The most important cars of the last 25 years from a driver's perspective
It was 1998 when John Barker, Richard Meaden and Harry Metcalfe launched the car magazine "Evo" . Not that there was a lack of competition 25 years ago, but "Evo" impressed from the outset with its genuine enthusiasm and enjoyment of anything that could be driven around bends in a sporty manner. Combined with fresh but also critical texts and excellent photos, the magazine quickly established itself among "petrolheads".
And now Evo is already 25 years old, itself at the transition from youngtimer to oldtimer. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Evo editors have set themselves the task of compiling the 25th most important cars from a driver's perspective over the last 25 years.
And since many of these vehicles are now somewhat older, this top 25 list should of course also be of interest to classic car enthusiasts. Of course, we will not simply reproduce the list here - after all, we would like to wish our colleagues on the island all the best with their magazine sales (happy birthday Evo!).
A little less than half of the cars listed are already youngtimers, such as the Mini Cooper (R50), the Subaru Impreza (RB5), the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo (!), the Lamborghini Gallardo, the BMW M3 (E46), the TVR Tuscan, the Ford Fokus (Mk1), the Aston Martin Vanquish, the Porsche 996 GT3 or the Pagani Zonda. Other cars are not quite old enough to be called youngtimers, but certainly already fulfill the label "neoclassic".
Three Porsches, three Renaults (including the Alpine A110), two Fords and two Ferraris made it into the top 25, although most manufacturers only appear once each.
We were particularly pleased with the 9th place of a car that we have grown fond of and about which we published a report some time ago: The TVR Tuscan. In fact, our final sentence under the driving report at the time was : "Yes , you could almost say we fell in love with the Tuscan straight away ...". The Evo makers obviously couldn't resist the charm of the unorthodox TVR either.
And who made it to the top 25 in the current Evo? We won't tell you, but we will say this much: the car can be seen in the collage at the top of this blog.
