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    Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Hi all

    Just a quick note to say we are brining back PFC magazine in June.

    Get in touch if you have feature cars, event reports, meets etc to be added to the events diary/club reports.

    The mag will be run differently and will be more club focussed.

    Email mark @ frenchcarshow.co.uk

    Cheers
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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Oh, I didn't realise it was coming back!

    Mind if I ask what happened and if it's the same people/group who have brought it back to life?

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    excellent :-)

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    No it was run into the ground

    I have bought the rights to it and have hired some of the same staff.

    Announcements soon when it comes back in June.

    Mark

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    PS its been run from our office in Swindon !

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Ah, well fair play to you then, I imagine that took a lot of work!

    Good luck, we look forward to seeing the first released edition

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    I wasn't aware that you had one, which area are you in?

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Markd View Post
    PS its been run from our office in Swindon !
    Awesome

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    The office is in Dorcan in a unit to the rear of the editors house (not his garden shed lol)

    Its where we run events from and now a magazine.

    mark

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Oooooooooooooooooooh! Interesting.

    Well Spooks up there and I are both from Swindon, might be cool to arrange an event up here once you're more settled and get lots of members up

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Myself & some of the other Club Members would i'm sure be delighted to make ourselves avaliable to celebrate the 25 year anniversary (This Year) of the GTT if you wanted to do a feature?

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Ahh Dorcan, cool beans.

    If you need any info for parts, mechanical help etc drop me a PM

    Never know, I might let you do an article on my car

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Yarp, what Dawn said

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    that all sounds good

    We are cobbling the first issue together at the moment but issue 2 we will be out and about making these things happen.

    We are busy with French Car Show just now (I know not everyones cup of tea here) but afterwards we can get our teeth into it.

    We didn't ever want to run a mag but no one else wanted to do it when they dropped it so we need as much help as possible for content. Without complicating things too much we have budgeted for a 52 page mag for free paid by ads (no more % than before), distribution is via sign up online for £10 a year which pays for postage, two graphics and the website. The mag is sustaining itself on a non-profit basis. Also the mag can be sent to events for free distribution.

    If and when it picks up again we can change the model we are not looking to charge £4 again unless it warrants it.

    Mark

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Steve - Raider View Post
    Myself & some of the other Club Members would i'm sure be delighted to make ourselves avaliable to celebrate the 25 year anniversary (This Year) of the GTT if you wanted to do a feature?
    Am I the only one who's not found any details on here regarding the 25th bash?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    Am I the only one who's not found any details on here regarding the 25th bash?
    Don't think their are any details mate?

    Don't think theirs anything planned?

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    StuTHC was looking into it a while back but he has obviously stepped down. I'm pretty sure Renault said they weren't interested in an official 25 year thing, they want to make a big deal of the 30th (stupid I reckon). Stu will have full details though, that's all I know

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Yeh renault arent interested, I dont see why we cant make ND this year a celebration of the R5 GTT 25th birthday, dont need to do anything else really, although would be cool if we could do a camping trip or something....

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.

    They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.

    They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday
    Lets hope renault keep a flow of enough parts to keep us all running until then

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.

    They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday
    They got room for the RTOC?!

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    I suggest that you include a section on French Cars used in club motorsport. The 205's are very popular in hillclimbing and sprinting and there are more of the clio cups appearing as well as my dear old Doris (She managed to beat a Longman engined 206 yesterday )

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    My local Renault dealer is celebrating it, must be a franchise based decision.

    They also said Renault UK will be doing something huge for the 30th birthday
    Celebrating 30 years of the GT Turbo?

    Maybe they're releasing a new GT Turbo

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    im so happy now i can get my baby hopefully in the mag . and i got her on the rollers on saturday and see pulled 217.3bhp at 20psi which im well happy with can run more boost if need more power but im happy with what ive got. happys days.

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    good to hear, there wasn't anything really French specific on the market so was a shame to hear it wouldn't be published anymore, glad you saved the day!

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Penfold View Post
    Yeh renault arent interested, I dont see why we cant make ND this year a celebration of the R5 GTT 25th birthday, dont need to do anything else really, although would be cool if we could do a camping trip or something....
    I thought the French gtt owners were sorting the/an anniversary bash for sometime in August, and hoping to get Renault France involved.

    To my knowledge Renault UK have never had any plans for a 25th Birthday bash, which is pretty p1ss poor of them to be honest.

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Markd View Post
    that all sounds good

    We are cobbling the first issue together at the moment but issue 2 we will be out and about making these things happen.

    We are busy with French Car Show just now (I know not everyones cup of tea here) but afterwards we can get our teeth into it.

    We didn't ever want to run a mag but no one else wanted to do it when they dropped it so we need as much help as possible for content. Without complicating things too much we have budgeted for a 52 page mag for free paid by ads (no more % than before), distribution is via sign up online for £10 a year which pays for postage, two graphics and the website. The mag is sustaining itself on a non-profit basis. Also the mag can be sent to events for free distribution.

    If and when it picks up again we can change the model we are not looking to charge £4 again unless it warrants it.

    Mark
    The very best of luck with it all! It's nice when people put hard work in...All the best with it!

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    happy days will be good to see a french car mag again

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by Logg View Post
    Lets hope renault keep a flow of enough parts to keep us all running until then

    i was thinking the same mate as i walked into renault for parts and was told that they will be putting a end to most/some of the parts/(for ovious reasons of course)which was making me think i wonder if the renault 5 gt turbo will end up like the gordini turbo?or is it just the fact that i never see them
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FXy...eature=related jesus you might like mate in a way im starting to like the look of the gordini

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    How about a massive collection of turbos for your cover!!

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Quote Originally Posted by old skool turbo power View Post
    i was thinking the same mate as i walked into renault for parts and was told that they will be putting a end to most/some of the parts/(for ovious reasons of course)which was making me think i wonder if the renault 5 gt turbo will end up like the gordini turbo?or is it just the fact that i never see them
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FXy...eature=related jesus you might like mate in a way im starting to like the look of the gordini

    Gordini's rock... been out in mine all day and everybody stare's, nods, smiles etc... even PC plod love it

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    maybe you could do a feature on real renault 5 gtt's,ones that are actually used an none of this show/mint examples,one scruffy raider available here!

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    ^^ agreed with above, bit of a long shot i know but me and my bro have a bit of history with r5 gtt's and both own white r5's in good condition both have modified engines and both look standard on the outside no gay bodykits etc mines currently having a brake overhaul but will be back on road soon.

    feature for the two brothers? :P lol

    on the other hand , good to have you guys back

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch



    glad its coming back
    my stupidly ugly cars bin in the mag b4

    but my gosh has it changed

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    Re: Performance French Cars Magazine Relaunch

    Good to hear the mag is being relaunched.
    My old trophy 5 was in the first edition when it changed to PFC from PGTI.

    There is a big Renault 5 meet at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit in France on the bank holiday weekend of 28th-31st May if anyone is interested?

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