Evo

Produced by world-class motoring journalists and racers, evo communicates the raw emotion of owning, driving and testing the world’s greatest performance cars.Bringing together informative car reviews, vivid photography, exciting track tests and dramatic drive stories in glorious landscapes, evo is considered the bible for performance car enthusiasts.

Evo

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Jaguar F-type • V6 power is out, but there’s still a four-pot and now two flavours of V8. Will this, and a styling refresh, transform the Jaguar F-type’s fortunes?

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 • With 50bhp more than a McLaren 720S, this’ll be another big-power Mustang that can’t do corners, right? Think again…

Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 • With the 4-litre flat-six from the 718 Spyder and a price tag over £7000 lower, is the new Boxster GTS the one to go for?

Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster • Same 577bhp V8, same muscular styling – but does losing the roof from AMG’s mighty GT R make any sense?

Nissan Leaf-Nismo RC • All-electric race car showcases elements that could find their way into Nissan’s future EVs

The ICE plan cometh • Could carbon-neutral synthetic fuels save the internal combustion engine and safeguard the future of the cars we love?

A brief history of synthetic fuels

Where synthetic fuels are most needed

Fast forward? • Crippling debt was holding Aston Martin back. Will Lawrence Stroll’s millions help deliver its vision?

Hethel ready • New Evora variant leads Lotus’s plans to increase sales, with electrification aplenty and an all-new sports car set to follow

The neverending story • With multiple delays, and deadlines having come and gone, the new TVR Griffith is yet to see the light of day

Designer gear • Jannarelly Design-1 melds ’60s racer and modern GT for the purist

Grand design • US tuner Fathouse turns Ford’s Shelby GT350 Mustang into a 1000bhp (or more) mean machine

Mégane RS gets rationalised • 296bhp motor standard, Cup option dropped

WATCHES

Join evo on track in 2020 • Events at Bedford Autodrome, Brands Hatch & Goodwood. Book your space now!

THE evo ENCYCLOPEDIA THIS MONTH C-D • In the second instalment of our new series of enlightening motoring definitions, we dissect a carefully curated collection spanning from C-pillar to dry sump

Le Mans 24 Hours, 1989 • Thirty-four years after quitting top-level motorsport in tragic circumstances, Mercedes returned for a historic victory at a defining moment in Le Mans history

DOA:Triumph Lynx • With a 3.5-litre Rover V8 under the bonnet and TR7 fastback styling, the Lynx could have been British Leyland’s answer to the Ford Capri

Economy Senna

RICHARD MEADEN • Automotive auction sites have rekindled Meaden’s desire for the attainable

RICHARD PORTER • Everything you always wanted to know about wipers (but were too sensible to ask)

WILD WI LD WOOD • Six killer road cars – Integrale, GT-Four, RS Cosworth, Sunny GTI-R, Impreza Type RA and Evo 6.5 – from the Group A era of World Rallying and one killer location to drive them. Time to strap yourself in…

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PRECIOUS METAL • Just 19 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuations have been built, honouring the 1959 original. Richard Meaden drives this multi-million pound recreation

911 HEAVEN • Prefer your reborn coupes German? Then if your pockets are deep enough, LA-based Workshop 5001 could be the outfit to make your dreams come true. We drive its latest creation: a sublime restomodded 1972 911

UNSTOPPABLE FOURS • With the same power as our Group A...