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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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BMW M3 CS • The CS badge has rapidly become the mark of the very best cars that BMW makes. Now the G80 M3 is available with those expectation-building letters – and it’s another M division masterpiece

Bowler Defender • Exactly how much fun can you have in a 296bhp Land Rover? If it’s been fettled by Bowler, rather a lot

MG4 Trophy • MG is taking on the establishment with this affordable EV hatchback – and it might just be the best of its kind

Caterham’s electric dream • Caterham has revealed an all-new, battery-electric coupe that will weigh less than 1200kg and go on sale by 2026. We were there to witness its birth

KTM rebooted • Why KTM’s sports car division has had to reinvent itself as a supercar maker – and how it’s paying off

David Twohig • The Alpine A110’s lead engineer talks about the wide-ranging projects he’s been instrumental on and the cars he’s chosen for himself

INBOX

Knowledge versus power

Watches • This month’s most buzzworthy new releases

RICHARD MEADEN • Meaden recalls some hair-raising drives on international press launches

RICHARD PORTER • Pop stars sing about cars, but rarely mention the model. Porter looks for clues

JETHRO BOVINGDON • Bovingdon flukes a once-in-a-lifetime passenger ride around Le Mans

HIPER REALITY • Ariel’s first-ever EV, a 1200bhp projectile codenamed Hipercar, is shaping up to be a car like no other. We drive the prototype

TEST MATCH • Alpine’s new A110 R and BMW’s latest M2 have arrived at the crease and are ready to face their toughest opponent: Porsche’s Cayman GT4

TESTING TIMES • They’ve squared up on the road; now A110 R, GT4 and M2 head to Anglesey for timed laps. Place your bets

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THE WINNING HORSE • Ferrari last entered Le Mans’ top class as an official factory team in 1973. Its return went rather well. evo was a fly on the (pit) wall

WIN ON SUNDAY… • Ferrari has applied its motorsport hybrid know-how to its road-going hybrid hypercar to create the new 1016bhp SF90 XX

WIDE OPEN PACE • How much does Aston Martin’s new D12 move the game on from its DB11 predecessor? We’re about to find out as we put its ‘super tourer’ claim to the test on a challenging drive from Monaco to the top of France’s highest road

FORD MK1 FOCUS RS • We’ve had our ups – and downs – over the years, but two decades after its launch, the Mk1 Focus RS finally achieves solid gold evo icon status. Or does it?

Lotus Elise 111S • An evo favourite joins the fleet in classic Series 1 form. Does the ownership experience live up to the driving experience? We’re about to find out

Skoda Superb • A clear stretch of autobahn proves too tempting to resist

Aston Martin DBX707 • Month two and the 707 is settling in nicely, although its drive modes appear to be missing the obvious targets

Aston Martin V8 Vantage • Our other Aston gets smart with a DIY grille refresh

Porsche 911 Carrera (996.2) • The mission to return the 996 to its former glory continues with a quick NVH fix

BMW M5 CS • Flat-out tourist laps at the Ring are a walk in the park for the CS

Mazda MX-5 2.0 • Our Mazda proves performance motoring needn’t cost a...