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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Oct 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

SAVE 49% ON SIX ISSUES

PORSCHE’S SILENT ASSASSIN • Meet the Mission R – a bespoke 1,037bhp e-racer that points the way to an all-electric Cayman

COFFEE BREAK

SUBARU B9 TRIBECA

ASTRA ZENECA • Fine looking hatch is just the shot in the arm Vauxhall needed

AUDI RS3

LANDO & DANNY’S F1 DIARY • McLaren’s dynamic duo pull back the curtain on the life of an elite driver

ONE OF A KIND • You don’t have to stick to boring old conventions with modern watches

SHARRON DAVIES • The Olympic swimmer on 2CVs, Audi Quattros and… powerboat racing

BUGATTI BOLIDE

PLAY GAME OF THE MONTH

TESLA MEGAPACK

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

UNLIKELIEST RACING CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… • RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH ELECTRIC

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

“PLUG-IN HYBRIDS ARE ALL A SCAM” • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • Loads of batteries but no range? We’ve been getting hybrid vehicles wrong this whole time, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • The greatest car year ever? Tough call, says TG TV script writer Sam Philip… has 2021 got a chance?

FUTURE PROOF • Motorway self-driving? I’ll pass, thanks, says Paul – but it’s creeping ever closer

The big test: everyday EVs • Hyundai says the Ioniq 5 is unique: a hatchback with the cabin space of an SUV. Here it faces one of each

Czech balance

Noisy neighbour

MUST TRY HARDER

Star attraction

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

SMASH HITS ARE BRITAIN’S BESTSELLERS ANY GOOD?

SUNDERLAND ’TILIQAI • One in five cars made in the UK is a Qashqai, it’s part of the furniture. Time to find out why by visiting the factory and offering our services as a delivery driver

COMMUTER SCIENCE • Britain’s commuters went from 62 to zero when the pandemic struck, but that doesn’t mean staying in the house

CORSA CLIENTI • How much is it possible for a novice to learn in a day in Britain’s most popular learner motor?

PARK LIFE • Take your seats, it’s veteran versus upstart in this car park battle to end all battles

HOBBY HORSE • How much lifestyle can you possibly squeeze into one lifestyle crossover? A day with the Ford Puma should do it

ROSSI • Woods, Ali, Senna… Rossi? As MotoGP’s greatest showman prepares to hang up his leathers, the pundit who knows him best asks what is it that makes him so special?

9 GREATEST ROSSI MOMENTS • Highlights from two and a half decades at the top

HUM-CZINGER • This is the Czinger 21C – a 3D printed hypercar with Laguna Seca lap record pedigree. We’re first to drive a very early prototype. Prepare for take-off…

Harder Better Faster Smaller • It might be the first V6 Ferrari since the Dino, but the downsized 296 GTB dares you to call it entry level

SUBSCRIPTION

PEAK PERFORMANCE • Morgan gets in on the off-roader act with a Dakar-inspired Plus Four… we put it on trial

ITALDESIGN LUCCIOLA, 1993

SEAT FABRICS

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 14: Mark’s realised just how much work is required to get the M6 roadworthy

(2005) SKODA FABIA vRS vs SKODA OCTAVIA vRS (2021) • Diesel versus plug-in hybrid –...


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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

SAVE 49% ON SIX ISSUES

PORSCHE’S SILENT ASSASSIN • Meet the Mission R – a bespoke 1,037bhp e-racer that points the way to an all-electric Cayman

COFFEE BREAK

SUBARU B9 TRIBECA

ASTRA ZENECA • Fine looking hatch is just the shot in the arm Vauxhall needed

AUDI RS3

LANDO & DANNY’S F1 DIARY • McLaren’s dynamic duo pull back the curtain on the life of an elite driver

ONE OF A KIND • You don’t have to stick to boring old conventions with modern watches

SHARRON DAVIES • The Olympic swimmer on 2CVs, Audi Quattros and… powerboat racing

BUGATTI BOLIDE

PLAY GAME OF THE MONTH

TESLA MEGAPACK

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

UNLIKELIEST RACING CARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… • RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH ELECTRIC

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

“PLUG-IN HYBRIDS ARE ALL A SCAM” • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • Loads of batteries but no range? We’ve been getting hybrid vehicles wrong this whole time, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • The greatest car year ever? Tough call, says TG TV script writer Sam Philip… has 2021 got a chance?

FUTURE PROOF • Motorway self-driving? I’ll pass, thanks, says Paul – but it’s creeping ever closer

The big test: everyday EVs • Hyundai says the Ioniq 5 is unique: a hatchback with the cabin space of an SUV. Here it faces one of each

Czech balance

Noisy neighbour

MUST TRY HARDER

Star attraction

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

SMASH HITS ARE BRITAIN’S BESTSELLERS ANY GOOD?

SUNDERLAND ’TILIQAI • One in five cars made in the UK is a Qashqai, it’s part of the furniture. Time to find out why by visiting the factory and offering our services as a delivery driver

COMMUTER SCIENCE • Britain’s commuters went from 62 to zero when the pandemic struck, but that doesn’t mean staying in the house

CORSA CLIENTI • How much is it possible for a novice to learn in a day in Britain’s most popular learner motor?

PARK LIFE • Take your seats, it’s veteran versus upstart in this car park battle to end all battles

HOBBY HORSE • How much lifestyle can you possibly squeeze into one lifestyle crossover? A day with the Ford Puma should do it

ROSSI • Woods, Ali, Senna… Rossi? As MotoGP’s greatest showman prepares to hang up his leathers, the pundit who knows him best asks what is it that makes him so special?

9 GREATEST ROSSI MOMENTS • Highlights from two and a half decades at the top

HUM-CZINGER • This is the Czinger 21C – a 3D printed hypercar with Laguna Seca lap record pedigree. We’re first to drive a very early prototype. Prepare for take-off…

Harder Better Faster Smaller • It might be the first V6 Ferrari since the Dino, but the downsized 296 GTB dares you to call it entry level

SUBSCRIPTION

PEAK PERFORMANCE • Morgan gets in on the off-roader act with a Dakar-inspired Plus Four… we put it on trial

ITALDESIGN LUCCIOLA, 1993

SEAT FABRICS

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 14: Mark’s realised just how much work is required to get the M6 roadworthy

(2005) SKODA FABIA vRS vs SKODA OCTAVIA vRS (2021) • Diesel versus plug-in hybrid –...


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