Our history

Founded in 2008, Autocade began as a comprehensive online resource—some might even say encyclopædia—of cars, covering the topic in a geographically unbiased way. By the 2020s, the website was serving a million page views every three months.

In 2023, with traffic at a high, we felt it was time to develop Autocade further.

What makes Autocade tick? The global coverage would obviously continue. We saw it as a beautiful collectible, a publication that people would treasure and enjoy reading. You’d be entertained, and there’d be real heart behind the stories. It also had to be accessible price-wise.

It’s not just about horsepower and torque, but the human stories behind the motor car, the design and thinking that go into one, and what it means in society. There is discussion on new cars and classics, bringing history into sharp relevance for the 2020s, especially when we examine their bloodlines.

Our first effort in 2023 was a homage to the automotive yearbooks of yesterday, brought into the mid-2020s in an attractive volume. No wonder it received endorsements from Top Gear’s William Woollard and the award-winning automotive authority and former Classic and Sports Car editor Giles Chapman.

Our second number took things up a notch, with more pages and a hardcover with dust jacket.

Growing our community

In 2025, we wanted to build on our community. Those who bought our yearbooks should get something to complement their purchase. And we felt we should offer other specials during the year, so the yearbook wouldn’t exist in a vacuum. Hence, Autocade World. Through here, yearbook customers and members can browse the yearbooks, including the first edition, and get other specials as we learn about them. As we compile Year of Cars 2026, we’d like to share early insights and previews.

Of course, the original resource will continue, and both sites will remain safe, non-tracking places where members can share their interest in cars.

Read founder and publisher Jack Yan’s welcome here.