Performance Car of The Year 2009

It’s the annual performance test that makes the Stig wish for a transfer! Hot hatches, supercars, fast saloons and more, the year’s 30 best performance cars do battle in the new, special issue of CAR magazine out now.

Can a Mitsubishi Evo beat a Porsche Panamera Turbo around our track? Is it the Ferrari, Aston Martin or Lamborghini that’s our favourite supercar? And would we pick a Golf GTI or Ford’s crazy Focus RS after blasting across the North Yorkshire moors? 

Find out in the new Performance Car of the Year 2009 issue of CAR magazine, on sale in all good newsagents. Now vote for YOUR favourite performance car in our poll below and enjoy some behind-the-scenes photos, plus videos of all 30 cars racing against the clock at the Rockingham circuit.

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– Ferrari California – Noble M600 – Lamborghini   Murcielago SV – Corvette ZR1 – Audi R8 V10 – Aston Martin V12   Vantage – Lamborghini   Gallardo Balboni	– Jaguar XFR – Porsche Panamera    Turbo – Audi S4 – Vauxhall Insignia   VXR – Mercedes E63 AMG – Cadillac CTS-V	– Ford Focus RS – Honda Civic   Type R Mugen – VW Golf GTI – Subaru Impreza   330S – Mazda 3 MPS	– Mazda MX-5 – Porsche Cayman S – Audi TT RS – BMW Z4 35i – Lotus Evora – Infiniti G37 – Nissan 370Z	– Renaultsport   Twingo Cup – Seat Ibiza Cupra – Fiat 500 Abarth SS – Renaultsport   Clio Cup