just got my latest jap performance mag
front cover said blue hawk up the easy way to 422bhp sounds good
looked inside 7 page story about a hawkeye sti type uk but the car infact is a 2.0 litre blob wtf the editor must of been drunk how the hell did that go to print

 

You're not the only one who was cheesed about this - I happen to like the mag but was really arsed that a HUge gaff like that got in!!! How are you supposed to trust anyhting said in a mag that cant even get the marque right!!!!! Damn shame!!

 

[quote=HT04;9221669]i think its meant to be what hes (the owner), called it. 'The Blue Hawk'. not meant to be 'Blue Hawk ''EYE'',

not correct mate as they actually mention the fact that it is a hawkeye in the text.major gaff,also the headlight guide mod thing was in all the mags last month....jap performance is getting lazy

 

My old Golf Cab was named the Black Prince, but it had no claim to the throne. Still, lazy by the writers! I'll still buy it if I see it on the shelf though!

 

It is a major gaff, but not as bad as Total Impreza last month. They ran an article that they must have also put in Total Evo as half way through the text changes from talking about an impreza, mentions 'your Evo' and then back to talking about imprezas. Dodgy cut and paste I suspect

 

im not going to get any more issues as they seem to copy banzai and other mags,has really started to pee me off recently,just the general copying and lazyness.

 

yeah total impreza is not written well,if i didnt have a subscription gifted to me i wouldnt get that either!!!

 

Glad its not just me that was irritated by this error.
They referred to it as a Hawkeye several times during the feature. I suppose it did have a Hawkeye rear spoiler though......
Still thought it was a nice car though, and those Advan wheels look seriously cool.

 

Agreed the car is top stuff and would be real proud to own it but would be very redfaced over the HAWKEYE article eh!??!!

Perhapse this thread should be sent to the editors???????

 

jap mag claim enthusiast mag for the enthusiast sounds good a week ago i sent them an email about this no response
i think they should change there claim as an enthusiast would respond
wouldnt they?

 

JUST A SHAME EH??

 

maybe he is not an enthusiastic enthusiast anymore, more like a deflated editor

 

well he has just handed the long term 330s back...maybe hes still upset!!

still a great mag thou, did notice the hid headlight thing had been done before.. Total impreza is getting a bit **** tbh, with the same stories as the previous months banzai......

 

I sent a email about this aswell near the start of the month .Get Jap performance delivered and there was no reply .Think thats the second mistake they have made in the time i have had jap performance mag and i have been buying in from day one

 

on of the guys on scoobycity has spoken to them already.dont know what was said?

 

Just to clarify for everyone I was the owner of the cover car in Japanese Performance at the time of the photo shoot and did not say it was a hawkeye impreza or have a pet name of "blue hawk".I assumed writers for a performance car mag would be able to tell the difference between a blobeye and a hawkeye .

 

Jempo and a bloody nice car it is too! lol.
But how the hell that went to print called a Hawkeye is beyond me. Good read though.