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Evo

Sep 01 2025
Magazine

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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Lamborghini Temerario • The Huracán replacement is a 907bhp hybrid rocketship, but is it missing something?

BMW M3 CS Touring • BMW gives the M3 Touring the CS treatment and creates another absolute dream of a driver’s car – but it comes with an eye-watering price tag

Aston Martin Vanquish Volante • We’ve raved about the Vanquish coupe; can the Volante retain the same winning blend of GT and supercar?

Bentley Continental GT • We’ve already experienced the scintillating Speed model; now it’s the turn of the regular Conti GT to impress

SIMON SAUNDERS Founder and director, Ariel Motor Company • The designer and creator of the Ariel Atom talks us through his lifelong passion for cars and bikes, his diverse design career and his ownership history

RICHARD MEADEN • Meaden recalls the late Ian Fraser, pioneering publisher and inspiration to so many

RICHARD PORTER • The younger Porter would have loved today’s supercars; the current one’s not so sure

F BOMB • Ferrari’s F80 has arrived. This near-1200bhp hybrid is a bold leap into the future, but does it deliver the seductive driving experience we expect of a Maranello special?

2010s evo Eras • Which decade can claim the greatest driver’s cars? Which era best encapsulates the thrill of driving? Our five-part series continues to trace the trajectory of the performance car, from the 1980s to the present day. Our aim: to find the absolute evo sweet spot, the era when all the stars aligned – technology, road conditions, running costs, car culture and of course, the cars themselves. This month, we’ve reached the 2010s, the decade that saw a new wave of turbocharging, the spread of paddleshift automatic gearboxes, and ever-expanding dimensions with kerb weights to match. Did that mean an end for pure driving fun?

’10s MOTORSPORT • Intense rivalries, the introduction of hybrid power in F1 and endurance racing, and the fastest rally cars yet seen… the 2010s had it all

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THE REUNION: THE F-TYPE • Jaguar’s F-type would prove a fitting successor to the E-type. John Barker, who worked on the project himself, reunites three of the key players to reminisce about the birth of a modern great

DOUBLE EXPOSURE • Aston Martin’s brand new Vantage Roadster takes on Ferrari’s acclaimed Roma Spider: British muscle versus Italian flair, but which will prevail?

ONE STEP BEYOND • The Dallara EXP is an even quicker, track-only version of the Italian firm’s delectable Stradale. In an exclusive test, we push it to its limits – and sample it back to back with the original Stradale

SECOND COMING • Despite 4WD and circa 300bhp, neither Audi’s S3 nor BMW’s M235 Gran Coupé has set our world alight so far, but now both have had a refresh. Can either live up to the promise – and the hefty price tag?

Land Rover Defender Octa • Forget conventional supercars… Land Rover’s 626bhp super-SUV has arrived to bring a far more outrageous kind of performance to the evo fleet

Skoda Octavia vRS • When ‘sensible’ is the right choice – almost…

BMW M5 Touring • A dash to Spa confirms the M5 can take big miles in its stride, but has us questioning if it feels ‘M’ enough

Dacia Duster 130 4x4 • Proof that a compelling car doesn’t need a big price tag

Lotus Elise 111S • A steering wheel retrim is a small upgrade with a big...

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  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English