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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Nov 01 2020
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 • We’ve made it as easy as possible for you to get TopGear magazine

Top Gear

FAST FORDS: NOW IN ‘TALL’ • Can 197bhp make you want a fast supermini SUV? Jacked-up Fiesta gets the stiffer, speedier ST treatment

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

FIAT 500L MPW

Z’S NOT DEAD • Brute of a V6? Check. Manual gearbox? Check. Retro and RWD? Check. Coming to the UK? D’oh!

AUDI S3 SPORTBACK

DANNY RIC’S PHONE PICS • Every issue, F1’s smiliest driver reports in with a set of his own snaps

WATCH YOUR SPEED • From Tag Heuer to Rolex to Breguet, are there too many ‘motoring’ watches?

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

LAND ROVER EXPLORER PHONE

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

ICONIC TOY CARS

SKODA ENYAQ IV • A handful of essential facts on Skoda’s sharp new electric SUV

ELECTRIC • TOP GEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HATTIS • Car design can often be a fickle game, but sometimes we just have to trust those who know it best, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • Classifieds caught your eye? Maybe it’s not all foolhardy thinking, argues Sam

FUTURE PROOF • Thanks to mega-mergers the automotive gene pool is running rapidly dry, says Paul

GET FREDDIE’S NEW BOOK • WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE!

The big test: electric titans • The premium electric game is hotting up, and these two are arguably the best of the best. Can Volvo’s off-shoot really topple Tesla?

Safety shot

Tech tour de force

GHOST TECH • Because luxury now also equals innovation

MUST TRY HARDER • VOLKSWAGEN T-CROSS R-LINE 1.5 TSI EVO

Track and trace

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

MÖTLEY CRËW • That’s the thing about festivals, before the fun can start, you and your stuff need to get there first

SPEED WEEK 2020

FESTIVAL MAP • A whistle-stop tour of Anglesey’s thrilling track, and, erm, no frills accommodation. Home sweet home…

SOUND CHECK 1, 2… 1, 2…

SUPER FURY ANIMALS • ‘Go big or go home’: a well-worn festivals trategy, and just as applicable here. These are the big guns, the animals… better wait for a break in the rain

NIRVANA • Our two favourite rear-drive coupes have lost weight and gained power. Must be paradise?

ARCADE FIRE • A 1,400bhp thoroughbred with seven electric motors, 1,000kg of downforce and a taste for drifting? Now that’s our kind of SUV

AIR • They may have been no match for the bipolar Welsh weather, but when the sun came out, which convertible’s turn was it to shine?

BACKSTAGE PASS • Nothing but glamour and sunshine on a TopGear shoot, right? You couldn’t be any more wrong

THE TRUTH ABOUT CAMPING

APEX TWIN • Two hot-hatches from opposite ends of the spectrum. Can the early-to-bed Golf GTI keep up with the hardcore Mini GP? Reach for the LEDs!

BRAND NEW HEAVIES • What do the Audi RS6 and Porsche Taycan have in common? More than you might think …

THE CLASH • After much driving, several spins and one or two arguments, we’ve whittled it down to five. It’s Harris’ job to pick a winner

DON’T MISS AN ISSUE! • Free delivery to your home

DAY AT THE MUSEUM • Unfettered access to sample every great from Mercedes’ back catalogue? Kid, meet candy store

ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA VIGNALE,...


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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 • We’ve made it as easy as possible for you to get TopGear magazine

Top Gear

FAST FORDS: NOW IN ‘TALL’ • Can 197bhp make you want a fast supermini SUV? Jacked-up Fiesta gets the stiffer, speedier ST treatment

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

FIAT 500L MPW

Z’S NOT DEAD • Brute of a V6? Check. Manual gearbox? Check. Retro and RWD? Check. Coming to the UK? D’oh!

AUDI S3 SPORTBACK

DANNY RIC’S PHONE PICS • Every issue, F1’s smiliest driver reports in with a set of his own snaps

WATCH YOUR SPEED • From Tag Heuer to Rolex to Breguet, are there too many ‘motoring’ watches?

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

LAND ROVER EXPLORER PHONE

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

ICONIC TOY CARS

SKODA ENYAQ IV • A handful of essential facts on Skoda’s sharp new electric SUV

ELECTRIC • TOP GEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HATTIS • Car design can often be a fickle game, but sometimes we just have to trust those who know it best, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • Classifieds caught your eye? Maybe it’s not all foolhardy thinking, argues Sam

FUTURE PROOF • Thanks to mega-mergers the automotive gene pool is running rapidly dry, says Paul

GET FREDDIE’S NEW BOOK • WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE!

The big test: electric titans • The premium electric game is hotting up, and these two are arguably the best of the best. Can Volvo’s off-shoot really topple Tesla?

Safety shot

Tech tour de force

GHOST TECH • Because luxury now also equals innovation

MUST TRY HARDER • VOLKSWAGEN T-CROSS R-LINE 1.5 TSI EVO

Track and trace

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

MÖTLEY CRËW • That’s the thing about festivals, before the fun can start, you and your stuff need to get there first

SPEED WEEK 2020

FESTIVAL MAP • A whistle-stop tour of Anglesey’s thrilling track, and, erm, no frills accommodation. Home sweet home…

SOUND CHECK 1, 2… 1, 2…

SUPER FURY ANIMALS • ‘Go big or go home’: a well-worn festivals trategy, and just as applicable here. These are the big guns, the animals… better wait for a break in the rain

NIRVANA • Our two favourite rear-drive coupes have lost weight and gained power. Must be paradise?

ARCADE FIRE • A 1,400bhp thoroughbred with seven electric motors, 1,000kg of downforce and a taste for drifting? Now that’s our kind of SUV

AIR • They may have been no match for the bipolar Welsh weather, but when the sun came out, which convertible’s turn was it to shine?

BACKSTAGE PASS • Nothing but glamour and sunshine on a TopGear shoot, right? You couldn’t be any more wrong

THE TRUTH ABOUT CAMPING

APEX TWIN • Two hot-hatches from opposite ends of the spectrum. Can the early-to-bed Golf GTI keep up with the hardcore Mini GP? Reach for the LEDs!

BRAND NEW HEAVIES • What do the Audi RS6 and Porsche Taycan have in common? More than you might think …

THE CLASH • After much driving, several spins and one or two arguments, we’ve whittled it down to five. It’s Harris’ job to pick a winner

DON’T MISS AN ISSUE! • Free delivery to your home

DAY AT THE MUSEUM • Unfettered access to sample every great from Mercedes’ back catalogue? Kid, meet candy store

ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA VIGNALE,...


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