POPEYE May 2026 | Me and My Car Special

POPEYE May 2026: Me and My Car Special

Japan’s iconic men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine POPEYE returns with its May 2026 issue. This issue is built around Me and My Car, using cars as a way to think about personal style, daily rhythm, and the kind of life a person wants to live. Choosing a car is not only about specs or price. It often reflects where you live, how you move through the city, and what kind of freedom feels right to you now.

Highlights of This Issue

1. Cars and owners from different countries
This issue features cars and owners from Japan, the USA, South Korea, Italy, and Denmark, showing how vehicles can become extensions of personal taste and lifestyle. Rather than treating cars as isolated products, it looks at them through the people who actually live with them.

2. From neo classics to newer EVs
The feature also looks across a wide range of choices, including 1980s and 1990s neo-classic or youngtimer used cars, 2010s models, and the increasingly diverse new generation of EVs. That makes the issue feel broad and current rather than nostalgic in only one direction.

3. Finding a car as a way of finding yourself
One of the strongest parts of this issue is the idea that searching for a car is also a way of understanding your current self. As people’s homes, habits, and priorities change, the kind of car they want changes too. That gives the feature a more personal and reflective mood than a standard car magazine.

4. A collectible issue for readers who love cars and city life
If you are interested in cars, street culture, design, menswear, and urban lifestyle, this is an issue worth keeping. It is not a car magazine built only around specs and performance, but a lifestyle feature about cars seen through people, cities, and taste.

Magazine Title: POPEYE May 2026
Feature Theme: Me and My Car Special
Publisher: Magazine House
Release Date: April 9, 2026