OVERVIEW:
Cars - The Automotive Magazine was first published in 1959 by Irwin Stein and his Royal Publications.  Stein had numerous car magazines in the era.  He was well known as a New York publisher, the owner of Lancer Books, and he published many genres like science fiction, detective and heroic fantasies.

This magazine was first titled Hot Rods, Super Stocks and Customs. Three issues were printed with this name, then the title was changed to Cars - The Automotive Magazine in April, 1960.  It was published monthly with intermittent breaks until August, 1965, when it was re-titled again as Hi-Performance Cars. All issues were printed in the large format style.

The table of contents, if available, can be seen by clicking on the icon.

PUBLICATION DATA:
Cars - The Automotive Magazine had three years of publisher-provided print volume data for 1963 through 1965, and annual net paid circulation was 350,000 issues in 1963 and grew to 363,000 by 1965.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
There were 51 issues printed from December, 1959 through August, 1965. All cover images and table of content pages are complete.

Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Dec December 1959
Dec 1959 Vol 1 No 1
Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Jan January 1960
Jan 1960 Vol 1 No 2
Hot Rods, Super Stocks Customs Mar March 1960
Mar 1960 Vol 1 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1960
May 1960 Vol 1 No 4
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Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1960
Jun 1960 Vol 1 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1960
July 1960 Vol 1 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1960
Aug 1960 Vol 2 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September 1960
Sept 1960 Vol 2 No 2
Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1960
Oct 1960 Vol 2 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1960
Nov 1960 Vol 2 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1961
Jan 1961 Vol 2 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1961
Mar 1961 Vol 2 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1961
Apr 1961 Vol 3 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1961
May 1961 Vol 3 No 2
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1961
Jul 1961 Vol 3 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine Sep September 1961
Sep 1961 Vol 3 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1961
Oct 1961 Vol 3 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1961
Nov 1961 Vol 3 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1962
Jan 1962 Vol 4 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1962
Feb 1962 Vol 6 No 2
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Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1962
Apr 1962 Vol 4 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine May 1962
May 1962 Vol 4 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1962
Jul 1962 Vol 4 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September  1962
Sep 1962 Vol 4 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1962
Oct 1962 Vol 5 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1962
Nov 1962 Vol 5 No 2
Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1962
Dec 1962 Vol 5 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine Jan January 1963
Jan 1963 Vol 5 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1963
Mar 1963 Vol 5 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1963
Apr 1963 Vol 5 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1963
Jun 1963 Vol 6 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1963
Jul 1963 Vol 6 No 2
Cars The Automotive Magazine Sept September 1963
Sep 1963 Vol 6 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1963
Oct 1963 Vol 6 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1963
Nov 1963 Vol 6 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1963
Dec 1963 Vol 6 No 5
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Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1964
Feb 1964 Vol 6 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1964
Mar 1964 Vol 7 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1964
Apr 1964 Vol 7 No 3
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Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1964
Jun 1964 Vol 7 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1964
Jul 1964 Vol 7 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1964
Aug 1964 Vol 7 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine Oct October 1964
Oct 1964 Vol 8 No 1
Cars The Automotive Magazine Nov November 1964
Nov 1964 Vol 8 No 2
Cars The Automotive Magazine Dec December 1964
Dec 1964 Vol 8 No 3
Cars The Automotive Magazine Feb February 1965
Feb 1965 Vol 8 No 4
Cars The Automotive Magazine Mar March 1965
Mar 1965 Vol 8 No 5
Cars The Automotive Magazine Apr April 1965
Apr 1965 Vol 8 No 6
Cars The Automotive Magazine June 1965
June 1965 Vol 8 No 7
Cars The Automotive Magazine July 1965
July 1965 Vol 8 No 8
Cars The Automotive Magazine Aug August 1965
Aug 1965 Vol 8 No 9
Last issue b/4 re-title