Announcement of the magazine "Autopilot"

August and special
This is how Autopilot will greet the reader in August
The August issue of Autopilot, ready to hit the shelves, is fresh and cool to the touch and look - at least, for the first time, water has appeared on the cover. However, the issue, which matured to a record thickness by August, not only refreshes the reader. While the auto world froze in anticipation of the Moscow Motor Show, Autopilot talks about its new products. It is believed that at the end of summer, people not only get thirsty, but also change cars. Now they can do this with confidence by leafing through the August issue.
However, this issue is not opened by machines, but by the severe problems associated with them. In a month, the State Duma will open the season of its discussions and again will not discuss the law of compulsory civil liability insurance. We remind you that this is a thing with the help of which you will always know what to do when someone crashes into you, or you crash into it. In its struggle for purity of road morality, Autopilot again returns to a sore subject and writes a letter to the Duma. And he invites everyone to read and discuss it.
Traditional test drives open with the most unconventional Mercedes in the history of mankind, the so-called A-Class. After its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, readers have been waiting for a long time for a full test of this diva, and, well, they did.
At their readers’ persistent requests, “Autopilot” not only drives cars, but also compares them with each other. This time the paired test included the Fiat Coupe, born in the Mecca of automotive fashion, Italy, and the Hyundai Coupe - perhaps the first Korean sports coupe that corresponds to the idea of this type of car. After all, “Asian appearance” when applied to a car did not serve as a sign of quality for a long time.
Deciding that there was no longer the usual confrontation between Europe and Asia, “Autopilot” put on airs and got into the limousine. To test it too. Since it occurs to someone to drive such cars, then it is the sacred duty of “Autopilot” to find out what it is like for these heroic “people in cases” on leather seats in the air-conditioned belly of some Volvo-960 Stretch?
After the limousine, the conscientious “Autopilot” painfully wanted to be closer to his people. Who, for example, loves inexpensive SUVs. And so he hopes that the Asia Rocsta car, assembled in Kaliningrad, will finally give post-Soviet people a real jeep with an optimal ratio of quality and cost! Therefore, Autopilot went to test the Korean beach SUV on the Kaliningrad beaches. There, in the former East Prussian lands, and now in the Russian outback, the editors managed to discover a rarity - an old and stylish German Wanderer car.
But this is not the end of Autopilot’s need to take care of the aspirations of ordinary car enthusiasts. Tired of being stuck in eternal Moscow traffic jams on the way to the reader, the editors asked themselves the question: “Is there such a transport that would be both personal and comfortable, but which would not be afraid of traffic jams?” “Motor scooter,” the editors suggested and, as always, decided to confirm everything is an experiment, having raced with a car through the traffic-suffocated capital. Before reading the number, you have time to guess - “who won?”
“Autopilot” also realized its sporting passion in the “Male Joys” section, which auto racing has always been, especially such as in Le Mans. As it turned out, only service personnel are allowed into the place where the fate of the first places is being decided. And a correspondent for "Autopilot".
And finally, introducing the reader to other joys of a full life, “Autopilot” opens up several cultures for him: the country of Mexico, sailing on super-expensive boats, wearing underpants and jumping from high-voltage towers. All that can brighten your life as soon as you change your car... Having read the August “Autopilot” for this.

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 125 dated 08/05/1997, p. 6