The Auto Shift Weekly newsmag experience


How do you rip your iPad to the redline? With the Web’s only weekly automotive news and lifestyles magazine. Auto Shift Weekly newsmag fuels up iPad every Friday with news and stories you just won’t find anywhere else, presented in blazing high-resolution color, and with unmatched design punch.

How is Auto Shift Weekly different from any other magazine? Well, it’s a cheeky weekly and not a moldy monthly. It’s electronic, so from the time we’re finished putting it together to the time you can read it is mere minutes. You know that what you’re reading is fresh.

There’s no annoying advertising or pop-ups So, you get a magazine that’s just for you: a magazine that’s so pure that you could use it to sterilize surgical tools. This is not about getting clicks, it’s about providing you with real content you can sink your teeth into.

And then there’s the stuff inside. One of our writers was used for target practice while trying to set a world driving record driving through Kenya. (Still trying to buff out the bullet holes on his truck from that one). Another reports on how smart-phone apps for your car can leave the door wide open to hackers who want to do very bad things to you. You’ll find how-it-works graphics that actually show how it works. Go figure. There’s a cartoon strip of nutjob animals with opposable thumbs that/who work in a garage. Need we go on? OK, we will. How about a special eBay find and concept vehicle of the week? How about “top gear” to make the car you already drive better, stronger and faster, just like the Six Million Dollar Man? Maybe the better question is how did we dream up this stuff . . .

Auto Shift Weekly is the brainchild of Wheelbase Media, a company that has been supplying topical, relevant, super-cool and interesting automotive news to hundreds of daily newspapers across North America since 1995. The Auto Shift Weekly staff-oids are passionate about automobiles and, just as importantly, the passionate human beings who go with them, which means seeking out unusual travel destinations, insane drives across the country in search of rare parts, or finding out why Rudolf Diesel decided to fling himself over the side of a boat one evening (we’re still looking into that one). And, we write about new, used and classic rides in a style that will put a smile on your face and some coins in your brain bank.

Most importantly, Shift is just that: a shift from the usual enthusiast publications that are all about high-end cars and horsepower and stats. Shift is more about entertaining and informing you in our own irreverent style because the editors believe a car is not a mere thing, but a way of life . . . and in some cases, the most involving part of it.

Install the free app and drive right into the FREE SAMPLE EDITION of Shift to see how your iPad handles life at full throttle.

The Shift weekly app uses an auto-renewing in-app subscription mechanism. For $0.99 per week or $23.99 per year (or local equivalent) you will receive a new issue of Shift each week, and with access to up to 12 previous issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account when you confirm your purchase. Please note that you account will be charged for automatic renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the subscription period unless auto-renewal is turned off. The subscription will automatically renew using the rate plan you've chosen above. You can manage your subscription, including disabling automatic renewal, in your Account Settings after purchase. Please note that you cannot cancel your current subscription during the active subscription period. After subscribing to Shift, you will no longer have access to the preview issue. You can view our privacy policy at http://www.shiftweekly.com/privacy-policy/.