An automobile magazine is a magazine with news and reports on cars and the automobile industry .
28-580: Evo is a British automobile magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars published by Carwow . In 1995, then Harpenden -based farmer and property developer Harry Metcalfe had become involved in car tests for magazine publishers, after he purchased the first Maserati Ghibli Cup in 1994, through which he had made contacts into the motoring media. After EMAP decided to integrate specialist magazine Performance Car into Car magazine in 1998, Metcalfe and motoring journalist John Barker began forming plans to fill what they saw as
56-593: A Ferrari F40 . Conscious that the business's success was bound to a single 13x a year publication, Metcalfe was approached by Future Publishing to sell the business. Conscious of the Evo-gang and approach that had been created, Metcalfe asked the Sales Director to approach his friend Felix Dennis about a counter bid. Dennis Publishing acquired the title in April 2001, with a readership of 40,000. Dennis Publishing enabled
84-488: A fully-electric truck. OX then went on to build 2 more electric trucks adapting the original design for EV use. XP1 is owned by Murray for his private collection. From 2015, Murray collaborated with TVR to design the upcoming TVR models, with the TVR Griffith released in 2017. His alma mater, Durban University of Technology, made Gordon Murray an Honorary Professor in 2002 and awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011. In
112-451: A gap in the specialist motoring magazine market. Metcalfe formed the business and would run the business side, with Barker joined by writers including Richard Meaden, David Vivian and Peter Tomalin all holding a minority share. Metcalfe created a business plan based on potentially selling his family holiday home in Wales , and although turned down for a loan for the business, he initially financed
140-533: Is a South African-British designer of Formula One racing cars for Brabham and McLaren and the McLaren F1 high-performance road car. Founder and CEO of Gordon Murray Design and Gordon Murray Automotive , he has subsequently designed and built a number of sports cars and a variety of other automotive vehicles. The child of Scottish immigrant parents, Murray was born and grew up in Durban , South Africa . His father
168-502: Is famous for their year-ending Car of the Year issue, inherited from Evo's predecessor publication Performance Car. Members of the Evo staff take the top performance cars, released to market for the year, to public locations suited to high-performance driving and evaluation. For most years there is also a circuit test. Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, and Portugal are some of the featured locations for
196-649: Is the paramount factor by which cars are graded by Evo . Many prominent members of the automotive industry and celebrity automotive enthusiasts have made contributions to Evo , including Gordon Murray , Jeff Daniels , and occasionally Rowan Atkinson . Other contributors are John Simister, Ian Fraser, Martin Buckley, David Yu, Tony Bailey, Paul Bailey, Simon George and Richard Porter. There are also international editions of Evo for France , Italy , Singapore , Croatia , Czech Republic , Greece , Turkey , Philippines , Malaysia , Thailand , Ukraine , India , Spain and
224-479: The McLaren F1 and incorporating the "fan car" concept of the Brabham BT46B , to be launched in 2022. On 27 January 2022, Gordon Murray Automotive announced the T.33 super car. A twin-seater 'day to day' super car with the same engine from the T.50, but built on a new platform to be used by three other future cars. In 1981, Murray was involved in improvements for Midas Cars . Murray independently designed
252-511: The Middle East They are a little different from the original, and feature more localized content relevant to the respective countries. Editors & writers of the international editions are usually invited for test drives by many performance car companies, from major marques such as Porsche , to small supercar builders such as Pagani and Gumpert . In addition to the names above, it is worth noting that Evo occasionally makes reference to
280-527: The Rocket , an ultra-lightweight, open cockpit roadster powered by a 1-litre motorcycle engine, which has an appearance similar to that of a 60's era Grand Prix car. Looking like a single-seater, it could accommodate a passenger in tandem with the driver, the second seat located beneath a removable cover. The Rocket was built by former racing driver Chris Craft at the Light Car Company . In September 2016 it
308-642: The Brabham team, he appointed Murray Chief Designer. There Murray designed many Grand Prix cars, some of which were World Championship Grand Prix winners. These designs include the extraordinary BT46B , also known as "the Brabham fan car", as well as the World Championship winning BT49 and BT52 . Murray developed a reputation for an innovative approach to design, applied not only to car concepts and details but also to race strategy. Between 1973 and 1985, Murray's Brabhams scored 22 Grand Prix wins, finished 2nd in
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#1732859232840336-618: The Constructors' Championship in 1975 and 1981, and gave Nelson Piquet Drivers' Championships in 1981 and 1983. For the 1986 season, Murray designed the radical and highly ambitious low-line Brabham BT55 , lowering overall ride height by inclining the engine and placing the driver in a recumbent position. However, the car was not a success, finishing only seven of the sixteen races in the season. In 1986, Murray received an offer from Ron Dennis to join McLaren as Technical Director, taking over
364-931: The Evo Car of the Year. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 (Only year that EVO changed the format for "Car of the Year") 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Automobile magazine Automobile magazines may feature new car tests and comparisons, which describe advantages and disadvantages of similar models; future models speculations, confidential information and "spyshots" (pictures of camouflaged models tested by automakers); modified automobiles ; lists of new models with prices, specifications and ratings; used car advertisements; auto racing news and events; and other information. The first two magazines were launched in November 1895, in
