Max Power Magazine December 2004 Peugeot 205 Fast & Furious 3 Kerri SKU 1540

Original Max Power Magazine – December 2004, from the later classic era of the UK modified-car scene.

Date: December 2004
Original UK price: £4.25
SKU: 1540

This issue is a strong example of mid-2000s Max Power, combining modified cars, tuning culture, cruises, ICE/audio, buying advice, model features and behind-the-scenes motoring coverage.

The front cover is dominated by a radically modified Peugeot 205, alongside a prominent feature on Fast & Furious 3 with behind-the-scenes coverage.

Main Cover Feature – Peugeot 205

The cover promotes the Peugeot as a home-built project under the headline “Home Brew”, describing it as a smoothed and heavily modified 205.

Visually, the car has a highly customised show-car appearance with:

• Extensive smoothing and bodywork
• Bright two-tone blue/white finish
• Deep front bumper
• Large alloy wheels
• Lowered stance
• Custom front-end styling
• Modified lighting
• Cleaned-up exterior detailing

It is very representative of the extreme Euro-style tuning scene Max Power was documenting during this period.

Fast & Furious 3 Feature

The front cover also advertises a “World Exclusive! Fast and Furious 3” feature with behind-the-scenes material.

Inside, the contents reference Fast & Furious 3 on page 16, making this particularly appealing to collectors interested in the early Fast & Furious era and 2000s tuner culture.

Cars & Motoring Features

Visible contents and cover references include a large selection of modified and performance cars, including:

• Peugeot 205
• Mazda RX-7
• Mazda RX-8
• Subaru Impreza
• Nissan 350Z
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
• Ford Focus
• Ford Escort
• Civic
• BMW
• Toyota and other modified Japanese/European cars

Other clearly visible features include:

• Max Nation
• Extreme Power
• Aberdeen Cruise
• Local Legend
• From The Streets
• Fresh Stuff
• 20 Of The Best steering wheels
• That Rocks
• Max It: Focus
• £150 Head Units
• Turbo Guide
• Tested
• Essential Selection

There is also a large gear and equipment section covering items such as steering wheels, head units, turbo information and practical modified-car buying advice.

Max Nation / Cruise Culture

This issue contains a substantial Max Nation section covering car meets, readers’ cars and cruise culture from different parts of the UK.

Visible items include:

• Loughborough coverage
• Aberdeen Cruise
• Readers’ cars
• Local legends
• Regional meet coverage
• Modified-car scene photographs

This makes it a particularly good period piece for anyone collecting material relating to early-2000s British cruise and modified-car culture.

Model Feature – Kerri Parker

The magazine also contains a substantial model feature on Kerri Parker, identified inside as a Max Star Babe.

The photographed feature presents her alongside a white performance car, with several full-page and double-page glamour photographs.

This is one of the more prominent lifestyle/model sections shown in the issue and forms part of the magazine’s typical Max Power-era mix of cars, tuning and glamour content.

Other Visible Content

Further visible sections include:

• Reader letters and editorial material
• Max Power staff features
• Modified-car events
• Performance parts
• ICE/audio equipment
• Turbo-related technical material
• Product testing
• Modified-car buying guidance
• Reader scenes and local meets
• Cruise and show coverage

Condition

This is an original December 2004 magazine and is now over 20 years old.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover remains bright and highly presentable
• Main artwork and text remain clear
• Noticeable edge and corner wear is present
• Light rubbing and handling marks are visible on the cover
• Some wear is visible around the spine
• Internal pages shown remain colourful and readable
• Pages appear securely attached in the areas photographed
• Some minor age-related creasing and handling wear is present
• Rear cover shows light surface and edge wear
• No major detached sections are visible in the supplied photographs

Overall, this appears to be in good used vintage condition for its age, but it is not mint.

Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

Important – Original Extras

Any posters, supplements, free gifts, stickers, promotional items, inserts or other loose items that may originally have been supplied with this magazine are no longer included unless they are clearly shown in the listing photographs.

This listing is for the magazine itself only.

Packaging

UK orders: Sent securely in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU: 1540