evo 088 - February 2006

[crayzayjay]

Here's the line-up for this month's issue:

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Cover story
RS4 Group Test - Audi RS4 vs BMW M3 CS vs Mercedes C55AMG (+ Audi Sport Quattro feature)
3x4x4 - Audi RS4 vs Porsche 997 C4 vs Mitsubishi Evo IX MR340 (at Bedord Autodrome)

Features
Lotus Europa S
Gordon Murray meets Horacio Pagani
Catch my drift? - Meaden flies to Japan to drive a 2006 MY 350Z
Lags Eleven - Project Westfield XI build

Regulars
Planet Evo - new 911 turbo scooped cold weather testing, Lotus unveils 285bhp Exige GT3 racer, stars of the Detroit show: new Lambo Miura and a 4-door Aston (Rapide), Honda announces there will be a Type R Civic, Renault plans for mega-Megane

Letters

Buying Guide - Porsche 996

Long-term tests

Birth of an icon - BMW 2002 Turbo

Edit:

Driven
Lotus Elise Sports Racer
Maybach57S
Audi S8
Studio G350
Citroen C6
Honda Civic
Chrysler 300C Hemi
BMW 650Ci
Range Rover Sport TDI

[yg60m]

COOL ! I was wondering what was in the line for this month EVO :D
It will be interesting to read the Gordon Murray meeting with Horacio Pagani !

Thanks for the info crayzayjay

[No.1]

Damnit!!! Where's my copy? :?

I was expecting it sometime this week, so i guess i'll get it tomorrow :bah:

Pagani & Murray - two genius's (or should that be genii?? I bet they know :P )

The RS4 test also sounds good - i guess it will win - the M3 CS will put up a good fight despite the power deficit, but the Merc is too much of a sledgehammer to the Audi's scalpel

Cheers for posting mate - somebody asked for it the other day 8)

[crayzayjay]

No worries fellas. I'll keep my lips sealed for the winner of the group test ;)


I added the cars in the 'Driven' section of the magazine, forgot them before...

[inso]

This month Audi's beefy RS4 takes on BMW's M3 CS and the Mercedes C55 AMG, plus Jeff Daniels goes all technical and compares the RS4 4wd system against the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and Mitsubishi Evo IX transmission setups. Also Richard Meaden heads to Japan and gets a lesson in drifting from one of the Japanese masters. On sale now.

014 Planet evo
The new 911 Turbo is scooped cold-weather-testing, Lotus unveils a 285bhp Exige GT3 racer, and two stars of the Detroit show are previewed in the gorgeous shapes of a new Lamborghini Miura and a four-door Aston. Meanwhile, in hot hatch land, Honda announces that there will be a Type-R Civic and Renault reveals plans to build a mega-Mégane to celebrate its F1 title

41 Driven
Lotus Elise Sports Racer, Maybach 57S, Audi S8, Studio G G350, Citroën C6, Honda Civic, Chrysler 300C Hemi, BMW 650i,Range Rover Sport TDI

057 Letters
We hear from a performance car enthusiast who supports Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, and a couple of Caterham fans with views on our views on the CSR 260

062 Europa S
We put Lotus's new 'GT' under the microscope to find out just how the Elise has been transformed into an everyday coupe. Among the changes is better access to the cabin, which, given the amount of weight we're all going to put on over the Christmas period, could prove to be a key factor in its success. We also drive a re-engineered and extremely striking version of the original Europa, launched almost 40 years ago


072 RS4 Group Test
The RS4 is devastatingly effective and, thanks to its 8000rpm V8 and reconfigured quattro drivetrain, one of the most exciting cars Audi has ever built. It ought to have the measure of the grunty Mercedes C55 AMG, but can it put the extraordinarily accomplished BMW M3 CS in the shade? Jethro Bovingdon gets the answers on the exceptional roads of North Wales, then looks back at Audi's 4x4 heritage in the shortened shape of the Sport quattro

084 3x4x4
Which is the best four-wheel-drive layout? We pit the RS4 against the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and the new Mitsubishi Evo IX. Tech ed Jeff Daniels pores over the technicalities of their drivetrains while Richard Meaden drives them to the limit at the Bedford Autodrome's demanding West Circuit

094 Murray Meets
Gordon Murray and Horacio Pagani share a passion for lightness, carbonfibre and supercars. We bring the two men together, and the McLaren F1 designer gets to drive a Zonda for the first time

104 Catch My Drift?
Richard Meaden flies to Japan to drive a 2006 MY 350Z with
the extra bhp of the GT4 Anniversary model. While there he discovers the famous 'drift mountain' and finds tarmac streaked by the gaudy exuberance of the near-legendary midnight drifters who risk life and no-claims-bonus to get their sideways kicks. After encountering mild but persistent understeer, Meaden heads for the bar long before night falls

114 Buying Guide: Porsche 996
The original evo Car of the Year can now be had
for less than £25K. Just imagine: a sleek and fabulous water-cooled Carrera 2 on your driveway, and if you buy the right one, a 996 will give many years' trouble-free driving pleasure. Just be aware of the little problem with the engine...

120 Lags Eleven
Take a kit of parts, a rotten MG Midget, a double garage and a set of spanners (Green, Tomalin and Catchpole), add an infinite amount of time and the result should be our very own hand-built Westfield XI or the works of Shakespear. In this first instalment, it gradually dawns on our plucky lads just what they've taken on...

126 Long-term Tests
It's the annual evo Christmas party, dressed up as a comprehensive round-up of the long-term test fleet. This year's unsuspecting, lemonade-drinking reviewer is Richard Porter, who crammed driving 16 cars into one wet, miserable day while the rest of the team recovered from hangovers and did the odd spot of off-roading

178 Birth of an Icon
The BMW 2002 Turbo, forerunner to the great line of M3s, is coveted today but was born at the wrong time in the wrong place

that is what was in the www.evo.co.uk also the driven articles and news can be read from there.

[twboy1999]

what the hell is a bmw 3 cs?
i never heard of it

maybe u guys mean the csl

[No.1]

^^ Nah - it's a CS

Thin of it as a regular M3 with the best bits of the CSL added, except the expensive lightning mods such as CF roof, dampers etc.

The car is more practical and comfortable than the full blown CSL too

[RAMMIUS]

Gordon Murray meets Horacio Pagani



Murray always credited high Horacio Pagani`s work this should be very interesting.

Out of all new supercars makers , Murray considers Pagani cars to be the best for two reasons : lightweight cars with normally (high displacement) aspirated engine.

Similarities with his Macca F1 are more than obvious. :wink:

[twboy1999]

^^ Nah - it's a CS

Thin of it as a regular M3 with the best bits of the CSL added, except the expensive lightning mods such as CF roof, dampers etc.

The car is more practical and comfortable than the full blown CSL too

basically a tuner car, and just made up the name cs

[JoeHahn]

^^ Nah - it's a CS

Thin of it as a regular M3 with the best bits of the CSL added, except the expensive lightning mods such as CF roof, dampers etc.

The car is more practical and comfortable than the full blown CSL too

basically a tuner car, and just made up the name cs

...but made from the factory

[No.1]

^^ Nah - it's a CS

Thin of it as a regular M3 with the best bits of the CSL added, except the expensive lightning mods such as CF roof, dampers etc.

The car is more practical and comfortable than the full blown CSL too

basically a tuner car, and just made up the name cs

...but made from the factory

Exactly - it's all M Division work, and is an official car :good:

[inso]

cs stands for club sport, same as porsche used to have, with 968cs at least.
968CS was also performance car of the year in "performance car" magazine, writers were mostly same as in evo today.

Is it time for info about evo #89 ;)