OVERVIEW:
This East coast magazine was re-titled from Cars - The Automotive Magazine by Royal Publications in New York.  Published monthly with intermittent breaks, and it had a street and strip focus. Content included muscle car tests, drag racing event coverage, how-to and technical guidance for the do-it-yourselfer, and feature cars that included dragsters, muscle cars and occasionally a pre-1948 hot rod.

OWNERSHIP:
Royal Publications was managed by Irwin Stein and Walter Zacharius. In 1973, Mr Zacharius took control and renamed the business entity Magnum-Royal Publications. The following year, he sold the title to Popular Publications and publisher Harry Egner. And in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the title was sold to publisher John McCluskey who operated both Arden Communications and Courtney Books.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
The publisher provided net paid circulation data to N.W. Ayer from 1968 through 1984 with occasional breaks. Net paid circulation started at 453,000 print issues and slowly declined to 184,000 print issues by the end.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 184 issues was printed from October, 1965 through December, 1983. All cover images are complete.

Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1965
Oct 1965 Vol 8 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1965
Nov 1965 Vol 8 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1965
Dec 1965 Vol 8 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1966
Feb 1966 Vol 9 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1966
Mar 1966 Vol 9 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1966
Apr 1966 Vol 9 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars May 1966
May 1966 Vol 9 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars June 1966
June 1966 Vol 9 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars July 1966
July 1966 Vol 9 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1966
Aug 1966 Vol 9 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1966
Sept 1966 Vol 9 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1966
Oct 1966 Vol 9 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1966
Nov 1966 Vol 9 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1966
Dec 1966 Vol 9 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1967
Jan 1967 Vol 10 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1967
Feb 1967 Vol 10 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1967
Mar 1967 Vol 10 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1967
Apr 1967 Vol 10 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1967
May 1967 Vol 10 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1967
June 1967 Vol 10 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1967
July 1967 Vol 10 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1967
Aug 1967 Vol 10 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1967
Sept 1967 Vol 10 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1967
Oct 1967 Vol 10 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1967
Nov 1967 Vol 10 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1967
Dec 1967 Vol 10 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1968
Jan 1968 Vol 11 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1968
Feb 1968 Vol 11 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1968
Mar 1968 Vol 11 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1968
Apr 1968 Vol 11 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1968
May 1968 Vol 11 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1968
June 1968 Vol 11 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1968
July 1968 Vol 11 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1968
Aug 1968 Vol 11 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1968
Sept 1968 Vol 11 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1968
Oct 1968 Vol 11 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1968
Nov 1968 vol 11 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1968
Dec 1968 Vol 11 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1969
Jan 1969 Vol 12 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1969
Feb 1969 Vol 12 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1969
Mar 1969 Vol 12 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1969
Apr 1969 Vol 12 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1969
May 1969 Vol 12 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1969
June 1969 Vol 12 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1969
July 1969 Vol 12 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1969
Aug 1969 Vol 12 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1969
Sept 1969 Vol 12 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1969
Oct 1969 Vol 12 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1969
Nov 1969 Vol 12 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1969
Dec 1969 Vol 12 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1970
Jan 1970 Vol 12 No 12
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Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1970
Feb 1970 Vol 13 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1970
Mar 1970 Vol 13 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1970
Apr 1970 Vol 13 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1970
May 1970 Vol 13 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1970
June 1970 Vol 13 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1970
July 1970 Vol 13 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1970
Aug 1970 Vol 13 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1970
Sept 1970 Vol 13 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1970
Oct 1970 Vol 13 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1970
Nov 1970 Vol 13 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1970
Dec 1970 Vol 13 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1971
Jan 1971 Vol 14 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1971
Feb 1971 Vol 14 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1971
Mar 1971 Vol 14 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1971
Apr 1971 Vol 14 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1971
May 1971 Vol 14 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1971
June 1971 Vol 14 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1971
July 1971 Vol 14 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1971
Aug 1971 Vol 14 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1971
Sept 1971 Vol 14 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1971
Oct 1971 Vol 14 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1971
Nov 1971 Vol 14 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1971
Dec 1971 Vol 14 No 12
Hi-Performance Cars Jan January 1972
Jan 1972 Vol 15 No 1
Hi-Performance Cars Feb February 1972
Feb 1972 Vol 15 No 2
Hi-Performance Cars Mar March 1972
Mar 1972 Vol 15 No 3
Hi-Performance Cars Apr April 1972
Apr 1972 Vol 15 No 4
Hi-Performance Cars May 1972
May 1972 Vol 15 No 5
Hi-Performance Cars June 1972
June 1972 Vol 15 No 6
Hi-Performance Cars July 1972
July 1972 Vol 15 No 7
Hi-Performance Cars Aug August 1972
Aug 1972 Vol 15 No 8
Hi-Performance Cars Sept September 1972
Sept 1972 Vol 15 No 9
Hi-Performance Cars Oct October 1972
Oct 1972 Vol 15 No 10
Hi-Performance Cars Nov November 1972
Nov 1972 Vol 15 No 11
Hi-Performance Cars Dec December 1972
Dec 1972 Vol 15 No 12
1973 to 1983