OVERVIEW:
Sport Compact Car was initally started by McMullen & Yee Publishing. It was an early entrant in the field of titles highlighting performance and appearance upgrades to foreign sport compact cars, known as "tuners" or Japanese Domestic Manufacturers (JDM).

The magazine content originally focused on appearance upgrades for these vehicles, with information on sub-woofer installs, pinstriping, spring swaps, chrome trim and engine dress-ups. As time progressed, content shifted to making more power and going fast. This expanded to include comparative testing of vendor products along with engineering analyses. It become the core of the title. There was a period when the magazine had a strong lifestyle aspect, but this was dropped later when the editors returned to their primary focus. And, finally, there was good coverage of Super Touring and racing events.

OWNERSHIP:
Publisher Mr. Yee died in 1994, which was followed a year later with Mr. McMullen's death in an airplane crash. The editors and staff rode a wave of changes as the title moved through various new owners:

The table of contents, if available, can be seen by clicking on the icon.

PUBLICATION DATA
The publisher provided data to Oxbridge Communication's compendium The Standard Periodical Directory from 1999 through 2005 (the last year for which we have data at this time). Total issues printed annually ranged from 250,000 to 400,000.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 193 issues was printed from December, 1989 through March, 2009. All issues are complete, but we have not been able to validate if an issue was printed for Fall 1991.

INTERNET:
Beginning in late 1999, a website URL was added to front covers. The site is now defunct: www.sportcompactcarweb.com.

Sport Compact Car Dec December 1989
Dec 1989 Vol 1 No 1
Sport Compact Car Spring 1990
Spring 1990 Vol 2 No 1
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Summer 1990 Vol 2 No 2
Sport Compact Car Fall 1990
Fall 1990 Vol 2 No 3
Sport Compact Car Winter 1991
Winter 1991 Vol 3 No 1
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Spring 1991 Vol 3 No 2
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Summer 1991 Vol 3 No 3
Fall 1991 Vol 3 No 4??
Sport Compact Car Feb February 1992
Feb 1992 Vol 4 No 1
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Apr 1992 Vol 4 No 2
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Jun 1992 Vol 4 No 3
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Aug 1992 Vol 4 No 4
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Oct 1992 Vol 4 No 5
Sport Compact Car Dec December 1992
Dec 1992 Vol 4 No 7
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Feb 1993 Vol 5 No 1
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Apr 1993 Vol 5 No 2
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Jun 1993 Vol 5 No 3
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Aug 1993 Vol 5 No 4
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Oct 1993 Vol 5 No 5
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Dec 1993 Vol 5 No 6
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Feb 1994 Vol 6 No 1
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Apr 1994 Vol 6 No 2
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Jun 1994 Vol 6 No 3
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Aug 1994 Vol 6 No 4
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Oct 1994 Vol 6 No 5
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Dec 1994 Vol 6 No 6
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Feb 1995 Vol 7 No 1
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Apr 1995 Vol 7 No 2
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Jun 1995 Vol 7 No 3
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Aug 1995 Vol 7 No 4
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Oct 1995 Vol 7 No 5
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Dec 1995 Vol 7 No 6
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Jan 1996 Vol 8 No 1
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Feb 1996 Vol 8 No 2
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Mar 1996 Vol 8 No 3
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Sept 1996 Vol 8 No 9
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Oct 1996 Vol 8 No 10
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Nov 1996 Vol 8 No 11
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Dec 1996 Vol 8 No 12
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Jan 1997 Vol 9 No 1
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Feb 1997 Vol 9 No 2
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Mar 1997 Vol 9 No 3
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May 1997 Vol 9 No 5
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Aug 1997 Vol 9 No 8
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Sept 1997 Vol 9 No 9
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Oct 1997 Vol 9 No 10
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Nov 1997 Vol 9 No 11
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Dec 1997 Vol 9 No 12
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Jan 1998 Vol 10 No 1
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Nov 1998 Vol 10 No 11
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Dec 1998 Vol 10 No 12
Sport Compact Car Jan January 1999
Jan 1999 Vol 11 No 1
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Feb 1999 Vol 11 No 2
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Mar 1999 Vol 11 No 3
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Apr 1999 Vol 11 No 4
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May 1999 Vol 11 No 5
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Jun 1999 Vol 11 No 6
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Jul 1999 Vol 11 No 7
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Aug 1999 Vol 11 No 8
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Sept 1999 Vol 11 No 9
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Oct 1999 Vol 11 No 10
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Nov 1999 Vol 11 No 11
Sport Compact Car Dec December 1999
Dec 1999 Vol 11 No 12
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