EVO COTY

There are a lot of brilliant cars on offer. We choose the best

FROM THE TIMES AUTO AWARDS IN partnership with evo India and Fast Bikes India our awards special now moves to the world's greatest performance car awards – the evo Car of the Year. Regular readers will be familiar with the eCOTY awards, and the very same readers will notice that there is a brand new format for evo Car of the Year. One that is more inclusive than ever before. An eCoty that celebrates the very best performance cars on sale today from every key sector.

From coupes to hypercars, via GTs, SUVs and supercars, we’ve taken our favourite car from each class to roads that put them in their element, enabling them to show exactly what they’re capable of, and we’ve travelled thousands of miles to do so.

Unlike previous years we haven’t restricted ourselves to considering only new cars launched during the last twelve months. As we see all too often, the latest arrivals aren’t always an improvement over the established class leader. In addition, for a car to be eligible for consideration, you must be able to place an order for one, and not need to be a ‘special’ customer to do so. In other words, no unobtainium.

Over the following pages we drive, dissect, discuss and deliver the verdicts that outline why our six choices are the best of the best. Then we crown one evo Car of the Year.