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Auto Trader magazine was founded in 1977 in Reading, Berkshire by John Madjeski, of Reading F.C. manager fame.

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Auto Trader The ''Auto Trader'' magazine was founded in 1977 in Reading, Berkshire by John Madjeski, of Reading F.C. manager fame.

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* SexSells: A very tame version, with insurance advertisers using pretty, but not scantily-clad women to advertise their service.

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* IconicLogo: ''Two'' of them exist, and they are still memorable today.



* NewLookSameGreatTaste: Not directly said, but used from November 2008, their only other redesign of the IconicLogo.
* SexSells: A very tame version, with insurance advertisers using pretty, but not scantily-clad women to advertise their service.

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* NewLookSameGreatTaste: Not directly said, but used from November 2008, their only other redesign of the IconicLogo.
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* SexSells: A very tame version, with insurance advertisers using pretty, but not scantily-clad women to advertise their service.
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* ViralMarketing: Not officially, but there are fans who do this anyway.
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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].

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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, Music/JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].

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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''Litreature/HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].

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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''Litreature/HarryPotter'' ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].



* PeripheryDemographic: Popular even with those ''who can't drive''. Sometimes high-school kids used to swap copies of it at lunchtime (for those that were automotive geeks, which is ''very'' much TruthInTelevision at British schools).
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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].

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* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''HarryPotter'' ''Litreature/HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].

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* IHaveManyNames: Until 1988, it was known as <REGION HERE> ''Automart'', ''Midland Motor Mart'', ''Thames Valley Trader''. In South Africa, the cover reads
''AutoTrader.co.za'', and in (Republic of) Ireland it reads ''AutoTrader.ie''. Normally, it was just ''Auto Trader'', before becoming ''AutoTrader.co.uk''.

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* IHaveManyNames: Until 1988, it was known as <REGION HERE> ''Automart'', ''Midland Motor Mart'', ''Thames Valley Trader''. In South Africa, the cover reads
reads ''AutoTrader.co.za'', and in (Republic of) Ireland it reads ''AutoTrader.ie''. Normally, it was just ''Auto Trader'', before becoming ''AutoTrader.co.uk''.
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Auto Trader magazine was founded in 1977 in Reading, Berkshire by John Madjeski, of Reading F.C. manager fame.

!! Auto Trader UK contains the following tropes:


* BrandNamesAreBetter: Very much [[JustifiedTrope justified]], given its existence. Also, the entire magazine name itself - see IHaveManyNames.
* {{Fandom}}: As much so as ''Twilight'', ''HarryPotter'' or JustinBieber, and a small group of automotive hobbyists/geeks even try and make replica versions of the magazine (along with other automotive publications, so a DiscussedTrope), along with their [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture photoshopped vehicles]].
* IconicLogo: ''Two'' of them exist, and they are still memorable today.
* IHaveManyNames: Until 1988, it was known as <REGION HERE> ''Automart'', ''Midland Motor Mart'', ''Thames Valley Trader''. In South Africa, the cover reads
''AutoTrader.co.za'', and in (Republic of) Ireland it reads ''AutoTrader.ie''. Normally, it was just ''Auto Trader'', before becoming ''AutoTrader.co.uk''.
* {{Mascot}}: The robots from 2009 onwards in the TV adverts.
* NewLookSameGreatTaste: Not directly said, but used from November 2008, their only other redesign of the IconicLogo.
* PeripheryDemographic: Popular even with those ''who can't drive''. Sometimes high-school kids used to swap copies of it at lunchtime (for those that were automotive geeks, which is ''very'' much TruthInTelevision at British schools).
* SexSells: A very tame version, with insurance advertisers using pretty, but not scantily-clad women to advertise their service.
* ViralMarketing: Not officially, but there are fans who do this anyway.

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