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From the attic at my parents place. Performance Car is the predecessor of EVO, if you like. As fantastic then, as EVO is now and has been from day one. Performance Car really got me hooked on cars and car magazines. A pity I didn't buy them every month back then. I couldn't find any more in the stacks that I rediscovered. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I missed a few boxes (with first few years of EVO too) .

This was quite an article (issue April 1998). Or actually there are two. First one is the group testing, 2nd one an interview with Murray on his views on (addiction to ) light weight. I believe it was noticed with an earlier scan here on AF, but in the article Murray already mentions his City Car concept (98!). But the beauty is that he says: "I've had a City Car concept in my head for 15 years or so." Not trying to say that he is slow or anything, but it is an interesting part of the article and the time-span shows that it always a tremendous endeavour to start a car company/produce a new car/model. I'd say that now the timing couldn't be more right for Murray's creation The smart has paved the way and so have the more stringent regulations, the traffic jams and the fuel consumption dilemma.

Enjoy!

"The Light Stuff"



And the interview with Murray: "Light at the end of the tunnel?"