Launched in September 1988, its 1000th issue was published on 20 February 2008. It's only weekly competitor in Britain is the long established Autocar. In 2011 Auto Express was the biggest selling motoring magazine in Britain with a circulation of 60,840.
Auto Express is known for its spy shots and speculative illustrations of forthcoming cars. It also covers news, road tests, first drives, readers' letters and feedback, product tests, long-term tests, used cars, prices, motorsport and comment columns.
It has sister magazines in France: Auto Plus, and Germany: Auto Bild which follow the same format.
Since 2001 Auto Express has published the J.D. Power-rivalling "Driver Power" satisfaction survey which shows the 100 best and worst cars to own that year.
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