Long term tests

It's time to say goodbye to 'our' Trophy. It will be missed, but it wasn't without flaw.

It started as a stone chip. Then it became a little crack, but I thought I'd leave it. I can't quite remember the point when it lengthened to connect …

One of the more enduring and endearing features of our long-term Zed was that, no matter what other cars it was in the company of, it never felt like …

We took our Megane R.S 225 Trophy on track for the first time to see how it would fair against its smaller sibling.

Although I have owned my Carrera GT for four months, it has taken that long to have the car prepared, not least because of the full respray which I de…

Working at evo is terrific, but it does spoil you. It's not that we don't appreciate - relish even - the stream of new cars that pass through our hand…

The Golf, not unlike its keeper, has an occasional reluctance to wake up in the mornings. It has never actually failed to start on the first turn of t…

Since mentioning the fuel filling problem a few months back, I've been heartened to receive lots of feedback from a surprising number of fellow 'Stang…

It's not every day you get an empty track to play with, so when the boys at the Bedford Autodrome waved me out onto the circuit, I was determined to m…

As the odometer clicked over to 90,000, it struck me how irrational we (by which I mean Harry) were being when we decided to buy a 993 Carrera. Okay, …

Now I've got used to the Smart's ways, I'm really enjoying driving it. It will never be as good to drive as, say, Henry's Golf, but the more miles I c…

It's disappeared again, with just an empty space in the garage to serve as a reminder that the big Fiat is back in Ferrari la-la land. It was supposed…

When the first S-types appeared in the late '90s, I hated them with a passion. Too many focus groups and styling clinics had produced a throwback to a…

Hot hatches offer some of the best value for affordable performance. Step up Astra VXR...

The Porsche Carrera GT, with its all-carbonfibre construction, 604bhp 5.7-litre V10 engine and top speed on the far side of 200mph, is evo's pick of…

Bastards! I think that just about says it all, really. Quite what 'MINE BITCH' is meant to signify I'm not sure, but no doubt it was hilarious at the …

Don't buy a Monaro if you want to join a club. Since our long-termer arrived ten months and almost 15,000 miles ago, I haven't seen another on the roa…

With Project XI well underway, I've effectively got two project cars on the go simultaneously, as I'm also transforming our humble Hyundai Coupe into …

Our 'Stang must have been hurt by my jibes last month, for it managed an all-time-best fuel consumption figure of 20.6mpg on a recent long run, while …

Our Megane went in for its first service

The Aston has been back for a couple of weeks now, following a week-long visit to the factory where its bout of starting maladies was investigated. Th…

As mentioned last month, I've been amazed by the 993's progressive breakaway when the rear Bridgestones give up their grip and the weight of the rear-…

The Jag has now been back with us for more than a month since the prolonged investigation into its electronic epilepsy. It has also become clear why i…

The Christmas break meant a jaunt to Wales to see the folks, and the chance to really get to know the 130.

There are some boxes that you definitely don't want to tick. For example, those that result in your details going to third-party call centres generall…

Passenger gets in, pulls door closed, door bounces open again. Passenger repeats the process several times. Seat belt caught? No. Coat caught? No. All…

Petrol. Always a big issue with the Mustang, but not, as you might imagine, because it guzzles a gallon every 15 miles or so. The problem is getting f…

It's not a good feeling sitting in a Ferrari that's just died in the middle of a crowded roundabout, especially when you know that the bill for any re…

It took a good 1500 miles for the Coupe to fully loosen up. The engine felt quite breathless to begin with, seeming to struggle to deliver its promise…

By the time you read this it'll be a year since the big Fiat rolled up outside Evo Towers. In 12 months I've clocked up 20,000 miles - and I've got a …

The Porsche 911. Some of you will probably own one of these. Lucky sods. A few more of you will have driven one at some point. But I'm willing to bet …

The Exige's first birthday party has put something of a dent in the Meaden finances, thanks to insurance, road tax, servicing and new tyres all being …

It took less than 10 minutes for my opinion of Porsche 911s to change forever. As a teenager who devoured as many car magazines as possible, the inevi…

The Stang is back from the paintshop, having had the additional and unwanted key-applied side-stripe resprayed. A £500 excess on our insurance policy …

It was well and truly autumnal on my first evening with OY55 GOX; dark early, the courtyard outside the office lashed with wind and rain. I blipped th…

The last evoactive trackday of the year, at Brands in late September, was set to be a super-sliding smokefest. I had cunningly contrived to have a set…