evo Car of the Year 2020: part 1

16 cars, seven days and three countries. This year’s evo Car of the Year is one of our biggest tests yet, and in part 1, we head to Anglesey Circuit to find out which of the contenders will make it through to the finale.

0:00 Intro
5:50 BMW M2 CS
6:16 McLaren 765LT
7:13 Ferrari F8 Tributo
8:12 Lamborghini Huracán Evo RWD
8:32 Toyota GR Yaris
9:40 Aston Martin DBX
10:14 Ariel Nomad R
11:17 Behind the scenes
12:22 Anglesey day two
12:36 Porsche Cayman GTS
14:12 Audi RS7
14:57 Porsche 911 Turbo S
16:45 Volkswagen Golf GTI
17:34 Morgan Plus Four
18:22 Ferrari F8 Tributo
19:36 Alpine A110 S
22:17 Anglesey day three - the verdict

[evo]

Tune in at 6:30pm GMT tomorrow (Dec 29th) for the final verdict! Which contender would you put your money on?

[mothaybabonnam]

For 5 years EVO has been writing about “the death of performance cars” and “this is the end of the road”, and then this video is all “this is the best selection we’ve ever had”

[justinjameson]

I want to learn more about the cars and how they feel to drive on track. Instead there is endless repetition about which car may or may not make it through to the next round. Can EVO please take note of this as constructive criticism.

[MaxStraesser]

Henry Catchpole really does carry Evo when it comes video reviews.

[vorlon]

Is it just me or is the audio balance wrong?
Most of the sound is coming from the left, very annoying.

[TheGetawayer]

I missing "The thrill of driving" in this commentary. So far this video is better than last years, but nothing like as thoughtful and indebth journalism as in the years 2013 to 2016. Too many cars, too little comment on how they actually feel to drive

[miutzyh]

Finding things incredibly difficult to keep track off, didn't really learn anything on each car. Audio mixing is really off; the title text is barely readable; and the music is all over the place. I really wanted to enjoy it but not able to this year.

[eddieconroy]

I noticed there was a Bentley Continental there which no one mentioned? Was it that bad?

[gumpy]

Sod of all the fancy edits, the repetition about which car might or might not go through and actually show us you driving the cars and talking about how they feel.

[GetUpFalcon]

The videography comes across as an afterthought. None of the presenters appear to have gathered their thoughts before speaking to the camera and I’d be surprised if a script was drawn up prior to filming.

Obviously print media is the focus at Evo which is fantastic. Just stick to that.

[ImLeuff]

Every year I watch eCOTY and prepare to exclaim "finally return to form" but it never happens. It's nuts how a 15 year old video of Harry Metcalfe driving his Countach from south of France home, filmed with 1 camera inside and containing about three 2 minute clips of driving is more exciting and rewatchable than this is, it's sad. I will be here next year too, just in case.

[EAD_]

Massive fan of Evo and the car journalists we see all over YouTube, but what a strange concept for TV. Two hours of them chatting about ‘how close it is this year’ (over and over) and apologizing for not picking a particular car (probably to keep good PR for future tests) with very little car content. A real shame.

[shaunwalton]

Style over substance. Not enough in car footage and commentary while driving. Love the mag though.

[Alexander-fuzd]

Love Evo, love the ethos, writing and journalism. I've also been reading them for 20 years but they need to look at the video format as this just doesn't work outside the mag. I learnt nothing about the cars or how they drive. 60 seconds at most on each. Letdown.

[HDD]

It would have been nice to see lap times for all the cars..

[Real]

The Golf could be one of the most boring looking cars I have ever seen from a style viewpoint. It's like there was absolutely zero thought put into it.

[Pedro_opc]

Sorry but I find this very lacking in terms of how the cars drive...so.much effort and the result can't quite match what we should expect to see

[itsrossrobinson]

Film budget £100, 000. Sound budget £10.

[matt]

did they really mess up the audio? only playing from one speaker lol

[JamesPlaysWithCars]

Way too much commentary about how hard it was to choose finalist cars. Way too little commentary about cars. As a result the video feels like a 30-minute long trailer.

As another commenter said, please take this as constructive criticism!