Earlier in the year the team at Drivers Republic was boasting about their growth in traffic. Now, sadly, their most recent communication tells of their demise.
The following text was taken from their email update, received earlier today.
“Unfortunately this is our final newsletter since DR has closed its doors and will no longer be publishing the features and videos that we’ve become so renowned for.
There has been plenty of speculation across the internet about the reasons why this has occurred, and despite the first impressions that it must have been for financial reasons, nothing could have been further from the truth.
Thanks to the participation of our readers and the generous support of the automotive industry we were in rude health and looking forward to a bumper year, but differences in our vision about future priorities have led to a parting of ways.”
The DR team has presented motoring fans across the globe with quality reporting, photography and opinion. But, it looks like that’s that, then. Shame really.
3 replies on “Drivers Republic – it was fun while it lasted”
Now that leads to a bigger opening or you and me to get serious about this journalism thing! 😉
…The only remaining hurdle is convincing Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini to hand over cars to a Canberran and a bloke with a diesel.. 😉
And yes, DR shutting down is a shame. I guess now we just go back to buying evo (or asking people on the intarweb to scan articles for us).