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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Apr 22 2024
Magazine

Top Gear is the worlds most exciting Car magazine bringing you up to date news, the latest drives and stunning features. Plus of course, the combined talents of TV's Clarkson, Hammond and May.

WELCOME

GET YOUR FIX • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

Top Gear

GRAN TURISMO 7 • PlayStation’s flagship racing game GT7, has arrived on the PS5… prepare for productivity to hit an all-time low

COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working

RENAULT VEL SATIS

MODERN MARVEL • The new Super 3 Wheeler is as thoroughly forward looking as a Morgan gets

ASTON MARTIN DBX707

CAR CONTROL… WITH CATIE #2 ART OF THE HANDBRAKE • Extreme E driver, TV presenter and British rallying star Catie Munnings shares some driving wisdom

TECH VS CRAFT • Future watch tech is a mystery, so makers are looking to the past for inspiration

EWAN McGREGOR • The Scottish actor talks us through his two- and four-wheeled motoring history

ALFA ROMEO TONALE

Grid Legends

TAMIYA FORD BRONCO

THE KNOWLEDGE • Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

DELAYED CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… LEXUS RZ • The first step in the Lexus plan to go fully electric by 2035 is a crossover, obvs

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS • A great car won’t need much in the way of marketing to drive sales, and that’s the way it should be, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • Want to improve British drivers, asks TG TV script writer Sam Philip. Best get Attenborough on side

FUTURE PROOF • Zero to 62mph times are a farce, says TopGear consultant editor Paul Horrell. And here’s why…

The big test: Lucid Air • It’s been a long time coming, but the Lucid dream is about to become reality. So who should be more worried, Tesla or Mercedes?

Front runner

Won’t go quietly

Vaux pop

Boldly going

MUST TRY HARDER • FORD RANGER RAPTOR SPECIAL EDITION

Crosstown traffic

The overrun • Small but perfectly formed reviews. The best of the rest from this month’s drives

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE A PAIR OF BASSLINE TWS WIRELESS EARBUDS! • Save 35% when you subscribe to BBC TopGear magazine, paying just £21.50 every six issues and we’ll also send you a pair of Bassline TWS Wireless earbuds worth £49.99!

FINISHING SCHOOL • One validation prototype, two days on road and track, many questions that need answers… including: is the Lotus Emira as special as we all suspect?

1 HOW DOES IT HANDLE ON ROAD?

2 DOES IT HAVE SUPERCAR KERB APPEAL?

3 IS IT TRACK CAPABLE?

4 IS IT USABLE?

F1 2022 PREVIEW • Radically different cars, the promise of nose to bumper racing and some bloke called Lewis with a point to prove… your weekends just got a whole lot more interesting

TEARING UP THE RULEBOOK • THREE OTHER BIG REG CHANGE SEASONS FROM THE PAST

MAKING IT HAPPEN • Taking a brand new F1 car from clean sheet to competitive is a long and stressful road. Five key players from Alpine’s F1 team tell us what it takes

SHOW TIME • The day before F1 testing officially began, Alpine ran its new car for the very first time – and gave TopGear access (almost) all areas…

ZERO TO HERO? • Guenther Steiner, boss of 2021 whipping boys Haas and one of the world’s sweariest people, could be a major beneficiary of the new rules. Bleep machine at the ready, let’s hear what he has to say…

RUNNERS AND RIDERS

CASH COW • Look past the name, and the fact it’s yet another midsize family crossover… because Alfa’s new SUV matters more than you know

FERRARI 296...


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Top Gear is the worlds most exciting Car magazine bringing you up to date news, the latest drives and stunning features. Plus of course, the combined talents of TV's Clarkson, Hammond and May.

WELCOME

GET YOUR FIX • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

Top Gear

GRAN TURISMO 7 • PlayStation’s flagship racing game GT7, has arrived on the PS5… prepare for productivity to hit an all-time low

COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working

RENAULT VEL SATIS

MODERN MARVEL • The new Super 3 Wheeler is as thoroughly forward looking as a Morgan gets

ASTON MARTIN DBX707

CAR CONTROL… WITH CATIE #2 ART OF THE HANDBRAKE • Extreme E driver, TV presenter and British rallying star Catie Munnings shares some driving wisdom

TECH VS CRAFT • Future watch tech is a mystery, so makers are looking to the past for inspiration

EWAN McGREGOR • The Scottish actor talks us through his two- and four-wheeled motoring history

ALFA ROMEO TONALE

Grid Legends

TAMIYA FORD BRONCO

THE KNOWLEDGE • Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

DELAYED CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… LEXUS RZ • The first step in the Lexus plan to go fully electric by 2035 is a crossover, obvs

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS • A great car won’t need much in the way of marketing to drive sales, and that’s the way it should be, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • Want to improve British drivers, asks TG TV script writer Sam Philip. Best get Attenborough on side

FUTURE PROOF • Zero to 62mph times are a farce, says TopGear consultant editor Paul Horrell. And here’s why…

The big test: Lucid Air • It’s been a long time coming, but the Lucid dream is about to become reality. So who should be more worried, Tesla or Mercedes?

Front runner

Won’t go quietly

Vaux pop

Boldly going

MUST TRY HARDER • FORD RANGER RAPTOR SPECIAL EDITION

Crosstown traffic

The overrun • Small but perfectly formed reviews. The best of the rest from this month’s drives

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE A PAIR OF BASSLINE TWS WIRELESS EARBUDS! • Save 35% when you subscribe to BBC TopGear magazine, paying just £21.50 every six issues and we’ll also send you a pair of Bassline TWS Wireless earbuds worth £49.99!

FINISHING SCHOOL • One validation prototype, two days on road and track, many questions that need answers… including: is the Lotus Emira as special as we all suspect?

1 HOW DOES IT HANDLE ON ROAD?

2 DOES IT HAVE SUPERCAR KERB APPEAL?

3 IS IT TRACK CAPABLE?

4 IS IT USABLE?

F1 2022 PREVIEW • Radically different cars, the promise of nose to bumper racing and some bloke called Lewis with a point to prove… your weekends just got a whole lot more interesting

TEARING UP THE RULEBOOK • THREE OTHER BIG REG CHANGE SEASONS FROM THE PAST

MAKING IT HAPPEN • Taking a brand new F1 car from clean sheet to competitive is a long and stressful road. Five key players from Alpine’s F1 team tell us what it takes

SHOW TIME • The day before F1 testing officially began, Alpine ran its new car for the very first time – and gave TopGear access (almost) all areas…

ZERO TO HERO? • Guenther Steiner, boss of 2021 whipping boys Haas and one of the world’s sweariest people, could be a major beneficiary of the new rules. Bleep machine at the ready, let’s hear what he has to say…

RUNNERS AND RIDERS

CASH COW • Look past the name, and the fact it’s yet another midsize family crossover… because Alfa’s new SUV matters more than you know

FERRARI 296...


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