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 Purosangue • Ferrari Purosangue Maranello has finally bitten the SUV bullet, but is the Purosangue the ‘authentic Ferrari four-door sports car’ its maker claims?

Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance • Adding an e-motor to the already ballistic GT63 S has created a luxury behemoth with rocketship acceleration

BBR Mazda MX-5 Supercharged • Engine upgrade promising up to 250bhp brings new levels of excitement to the Mk4 MX-5

Litchfield VW Golf GTI Clubsport • The current generation of fast Golfs has never quite hit the spot. So can tuning specialists Litchfield squeeze some more excitement out of it? 400bhp ought to help…

Integrale evolved • We visit the Dutch firm with a passion and expertise for the Lancia Delta Integrale and meet their Stradale – a 400bhp, carbon-bodied, road-going rally car

Frank Stephenson Car designer • From New Mini to McLaren, via Fiat, Ferrari and countless others, Frank Stephenson’s work is everywhere you look in the automotive world. Here he talks to evo about his remarkable career to date

INBOX

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Watches • Three new arrivals that won’t break the bank

RICHARD MEADEN • Meaden recalls the days when Evos and Imprezas ruled our world

RICHARD PORTER • Porter enjoys an audience with a giant of automotive advertising

JETHRO BOVINGDON • Is NASCAR just a dull procession to non-American eyes? Jethro finds out

DRIVE OF T HE VALKYRIE • It has been a tortuous seven years since Aston Martin’s hugely ambitious hypercar was first revealed, but now, finally, we get a chance to experience it for ourselves

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY? • In America and Germany you can still buy a BMW M4 with a manual gearbox, and it could just be one of the great modern M-cars

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VWXL1 • A diesel hybrid peaking below 70bhp hardly screams ‘evo icon’, yet the Volkswagen XL1 is a tantalising glimpse of how sports cars could have grown a conscience

LAPS OF HONOUR • The RML Short Wheelbase is a stunning tribute to the immortal Ferrari 250 SWB, built around the glorious V12 from the 550 Maranello. We drive it to Goodwood, scene of some of the original SWB’s finest hours

LION KINGS • Peugeot wants victory at the 100th Le Mans in June. We meet its pioneering 9X8 race car – and a few ancestors

FRENCH PERFECTION? • Beautifully restored and boasting a 193bhp, 16-valve engine, is the Tolman Edition the best Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 ever?

FAST FLEET

Skoda Superb Estate Sportline Plus • A puncture and a rendezvous with two super-estates are all in a month’s work for our busy Skoda

Maserati Ghibli Trofeo • Another month, and another evo writer takes a turn in the Trofeo to give their verdict

Audi TT RS • The RS meets an almost identically priced rival to find out which plays the fast coupe role better

Jaguar F-Pace SVR • Our ‘used’ F-Pace departs, having demonstrated a skill set that even the SUV haters had to admire

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DOA: LANCIA FULVIA COUPÉ • It could’ve re-ignited a lust for Lancias, but instead this retro two-seater stalled at the concept stage