evo Car of the Year 2023

In evo Car of the Year 2023, we put nine incredible contenders head-to-head to find out which is the very best new performance car of the last twelve months. Hold tight, it’s one of the closest results ever...

Intro: (0:00)
McLaren 750S: (1:25)
Porsche 911 Carrera T (992): (2:48)
3874bhp alarm clock: (4:17)
Alpine A110 R: (4:39)
BMW M3 CS (G80): (6:00)
Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo: (7:38)
Aston Martin DB12: (9:12)
Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato: (11:18)
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (992): (13:02)
Honda Civic Type R (FL5): (15:14)
The results: (17:35)

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[uleertel]

Alpine side to side with Porsche, what an achievement for a brand revived since just a few years.

[andrewb]

I've been reading EVO since I was a kid. I love that a lot of same writers are still together after all this time.

[who_stole_my_username]

you should do an ECOTY supertest with all the of the 911s that have previously won.

[institutmorningkiss]

Happy that the Alpine made 2nd, and by only 1 point too, so it would have won had it benefitted from a tuneful engine and manual gearbox.
Here's to hoping other manufacturers get a grip and follow the small footprint light weight template ! ❤

[kingphiltheill]

Congratulations to the Alpine Team!
They really did the impossible, having such a tiny budget and developing a super engaging and rather accessible true sports car that goes head to head with the very best money can buy.

Im gonna get my A110 GT in March, I can't wait.

[fullsendsimracing]

The fact that there's a Honda Civic in the line up speaks volumes for the undisputed king of hot hatches. Oh and Henry thinks that the manual shifter is even better than the one in the Porsche!

[gtclubuk]

ECOTY used to be my motoring highlight of the year, this felt like an afterthought. Very little detail on each car, overall came across rushed and about 2 months behind when it's normally released. I know things change over time, but ECOTY shouldn't be one of them. Fingers crossed the next one will be a bit more substantial, because the cars involved certainly had the potential for it to have been a good one

[p.h.]

Great stuff - i'll pop down my local OPC tomorrow and order one...

[officiallyisa]

The B-roll in this video is something else

[sutats]

If the Alpine A110x was offered in manual, it'd be quite the hit.

[IRoss]

I feel short changed for this years Evo car of the year.

[gavinsullivan]

Thanks guys - watched these for years now. I’ll take 750s, DB12, type R thanks 😊

[alecrl]

Great video but needed longer coverage of the cars individually for me. Lacking the Porsche 718 Spyder RS but I am sure it will be included next year.

[SevroAuBarca]

Haha all these people butthurt that a Porsche won. They might not be your cup of tea, but there’s a reason Porsches win all the time

[jimcallahan]

Good stuff Alpine, a resurrected brand and a team who have turned out a driver's car in the same league a car a 750S and GT3RS. Also the Civic with such prosaic roots is cool

[Celeritate]

Thanks evo 🙏🏼 Looking forward to reading the magazine version
-A long-time Gen Z reader!

[Jahhaj]

Love the Evo guys and loved reading about eCoty 23, but this video confirmed my worst fear
After a great video last year, this years was just really boring, maybe it's because Bovingdon wasn't presenting to inject some enthusiasm, maybe if Dickie had presented it would've been a different story. Sorry guys, I dont mean to be negative, but this just didn't hit the spot for me.

[newtechgs]

How amazing that a Civic can stand tall in a list of cars all costing more than double

[jeromeleroy]

Amazing job as always. Didn’t miss an Ecoty since 2002. GT3RS is my dream car. Been lucky to drive a vanilla carrera 992 for 2500 miles across Europe+ a GTS for 500miles. Size is not an issue at all. I owned 993 and 997 before. Felt at home in the 992.

[johnedds]

The aspirational lottery winner car for me; I've never driven one, but as a Porsche lover for decades, this is the one I'd choose.