MotorTrend

I have been a subscriber to the print version for a few years and love it. Then when I got an iPad I saw in the magazine that I can get the iPad version for free, so I decided to give it a try...I mean why not, right? I'm certainly glad I did! The iPad version is simple to navigate has really cool extras like videos and high resolution images as well as occasionally some articles you you don't find in the print version. When I receive the print magazine the digital version is not available yet, not too surprising, so I read it and when finished download the electronic version and see what more they have included. I love it as I am not one who enjoys reading long articles/papers on a screen. Once you have read an article and follow it up with the movie, you're hooked... Hearing the tire squealing and the engine whaling you get the sense of what the author was saying in the article. The Lamborghini Aventador piece is a perfect example. And if you have issues tell the publisher so they can fix it... No one correct what they do not know about.

I just subscribed to the print edition and was thrilled to also get the iPad version. I hope that MT continues to offer print subscribers the iPad versions because I like the flexibility of having both versions at the very reasonable price of 10 bucks per year. Now I can read my print copy, give it to a family member and still have the digital copy to go back to. Also, have this on my iPad makes it awesome for travel. The app itself is beautiful and well set up. It navigates much better than other digital car mags and offers additional content over the print copy. I was tempted to use Zinio, but having more than just digital scans makes this app more appealing IMO. I am very impressed with MT and this app. That says a lot since I am picky about apps I use on my gear and delete many apps within minutes of downloading them. Apps like this make me like my iPad even more! Thanks Motor Trend! Keep up the good work!

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First, the positive: This latest update allows the app to work if you have iOS8. Before this, it would crash every time and you'd have no access to your magazines. Now, the negative: A few months back, the iPad edition took a giant step backwards and my hopes for a return to that excellent app have been dashed with this latest update. How can TEN decide that going from a terrific version of the magazine for the iPad with landscape formatting, interactive features, full screen slideshows and imbedded video to a version that looks like a PDF copy of the paper mag be a good thing!? I understand that a magazine needs advertising to survive. There's no way $10/year is paying for a magazine's cost. So if that's the problem, I'd be more than happy to have ads in my interactive iPad version. Just bring it back, or risk losing your subscriber base for magazines that do embrace the digital age, starting with me... UPDATE: A year after the last interactive issue and we're still stuck with an on-screed "PDF" of the paper magazine. I dropped my subscription to Automobile for this reason, and I'm about to drop my Motor Trend subscription and move to Car And Driver which still embraces modern interactive magazines on the iPad. Way to go Source Interlink/TEN.

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I don't think it's fair that you can restore the purchased magazines ONLY if you are a subscriber. I have bought a couple of editions as non-subscriber in order to see whether I want to be a subscriber or not. But after an update, all the magazine that I have purchased went missing. Each edition cost me $4.99 unlike the $1.99 a subscriber pays for. So, a subscriber pays less AND gets to restore the purchased editions. Whereas, I, payed a lot more and cannot restore the previously bought edition. That is truly unfair. Evo Magazine on the other hand, actually "remembers" all the magazines I buy, which makes it possible for me to restore them. And only for that, I have become an EVO magazine subscriber owing to their fair and honest business conduct. Unfortunately, Road & Track, T3, Automobile, Robb Report, Motor Trend, and Car and Driver Magazine are all the same. Actually Robb Report is even worse because one edition of Robb Report cost me $7.99. I rarely take time to write a review but this time I felt ripped off and had to share this with others.

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It took me about 12 seconds once I downloaded this app to realize that I don't want it anymore. Now I have to go figure out how to turn off my subscription. Publishers have to realize that the National Geographic app is the gold standard, and any serious Magazine app has to provide equal or better features than NG. I would gladly pay $20/yr for a MT iPad magazine that was more than simply the hardcopy magazine scanned in and showing on my screen. It's pathetic and frustrating. My hardcopy subscription to Motor Trend has lapsed, that's why I was at the App Store and find out if they had a suitable electronic replacement. They don't. So I guess, motor trend won't be getting any of my money until they figure out how to "wow" their audience with a digital product. Oh, and one more thing- going to the App Store and finding three distinct motor trend apps was another very confusing experience. There should be one app for motor trend, not three. Roll all content into a kick-butt single app.