392-440: The Year' accolade at Autocar magazine's annual awards ceremony for the manufacturing process for the T.25. In November 2009 Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive announced plans to develop an electric-powered version, the T.27 . The car being a product of a partnership between Murray's company and British technology company Zytek , in charge of building the powertrain. A celebration of 50 years of Murray's involvement in
420-498: The business was cash flow positive, with a worldwide readership of 30,000. Later writers included Henry Catchpole, Jethro Bovingdon, Russell Bulgin and Chris Harris . Evo was aimed, created and edited to be a virtual maverick car club, with typical stunts including buying and driving an original Audi Quattro to the launch of the Audi TT in Italy, and the forming of a supercar pool including
448-474: The car industry was held called One Formula . Every one of Murray's F1 designs was on display along with the McLaren F1 roadcar and examples from his personal car collection, along with hundreds of rock band T-shirts that Murray had amassed over the years. The book One Formula - 50 years of car design details Murray's designs. On 4 August 2020, Murray announced the T.50 sports car, the "logical successor" to
476-601: The design of the naturally-aspirated engined 1989 MP4/5 and 1990 MP4/5B with lead designer Neil Oatley . The MP4/5 and MP4/5B won the driver's and constructor's championships in both years. Over the period 1988–91, the McLaren team won four consecutive Constructors' and Drivers' Championships: Alain Prost won the Drivers' Championship in 1989, while Senna won further Drivers' Championships in 1990 and 1991. From 1991 to 2004, Murray headed
504-579: The later purchases of Octane magazine and Land Rover Monthly as well as the new launches Carbuyer and DrivingElectric . Dennis' automotive publishing division was spun-off as independent company called Autovia in 2021. Autovia was acquired by automotive online marketplace and content company Carwow in February 2024. Evo is now published 12 times a year, with Stuart Gallagher the current editor, with former editors including Peter Tomalin, John Barker and Richard Meaden. Owned by Dennis Publishing and going by
532-636: The magazine to reduce its costs in both printing, distribution as well as IT; as well as increasing subscriptions and distribution, especially overseas licensing. The online Evo Forum at the point of takeover was consuming over half of the IT infrastructure costs, but not producing any revenue. Unable to form a positive business plan, the Evo Forum was shut down. Metcalfe continued as Editorial Director of Evo in Dennis' growing Automotive division, which included Auto Express , then
560-473: The offshoot McLaren Cars team to design road-going supercars such as the McLaren F1 . In July 2007 the Gordon Murray Design consultancy was established, and released initial details of its T.25 (Type 25) prototype city car along with mention of a future lightweight, economical supercar project. The T25 would be smaller than a Smart Fortwo . On 17 November 2008 Gordon Murray won the 'Idea of
588-420: The role formerly held by John Barnard . Murray brought his Brabham experience to the McLaren design team, led by Chief Designer Steve Nichols . The 1988 MP4/4 car, with a Honda turbo-powered engine, won 15 of the season's 16 Grands Prix, and gave Ayrton Senna his first Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren's points score of 199 was at that time an all-time high. Murray also oversaw
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#1732859232840616-414: The tag-line "The thrill of driving", Evo attempts to immerse the reader in the driving experience of any particular car, and all other aspects are considered secondary to this all emotive 'drive'. While hard data is accumulated in the form of lap-times (for which Evo regularly uses Bedford Autodrome ), cornering speeds, and straight-line performance figures, the subjective nature of the driving experience
644-496: The term 'friends of Evo' . Some of these individuals submit contributions to the magazine, in the form of submissions outlining their experience with their own motorcars. Current such vehicles include the Porsche Carrera GT , Pagani Zonda and Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 . This is a slightly different take on the 'fleet' theme often adopted by motoring publications, as the vehicles featured are often press-demonstrators. Evo
672-440: The three month launch period through a £275,000 loan originally designated to fund a grain storage shed on his farm. Employing a research group, the original name was proposed by them to be Roadsport Magazine (also the name of a hill climbing journal). At a group brain storming session one day, after pointing out that there was a mobile phone company called Orange and a magazine called Red - neither of which included what they did in
700-515: The title, but had an association with their market - whilst flicking through Autocar magazine Metcalfe suggested Evo based on seeing a Maserati Quattroporte Evoluzione in the future cars section. After proving successful in branding, the name stuck. The first issue of Evo was produced in November 1998, and after the publication of the third issue in January 1999 - the Car Of The Year edition -
728-579: The very early days of motoring, the American The Horseless Age , which later became Automotive Industries Magazine and the British The Autocar . This trade magazine–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Gordon Murray Ian Gordon Murray CBE (born 18 June 1946),
756-606: Was a motorcycle racer and later prepared racing cars. Murray studied mechanical engineering at Natal Technical College, now Durban University of Technology . He built and raced his own car, the IGM Ford, in the South African National Class during 1967 and 1968. Murray moved to England in 1969, hoping to find a job at Lotus Cars . But Murray was offered a job at Brabham after coincidentally meeting then Brabham designer Ron Tauranac . When Bernie Ecclestone took over
784-523: Was announced that Murray had been appointed to develop the OX truck, a flat pack low-cost vehicle, for the British charity Global Vehicle Trust (GVT). GVT founded OX Delivers to utilise the design to make last-mile transport more accessible and reliable in emerging markets. Murray created four experimental prototypes; XP1-XP4. XP2, XP3, and XP4 are owned by OX Delivers, with one of the vehicles having been converted to
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