This month's evo

NewsAs Blackadder might say, ‘Cars didn’t come off well in the last Budget, did they, Darling?’ Luckily we’ve got some ways to beat the irritating little red briefcase. There’s also the forthcoming Merc SL Black Series to cheer you up

DrivenAvro 720 Mirage, BMW X6, Alpina B5 S, Renault Laguna GT,VW Passat CC, Honda S2000, Audi A4 Avant, Ford Kuga

LettersThere’s an irate biker, a Dutchman has a go at us… then apologises, and a 15-year-old says he wouldn’t put 70,000 miles on a Lambo if he owned one. Strange child…

The future for fast carsIf oil reserves are rapidly being exhausted then what do petrolheads have to look forward to? Quite a lot actually, and here’s why…

Koenigsegg CCXR EditionSolution 1: grow some crops that don’t taste very nice, mash them up, turn them into bioethanol and put them in a Swedish supercar. John Barker samples 1000 green bhp

Tesla RoadsterSolution 2: the silent treatment. Can an electric car actually be fun? Of course: golf carts are brilliant. So just imagine one with an Elise chassis that looks like an Elise

Chevrolet SequelSolution 3: the fuel cell. Bear with us on this one. The car it’s in may look like Jabba the Hutt’s personal transport, but the technology underneath is great

Audi R8 V12 TDISolution 4: take inspiration from Le Mans. Audi has created a supercar that you can fill up with diesel. We go to Miami to see if it sounds like a farm vehicle

Tomorrow’s World, YesterdayEven back in a time when the polar ice caps were still big and politicians didn’t cycle to work, some people just weren’t happy with a petrol V8…

Mitsubishi Evo X versus Subaru Impreza STIImpreza v Evo is an age-old battle, but now they’re trying to be all grown-up will they have forgotten how to have fun?

Caterham R500The awesome R500 is back with a new engine, a new sequential gearbox, no windscreen and some orange stripes. We drive it in the Scottish Highlands

Scirocco!John Simister compares the mighty white new Scirocco with its namesake from the early ’80s

Buying guide: Lotus Esprit V8A supercar wedge for the price of a hot hatch? You better believe it!

Long-term testsOur mad mid-engined Micra has returned to its home at RML (although we can still hear it when they start it up) and Catchpole’s been discovering the relaxing properties of life with a Caterham

evo Sport: diesel v petrolIt’s handbags at dawn for Bovingdon and Green as they choose different fuels and very different silhouettes in the VW Cup. Watch the excuses fly…

The KnowledgeEvery performance car reviewed and rated. Oh yes

SubscriptionsTop snooker legend Steve Davis apparently loves evo and says it’s like a 147 break when the grey envelope flops onto his mat every month. Interesting…

Birth of an Icon: Ford GT40Ford’s famous response to Ferrari had its fuel tanks in its sills. Which must concentrate the mind a treat