Back in 1983, when I first became strongly interested in cars, I saw Consumer Guide’s annual guide to car prices on a newsstand while on a family trip from Virginia to South Carolina, and bought it.

There have been a number of printed car price guides over the years, but I always strongly preferred Consumer Guide’s format, which printed all trim levels on the same page. I bought this guide every year from 1983 through 2009. Still have them all on my bookshelf. Whenever I need to look up some quick specs or pricing for a past year, this is what I use.

Then I went to buy the 2010 edition, and could not find it. So I called the company, and apparently the 2009 edition was their last in print. The online version was sold to howstuffworks some time ago. It has much of the same format, but they’ve been steadily drifting away from that format.

So, is there another print publication with the same information, or is print simply dead?