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.

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Ferrari F8 Spider • The brilliant F8 Tributo has already given McLaren something to think about. Is its drop-top brother about to do the same?

Jannarelly Design-1 • Lightweight, mid-engined, road-biased sports car from Dubai arrives in the UK

It’s all in the detail • Gordon Murray reveals why the T.50 remains on track and provides an analogue tour of its cockpit

Rear gunner • New BMW M3 will offer a manual ’box and rear-wheel drive when it debuts in September

Hyperactive • Ferrari reveals more of the numbers behind its LaFerrari-beating SF90 hybrid hypercar

HANS MEZGER, 1929-2020 • The engineer behind a dynasty of Porsche engines and race cars

THE evo ENCYCLOPEDIA • Richard Porter journeys from ‘M’ to ‘Nomex’ as we pass the halfway point in our motoring A to Z

Maurizio Reggiani Chief technical officer, Lamborghini • With stints at Maserati, Bugatti and, since 1995, Lamborghini, Maurizio Reggiani has supercar blood running through him

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THE evo BLUEPRINT BRAKES • POOR BRAKES CAN RUIN A POTENTIALLY GREAT DRIVING EXPERIENCE. WE ASK INDUSTRY EXPERTS HOW YOU ACHIEVE GREAT BRAKES AND WHAT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN BRAKING WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE IN THE FUTURE

DOA:MG ZT XPower 385 • MG Rover’s collapse put paid to plans for a 385bhp production version of the Prodrive-developed, rear-drive V8 Rover 75

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RICHARD MEADEN • Covid-19 is a wake-up call for certain car makers and their business models

RICHARD PORTER • Does Porter like the Aventador? No, but his boy doesn’t need to know that

JETHRO BOVINGDON • Can an ageing evo icon really beat a modern supersaloon for daily transport?

MOUNTAIN HIGH • When the McLaren P1 was launched in 2013 it mesmerised with its freakish abilities. Seven years on, has time, and progress, dulled that brilliance? We find out on the twisting roads of the Pyrenees

CHASING THE LEGEND • The arrival of a new Porsche Turbo is something to savour. But how far has this latest 992 ‘S’ variant come since the car that started it all, the 1975 930 Turbo?

FANS FOR THE MEMORIES • Be it behind the wheel of a hairy 930 or from the passenger seat of an unshakeable 996, no one forgets their first encounter with a 911 Turbo. Here, evo’s road testers recall theirs

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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS? • By mating the essence of a bygone era with a thoroughly modern powertrain, has the new 255bhp, four-cylinder Morgan Plus Four found its own sports car sweet spot?

LIGHT FANTASTIC • Road-racer restomods come little more sublime than Eagle’s take on the Jaguar E-type Lightweight

LIFE THROUGH A LENS MATT HOWELL • His route into automotive photography was far from direct, but today Matt Howell is among the most sought-after in his field. Here he talks about his career to date and explains how some of his favourite images came to be

LITTLE ENLARGED • With its unprecedented aero add-ons, the wide-arched, third-generation Mini GP is the most arresting yet. But does the driving experience live up to the looks?

FANTASY ISLAND • Renault Sport’s Mégane R26.R is still the hot hatch road racer benchmark 12 years on from its launch, while Corsica, the home of the most spectacular tarmac stages on the rally calendar,...