Earlier in the year the team at Drivers Republic was boasting about their growth in traffic. Now, sadly, their most recent communication tells of their demise.

The following text was taken from their email update, received earlier today.

“Unfortunately this is our final newsletter since DR has closed its doors and will no longer be publishing the features and videos that we’ve become so renowned for.

There has been plenty of speculation across the internet about the reasons why this has occurred, and despite the first impressions that it must have been for financial reasons, nothing could have been further from the truth.

Thanks to the participation of our readers and the generous support of the automotive industry we were in rude health and looking forward to a bumper year, but differences in our vision about future priorities have led to a parting of ways.”

The DR team has presented motoring fans across the globe with quality reporting, photography and opinion. But, it looks like that’s that, then. Shame really.