The right winner

Congratulations evo on ecoty 2020. The winner seemed spot-on to me: rear-wheel drive, manual, LSD, thumping six-cylinder engine up front. The last of this breed as we move into the future.

However, have we also arrived at a true performance car reflection point? What do I mean? Well, ecoty 2020 demonstrated (to me) that we have never had such a choice and such hyper performance in every class – even the GR Yaris was monstrously rapid and enough to satisfy the fastest wheelman or woman. I sensed that this made the judging a headache this year – so much choice and every car amazing.

So have we finally, finally reached the point where it is almost impossible for manufacturers to make their cars more enjoyable to drive by adding more performance?

I don’t want to sound like a party pooper (having owned many supercars), but how can anything north of 450bhp really be enjoyable on the roads now (especially in turbo form)? Not just for the licence-losing factor but for the actual enjoyment of the rush to the red line or sheer driving fun?