evo Magazine - Subscribers treat

[No.1]

evo have decided to reward loyal subscribers by givin us a simpler "collectors edition" cover.

Here's this months.... looks a tasty issue, but it will have to wait. After beng on holiday, i have a stack of magazines to catch up on ops:

[TT]

Just for this month or it will be like this from now on?

Shit I need to move my ass and complete the scanning of the last issue :roll:

[No.1]

Originally Posted by TT Just for this month or it will be like this from now on? Shit I need to move my ass and complete the scanning of the last issue :roll:

From now on i seems from the editorial 8)

A great way of generating a subscription sales burst IMO, but questionable for us guys. My magazine once again arrived in less than "showroom" condition this month, and although it may not be evo's fault, and more with the printers and postage carriers, for £30+ a year, i expect better.

One thing i cannot fault however, is the quality of reporting and photography. Last months 612 and 575 SA article was another great

[TT]

Yep as already said, 50% of my copies arrive pretty ruined, but well, they have to cover more km to reach me :bah:

[SPEEDCORE]

Yeah, not only do I usually wait 6weeks for them to arrive sometimes the condition isnt the best, sometimes Ill shop around looking for the least damaged copy. I been meaning to sub for awhile.

Pity the collectors edition cover started soo late.

[stracing]

Originally Posted by TT Yep as already said, 50% of my copies arrive pretty ruined, but well, they have to cover more km to reach me :bah:

don't you have them in shops?

evo got pretty popular a while ago and now we can get them in any magazine shop. therefore i can pick copies that hasn't been flipped thru yet. another good thing is we pay reasonable prices. before we paid rediculous prices for copies that are 2 months old.

[TT]

We have them in shops yes, but it's more expensive and to receive it in your mailbox is 10 times better especially now with the special cover

[astonmartinandy]

I have to say it's great to be rewarded in a little way for your loyal service - and like they say on the inside cover - maybe these beaties will be worth a little more in years to come

[inso]

there was this query in evo site, about what you would appreciate with evo. One question being the special covers. Looks like they have it now.



Here´s what else can be found from the mag:

Flat out in Jaguar's new XK, 1000 miles in AM's V8 Vantage and a track head-to-head with Porsche's extreme 997 Carrera S. Also a V10 special, as we match BMW's M5 against Lamborghini's Gallardo. On sale now.

014 Planet Evo
Ford has a new design direction, and the showcase is the Iosis four-door concept coupe; Mitsubishi also has a new look for the Evo. Meanwhile, we've the latest on several British sports car projects, an Elise with a Type-R engine and the newest hotshots from Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Renault. Plus: why Colin McRae enjoys his mk2 Escort so much

038 Driven
BMW 130i, Nismo 350Z S-Tune, Subaru STi Spec C '06, Morego Clio 202, Peugeot 307 2.0 Feline, Mercedes-Benz R-Class, Mazda 5, RCMS Impreza 707, BMW Z4 2.0i, Mercedes-Benz SLK 280

063 Letters
Goodwin has raised the ire of one reader with his snipe at Ferrari fans in last month's road trip. Sticking with the Ferrari theme, another reader has caught Maranello's finest engineers testing the BMW M6. Their conclusion? Over-engineered and under-priced... and where's the matching tan leather luggage set?

070 Aston V8 Vantage
No more hype, no more spin; we've covered over 1000 miles in Aston's new baby, from the heart of Warwickshire to the tip of North Wales, then across the Pennines to the top of the North York Moors. The V8 Vantage tackles the toughest roads we know, faces its arch rival, the Porsche 911 Carrera S, and laps our demanding test circuit. In an exhaustive and exhausting 36 hours, we put the V8 Vantage through what we reckon is the ultimate test. So, does the Vantage live up to the hype?

096 New Jaguar XK
Aston's £80,000 baby is pitched squarely against the 911, but it could face another rival closer to home in the shape of the less expensive, potentially more powerful and similarly sleek new Jaguar XK.

