This is it, our biggest performance test ever! Twenty-one cars are put through a rigorous induction programme to find out if they will be allowed to enter our Fast Club. The class of 2006 includes everything from Ascari's mighty (and mightily expensive) KZ1 supercar to Renault's diminutive Clio Trophy hot hatch hero. Records fall and reputations are made. On sale now. View the taster footage here
018 Planet evo
This month we've got more mouth-watering metal and carbonfibre than ever. There's Porsche's scrumptious new GT3, the delicious Alfa 8C, even the acquired taste of the road-going Gumpert Apollo. It's all been cooked up by our Michelin-starred news chef, Brett Fraser
046 Driven
Hartge H50 V10, Audi S6, Caterham C400, Alfa 159 Sportwagon, Lotus Exige S, Cadillac BLS, Mitsubishi Evo X mule, Maserati Quattroporte Executive, Mercedes SL500
069 Letters
Peter Dron reckons that Vauxhall was a bit optimistic about the fabled top speed of the Lotus Carlton; someone reminds us that the NSX wasn't the only car in production for 15 years; there are more discussions about the whistles, sighs and burps made by turbos; and the potty-mouthed etchings on the front of our 993 are explained
076 Noble M15
Noble is about to take on the supercar establishment with its new car, the striking M15. With a price of £75K and a ferocious 455bhp, it could just give Ferrari and Lamborghini a very bloody nose. We take a look at the new car and discuss its development with its creator, Lee Noble. We also hitch a ride in the twin-turbo V6-engined development mule to see what all that power feels like on a wet and windy Bruntingthorpe
086 Fast Club 2006
This is it, our biggest performance test ever. Twenty-one cars are put through a rigorous induction programme to find out if they will be allowed to enter our Fast Club. The class of 2006 includes everything from Ascari's mighty (and mightily expensive) KZ1 supercar (right) to Renault's diminutive Clio Trophy hot hatch hero. First, Jethro Bovingdon puts each contender through a furious dash from 0-100-0. Then Richard Meaden takes over for a white-knuckle test of ultimate velocity around the high-speed bowl at Millbrook. Finally, it's over to John Barker at the Bedford Autodrome for all-out timed laps around the West Circuit. And as if all that wasn't revealing enough, we weigh them as well! Records fall and reputations are made, so sit back and imagine the smell of burning brakes and smoking clutches
110 Ferrari FXX
Just 29 people were invited to become part of the Ferrari test team by shelling-out the tidy sum of one million pounds on a Ferrari FXX, so it's understandable that there's a bit of a fuss when one of those lucky few goes to drive his car for the first time. There's the unveiling, the first tentative laps around Fiorano, the deflation when you realise that there's someone else in the garage next door who's got one too... Richard Meaden hitches a lift in the ultimate track car
120 BMW Z4 M
Roadster group test
The last M Roadster was a bit of a weightlifting hairdressers' car, but the new Z4 version is much, much better. We pitch it against Porsche's sublime Boxster S, TVR's extrovert Tuscan, and the BMW's cousin, the Alpina Roadster S. And as if that wasn't challenge enough, we decide to play it all
out on the snowy roads around the Nürburgring
130 MX-5 generations
The MX-5 has long been a favourite evo car. However, when we drove the new version at eCoty last year, it seemed Mazda had got it badly wrong; the third-generation MX-5 came a resounding last. Now we've driven some more examples, compared them with their predecessors and looked underneath for clues. Peter Tomalin is the man wearing the deerstalker and muttering 'elementary'
138 Project Westfield XI
This month our plucky band attempt to start the XI's 33-year-old engine. Champagne (and fire extinguishers) on standby!
140 Long-term tests
This month we've got a rather special new arrival: a Vauxhall Astra VXR. Oh, and a Porsche Carrera GT also joins the fleet. Meanwhile, Peter Tomalin waves goodbye to his occasionally troubled Jaguar, Greenpeace members rejoice as Chee prepares to hand back his Range Rover Sport, and Neil Carey has been out on track in the BMW 130i
156 evo Sport
Staff writer Catchpole dons a race-suit for the first time (shame it's a bit too short for him) and goes into battle from the back of a Ginetta grid. Quite a few people are there to watch...
162 The Knowledge
You've just won the Lottery and you're choosing what to put in your garage. Unfortunately you can only have one car from each page of The Knowledge. What do you choose?
194 Birth of an Icon
Brutal, fast and most importantly British, the original Aston Martin V8 Vantage was the car to lust after in the late 1970s, according to Colin Goodwin, who's old enough to remember it clearly. I wouldn't know because I wasn't born until 1981...
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evo 91 - Fast Club 2006 - May 2006
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