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News briefs May 2006

News briefs May 2006
Even with the launch of the next-generation Civic Type-R many months away, some Honda dealers are apparently talking up a 'Type-RR' derivative. This s…
BTCC rule changes for 2006

BTCC rule changes for 2006
Cars of drivers who enter the Championship late, or who dip in and out, will be penalised with maximum ballast (45kg) at their first meeting or on the…
Yes! Roadster roars out

Yes! Roadster roars out
Often seen tucked away in the back halls of European motor shows, the Yes! roadster project has now come together as a cohesive range of cars, all pow…
BTCC gets off to a thriller at Brands

BTCC gets off to a thriller at Brands
Last year Matt Neal embarrassed the manufacturer teams to become the first ever independent to win the British Touring Car Championship. This year the…
More Mustangs on the way

More Mustangs on the way
To maintain the current buzz around the Mustang, Ford has introduced several evocative special editions. Echoing the concept of the original 1966 vers…
Ooooh, get her

Ooooh, get her
The pre-season banter predictably involved Jason Plato (right) and Tom Chilton. In an interview with The Mirror, the gym-groomed youngster Chilton chi…
JCB chases land speed record

JCB chases land speed record
Audi has proved how a diesel engine can win top-line races, but how fast can a diesel car go? The diesel land speed record has remained untouched sinc…
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With significant numbers of Japanese 'grey imports' running around on British roads and some official dealers reluctant to touch them, Carparts-direct…
Gumpert road car

Gumpert road car
Geneva saw Gumpert unveil its first production Apollo road car (the first two cars through the factory doors were to track spec). Power outputs start …
Rally special hints at next GTI

Rally special hints at next GTI
This is the Peugeot 207 RCup, an 'off-the-shelf' rally car built to meet Super 2000 regulations. With a 280bhp naturally aspirated 2-litre four-cylind…
Identity parade

Identity parade
A mid-engined prototype with complex parentage, the 480bhp V8-powered Identity i1 unveiled at Geneva last month was designed for Identity Cars Enginee…
Breitling and Bentley collaborate again

Breitling and Bentley collaborate again
Breitling's association with Bentley has spawned the Bentley Motors T chronograph. Its bezel has the same machine-turned finish as some Bentley facias…
Return of the GT3

Return of the GT3
As if the recent debut of the new 911 Turbo wasn't sufficient cause for celebration, Porsche has revealed the GT3 version of the 997, which goes on sa…
News briefs April 2006

News briefs April 2006
It'll now cost you £800 more to own an entry-level Nissan 350Z (£26,300), but you are getting £1700's worth of extra equipment into the bargain, inclu…
Alfa Romeo 8C back on!

Alfa Romeo 8C back on!
The V8-powered, carbonfibre-bodied Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, introduced in concept form at the 2003 Frankfurt show, might now enter production after…
NSX replacement to be Aston rival

NSX replacement to be Aston rival
Honda is to abandon the supercar sector it once shook up with the mid-engined NSX and will instead build a front-engined, all-wheel-drive high perform…
Be quick for quick MINI

Be quick for quick MINI
At last month's Geneva show BMW revealed more details of the most hardcore factory-built MINI to date, the two-seater GP. If you fancy one when it go…
Freestream has new owner

Freestream has new owner
Mere months after it was set up, the Freestream T1 supercar project created by ex-McLaren F1 supercar team members Ben Scott-Geddes and Graham Halstea…
Vantage joins Ecurie25 fleet

Vantage joins Ecurie25 fleet
An Aston V8 Vantage is the latest acquisition by the UK's newest supercar club, Ecurie25. The London-based club aims to offer the excitement of superc…
Renault's dream car

Renault's dream car
Renault's new CEO, Carlos Ghosn, confessed in an interview at the Geneva show that although the company is due to launch 24 new models over the next t…
Smart roadsters to be revived

Smart roadsters to be revived
Smart's neatly conceived but less than ideally executed Roadster and Roadster Coupe models have received a reprieve, but not from their original maker…
Aero X revs up Saab's image

Aero X revs up Saab's image
When was the last time you got excited about a Saab? Precisely. Which is why the GM-owned Swedish car maker has developed the Aero X, a 400bhp, four-w…
Morgan revamps its range

Morgan revamps its range
The Aero 8 has lost its cross-eyed stare, the Plus 4 has reappeared, and 70 years of the 4/4 are being marked with a host of special editions as Morga…
Bugatti price hike

Bugatti price hike
Those of us without bottomless bank balances might consider c£830,000 ample to pay for a Veyron. However, Bugatti has announced that it is increasing …
May 2006 evo (issue 91)

May 2006 evo (issue 91)
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 e…
Noble reworks and renames M14

Noble reworks and renames M14
The long-awaited new Noble will now be called the M15 and will cost around £75,000. The M14 concept, which everyone expected to reach production, was …
Koenigsegg's x-factor

Koenigsegg's x-factor
At a glance it may not look much different from the existing CCR model, but the new Koenigsegg CCX (below) is much revised to comply with US regulatio…
Freestream promises race-car experience

Freestream promises race-car experience
Two former colleagues of ex-McLaren designer and evo contributor Gordon Murray have created this, the mid-engined Freestream T1, an outrageously style…
Maserati celebrates

Maserati celebrates
To commemorate its victory in the 2005 FIA GT Manufacturers' Cup with the mid-engined MC12 supercar, Maserati has produced this limited edition coupe,…
Rinspeed wows again

Rinspeed wows again
It's a long-standing Geneva show tradition that Swiss firm Rinspeed displays a radical-looking concept car, and some are more bizarre than others - on…
1100bhp Cobra!

1100bhp Cobra!
Like the scoop on its bonnet, everything about the Weineck Cobra 780CUI is big. The capacity of its normally aspirated V8 is 12.9 litres and it develo…
Type-R concept breaks cover

Type-R concept breaks cover
Just like the Renaultsport Clio, Honda's hot Civic, the Type-R, sells better in Britain than anywhere else in the world. And just as Renault did in th…
April 2006 evo (issue 90)

April 2006 evo (issue 90)
This month we enter Maranello's inner sanctum to worship at the wheels of Ferrari's most powerful series-production car to date, the 620bhp 599 GTB Fi…
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Turbo Dynamics has developed a range of the latest rollerbearing turbos to fit older turbocharged classics such as the Lancia Integrale and Escort Cos…