Best Motoring International, Hot Version are officially dead
 

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Those of us brought up in the '90s import scene were dealt a serious blow last week with the announcement that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/29/hks-shuttering-u-s-operations/">HKS is shuttering its U.S. operations</a> after years of stagnant sales in the States. Now comes word that the video series from <em>Best Motoring International</em> and <em>Hot Version </em>have been killed and the hosts disbanded.<br />
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2&4 Motoring, owned by Japanese publishing juggernaut Kodansha, has been responsible for the popular automotive video series for the last two decades, but slow sales and a lack of consistent revenue have taken their toll. The series' creators and their hosts - including Hideki Tanabe - are supposedly moving on to bigger and better things, making <em>Hot Version</em> #110 and April 2011's <em>Best Motoring</em> shows the final installments of the series.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.7tune.com/news-best-motoring-and-hot-version-killed-off/">7Tune</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/01/best-motoring-international-hot-version-are-officially-dead/">Best Motoring International, Hot Version are officially dead</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sun, 01 May 2011 16:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/01/best-motoring-international-hot-version-are-officially-dead/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19928857/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/01/best-motoring-international-hot-version-are-officially-dead/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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