Sport auto (France)
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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.{{cite web|title=Sport Auto. France|url=http://www.mondadori.com/Group/Magazines/France/Sport-Auto|work=Mondadori|accessdate=15 June 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220045812/http://www.mondadori.com/Group/Magazines/France/Sport-Auto|archivedate=20 December 2014}} 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. EMAS acquired the magazine in 2009.{{cite news|title=EMAS acquires AUTO JOURNAL and SPORT AUTO magazines|url=http://www.axelspringer.de/en/presse/EMAS-acquires-AUTO-JOURNAL-and-SPORT-AUTO-magazines_954976.html|accessdate=31 October 2016|work=Axel Springer|date=1 October 2009}} The headquarters of the monthly is in Paris.{{cite book|author=Pierre L. Horn|title=Handbook of French Popular Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZ3gEzNUn4QC&pg=PA286|accessdate=31 October 2016|year=1991|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26121-3|page=286}}
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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sportauto.fr/ Official site]
Category:1962 establishments in France
Category:Magazines published in France
Category:French-language magazines
Category:Monthly magazines published in France
Category:Magazines established in 1962
Category:Magazines published in Paris
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