Long term tests

Our lesser-spotted 340R came out of hiding this month for a guest appearance at the opening of a new Lotus showroom at Dick Lovett's in Swindon (it's …

I made a complete arse of myself this month as I negotiated a busy, wet roundabout. As the Honda slithered sideways, onlookers must have thought it wa…

What fun. An Impreza on stilts. I can remember thinking the same thing when I drove our previous Forester turbo long-termer, the mk1 version, six year…

A memory comes back to me from the early '90s, of driving the then-new 3.8-litre version of the M5. I can vividly remember being blown away by the Bee…

I was having some time off from my day job as Script Ed on Top Gear telly when news broke that we were re-recording a batch of studio links for an Ame…

Last month, you may remember, young Bovvers declared that, thanks to a set of aggressively grippy Dunlop Super Sport Race tyres, his love for the Evo …

Snow stopped play for most of March, with a triple whammy of Arctic weather at home, a week's skiing in Switzerland and, finally and most frustratingl…

Some things in life are certain. Toast will always drop butter-side down; there will always be a traffic jam when you're late; you will never have the…

Having retired from my City job and moved out of London (you win, Ken), I find my faithful Smart Roadster Coupe

I've always really enjoyed Evos, from the first Evo VII Extreme that I tried, through John Barker's manic Evo VII RS and particularly the latest MR ge…

The welcome arrival at the Buckley household of the Mondeo ST has coincided with the arrival of another fine Ford, a 1970 Zodiac MkIV estate - that's …

With the S Works long gone and no 'everyday' replacement on the horizon, I've been relying on the Exige almost exclusively of late. Much as I'd like t…

Brabus Roadster owning evo reader Anthony Yule wrote in last month to defend the car's gearbox in the face of a sound dissing from the evo crew during…

We're serial Mini owners here at evo, having bought and subsequently failed to sell our early Cooper Works (42,528 miles and counting) and our Hartge-…

How many Porsche 911s did they make last week? Have you any idea? Well, I'll tell you. Five hundred, give or take a few. How many SVs did MG manufactu…

It hasn't taken me long to damage the Caterham. Or to be more exact, it hasn't taken long for the local council's decision to build the world's most r…

Jaguar is back in the headlines this month, and this time for the right reasons. Finally it has revealed the car it should have built at least five ye…

Last month I mentioned that while our 645 is great to own, it suffers from not doing anything outstandingly. Put another way, it lacks star quality. B…

At last I have taken the Honda on track for a bit of a jolly. The rear was quite snappy, judging by chief photographer Morgan's 360deg spin on his fir…

When my new four-wheel-drive Forester 2.5 XT long-term test car was delivered to Evo Towers, the first fall of winter was swirling around outside my w…

Last month I may have given you the impression that the Evo was foolproof. I can still recall the exact phrase, in fact: 'It seems impossible to wrong…

If all the cars I've run, the Clio V6 255 has been the best, and by some margin. I wouldn't be surprised if we have just said an emotional goodbye to …

The 350Z's 3.5-litre V6 has always made a good noise; there's just never been quite enough of it. The obvious answer is to fit a freer-breathing exhau…

Lotus advises you spend 1000 miles carefully running-in your new Exige. Not an excessive mileage, but as it took me nearly three years to cover a sham…

Winter's icy breath is whispering that the season of fun is over for the Elise, but before tucking it away to wait for the return of clement weather, …

I've done a few stupid things in my time. Leaving my brand new pushbike parked under the wheels of a coal delivery lorry when I was seven. Trying to c…

I've been wearing a groove in the A14, M11, M25 and M23 this month, with four trips to Gatwick. My heart always sinks when a launch invite mentions th…

Heritage long term test review

Already the Evo looks likely to be pressed into action more regularly than my old VX220 Turbo. Along with the Audi S4, it's the most practical car on …

Keen to immerse myself in the full ownership experience, I decided to go on the annual Smart London-to-Brighton rally. You know, slide the roof back, …

It's been a frustrating month or so for the Caterham, as we've all been too busy to exercise it in its natural environment, the track. Now that the ev…

Nothing is nice at four in the morning. Especially on a wet, dark Monday. To make things worse, add the fact that there is me, my brother and all my c…

I hadn't realised the Z had been racking up the miles so quickly, and I'd overshot the 20,000-mile service; fortunately Camden Nissan of Northampton t…

Judging by the emails I've received this month, Honda S2000 owners are a hardy bunch. They now think I'm a bit limp-wristed after I mentioned that my …

It's hard to believe, but we've had the Clio for almost a year, and another landmark is fast approaching - the 24,000-mile service, which is going to …