The front of the EVO is less about aerodynamic slipperiness than it is getting as much cold air in as possible – while simultaneously ensuring the resulting hot air is expelled equally quickly.
Sure, some attention has been paid to the way the car looks but it’s very much a case of form over function and bludgeoning your way through the air.
Which is exactly as it should be; few cars have more presence – or are more intimidating in your rearview mirror – than this.
The colour helps, because nothing says “I’m FQ, so get out of my way” more unequivocally than Battleship Grey.
Okay, yes, it’s actually Stone Grey Metallic (paint code A39, which means it could even be Medium Purplish Grey Pearl depending on who you ask) but you know what we mean; this is not a car that makes a carefully-phrased request. It’s a bit loud and shouty, and all the better for it.
The adjustable carbonfibre rear spoiler is big enough to land a helicopter on, while the exhaust pipe is large enough for a Victorian child to be able to sweep it.
You’ll also notice that it’s been very well cared for. There are no dents or dinks, for example, and while you’d have every right to expect the big, bluff front to be scarred with stonechips, the reality is that it is almost blemish-free.
The shutlines are still excellent and taken into consideration alongside the clear HPI report we can probably safely conclude that, unlike so many EVOs, this one doesn’t have an, er, “interesting” story to tell.
The flanks are also free or ripples, the badges, lamp lenses and window glass are all above reproach, the aperture shuts are clean, and the massive Ralliart mudflaps have done a good job of protecting the car’s flanks from road debris.
The lightweight 17-inch alloy wheels are also minty-fresh and free of kerbing marks. Hidden beneath flared wheelarches that bring to mind the glory days of Group B rallying, their open design allows you to admire the quartet of red brake calipers that lie within them.
And they’re shod with a matching set of 235/45ZR17 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres, which were made in 2020 and still have a good amount of tread left on them.
We will never get tired of telling you that experience shows that matching high-quality tyres are an infallible sign of a caring and mechanically sympathetic owner who is prepared to spend the appropriate amount in maintaining their car properly.
Oh, and never before in the annals of automotive history has a car ever literally shouted ‘bite me’ as it streaks away from you baring an impressive set of carbonfibre teeth.
We will never see the like again.
As for blemishes, that carbon fibre shark-tooth roof spoiler has a flaw on the nearside. That’s it. That’s all we can see.
