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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Feb 01 2021
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

RETRO DONE RIGHT • The resemblance is obvious, the hopes are high and the want is strong. Renault’s 5 is back

FRENCH FAMILY PLANNING

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

CHEVROLET AVEO

BMW UPS THE M5 ANTE • Bring us 626bhp and 553lb ft of torque… and deep green paint

LAMBORGHINI HURACAN STO

ARE SYNTHETIC FUELS THE FUTURE FOR MOTORING?

COGS OF WAR • The humble watch was entrenched in the pocket, but World War One changed that

PLAY

SUPERSTRATA E

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

CARS WITH CARBON FIBRE WHEELS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… MERCEDES EQA • A handful of essential facts on Merc’s new baby EV

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • We all know that silly cars are great, says Chris. But cars without windscreens are just plain stupid

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip is on the warpath against same-old car brochures

FUTURE PROOF • Now more than ever, we appreciate experience over product, says Paul

The big test: everyday hot hatches • BMW’s made its very own Golf GTI – right as VW’s fluffed one of its easiest lines. Has the do-it-all hot hatch hierarchy finally changed?

Changing faces

Pan-Am Jumbo

Not so logical

Less is more

MUST TRY HARDER

Hot hatch wannabe

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

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE A BOOMPODS AQUABLASTER SPEAKER • Save 25 per cent when you subscribe to BBC TopGear magazine, paying just £23.50 every six issues and we’ll also send you a Boompods Aquablaster speaker worth £39.99!*

GROUP THERAPY ROUP RAPY • It’s official, rally specials make awesome road cars… question is, can the upstart GR Yaris show up a gathering of all time greats?

BEST OF THE BEST • We don a pair of brave pants and name our top 10 rally drivers of all time, along with the year their star shone brightest

BORN TO BE WILD • Rallying is in the Porsche 911’s bones – it just needed a little help from Singer to fulfil its potential

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND • Is a screenless supercar the apex of fun or a chocolate teapot? The answer, my friend, is in the Elva

CHRIS IN A CANDY SHOP • A garage full of every generation of 911 GT cars? There was only one man for the job…

HARRIS’ HEROES • Chris’ top five Porsche 911 GTs – there shall be no arguing

RULING CLASS • Is the new Mercedes S-Class still the king of the luxury car castle? Well, yes, basically

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

THE BROTHERS TRIM • Meet the siblings making a name for themselves in the retro world. Don’t believe us? Just ask Gordon Murray

VAUXHALL EQUUS, 1978

RETRO STEERING WHEELS

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report six: Mark has caught a bug, and there’s no telling what might happen…

(2021) JEEP WRANGLER vs WILLYS M38A1 (1955) • How World War Two forged an icon that’s still going today

COMPANY SAVIOURS

INDIANAPOLIS 500: THE SIMULATION • PC, 1989

SUBSCRIBE NOW ON iPHONE AND iPAD FOR JUST 99p

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

FIAT PANDA 4x4 • Long-termers we still miss

WHAT ELSE WE’RE...


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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

RETRO DONE RIGHT • The resemblance is obvious, the hopes are high and the want is strong. Renault’s 5 is back

FRENCH FAMILY PLANNING

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

CHEVROLET AVEO

BMW UPS THE M5 ANTE • Bring us 626bhp and 553lb ft of torque… and deep green paint

LAMBORGHINI HURACAN STO

ARE SYNTHETIC FUELS THE FUTURE FOR MOTORING?

COGS OF WAR • The humble watch was entrenched in the pocket, but World War One changed that

PLAY

SUPERSTRATA E

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

CARS WITH CARBON FIBRE WHEELS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… MERCEDES EQA • A handful of essential facts on Merc’s new baby EV

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • We all know that silly cars are great, says Chris. But cars without windscreens are just plain stupid

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip is on the warpath against same-old car brochures

FUTURE PROOF • Now more than ever, we appreciate experience over product, says Paul

The big test: everyday hot hatches • BMW’s made its very own Golf GTI – right as VW’s fluffed one of its easiest lines. Has the do-it-all hot hatch hierarchy finally changed?

Changing faces

Pan-Am Jumbo

Not so logical

Less is more

MUST TRY HARDER

Hot hatch wannabe

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

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE A BOOMPODS AQUABLASTER SPEAKER • Save 25 per cent when you subscribe to BBC TopGear magazine, paying just £23.50 every six issues and we’ll also send you a Boompods Aquablaster speaker worth £39.99!*

GROUP THERAPY ROUP RAPY • It’s official, rally specials make awesome road cars… question is, can the upstart GR Yaris show up a gathering of all time greats?

BEST OF THE BEST • We don a pair of brave pants and name our top 10 rally drivers of all time, along with the year their star shone brightest

BORN TO BE WILD • Rallying is in the Porsche 911’s bones – it just needed a little help from Singer to fulfil its potential

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND • Is a screenless supercar the apex of fun or a chocolate teapot? The answer, my friend, is in the Elva

CHRIS IN A CANDY SHOP • A garage full of every generation of 911 GT cars? There was only one man for the job…

HARRIS’ HEROES • Chris’ top five Porsche 911 GTs – there shall be no arguing

RULING CLASS • Is the new Mercedes S-Class still the king of the luxury car castle? Well, yes, basically

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

THE BROTHERS TRIM • Meet the siblings making a name for themselves in the retro world. Don’t believe us? Just ask Gordon Murray

VAUXHALL EQUUS, 1978

RETRO STEERING WHEELS

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report six: Mark has caught a bug, and there’s no telling what might happen…

(2021) JEEP WRANGLER vs WILLYS M38A1 (1955) • How World War Two forged an icon that’s still going today

COMPANY SAVIOURS

INDIANAPOLIS 500: THE SIMULATION • PC, 1989

SUBSCRIBE NOW ON iPHONE AND iPAD FOR JUST 99p

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

FIAT PANDA 4x4 • Long-termers we still miss

WHAT ELSE WE’RE...


Expand title description text