Motor Rundschau

Motor Rundschau (initially written without a hyphen, deviating from the rules) was a German automotive specialist magazine . It was published by Umschauverlag Breidenstein KG in Frankfurt am Main . In 1951 the Neue Kraftfahrer Zeitung (NKZ) was integrated into the Motor Rundschau, after which the title was temporarily changed to Motor Rundschau with NKZ . In 1970 the magazine was included in the mot von Motor Presse Stuttgart .

This magazine was created in 1947 under the title Motor-Rundschau for the entire automotive industry and initially in Stuttgart by the Haslsteiner publishing house, then in Frankfurt am Main by the Motor-Rundschau publishing house up to issue No. 12 (from June 25) of the 5th year Published in 1951, partly with Shell-Post as a supplement. From No. 13 (from July 10, 1951) the volume count of the Neue Kraftfahrerzeitung (NKZ) , which had been published by Verlag Belser, Stuttgart, since 1926, was taken over. The title was now Motor Rundschau with NKZ and was published by Umschau-Verlag up to the 25th year 1955 in Frankfurt am Main. This title has the ISSN  0724-9268 . In 1956 the title was changed to Motor-Rundschau (mr) . In 1966 the volume number was changed again, it jumps in the current year from 36 to 44. The title ends with issue 13 of the 48th year 1970, then the Motor-Rundschau was incorporated into mot.

The Motor Rundschau was published every two weeks, comprised 34 pages (1951) and grew to 46 pages per issue by 1964, with little advertising.

In contrast to most other car magazines, the Motor Rundschau was a specialist magazine . The editorial team was appropriately qualified. The profile of the magazine included the discussion of technical components, the transfer of technical knowledge, tips on driving practice as well as reports and test reports on current types of cars. The Motor Rundschau initially saw itself as a specialist journal for the entire automotive industry (1951). Later, the magazine was increasingly aimed at students and apprentices in the automotive trade, who they could obtain from the publisher at a preferential price. Since then the newspaper has also been in special editions, e.g. B. Motor Rundschau for the gas station attendant , available with special supplements.

For a long time Joachim Fischer was the chief editor, Christian Bartsch and Hans Arnold König were part of the editorial team . The circulation in the 2nd quarter of 1962 was approx. 27,000, at the same time mot brought it to 46,000.

A comparable trade journal was New Motor Vehicle Fachblatt from Berlin , which split up in 1951 as a result of the German division into KFZ Fachblatt (West) and Motor Vehicle Technology (KFT) (East). The demanding technical profile of Motor Rundschau was lost when it was taken over by mot. Since the KFT was discontinued in 1999, there has only been one German-language specialist magazine on automobiles in general, the Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift (ATZ) . There are also various motor vehicle magazines that specialize in certain professional fields in the automotive industry.