For more than thirty years, Auto Plus has established itself as the media which really puts itself in the place of the driver. Detailed tests, exclusive revelations, surveys, practical advice … Each week, we give motorists all the keys to understanding, choosing, and living their daily lives behind the steering wheel.
The adventure started at the end of June 1988, with a team of twenty-five enthusiasts ready to revolutionize the automotive press. Their mission: to make two zero numbers to test model and content. A few weeks later, in September, the first issue of Auto Plus appeared on newsstands, just before the Paris Salon. Success is instantaneous. In just one year, the magazine stands out as undisputed leader: three quarters of the conquered car press market, and more than 14 million copies sold. A record that has marked history.
Media that has become essential in the car sphere
In 2025, Auto Plus crossed the 1930 published issue bar. But the media is no longer just a paper weekly: it also lives through its website, which has become an absolute reference for all curious enthusiasts and motorists.
Whether you are looking for the latest news from manufacturers, legislative decrypts, practical advice to maintain your car or even analyzes on the second -hand market, Auto Plus sweeps the entire automotive universe. From the daily life of motorists to the trends of tomorrow, nothing escapes our editorial staff.
Extensive and independent analyzes
Being at the service of the driver also means going beyond the discourse of brands. This is why Auto Plus is based on its own measurement laboratory to verify the data announced by the manufacturers. Consumption, performance, space on board, trunk … Everything is controlled, confirmed or informed, to provide reliable and transparent information.
Our measures are made on the legendary circuit of Linas-Montlhéry, where each novelty is scrutinized. The objective: to give the reader a clear, precise and uncompromising vision, so that he can forge his own opinion.
Word to readers
Auto Plus, it is not only an writing that writes for its readers, it is also a writing that writes with
them. Our “readers’ mail” collects your questions, rants or testimonies. And thanks to the famous “Readers test”, some of you become a day journalists, trying a car novelty alongside our experts. A concrete way to make the voice of motorists heard.
An idea that the Auto Plus Forum allows you to extend.
The image, an essential pillar
Impossible to tell the automobile without visuals. At Auto Plus, four permanent photographers (not to mention our freelancers) travel the roads and circuits to capture the most striking shots. A revealing detail, a moving photo, a visual coverage future: the image is much more than an illustration, it is an extension of the information.
Digital, the natural extension of auto plus
If the magazine comes out every Friday in newsstands, the site works continuously: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Automotive news is treated there over the waterEnriched with videos (via our YouTube channel), podcasts and content specially designed for digital.
Social networks also play a central role. Because if our most faithful readers remain attached to paper, the new generation of motorists consumes information from your smartphone. Auto Plus therefore adapts permanently by offering formats dedicated to social platforms, without ever losing its DNA.
A clear mission: to be in the driver’s skin
On newsstands, on the web or on networks, Auto more has never deviated from its objective: to support motorists, answer their questions, and put themselves, at all times, in the place of the driver.
