to look like a news report, but is instead created by a PR firm, advertising agency, marketing firm, corporation, or government agency. They are provided to television newsrooms to shape public opinion, promote commercial products and services,...

” produced for GM and shown on local television as if it were an actual news story

The name is also employed in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 by an unrelated magazine called L’Automobile Magazine, which was founded in 1946; the American magazine began publishing in April 1986. The French magazine now belongs to the German Motor Presse Stuttgart group.

Automobile Magazine awards:

• Automobile Magazine All-Stars
  Automobile Magazine All-Stars
  Automobile Magazine selects an annual list of All-Stars as their Car of the Year equivalent award.-2011:Automobile Magazine selects an annual list of All-Stars as their Car of the Year equivalent award.-2011:...
  
  

Publishers

Dates	Publisher
1986 – 1991	News Corporation News Corporation News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
1991 – 2007	Primedia Primedia PRIMEDIA Inc. is privately held American media company fully owned by TPG Capital.Consumer Source Inc. is the sole operating division of PRIMEDIA and helps millions of consumers find apartments, houses for rent, and new homes for sale through its Internet, mobile, and print products...
2007 – present	Source Interlink Source Interlink Source Interlink is an American magazine publishing and logistics company. It has a strong position in the automotive magazine sector, owning a variety of magazines including Motor Trend and Automobile.- Current US publications and digital assets :...