''Sport-Auto'' is a leading French

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. The magazine specializes in sport and luxury cars.

History and profile

The magazine appeared first in 1962. It is part of and published by Editions Mondadori Axel Springer (EMAS), a joint company of the

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France publishing group and Axel Springer France on a monthly basis. EMAS acquired the magazine in 2009. The headquarters of the monthly is in Paris. Jean Lucas and Gérard "Jabby" Crombac were its chief editors from 1962 to 1989. One of its directors was

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who co-founded the magazine. In 1973, Gérard Crombac,

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and

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, journalists to the magazine, set up a kit "fun sport car" in a week-end for a low cost and got a mediatic success. Philippe Boursin de l'Arc : "We built a Liberta-Simca kitcar in one week-end for 7500 French Francs"

References

External links

Official site
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