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THIS MONTH'S MAG
News
Porsche’s Panamera has finally shown itself, and our own Harry Metcalfe was there to see it. The ‘beauty or beast’ debate starts here

Driven
Mercedes SL65 Black, IFR Aspid, Honda Civic Type-R, Oakley Design GT2, Renault Mégane, Audi S5 tiptronic, Mercedes ML63 AMG, Subaru Forester

Letters
We’re wrong, apparently. The GT-R shouldn’t have won eCoty and the X-Bow is wonderful. If you’d care to step outside for a moment…

Nissan 370Z
On a little piece of Germany in Japan we drive the eagerly awaited successor to the 350Z. It has a shorter wheelbase, more power and a very clever manual gearbox

Lotus Celebration
As Lotus reaches 60, we celebrate all that makes the cars from Hethel so special. It begins on page 76 with an exclusive look at the very, very first production-spec Evora to roll off the line. Then, on page 84, we look back at the Evora’s 2+2 forefathers. After that, starting on page 86, John Barker pops over to Wales to drive five iconic lightweight Lotuses, from Elite to 2-Eleven. And finally, on page 96, Gordon Murray examines the moustachioed genius of Colin Chapman

Hire cars
Handbrake turns, clutchless gearchanges, tyres peeling off rims… we go mental in four rentals, including the new Ka   

Rallying
It’s the final stage of Catchpole’s first year in rallying

Ruf’s supercar
Take a Porsche 911, move the engine forward a bit and – bingo! – you can hit 235mph! Obviously it’s not quite that simple, because if you get it wrong you could end up with a Cayman…

Electric 911
Or how about this? Take a 911, rip out the flat-six, install an electric motor in its place, then fill every available square inch with batteries. We drive the result

Buying Guide: hot Méganes
Tightening your belt and downsizing from your Maser? You need a Renaultsport Mégane 

Long-term tests
Our red BMW M3 has howled off into the wintry sunset and a silver Jaguar XF SV8 has emerged out of a frosty dawn (we’re painting pictures with words here, people)

evo Sport
Roger Green looks back at his season in the Westfield AeroRace that he and Tomalin concocted in an Oxfordshire shed

The Knowledge
If you find any cake crumbs caught between the pages then blame staff writer Stephen Dobie

Icon: Ruf CTR ‘Yellow Bird’
Actually, perhaps that should really be ‘Icons’, because test driver Stefan Roser’s white socks are nothing less than legendary