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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Rocketeer Mazda MX-5 • Now it’s the turn of the ‘NB’ MX-5 to get Rocketeer’s tuned 3-litre Jaguar V6

Aston Martin DB12 S • The DB12 is the latest Aston to gain the ‘S’ suffix, but this time the changes run far deeper. In fact it feels like a car transformed

Bentley Continental GT S • By pairing the entry-level hybrid powertrain with the flagship Speed’s chassis, the GT S may be the most complete Continental of all

Theon Design ‘MEX001’ Coupe • Another 911-based restomod that costs more than two GT3 RSs. But then if you already have everything…

Audi RS3 Competiton Limited • The most focused RS3 yet is a limited-run farewell to Audi’s five-cylinder engine, but can it possibly justify a near six-figure price tag?

RETURN OF THE LIVING ZED • As the GT-R pauses for a hybrid reboot, Nissan’s focus shifts to an updated Z, including a shock U-turn that will see the coupe come to Europe

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A110 ULTIME REIMAGINED • Ravage’s latest creation, the Ultime-based Tarmac Master, delivers an Alpine-supported final twist to the A110 story

NEILLBRIGGS Co-founder of BAC and co-creator of the Mono • Along with his designer brother Ian, engineer Neill is the brains behind the brilliant, ultra-lightweight Mono trackday car – and boasts a road car CV that’s equally focused

RICHARD MEADEN • Gathering classic supercars together is a challenge, but so worth it, says Meaden

RICHARD PORTER • Fast estates may be cool, but they’re not all they’re cracked up to be, says Porter

SPECIES OF 8 • 400bhp-plus, naturally aspirated V8s in humble saloons and estate cars were once almost common. Twenty years on, are they as good as we recall?

BIRTH OF THE SUPERCAR • What exactly is a supercar, and what were the earliest examples of the genre? Lamborghini’s Miura is often cited as the first of the modern breed, but long before Miura there were cars with extraordinary performance that lifted them well above regular machinery. From mighty Blower Bentley via Gullwing Mercedes SL and AC Cobra to Ford GT40, we drive them all

IN THE BEGINNING • Blower, Gullwing and Cobra… three all-time performance icons. The supercar story starts here

AMERICAN IDOL • Had the Ford GT40 been launched as a road car rather than a race car, it could well have laid claim to being the first modern supercar rather than Lamborghini’s Miura. In fact there was a dedicated road version, the MkIII launched in 1967, but did it have the same GT40 magic? We find out

UNBELIEVABULL • The world had never seen anything quite like the Miura. We look back at the impact it made – and the incredibly young team who created it

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BACK IN BLACK • The monster rear wing and diffuser tell you this is no ordinary 911 GT3. This 992.2-generation car is the latest to benefit from the attentions of Manthey Racing, and we’ve driven it on road and track

Alpine A110 R 70 • Carbon-clad and super-focused, this one-of-70 A110 begins its sixmonth evo road and track test

BMW M3 CS Touring • In highsupersized demandSUV and demonstrates deservedly so, itthecanCS cover Touringevery iseventuality proving to be M division honing at its finest

Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport Nav • New rubber rescues our low-mileage MX-5 from ageing tyres

Audi RS3 Sportback • We chose...