The car's that stood out as being incongrous in EVOs list were the Delta Integrale and the Skyline, I would have thought that either of the Mitsubishi EVO or Subaru Imprezza lineages would have fared more highly.
Obviously something with a BMW badge should have been up there (perhaps the CSL or M5). I recently drove an E30 M3 Evolution and it didn't compare with either my Z4M or CSL so time has clearly moved on.
What about something smaller and cheaper in that top-10, the Mini perhaps or Clio 182?
Steve, I would agree with both the CSL and the more modern M-Power fare if this was 10 Most Brilliant Drivers Cars but this was supposed to be a list of
Iconic Cars , so I believe in some small way, a great drive is almost secondary to an aura that eclipses everything else about the car.
So yes, the Mini sould be on the list and as I said, the E9 CSL but in all fairness, the same criticism I leveled at the GT3, etc, could be leveled at including the E46 CSL and the Z4M.
This was
10 Greatest Icons and imho, they got it wrong. And in all honesty, probably because they allowed the unwashed masses to vote, rather than people who study automotive trends, industry and history (that would thus rule me out
as a judge on the panel). Also because doing an article about the real 10 Greatest Icons would be nearly impossible to swing. How would you get the 10 most iconic cars together? A very difficult and expensive task no doubt! And then would the editorial content actually appeal to the EVO market... probably not to the 70% who live and die for the next Impreza, Evo, Type-R or hot hatch.
