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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Apr 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

DIRECTOR’S CUT

Top Gear

BMW’S BIG GAMBLE • Not the i4 itself – a 523bhp, 373-mile electric saloon we’re fully on board with – but that grille…

COFFEE BREAK

HUNT, LAUDA AND PETERSON ON THEIR BIKES

GO-FASTER GOLFS • Behold the new Golf GTI/GTE/GTD. Now with Predator-style foglights

GOLF DONE FIVE WAYS

BELIEVE THE HYPE • Koenigsegg’s made a plug-in hybrid four-seater for the whole family… with 1,700bhp

WHY YOU SHOULD BE FOLLOWING… @RICHARDPARDON

FIAT 500

CRAIG DAVID • The UK garage sensation on what’s been in his actual garage

CRAIG’S DREAM GARAGE • The garage star’s favourite vehicles…

MAX POWER GIULIA • More power, less seats and WING. Hardcore Alfa is quite something

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

THE GRILL • THE QUESTIONS THEY REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE ASKED…

GOOD OLD DAYS • Technology marches on, but every now and then, it’s good just to watch it go by

THE BEST WOOD IN CARS

GEAR

TONY STEWART’S SPRINT CAR RACING

ON THE RECORD

HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month…

FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND

“ELECTRIC CARS ARE EXPENSIVE”

MIGHTY MORPHOZ

CHRIS HARRIS • Terrible roads, unsafe ‘Smart Motorways’… the time has come to address our infrastructure issues

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip examines the link between, er, cars and infidelity

FUTURE PROOF • EVs are exceptional in town, says Horrell. But for long journeys? Um, not so much

The big test: small crossovers • The once maligned small crossover is here to stay. So which gen-2 product has upped its game most?

Gran designs

GRAN OLA • How the 2GC differs from a 1-Series hatch

On a charge

Revolution not evolution

VETTE IN DETAIL • Diving deep into the world of the Corvette Stingray

Twin test: cheeky French coupes • Siblings go head to head for victory. Will sharper and stiffer be better?

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE • Small details… big differences

Socket and see

MUST TRY HARDER

Doing the basics

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

PORSCHE 911 CARRERA

MERCEDES-AMG A35 SALOON

BMW M340i TOURING

CHELSEA TRACTOR • You’ve decided about the looks, but can the new Defender handle life on the farm and traffic in town? Proper British conditions

TOUGH MUDDER • Enough of dreary Britain and the reality of the daily drudge. This is what the Defender was made for – to take on Africa and win

ANATOMY OF AN EXPEDITION DEFENDER

OPEN FOR BUSINESS • The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. Time for car companies to cash in with roofless efficiency

SAVING UP FOR A RAINY DAY?

SHOCK VALUE • When a pillar of the tuning community starts taking notice, you know this EV thing has got legs

IS THE MOTOR SHOW DEAD? • Has the bare-faced cheek of the motor show run its course? And if it has, does it actually matter?

TOP FIVE MOTOR SHOW MOMENTS

IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT • They say you should never meet your heroes, ‘they’ don’t know what they’re talking about

CIRCUIT THEORY • The age of the electric hypercar is upon us, well almost. First, a taster in a prototype of the car sent to destroy combustion engines – the Rimac C_Two

QUATTRO AT 40...


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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

DIRECTOR’S CUT

Top Gear

BMW’S BIG GAMBLE • Not the i4 itself – a 523bhp, 373-mile electric saloon we’re fully on board with – but that grille…

COFFEE BREAK

HUNT, LAUDA AND PETERSON ON THEIR BIKES

GO-FASTER GOLFS • Behold the new Golf GTI/GTE/GTD. Now with Predator-style foglights

GOLF DONE FIVE WAYS

BELIEVE THE HYPE • Koenigsegg’s made a plug-in hybrid four-seater for the whole family… with 1,700bhp

WHY YOU SHOULD BE FOLLOWING… @RICHARDPARDON

FIAT 500

CRAIG DAVID • The UK garage sensation on what’s been in his actual garage

CRAIG’S DREAM GARAGE • The garage star’s favourite vehicles…

MAX POWER GIULIA • More power, less seats and WING. Hardcore Alfa is quite something

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

THE GRILL • THE QUESTIONS THEY REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE ASKED…

GOOD OLD DAYS • Technology marches on, but every now and then, it’s good just to watch it go by

THE BEST WOOD IN CARS

GEAR

TONY STEWART’S SPRINT CAR RACING

ON THE RECORD

HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month…

FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND

“ELECTRIC CARS ARE EXPENSIVE”

MIGHTY MORPHOZ

CHRIS HARRIS • Terrible roads, unsafe ‘Smart Motorways’… the time has come to address our infrastructure issues

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip examines the link between, er, cars and infidelity

FUTURE PROOF • EVs are exceptional in town, says Horrell. But for long journeys? Um, not so much

The big test: small crossovers • The once maligned small crossover is here to stay. So which gen-2 product has upped its game most?

Gran designs

GRAN OLA • How the 2GC differs from a 1-Series hatch

On a charge

Revolution not evolution

VETTE IN DETAIL • Diving deep into the world of the Corvette Stingray

Twin test: cheeky French coupes • Siblings go head to head for victory. Will sharper and stiffer be better?

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE • Small details… big differences

Socket and see

MUST TRY HARDER

Doing the basics

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

PORSCHE 911 CARRERA

MERCEDES-AMG A35 SALOON

BMW M340i TOURING

CHELSEA TRACTOR • You’ve decided about the looks, but can the new Defender handle life on the farm and traffic in town? Proper British conditions

TOUGH MUDDER • Enough of dreary Britain and the reality of the daily drudge. This is what the Defender was made for – to take on Africa and win

ANATOMY OF AN EXPEDITION DEFENDER

OPEN FOR BUSINESS • The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. Time for car companies to cash in with roofless efficiency

SAVING UP FOR A RAINY DAY?

SHOCK VALUE • When a pillar of the tuning community starts taking notice, you know this EV thing has got legs

IS THE MOTOR SHOW DEAD? • Has the bare-faced cheek of the motor show run its course? And if it has, does it actually matter?

TOP FIVE MOTOR SHOW MOMENTS

IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT • They say you should never meet your heroes, ‘they’ don’t know what they’re talking about

CIRCUIT THEORY • The age of the electric hypercar is upon us, well almost. First, a taster in a prototype of the car sent to destroy combustion engines – the Rimac C_Two

QUATTRO AT 40...


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