What exactly is the future of the car, wonders Jethro

It must have gone on for 30 minutes. A heated debate choosing the winner of PCOTY in a cafe in Malhada Quente. The truth is, we all knew the outcome. It had become apparent early on. The Kimera EVO37 was irresistible. A heady mix of tactile sensation, lightweight response, motorsport glory, gorgeous design and dazzling energy.

- JETHRO BOVINGDON

So why the debate? Well, it rightly centred around what message this sends out to the wider industry. 'Restomod' doesn’t come close to doing justice to the scale of the EVO37 project, but there’s equally no question that Kimera doesn’t have to play by the same rules as a large OEM in terms of crash testing, emissions, nor the realities of building a car available to a wide audience for a reasonable sum of money. At PCOTY its appeal was on a different planet, but it wasn’t competing on the same playing field as the likes of a BMW M2 CS or even the specialised (but still worldwide homologated) GT3 RS MR.