King of the Road... ster!

Meet Sam, the nine ten year old Editor-in-Chief of his own motoring magazine for children!

Sam is a fairly normal boy. He is part of a normal family and he goes to normal primary school. He likes to play with LEGO and play on his Nintendo Switch.  He likes watching Minecraft videos on YouTube and he’s not a big fan of doing his homework. He does all of the normal things that normal boys do… it just happens that he is also in charge of a growing motoring magazine project!

Here he tells us all about it!

What made you decide to make a car magazine?

I wanted to do it because I couldn’t find a car magazine for kids. I thought I may as well try making one myself!

Did anything in particular inspire you?

I wanted to learn more about real cars. I liked watching Top Gear - they drove some really cool cars! A friend of mine (Richie) liked making comics and he inspired me to try something myself. I put the two ideas together!

How did you get started?

I just drew my idea on a piece of paper. I started drawing out my idea for a front cover and all of the things that I wanted in it. My Dad said it was really good so he helped me to put it onto Google slides. 

What is in a Roadster? 

There’s always a main feature about a cool car, a supercar, visits, museums, road signs, jokes, an Eddy comic, games, posters…

What’s it like making Roadster?

It’s fun! You get to go to so many places and do so many different things. Not many kids get to do that.

What does your role of Editor involve?

I’m in charge! I actually do lots of different things - I talk to my Dad about my ideas and what I want to do with each issue. I really like the bits where we get out to do something. Dad usually introduces me, but then he lets me lead whatever it is we are doing. 

I love getting hands-on with cars for my “Backseat Driver” reviews and taking photographs. When we are making the actual magazine on the computer I get involved with designing and I do bits of writing. I look at everything before it is finished and decide if it is ok. If anyone sends anything for the magazine I read it and decide if I’m happy.

Do you have any favourite cars?

The Aston Martin DBS is my absolute favourite! I also like the Aston Martin DB5, I like the Volkswagen ID Buzz. It looks really nice! I’ve also sat in the Alpine A290 - a cool new sports car with the driving seat in the middle!

What do you want to achieve with Roadster in the future?

I make the magazine for me and my friends. I’m happy with that but it would be good if other children could read it too!

Do you have any advice for other children who may want to get involved?

Send us something! We want articles, drawings, photos. You can do Backseat Driver reviews of cars, make a car show out of toy cars.

(This is an abridged article. The full interview was featured in Issue 4 of Roadster!)