I don't think EVO review clearly at all. Their original review of the Aston DBS was shocking and full of nonsense, being reviewed as a 'sports car' with factually incorrect references. Now, somehow, they rate it as one of their favourite GTs having driven them for thousands of miles. Wow, shock horror, a grand tourer that's good at being a grand tourer?
They no more review contextually than any other magazine.
they more than once stated they got very different quality in cars from the same model, last time I read that was on the F599
They say that all the time - I don't believe them. Not quite what I meant, anyhow. I've done a Google and found Ollie Marriage's review:
"Four seats and an automatic gearbox? For your own sake, Aston, please stop claiming this is a hardcore sports car. It isn’t."
I have never seen Aston Martin claim the DBS was a 'hardcore sports car'. I wrote to Evo at the time of the review quoting from Aston's own literature ('luxury sports car', a term to be used in all markets) but they didn't print the letter. Surprise, surprise. That was around the time I stopped buying Evo. I presume it's better with the Driver's Republic lot now but I think it's quite expensive for what you get compared with Octane, its sister mag.
Obviously his patronising tone about what's good for the company surely cost Aston many sales! Talk about ego...