John Barker joins Jaguar's chassis guru, Mike Cross, in a prototype XK on some of his secret test routes in North Wales, and we discover if the Ford group's two jewels are embarking on a civil war or treading complementary paths

106 Farboud: the next chapter
Farboud Sports Cars has a new boss and a new impetus. Brett Fraser meets Chris Marsh, the man who's making one man's dream a viable commercial reality

110 V10 Special: Toyota F1
The shrill bark of the Formula 1 V10 will ring out for the last time at the Chinese GP in October. Richard Meaden visits the Toyota F1 engine-building facility to watch the last of these 3-litre, 940bhp masterpieces being meticulously constructed

116 V10 Special: BMW M5 vs Lamborghini Gallardo
F1 may be giving up on the V10, but for road cars it's still the coolest configuration since Cizeta's V16T. Meaden pits the high-revving, mega-powered but sober-suited M5 against the similarly endowed but slinkier Lamborghini Gallardo

122 Nissan Micra 160SR vs Ford SportKa
Small-capacity, low-powered shopping cars have a bit of an image problem, but they really can be great fun. Ford's
SportKa has long been the funkiest of them all, but now Nissan is getting in on the act with the Micra 160SR. Henry Catchpole gets in touch with his more sensitive side

126 BTCC vs Baby Bertha
When Gerry Marshall drove Baby Bertha - a monstrously powerful V8-engined silhouette Vauxhall Firenza - he won everything in sight during the 1970s. These days the Vauxhall Astra VXR is enjoying similar success in the BTCC in the hands of Yvan Muller. We compare cars and drivers

134 Rally Finland
If you only ever go to one rally, make sure it's this one; the spectacular, yump-tastic Rally Finland. Richard Meaden samples the local vodka with the hardened fans and then wishes he'd stayed in the forests as he gets strapped into a WRC Focus piloted (literally) by Toni Gardemeister

140 Heroes: RS200
In the first of an occasional series in which evo writers get to drive the hero cars of their childhood, Richard Porter tries the road-going version of Ford's fearsome RS200 Group B rally car

146 M3 project car
The stripped-out M3 is delivered to Roelands Race and Rally in Wales where it's fitted with the mother of all roll-cages

150 Long-term tests
Our MG SV-R has gone, and we don't know quite what to make of it even after five months in its company. Meanwhile, Simon George has racked-up another 1500 miles in his Lambo (including a trip to the Ferrari factory!) and John Hayman's got himself an easy-riding Harley (yes, really)

168 The Knowledge
Everybody loves figures, so we've compiled a whole section full of them. All the better for planning your progression from 100bhp warm hatch to fire-breathing 600bhp supercar

202 Best Day of My Life
Do you remember the Nissan Primera? No. Nor us. Matt Neal does, though. He won £250,000 in one

[No.1]

Originally Posted by inso there was this query in evo site, about what you would appreciate with evo. One question being the special covers. Looks like they have it now.

I never knew that.

At least they are listening to the consumer then 8)

[gucom]

hmm should be a pretty good issue i want it ill ask my dad to look for it

[TT]

Finally got it in the mail and it is damn gorgeous! I bet they will get lot of positive feedbacks and this could mean they will go on with this wonderfull idea :good:

[TT]

Oh BTW, forgot to say that my copy arrived in MINT conditions, I am still drooling on it As a picture freak, I am really thrilled and that's a very nice move from them!
Sadly there is a downside: when I scan the mag to share it on JW, I always ruin the cover a little but, and to be honest, I am not sure I want to do this now that the covers are soooo perfect

[inso]

New heroes v the icons, as the evo team pitch latest supercar offerings against respected performance cars of the past. Also this month, supersaloon group test, tests on the Brabus EV12 and TVR Tuscan convertible, 10 Drivens and all the usual regulars. On sale now.

014 Planet Evo
The Frankfurt show always throws up dozens of new models and enough rumours to keep the 'industry experts' wittering amongst themselves for months - usually about 'the V8 911'. This year's undoubted star of the show was BMW's Z4 Concept Coupe, which is certain to make it to production. Imagine it with an M3 engine... We've got full details on the Coupe and the other show highlights, plus a drive in the 997 GT3 Cup racer, an early look at 2007's Mitsubishi Evo X, prices and spec for the Focus ST, a new PlayStation GT4 challenge, and a competition to win a chance to write for evo

052 Driven
Wiesmann GT, Audi RS4, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Wagon, Hartge H1 V8 5.0, Skoda Octavia vRS, Mercedes-Benz B200, Mercedes-Benz S500, Renault Clio mk3, Mercedes-Benz CLK320 CDI, Fiat Grande Punto

073 Letters
SEAT's adverts are causing more of a furore than any of the editorial copy, again. Is that a good thing? We're not sure, but it's tough competing with the devil and, more recently, John McEnroe's bare legs - themselves the devil's work, according to one reader. Meanwhile, most of our subscribers are enjoying the new, cleaner cover treatment and one reader has a bit too much time on his hands and has created a new form of bingo...

