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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Apr 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

TAYCAN IT OFF-ROAD • The Porsche Taycan has morphed into an obscenely rapid, family friendly estate that’ll do a bit of off-road, too. Hold on kids…

TEST DRIVER NOTES • BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CROSS TURISMO

COFFEE BREAK

ROVER CITYROVER

CREWE CUT • Bentley reckons the new Conti GT Speed is its most capable road car ever

McLAREN ARTURA

SABINE SCHMITZ • Chris Harris pays tribute to the groundbreaking racing driver and presenter

INTO THE DEEP • If you’re devoting full time to floating under the sea, you’ll need a watch built to cope

DOUGIE LAMPKIN • The trials bike legend on his twoand four-wheeled transport

DOUGIE’S DREAM GARAGE

LAND ROVER DEFENDER V8

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

NURVV RUN INSOLES

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

FACTS ABOUT HEADLIGHTS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE…VOLVO C40 • A handful of essential facts on Volvo’s brand spanking new all-electric coupe-SUV

HARD DRIVE • We download YouTube’s #1 tech expert on whatever he’s been driving this month

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE O F EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • With the passing of F1 commentator Murray Walker, the motorsport world has lost an icon. Sad times

THE MIDDLE LANE • Think you’re cleverer than your satnav? Allow Sam Philip to have a word in your shell-like…

FUTURE PROOF • Heard the one about car companies being like oil tankers? Cobblers, says Paul Horrell

The big test:downsized sports cars • With its new 2.0-litre Supra, Toyota is the latest carmaker to drop a dinky 4cyl engine into a lissom coupe. Time to meet some established rivals

My little pony

Cool runnings

Blue in the face

Final destination

VAUXHALL INSIGNIA SRi VX-LINE NAV 2.0

Diesel do nicely

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

SUBSCRIPTION & RECEIVE A DIAMONDBRITE CAR CARE BUNDLE! • 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 Diamondbrite car care bundle worth £29.95!

M3 GRILLED TO PERFECTION? • Forget that face for a moment, it’s time for Chris Harris’ big verdict on the new M3…

MEET THE ELECTRIC BMW M3 • And you thought an auto box and a bit of rhinoplasty was controversial…

BEAUTY & THE BEAST • Nose jobs aside for a minute, this is a battle the M3 has to win, but the Alfa won’t go quietly

3 OR 4?

MEET THE PARENTS • Like it or loathe it, the new M3’s predecessors haven’t been without controversy, either…

NIGHT SHIFT • Is the e-tron GT just a rebadged Taycan or its own machine? We pull an all-nighter to find out

8 REASONS WE’RE PUMPED ABOUT F1 IN 2021 IS BACK • Is it just a lick of green paint and slick marketing, or is Aston Martin about to take F1 by storm?

TWO MINUTES WITH SEBASTIAN VETTEL • Can he win a race in 2021?

RIP MURRAY WALKER 1923–2021 • The commentary legend was loved for his gaffes

2 Lando and Danny: perfect double act • And McLaren has a Merc engine!

3 Is Sainz as good as Ferrari thinks he is? • And can the old horse prance again?

4 NEW SCHU • The Schumacher name returns to F1 this year, as young Mick makes his debut 30 years after Michael. We...


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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

TAYCAN IT OFF-ROAD • The Porsche Taycan has morphed into an obscenely rapid, family friendly estate that’ll do a bit of off-road, too. Hold on kids…

TEST DRIVER NOTES • BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CROSS TURISMO

COFFEE BREAK

ROVER CITYROVER

CREWE CUT • Bentley reckons the new Conti GT Speed is its most capable road car ever

McLAREN ARTURA

SABINE SCHMITZ • Chris Harris pays tribute to the groundbreaking racing driver and presenter

INTO THE DEEP • If you’re devoting full time to floating under the sea, you’ll need a watch built to cope

DOUGIE LAMPKIN • The trials bike legend on his twoand four-wheeled transport

DOUGIE’S DREAM GARAGE

LAND ROVER DEFENDER V8

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

NURVV RUN INSOLES

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

FACTS ABOUT HEADLIGHTS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE…VOLVO C40 • A handful of essential facts on Volvo’s brand spanking new all-electric coupe-SUV

HARD DRIVE • We download YouTube’s #1 tech expert on whatever he’s been driving this month

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE O F EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • With the passing of F1 commentator Murray Walker, the motorsport world has lost an icon. Sad times

THE MIDDLE LANE • Think you’re cleverer than your satnav? Allow Sam Philip to have a word in your shell-like…

FUTURE PROOF • Heard the one about car companies being like oil tankers? Cobblers, says Paul Horrell

The big test:downsized sports cars • With its new 2.0-litre Supra, Toyota is the latest carmaker to drop a dinky 4cyl engine into a lissom coupe. Time to meet some established rivals

My little pony

Cool runnings

Blue in the face

Final destination

VAUXHALL INSIGNIA SRi VX-LINE NAV 2.0

Diesel do nicely

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

SUBSCRIPTION & RECEIVE A DIAMONDBRITE CAR CARE BUNDLE! • 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 Diamondbrite car care bundle worth £29.95!

M3 GRILLED TO PERFECTION? • Forget that face for a moment, it’s time for Chris Harris’ big verdict on the new M3…

MEET THE ELECTRIC BMW M3 • And you thought an auto box and a bit of rhinoplasty was controversial…

BEAUTY & THE BEAST • Nose jobs aside for a minute, this is a battle the M3 has to win, but the Alfa won’t go quietly

3 OR 4?

MEET THE PARENTS • Like it or loathe it, the new M3’s predecessors haven’t been without controversy, either…

NIGHT SHIFT • Is the e-tron GT just a rebadged Taycan or its own machine? We pull an all-nighter to find out

8 REASONS WE’RE PUMPED ABOUT F1 IN 2021 IS BACK • Is it just a lick of green paint and slick marketing, or is Aston Martin about to take F1 by storm?

TWO MINUTES WITH SEBASTIAN VETTEL • Can he win a race in 2021?

RIP MURRAY WALKER 1923–2021 • The commentary legend was loved for his gaffes

2 Lando and Danny: perfect double act • And McLaren has a Merc engine!

3 Is Sainz as good as Ferrari thinks he is? • And can the old horse prance again?

4 NEW SCHU • The Schumacher name returns to F1 this year, as young Mick makes his debut 30 years after Michael. We...


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