EVO Fast Fleet

[robp]

Does anyone know the answer to the following question that has always bugged me;
Do the EVO staff BUY the cars in fast fleet with their own money?

Is it EVO's dosh or are they just given the cars by the manufacturer's?

They write the articles as if they do actually spend their own dosh but they rarely keep cars for more than 9-12 months.....

Any suggestions?

[minimax]

dunno but I wish I had their job.... lucky lucky goits

ps I am back!!!! sorted the ISP with a flash of the plastic variety can't wait to begin reading everything i've missed!

the bints not too happy though - gone to bed in a huff muttering :bloodypistonheadswishI'dcutthefrigginphoneline:

>> Edited by minimax on Tuesday 8th April 23:18

[robp]

Ahh, welcome back my friend.

Whats wrong with the garden implememt?! Sod it, stay on all night, go for a early morning cain, come home, flowers......

[Del Sydyway]

No I don't think so, though I reckon David Yu and Harry Metcalfe do. I reckon Yu is semi-freelance and obviously Metcalfe is the boss.

[minimax]

robp said: Ahh, welcome back my friend.

Whats wrong with the garden implememt?! Sod it, stay on all night, go for a early morning cain, come home, flowers......in the hair after an altercation with a roundabout taken at speed, sideways,

[robp]

Del Sydyway said: No I don't think so, though I reckon David Yu and Harry Metcalfe do. I reckon Yu is semi-freelance and obviously Metcalfe is the boss.

Yeah, David Yu clearly buys his own, good lad!
Metcalfe is the daddy and I suppose technically he "owns" the lot anyway.

But surely the manufacturers offer some very good deals to magazine staff???

[mattjbatch]

They were talking about the DB7 as if Aston had loaned it to them long term, but with them acting like paying customers ie picking the colour, trim etc could be wrong though, it has been known

[Super_Marv]

As far as i see it, the car manufacturers lend the magazine the cars to test long term (i suppose its good advertising)

The exceptions to the rule are Tony Bailey and David Yu, who run their own cars.

[Andy M]

AFAIK Harry Metcalfe no longer own EVO - it's now owned by Dennis Publishing.

So I think the privately owned cars are Metcalfe's RS6 and SL55, Yu's Cappucino (sp?) and 355 (soon to be replaced?) and the M3 (forgotten the owners name).

The rest, I would assume, are owned by the mag.

Andy.

[DanH]

Well Metcalfe's new long term DB7 GT is also featured in a road test in this months top gear magazine, so presumably its been passed around a bit before use as a long termer. Definitely a loaner methinks.

[raceboy]

Has anyone noticed the amount that MG Barge lost in a year £24k new, 12 months later, £12k trade in £1k a month just to have it sat on the drive, then theres running costs
So is this the worst depreciation or is there anything which looses more, percentage wise in a year

[andyrixon]

raceboy said:
So is this the worst depreciation or is there anything which looses more, percentage wise in a year

There was a Bentley Azure in Autocar a few months back (and then advertised on the back page). I don't have the mag to hand (in other words feel free to correct me) but it lost something like £110,000 over 12,000 miles and a year or two... Bugger!