Great article in Evo, they have compared their 98 550 with the 599. The closing paragraph; "The 550 has shown its class, but ultimately the fight was even more one sided than we imagined. Roomier more comfortable and better equiped to isolate you from the rigours of urban and long distance driving the 599 is the consumate GT. And yet, when you tap into its latent ability, it delivers spectacular performance coupled with unprecidented exploitability, while exploring its prodigious limits unaided presents as fierce and absorbing challenge as you could wish for. It is, quite simply the most enthralling, concentrated mind-alterning supercar I have ever driven." I think he liked it
That sounds very very positive! Possible to get a scan? Takes a long time till i can get hold of a copy.
No I get it on subscription, makes for great saturday morning reading, Think its in the shops on Wednesday in the UK. Sorry I don't have a scanner. Other articles this month not surprisingly are the Murci LP640 (They like a lot) 997TT (again they like but probably not as much as the GT3) and the M Coupe.
That's very high praise from the usually, slightly anti-Ferrari EVO crew. I expected them to say, "Ahhh, but all the techno-bits only isolate the driver from the action, unlike the purist nirvana of the 550...." or something along those lines. This will be interesting...... Forza, Cavallini
Actually Evo has been very Ferrari friendly in the past. It is just that the Porsche's seem to win the Car of the Year award. But they were very glowing on the 430 and 612.
Not always showing bias. Their COTY a couple of years ago was the NSX-Type R. I would lose my faith in EVO if they "glowed" over the 612 ! I think, with time the 612 will be more obscure than the 456.
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. INMO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow for truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head matches remains to be seen.
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
EVO's glowing feelings about the 612 have to do with handling and performance, which for a car its size are prodigious. The styling is a whole other matter, which I agree, will consign it to the lot of the forgotten before too long. However, there is no denying it has established the performance parameters fore its class. IMHO, EVO is so simpatico with the Porsche packaging and approach, that their bias is a forgone conclusion. Whether their ethics are strong enough to allow truly objective commentary when they put the machines in head to head competition remains to be seen. Least you forget they had the nerve to rank the GT2 over the CS for PCOTY. What a joke!
True but they always conveniently forget to put a Ferrari in their COTY competition so Porsche can win. Forza, Cavallini
Actually even though they ranked the GT3 over the CS in COTY, in a previous comparison they ranked CS over the GT3. THink they say something like they are both great cars, and which one you choose over the other really depends on the day and mood.
I would not say EVO is anti-ferrari. They have done some terrific stories about Ferraris. Like when they did all the supercars 288 GTO to Enzo. They put out an entire magazine to Italian cars. The articles on the F430 and many others were well done. Make no mistake I do not read only one magazine but rather several to see the different opinions. If I am not mistaken Ferrari Corp. are the reasons there has not been a Ferrari in COTY test and mag. EVO always wants to include Ferrari but the car never is available when they are doing that issue. At this stage if I were EVO I would find a private owner and ask them to loan it to them for the test. Thanks,
I agree. EVO is decidedly NOT Porsche bias. It is performance bias and that's the reason for this magazine. The Italian Car issue was fantastic and very fair, esp towards Ferrari. "Harry" has driven a 98 550 as his personal daily driver for several years, putting 30k on it during this time--but also suffering a number of serious breakdowns. EVO simply raved about the 430 and apparently have now annointed the 599 for its mind boggling performance (my copy hasn't arrived yet ). But, they also like Porsche cars, mostly again because of their performance and absolute ease in ownership. At risk of starting a bit of an argument, Porsches aren't cutting edge in styling but are perhaps the world's best "every day" sports car. You can get in them and immediately drive fast, steer quickly and brake hard day in/day out. As performance based cars go, they simply don't break. The fact remains that for years (possibly the F430 will change this in 2007 ), 911's have dominated IMSA and LeMans in their class. You simply can't argue with their success and reliability--which is exactly how EVO portrays them, whether it be the GT3/GT3RS, the 993TT/996TT (and now 997TT) or simply an every day garden variety 997 S. I agree with them on this and other ratings too. I've owned a number of the cars they've rated highly in past few years--from 996TT to SL55 to Cayenne T to 550 and 997 Cab S. What's unfair about their ratings on any of them? All but the Cayenne T are given the highest 5 Stars within their respective class and EVO has always pointed out the flaws each has clearly. And, they DO each have flaws. To say the GT3 MK1 did not perform as good as the 355 or first year version of the 360 is not true. To say the 996TT or GT3RS was not as good a performer as the CS, begs the facts. They might not have "sounded or looked" as good but a simple reading of the Ring times suggests they were better all out performers. And, EVO tends to test all cars together each year and does so very rigorously to come up with a PCOTY. Of course there is some subjectivity...but, As TBond8 said, often EVO generally cannot get a Ferrari because the factory seems to always refuse to provide its cars. Apparently, they don't believe in testing Ferraris in a competitive shoot out. Why is that? But EVO also says the 355, 360, CS, 550 and 430 are fantastic performance cars (for their model year/class) and generally always says Ferrari's are better styled and finished than any 911 on the planet. I agree, one can make the argument between the Carrera GT and Enzo--from both sides. I really don't know, not having driven either of them. EVO takes the GT over the Enzo by a whisker, very slighty on performance (again, see Ring times) but in large part because of the reliability of the GT and the pricing differencial between the cars. They may not be correct, but its at least a fair argument. By the way, if you go to their website: www.evo.co.uk and follow the links, they have a great "video" of Richard Meaden and a Ferrari test driver on the test track for several laps. Exceptionally well done and the 599 "sounds" simply great. As I've said for some time, I'm not enamored with the styling of the 599, but absolutely believe it'll be fantastic performer. My guess, if they get a 599 for the PCOTY this fall, it'll be a damn rodeo between the new GT3, 430 and 997TT for first--with 4th being the 599. Why? Because no matter how fantastic the 599 is, in stock form it simply won't be able to hang on a track with the 430, GT3 or 997TT--remember, in the end, its a big ass GT car. But, it also wouldn't surprise me to see Ferrari come out on top.
Evo always state that the only criteria for their PCOTY is on road performance not sure if that's strictly true. The 430 was in last years PCOTY where it came second to the Ford GT (the 430 tested was not supplied by Ferrari and had very worn rear tyres before the test even started). Unless Ferrari launch a CS version it won't be included in PCOTY this year. As the 550 was a previous winner (when EVO was known as Perfomance car) and their car of the Decade where the 550 beat both the previous GT3s, the 996 turbo and the Zonda S, I actually think it will be between the 997 GT3 and the 599, with the 599 coming out on top. Slight change of subject has anyone seen a picture of a 599 in Grigio Ingrid?
man you really have a thick skull , It`s 1.5-2 secs slower than Enzo What time does the F430 get ??? Look here http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90417&highlight=Fiorano+lap+times To hang on a track ??? Fiorano it`s the TRACK, a very demending and technical circuit.
