About MAR Online

The aim of MAR Online (short for Model Auto Review Online) is to be a chronicler of all things model auto related: listing new releases, producing histories of manufacturers, and so on. The original intent of the magazine was to focus on model cars of all scales (both current and obsolete), but we also publish articles on scale model trucks, lorries, air planes, etc., as well as on toy vehicles.  A network of contributors from around the world writes the articles, among them many renowned experts in their chosen field.  Submissions from our readers are always welcome as well.

Model Auto Review (MAR) was in continuous publication as a printed magazine from early 1982 until 2013. From November 2013 the magazine became online-only, with Maz Woolley as Editor and Rod Ward, the original Editor and Publisher, as Executive Editor of MAR Online. See our History of MAR page, accessed from the page list bar above,  for more about our past.

MAR Online continues to be FREE to all readers; there are no paywalls, and no hidden charges. You don’t have to ‘register’ or divulge any personal information to read MAR Online.  We use a blog format – please subscribe so you don’t miss a single post (bottom left of the page)!

Our editorial team is:

  • Rod Ward – Consultant Editor and Founder
  • Maz Woolley – Online Editor and Website Manager
  • Karl Schnelle – US Editor and Website Contributor

Visitors familiar with the old website will note that we have taken the opportunity to move to continuous postings, so there are no traditional  ‘issues’ of MAR, just rolling postings whenever we have time to add new material. You may use the widget at the foot of the page to enter your email address so that you are alerted to any new postings we make, or you may choose to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ModelAutoReviewOnline/ .

As always, contributions to MAR Online are on an unpaid, ‘volunteer’ basis. This applies to all contributors; amateurs, full-time writers or professional photographers alike.

To help defray the expenses of running the website (web hosting fees, etc), please join our Charter Subscribers and make a donation by Paypal: contact the editor by email to maronlineeditor at gmail.com.

We invite additional information, comments, corrections, feature articles, news of new releases – whatever you can offer – to make MAR Online as complete and as interesting as possible.


We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Model Auto Review Facebook page.

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