Auto Express is a weekly motoring magazine sold in the United Kingdom published by Autovia Limited. The editor-in-chief is Steve Fowler. History and profile Launched in September 1988, its 1,000th issue was published on 20 February 2008. Its only weekly competitor in Britain is the long established Autocar. In 2011, Auto Express was the biggest selling motoring magazine in Britain, with a circulation of 60,840. Auto Express is known for its spy shots, and speculative illustrations of forthcoming cars. It also covers news, road tests, first drives, readers' letters and feedback, product tests, long term tests, used cars, prices, motorsport and comment columns. It has sister magazines in France: Auto Plus, and Germany: Auto Bild which follow the same format. Since April 2001, Auto Express has published the J.D. Power rivalling "Driver Power" satisfaction survey, which shows the one hundred best and worst cars to own that year. Since 2002, Lexus has scored consecutive top ratings in the Auto Express customer satisfaction surveys in the United Kingdom. In 2021, Auto Express and the rest of Dennis Publishing's automotive assets were spun-off as independent company called Autovia. Car of the Year 2000 Skoda Fabia 2001 Mini Hatch 2002 Honda Jazz 2003 Volvo XC90 2004 Fiat Panda 2005 Ford Focus 2006 Citroen C4 2007 Ford Mondeo 2008 Jaguar XF 2009 Ford Fiesta 2010 Skoda Yeti 2011 Range Rover Evoque 2012 Toyota GT86 2013 SEAT Leon 2014 Mini Hatch 2015 Volvo XC90 2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2017 Land Rover Discovery 2018 Jaguar I-Pace 2019 Tesla Model 3 2020 Skoda Octavia 2021 Hyundai Ioniq 5 2022 Nissan Ariya References External links Auto Express website Automobile magazines published in the United Kingdom Sports magazines published in the United Kingdom Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1988 Magazines published in London