The ultimate eCoty quiz
The ultimate eCoty quiz
How well do you know the performance cars that have competed in our car of the year tests?
How well do you know the performance cars that have competed in our car of the year tests?
Lightweight, track focused cars often do well on eCoty and this was certainly the case for the Honda NSX-R, taking an overall win in 2002. But, which of these did Honda remove from the NSX when creating the final Type R edition to save weight?
In 2005 the Renault Sport Clio 182 Trophy beat the ‘real world’ cars to make its way into the final. It seriously impressed, finishing 3rd and taking the scalps of a super car or two on its way. Despite a price of just £15,500 it was fitted with some notoriously expensive dampers. Who made them?
The Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 was just one of the, three GT3 RS Porsches to win car of the year. The 4.0 received plenty of upgrades over the 3.8 997.2 GT3, one of which were dive planes either side of the front bumper. But, according to head of Porsche GT Andreas Preuninger, which corner of the Nördschliefe do these aero additions allow the GT3 RS 4.0 to take flat-out?
The Ford GT beat 21 other cars in 2005 to take an overall win. The GT is fitted with a supercharged 5.4-litre V8, but which modular Ford V8?
The Subaru Impreza RB5 (PPP) came third in our second ever car of the year being beaten by a Ferrari 360 Modena and, unsurprisingly, a Porshce 911 GT3. What does PPP stand for?
A wet and windy Wales may not have been the best environment to test the roofless Lotus 340R, but it still managed to come fourth in 2000. Its lack of bodywork helped to keep the weight down, but what is the Lotus 340R’s power-to-weight ratio?
The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione did battle on the roads near Mont Ventoux in France to finally come 5th in 2008. As exotic as the Alfa looks it actually shared many components with its close relatives. Which car did the 8C borrow its suspension architecture from?
Pagani has a 100 per cent success rate in eCoty. The Zonda C12 S won in 2001 and, although it had to share first place with the Lotus Exige V6, the Huayra won in 2012. What natural shape inspired Horacio Pagani when he penned the Huayra’s wing mirrors?
In 2015 the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 made it into our car of the year test, one of the rare occasions an American car was selected. The Z/28 isn’t just a conventional production car, though. It features some very special engine components, which of these did the Z/28’s 7-litre LS7 V8 not have?
2010’s car of the year test took place on the North Yorkshire Moors and at Cadwell park. The Lexus LFA came in fourth place, mostly thanks to its extraordinary V10 that was co-developed by Yamaha. How quickly does its engine rev from idle to 9000rpm?