This month's EVO

[micknall]

...please make sure you buy it!

Have been told that it's just hit the news stands.

Simon Hucknall
Press Officer
Noble Automotive Ltd.

[kentviking]

that's me off to Smiths then

[kentviking]

err...think that's the one that's been on the stands for a while now...(with Justin's and Owen's cars?!) few other threads have already covered it.

[ettore]

Multiple road and track test featuring all sorts of things including Caterham CSR, Noble, Boxster S etc etc.

You will be pleased with the winner (as I was with second place!)

[joust]

kentviking said:

err...think that's the one that's been on the stands for a while now...(with Justin's and Owen's cars?!) few other threads have already covered it.

Nope - this is the new one with a mega test of cars, including the M400.

J

[m12_nathan]

He is talking about the M3 CSL buying guide

I've now had it 3 months and sorry to say but I don't miss the Noble at all anymore. In 3 months I've done Bedford, Donington, Spa and Nurburgring twice covering 5k miles and have spared it no abuse, it popped up this morning telling me I'm going to have to have an oil service in 200 miles. £160 Bliss.

[DanH]

1 Noble M400
2 porshe Boxster S
3 TVR Sagaris
4 Eige S2
5 Westfield X1
6 Ariel Atom 245
7 Nissan 350z
8 caterham CSR
9 Westfield 2000s
10 Mazda Mx 5 supercharger
11 Morgan roadster
12 Grinnall 1V
13 Radical SR4

[micknall]

Please let me clarify.

The new, July issue of EVO has just hit the news stands with its annual Track and Road Car of the Year feature.

There are 13 contenders to the title - including new Boxster S, Sagaris, Caterham CSR - but the Noble M400 is the outright winner. Apparently, it 'blew them away.'

Simon Hucknall
Press Officer
Noble Automotive Ltd.

[stuh]

Just finished reading the article. The M400 romped it!

The stand out item for me was that the Noble got amongst the Radical and Caterham on the lap times. Congrats to Noble on another shootout win.

[micknall]

...also see the last page in this issue: 'The Best Day of my Life - by Lee Noble.'

S

[V6GTO]

Call that news...we knew that would happen!

Martin.

[DanH]

Shame there were no 911s in the test.

[lucozade]

m12_nathan said:

He is talking about the M3 CSL buying guide I've now had it 3 months and sorry to say but I don't miss the Noble at all anymore. In 3 months I've done Bedford, Donington, Spa and Nurburgring twice covering 5k miles and have spared it no abuse, it popped up this morning telling me I'm going to have to have an oil service in 200 miles. £160 Bliss.

[ettore]

DanH said:

Shame there were no 911s in the test.

I think the test was focusing on handling rather than fat boy cruising, hence the rightful choice of the Boxster S!

Anyway what are Noble dealers like for p/ex - I think I might need me a Noble...

[DanH]

ettore said:

DanH said: Shame there were no 911s in the test. I think the test was focusing on handling rather than fat boy cruising, hence the rightful choice of the Boxster S! Anyway what are Noble dealers like for p/ex - I think I might need me a Noble...

Lol boxster owners always seem to have a chip about the 911 I really fancy a GT3 or GT2 so I won't stand for it!

Noble dealers generally sell other cars too, so part ex will be as per normal, and it will probably be worth ringing around, or indeed selling privately if you can be bothered.

[paulcundy]

The contest was for Road & track car of the year. The result could never have been in question once the M400 was entered. There's no dual purpose car that even comes close.
Regards
Paul C

[kentviking]

damn...that's 3 Smiths (in the city of London) and no latest EVO...will have to wait till the morrow now.

By the way...autocar also has a nice little feature of the M400..spot it if you can



hint: car of choice in the TVR Sagaris test!

Also noticed your cool advert in the Times Simon...you're certainly entering all the right media for existing noble ownership if my preferences could be deemed the norm. Keep it up.

[micknall]

Thanks, Morten. The ad's repeated in this weekend's Sunday Times Driving, too.

FYI, I've done a brief news piece in the News & Reviews section of our website on the EVO victory. It also includes the feature's final summary and scores.

Simon

[LaurenceFrost]

I normally like to be surprised by the car of the year and TCOTY results, so I never skip to the last page before reading the article.

This time however, I read this thread yesterday, and to make double sure I knew the answer, the M400 advert near the front of the magazine featured a 2005 Evo TCOTY badge in a prominent position.

Had it not been obvious anyway, I might have been annoyed at finding out the winner before reading the article.

BTW my copy dropped through the door this morning. No fighting with the maniacs in WH-Smiths for me.

Before I forget, congratulations yet again on such a fantastic car. You guys at Noble HQ should be mighty pround of yourselves!

[bogie]

A great result...although Im wondering how a 'road' car with no boot can actually be that useful on a daily basis

...please stick a boot of some description on the next one so I can at least carry a passenger and 2 plane cabin sized bags ...then it will be a true 'rooad and track' car