IT'S BEEN QUITE THE YEAR FOR NEW PERFORMANCE CARS of all shapes and sizes, from diminutive roadsters to hot hatches, supersaloons to supercars, along with a rash of new hypercars earning column inches and their own hashtags. At a time when the performance car and, by association, the driver's car are under more pressure and scrutiny than ever, to still be able to celebrate such diversity provides plenty of reasons to be cheerful.
And alongside the road cars there is plenty more to celebrate, acknowledge and champion, which is where the evo Hall of Fame comes in, as we name our Person of the Year, Competition Driver of the Year and Competition Car of the Year.
There were, as you'd expect, plenty of options to choose from and plenty of discussions and pinging of emails back and forth before we settled on our three. You will, naturally, either agree with our choices or be tearing these pages from the magazine and lining the cat's litter tray with them, but then with such a rich variety of talent and achievement on display, any such awards are bound to provoke debate. And now, without further ado, please be upstanding for 2024's inductees to the Hall of Fame.
PERSON OF THE YEAR GORDON MURRAY
This was the year his latest masterpiece came to glorious fruition
IT IWAS LATE 2019 AND LATE IN THE DAY on the Thursday of press week when the email landed. There were just 24 hours to go before the printer would start asking where the pages were, but as soon as we saw the subject matter we knew we had to replan a whole chunk of the issue. It was that big a deal.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2025 من Evo UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2025 من Evo UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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BMW M135 xDrive
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Audi S5
S5 by name, S4 by nature, is Audi's new mid-size petrol-powered saloon a step in the right direction?
Lamborghini Urus SE
Lambo's super-SUV gets a major mid-life overhaul, going hybrid in the process. Has it become any easier to like?
HALL evo OF FAME
The evo Hall of Fame was established to recognise the great and the good of our corner of the universe. Prepare to welcome this year's inductees
CIRCUIT DAY
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EVO CAR OF THE YEAR 2024
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Porsche Panamera GTS
It lacks the raw power of its hybrid rivals, but does the new GTS’s more traditional approach give it its USP?
Alpine A290 GTS
The new electric Renault 5 has won plenty of plaudits. Is the hotter Alpine version a car to win petrolheads' hearts too?
BEST BUYS BMW M CARS
THE PERFORMANCE CAR LANDSCAPE WOULD HAVE looked very different over the last five decades without BMW. Its M division, founded in 1972, has produced some of the best driver’s cars ever to hit the road, and in the process has provided a stream of benchmark models for its rivals to chase. In recent years, stricter emissions regulations, downsizing and electrification have seen some of those rival cars falter, yet by and large BMW’s M machines have remained strong. In fact, some rank among the greatest the department has made think of the eCoty-winning M2 CS and M5 CS while others are the only options worth recommending in their respective segments. Price tags have risen with performance, however, putting those latest offerings out of reach for many, but the marque’s popularity means there are numerous earlier M models available on the second-hand market for far more attainable figures. Here are four of our favourites.
TYRE 2024 TEST
Want to fit the very best tyres to your performance car? The annual evo Tyre Test identifies the cream of the current crop
