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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Dec 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

THE TELLY BOYS ARE BACK! • Chris, Freddie and Paddy return to our screens… and as usual, it doesn’t always go quite to plan

COVINI C6W • If it was a good idea, someone else would’ve done it already

BLOCK PARTY • The new BMW M2 is a 454bhp, rear-drive coupe with Lego bumpers

CAR CONTROL… WITH CATIE • Extreme E driver, TV presenter and British rallying star Catie Munnings shares some driving wisdom

STARS AND STRIPES • Everyone knows stripes are worth a few extra bhp… or $$$ in the watch industry

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

STUPID ENGINES IN SENSIBLE CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… • A handful of facts on Polestar’s tech-packed new electric SUV

“ WE MUST ARGUE TO PROGRESS” • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS • F1 treated us to a true spectacle last year – but this season has seen the sport go backwards, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV’s Sam Philip has been surfing the world wide web and it seems to be angrier than ever

FUTURE PROOF • Cars are much like people, says Paul Horrell – in their old age we can learn to love them again

The big test: electric hatches • Looking to go electric? There’s never been such choice on offer, especially if you’re in the market for a family hatchback

Star tech

Three spirit

Spidey sense

Hashtag blessed

MUST TRY HARDER

Verve & Veloce

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

SAVE 40%

ON THE FIRST NIGHT IT COSTS ME £32.25 TO SLEEP IN A TENT. • Sub-£30k cars, a £300 spending cap for for food, bed and fuel – roadtrips needn’t cost the world… as we set out to prove

NOW GO DO IT YOURSELF

ABERGÈ 'SEGG • When Christian von Koenigsegg builds a 50th birthday present to himself, you can rest assured it’s not going to be half arsed…

PHANTIOM MENACE • The new GT3 RS’s ultimate weapon is something you can’t see – the air around it. Allow Chris Harris to demonstrate

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A JAPANESE PITWALK TO FIRE UP THE ENGINES OF THE SURREAL. • Fuji Speedway, the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, and us getting in the way. It’s official, endurance racing is back on the map

STARLIGHT EXPRESS • The Rolls-Royce Spectre has been over 120 years in the making. There’s no badge better suited to electric power, but has it got the timing just right?

SUNDO WNER • Want to chase the sunset on the longest day of the year? You’ll need a 4x4, somewhere to sleep and a strong plan B

DOUBLE DECKER • What better way to celebrate Lamborghini’s V12 engine than a blast in Ferruccio’s very own dual V12-powered boat?

AUDI QUATTRO SPYDER, 1991

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 28 Everything’s broken… Apart from Mark’s Dodge Viper

(2022) MINI ELECTRIC vs MINI COOPER (2000) • The much-loved Mini has come a long way – does the electric variant deserve the Cooper badge?

CRAZY TAXI

GARAGT • TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JEEP • From greatest hits to lowest moments, everything you ever wanted to know… and a fair bit you didn’t

What’s the cheapest car that Jeep builds… and what’s the most expensive?

What is Jeep’s fastest car?

NOTABLE PEOPLE

Where are Jeeps built and how many are sold a...


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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

THE TELLY BOYS ARE BACK! • Chris, Freddie and Paddy return to our screens… and as usual, it doesn’t always go quite to plan

COVINI C6W • If it was a good idea, someone else would’ve done it already

BLOCK PARTY • The new BMW M2 is a 454bhp, rear-drive coupe with Lego bumpers

CAR CONTROL… WITH CATIE • Extreme E driver, TV presenter and British rallying star Catie Munnings shares some driving wisdom

STARS AND STRIPES • Everyone knows stripes are worth a few extra bhp… or $$$ in the watch industry

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

STUPID ENGINES IN SENSIBLE CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… • A handful of facts on Polestar’s tech-packed new electric SUV

“ WE MUST ARGUE TO PROGRESS” • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS • F1 treated us to a true spectacle last year – but this season has seen the sport go backwards, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV’s Sam Philip has been surfing the world wide web and it seems to be angrier than ever

FUTURE PROOF • Cars are much like people, says Paul Horrell – in their old age we can learn to love them again

The big test: electric hatches • Looking to go electric? There’s never been such choice on offer, especially if you’re in the market for a family hatchback

Star tech

Three spirit

Spidey sense

Hashtag blessed

MUST TRY HARDER

Verve & Veloce

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

SAVE 40%

ON THE FIRST NIGHT IT COSTS ME £32.25 TO SLEEP IN A TENT. • Sub-£30k cars, a £300 spending cap for for food, bed and fuel – roadtrips needn’t cost the world… as we set out to prove

NOW GO DO IT YOURSELF

ABERGÈ 'SEGG • When Christian von Koenigsegg builds a 50th birthday present to himself, you can rest assured it’s not going to be half arsed…

PHANTIOM MENACE • The new GT3 RS’s ultimate weapon is something you can’t see – the air around it. Allow Chris Harris to demonstrate

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A JAPANESE PITWALK TO FIRE UP THE ENGINES OF THE SURREAL. • Fuji Speedway, the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, and us getting in the way. It’s official, endurance racing is back on the map

STARLIGHT EXPRESS • The Rolls-Royce Spectre has been over 120 years in the making. There’s no badge better suited to electric power, but has it got the timing just right?

SUNDO WNER • Want to chase the sunset on the longest day of the year? You’ll need a 4x4, somewhere to sleep and a strong plan B

DOUBLE DECKER • What better way to celebrate Lamborghini’s V12 engine than a blast in Ferruccio’s very own dual V12-powered boat?

AUDI QUATTRO SPYDER, 1991

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 28 Everything’s broken… Apart from Mark’s Dodge Viper

(2022) MINI ELECTRIC vs MINI COOPER (2000) • The much-loved Mini has come a long way – does the electric variant deserve the Cooper badge?

CRAZY TAXI

GARAGT • TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JEEP • From greatest hits to lowest moments, everything you ever wanted to know… and a fair bit you didn’t

What’s the cheapest car that Jeep builds… and what’s the most expensive?

What is Jeep’s fastest car?

NOTABLE PEOPLE

Where are Jeeps built and how many are sold a...


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