082 New Heroes v The Icons
It's always tempting to look back on the days before speed cameras and £5-a-gallon fuel as some sort of golden age of motoring. Supercars were loud, fast and dangerous to know; traffic lighter and less intolerant; the police were sensible chaps who wouldn't let a silly speed limit get in the way of a driver making responsible, considered and swift 'progress'. Actually we're not sure if the stuff about lighter traffic and intelligent policing is true (you'll have to ask Harry), but we do know that a golden age of performance is happening right now, with every sort of car, from supermini to supercar, becoming ever faster and more powerful...

084 Porsche Cayman S v 993 Carrera
The question is whether pure performance is enough. Or, perhaps more pertinently, just what have we lost in terms of raw excitement to the relentless march of progress? John Barker begins to answer the question with the first drive of the new Porsche Cayman in the company of the last of the air-cooled 911s, the sublime 993 Carrera

098 Ferrari F430 v F40
Jethro Bovingdon takes up the tale with a back-to-back drive of Ferrari's original 200mph supercar, the F40, and its new 'baby', the F430. Incredibly, it's the new entry-level Ferrari that packs a bigger stable of horses, and has the electronic aids to help them kick harder for more of the time

106 Lotus Exige 240R v Esprit Turbo
Finally, Richard Meaden takes the original British supercar, the Esprit Turbo, to meets its offspring, the tiny but freakishly powerful 240R. The contrast is stark, but perhaps not as frightening as the way technology in our everyday lives has changed in 25 years. Henry Catchpole takes us
on a trip down memory lane, wearing a pair of Aviators and listening to a cassette tape, whatever that is...

116 Supersaloon group test
Don't fancy an M5? Are you stupid? Seriously though, there are plenty of other supersaloons out there that combine monumental pace and suitably imposing architecture. Richard Meaden pits the 500bhp Alpina B5 against the simply gorgeous Maserati Quattroporte and throws in the edgy Cadillac CTS-V for good measure

128 Brabus EV12
If the B5, Maser and Caddy are supersaloons, then this must be an ultrasaloon, or perhaps a superdupersaloon. Whatever, it's a 630bhp E-class that'll hit 217mph. Jethro Bovingdon seeks out an autobahn and keeps the throttle nailed...

136 TVR Tuscan Convertible
TVR returns to its roots, with a stunning-looking, gloriously noisy and ferociously fast convertible sports car. John Barker discovers that it's still a winning formula after all these years

142 M3 project car
It's finished! Which makes a nice change for one of our projects. It's pretty quick around Bedford Autodrome's West circuit, too

150 Long-term tests
Jethro Bovingdon bids a tearful farewell to his trusty (and strong) Evo VIII MR FQ-340, but a new Nissan 350Z GT4 and Audi TT Sport bring the fleet back up to strength. Harry's 550 hits the rolling road at WRC Technologies and the V12 proves its bite is bigger than its bark, while the Monaro finds its voice with the help of a new VXR exhaust system. And previously of good character, the Jag S-type R develops a serious attacks of the hiccups on its way to Disneyland Paris

164 The Knowledge
If you can think of something witty to say here (and don't that we haven't tried in the previous 84 issues) please e-mail [email protected]

194 Best Day of My Life
Mario Andretti cites the day he won the 1978 Formula 1 World Championship as the highlight of his career, though there would be a tragic twist to events at Monza...



Looks like better number than before, and there has been plenty of good mags before. I love EVO.

And to topic, my last number was also in mint condition, cant say the same about CAR, there was many pages gone wrong in printing, and stuck together.

[gucom]

W O W this is gonna be one of the best evo issues ever :shock: especially the new vs old is gonna be amazing
BTW is it just me or did no1 post the articles form the previous evo???