evo ECOTY 2012

[Old Trout]

Magazine has landed, great DVD to go along with the evo ECOTY.

As usual there is a 911 in there, and the Boxster S sneaks in there too.

No spoilers here - worth a read though!

[Old Trout]

OK - here you go



1st Equal on 25 points
Pagani Huayra
Lotus Exige V6

3rd on 22 points
Porsche Boxster S*

4th on 15 points
McLaren MP4-12C

5th on 12 points
Porsche 911 Carrera

6th on 6 points
BMW M135i

• The Boxster was ranked 1st by two drivers and only Harry Metcalfe ranking it 5th stopped it from winning!

Edited by Old Trout on Friday 2nd November 13:08

[Old Trout]

Added some extra data

[michael_JCWS]

No F,L or B cars, thought F12 would have been included and possible the vanquish

[SonnyM]

Porsche have reset the standard.

The 991 GT3 will be Ecoty 2013 you read it here first

[cayman-black]

SonnyM said:

Porsche have reset the standard.

The 991 GT3 will be Ecoty 2013 you read it here first

Lets hope so. Seems this new 991 is not so great after all did not do so well with Autocar either.

[Trev450]

SonnyM said:

Porsche have reset the standard.

The 991 GT3 will be Ecoty 2013 you read it here first

I hope you're right but with flappy paddles and electric steering I'm not so sure.

[jackal]

Trev450 said:

SonnyM said:

Porsche have reset the standard.

The 991 GT3 will be Ecoty 2013 you read it here first

I hope you're right but with flappy paddles and electric steering I'm not so sure.

Agreed. The F12 has also changed the world for good and it will take something epiphanic to beat it IMO.

[Dblue]

jackal said:

Agreed. The F12 has also changed the world for good and it will take something epiphanic to beat it IMO.

Now if that's really a word. Top use in context

Re the ECOTY.
I do love this feature and the DVD was great but got the impression it lacked the authority of previous years IMHO
No Harris, No Barker, not quite the same. Again why no F12 and in fact no Ferrari and just as confusingly why does the MP4-12C re-appear??? Didn't it finish R/U to the 4.0 RS last year.

[FarQue]

EPIPHANIC: of or having the character of an epiphany.

[Davey S2]

SonnyM said:

Porsche have reset the standard.

The 991 GT3 will be Ecoty 2013 you read it here first

Ferrari F12 will be in it next year along with the Vanquish so it will be a good scrap.

Interesting to see how a GT3 with PDK and the electric steering will fare.

[_Leg_]

Is it me or did Tiff seem to constantly interrupt and talk over Dick?

[Old Trout]

Dblue said:

Now if that's really a word. Top use in context

Re the ECOTY.
I do love this feature and the DVD was great but got the impression it lacked the authority of previous years IMHO
No Harris, No Barker, not quite the same. Again why no F12 and in fact no Ferrari and just as confusingly why does the MP4-12C re-appear??? Didn't it finish R/U to the 4.0 RS last year.

Isn't it true that historically Ferrari have refused to provide cars for eCOTY?

I agree that without Harris and Barker it is not quite the same.

[johnycarrera]

[quote=Old Trout]OK - here you go

• The Boxster was ranked 1st by two drivers and only Harry Metcalfe ranking it 5th stopped it from winning!

That's pretty telling!

[Slippydiff]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Agreed, Harris wasn't the glue that stuck Evo together, Barker, Meaden and latterly Catchpole were. The magazine has lost its way, be that due to the cars or the editorial staff, I'd not know.

[mrdemon]

I thought you had to be able to buy the cars.

Exige V6 not even available to buy.

[Moog72]

Anyone have a date for when this issue hits the shops?

[Old Trout]

Moog72 said:

Anyone have a date for when this issue hits the shops?

This Wednesday and the DVD will be stuck to the cover

[Moog72]

Cheers, explains why I couldn't find it over the weekend!

[csmith319]

mrdemon said:

I thought you had to be able to buy the cars.

Exige V6 not even available to buy.

First deliveries to customers in the next couple of weeks apparently...