Sport auto (France) explained

Sport-Auto is a leading French automobile magazine. The magazine specializes in sport and luxury cars.

History and profile

The magazine appeared first in 1962.[1] It is part of and published by Editions Mondadori Axel Springer (EMAS), a joint company of the Mondadori France publishing group and Axel Springer France on a monthly basis.[1] EMAS acquired the magazine in 2009.[2] The headquarters of the monthly is in Paris.[3]

Jean Lucas and Gérard "Jabby" Crombac were its chief editors from 1962 to 1989. One of its directors was Jose Rosinski who co-founded the magazine.

In 1973, Gérard Crombac, Thierry Lalande, Luc Melua and Jean-Louis Moncet, journalists with the magazine, assembled a kit "fun sport car" in a week-end for a low cost and got a mediatic success.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sport Auto. France. Mondadori. 15 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220045812/http://www.mondadori.com/Group/Magazines/France/Sport-Auto. 20 December 2014.
  2. News: EMAS acquires AUTO JOURNAL and SPORT AUTO magazines. 31 October 2016. Axel Springer. 1 October 2009.
  3. Book: Pierre L. Horn. Handbook of French Popular Culture. 31 October 2016. 1991. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-26121-3. 286.