The first issue was produced in November 1998 as an unofficial successor to the monthly motoring magazine Performance Car, which had been closed and integrated into Car magazine by publisher Emap.
Prvé vydanie bolo publikované v novembri 1998 ako neoficiálny nasledovník časopisu Performance Car, ktorého vydávanie bolo ukončené a integrovaný bol do časopisu Car Magazine vydavateľom Emap.