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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AC SchnitzerACS1 • Brilliantly judged chassis upgrades unearth the desirable hot hatch lurking within BMW’s M135i xDrive

Genesis G70 Shooting Brake • Hyundai-backed newcomer sets its sights on BMW’s 3-series and Mercedes’ C-class. Should they be worried?

Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid • It’s a match for the V8 Flying Spur on paper, but how does this new V6 hybrid version stack up on the road?

Maserati Grecale GT • Macan-rivalling SUV with ‘eBooster’ enhanced engine shows promise in prototype form

Tunnel Vision • A 1.7-mile-long former railway tunnel in Northamptonshire has been converted into a new test facility that claims to be a more effective alternative to a traditional wind tunnel. We take a look – and a drive – inside

Singer’s Turbo • Iconic 911 Turbo is latest to get the Singer treatment – expect 500bhp and a starting price of around $750,000

Yaris goes hardcore • Thought the GR Yaris couldn’t get any better? Toyota reckoned it could, so it’s created the motorsport-inspired GR Yaris GRMN

DBX707 takesoff • Aston Martin steals a march on rivals with launch of world’s most powerful luxury SUV

Mike Cross Vehicle dynamics engineer • After 37 years of shaping the dynamic character of Jaguars, Land Rovers and Range Rovers, Mike Cross is retiring as JLR’s director of Vehicle Targets and Sign-off

Part 6 EV design • The necessary size of electric vehicles is bringing new challenges for car designers, and some are doing better than others, reckons Stevens

DOA:Ford GN34 • This Ghia-styled, mid-engined V6 coupe came close to becoming Ford’s answer to the Honda NSX

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Watches • Our pick of the latest timepiece releases

Imagine Loeb and Ogier taking on Hamilton and Norris. Meaden can

‘Lost’ film footage of a 1960s band and their cars has Porter intrigued

Who builds the most reliable cars? Jethro’s suggestion might surprise you

DIGGING THE DIRT • As power and torque outputs continue to rise, more cars are turning to four-wheel drive to ensure their performance remains exploitable. But does the technology genuinely enhance the experience for the driver? This is where we find out

ELECTRIC AVENUES • They’re hugely capable, so why no electric 4WD cars in our group test?

RISE OF THE MACHINES

4WD • From the Jensen FF to today’s hyper-powerful EVs and SUVs, we chart the rise of the four wheel-drive performance car

AUDI QUATTRO • Father of all modern high-performance four-wheel-drive road cars, does the original Quattro still have the old magic?

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RICHARD PARDON • Despite not setting out to become a car photographer, fate and an affinity with the subject matter has led Richard Pardon to shoot for the biggest car brands and race teams on the planet. Here he shares his story and some of his favourite images

ZONDA VISION • The Pagani Zonda is seen as one of the great analogue supercars, but 23 years on from it launch, does it still have the same impact? We find out behind the wheel of Horacio Pagani’s own Zonda F

SECON D’S OUT • Gordon Murray Automotive has revealed its stablemate to the T.50: the £1.6m, 607bhp V12-powered T.33....