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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Jan 01 2022
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 • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

Top Gear

HENNESSEY’S LONG SHOT • Our favourite Texan tuner’s electric 6WD hyper GT Deep Space Concept may look other-worldly, but it has bold plans to conquer planet Earth

CHEVROLET SSR

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

GRAND DESIGNS • Another day, another electric restomod… but Hyundai’s might surprise

CATERHAM SEVEN 170

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

POWER OF THE BRAND • How do you choose your clothes, car or watch? Does the name really matter?

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

ZIPCHARGE GO

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

NOUGHTIES CUSTOM SUPERCARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… TOYOTA BZ4X • A handful of facts on Toyota’s radical new pure-electric 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 OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • Carmakers seem to have gone a bit crazy now the end of the combustion engined car is in sight, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script writer Sam Philip considers the ramifications of driving a Defender a long way

FUTURE PROOF • Why so many screens? Why so few buttons? Could it be cost-related, muses consultant editor Paul

The big test: performance crossovers • Looking to add a little spice to life ferrying the kids around town? These three should have you covered

M is for mature

Van with a plan

Slippery slope

MUST TRY HARDER

Grip ’n’ rip

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

SUBSCRIPTION

MIAMI HEAT • Where better to try out the supersized horsepower of the new Battista than the land of excess?

THE A-TEAM • From hot hatches to hydrogen fuel cells, Hyundai’s got the lot

SINGER’S DLS PROJECT

SKODA FABIA • ALL THE CAR YOU NEED… OF THE YEAR

MISSION STATEMENT • Concept cars are supposed to be a tantalising glimpse of the future to come – in which case, sign us right up to the Mission R

VAVA BOOM • The Megane’s gone electric, and Renault’s knocked it out the park

BMW i4

PORSCHE 911 GT3

MEGA BUSES • Going electric is the smart move these days, but how sensible do you want to be?

LONG WAY DOWN • Does the old-money luxury of the Mercedes S-Class translate to the nouveau riche world of electric vehicles? Time for a wee trip

GINETTA G55 SUPERCUP

MOKKA SHOKKA • Vauxhall’s got a new face… and we’re all for it

ASTON MARTIN VICTOR

2021

2021 MISCELLANEOUS • The other successes (and a few failures) that caught our eye

WALL OF FAME • The six people who kept cars exciting in 2021, and reached TG hero status while they were at it

PITCH PERFECT • A high note for 2022? You betcha…

KIA EV6

DARE DEVIL • The i20N has conquered all that we’ve thrown at it so far, but how does it deal with the Australian outback?

NEW SOUTH WALES

GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM ONLY £29.99

BELT AND BRACES • BMW’s standout E30 M3 has been enhanced and evolved by Redux – see, miracles do happen

CHEVROLET CERV III, 1990

MICROCARS

RICCI’S GARAGE •...


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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 • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

Top Gear

HENNESSEY’S LONG SHOT • Our favourite Texan tuner’s electric 6WD hyper GT Deep Space Concept may look other-worldly, but it has bold plans to conquer planet Earth

CHEVROLET SSR

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

GRAND DESIGNS • Another day, another electric restomod… but Hyundai’s might surprise

CATERHAM SEVEN 170

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

POWER OF THE BRAND • How do you choose your clothes, car or watch? Does the name really matter?

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

ZIPCHARGE GO

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

NOUGHTIES CUSTOM SUPERCARS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… TOYOTA BZ4X • A handful of facts on Toyota’s radical new pure-electric 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 OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • Carmakers seem to have gone a bit crazy now the end of the combustion engined car is in sight, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script writer Sam Philip considers the ramifications of driving a Defender a long way

FUTURE PROOF • Why so many screens? Why so few buttons? Could it be cost-related, muses consultant editor Paul

The big test: performance crossovers • Looking to add a little spice to life ferrying the kids around town? These three should have you covered

M is for mature

Van with a plan

Slippery slope

MUST TRY HARDER

Grip ’n’ rip

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

SUBSCRIPTION

MIAMI HEAT • Where better to try out the supersized horsepower of the new Battista than the land of excess?

THE A-TEAM • From hot hatches to hydrogen fuel cells, Hyundai’s got the lot

SINGER’S DLS PROJECT

SKODA FABIA • ALL THE CAR YOU NEED… OF THE YEAR

MISSION STATEMENT • Concept cars are supposed to be a tantalising glimpse of the future to come – in which case, sign us right up to the Mission R

VAVA BOOM • The Megane’s gone electric, and Renault’s knocked it out the park

BMW i4

PORSCHE 911 GT3

MEGA BUSES • Going electric is the smart move these days, but how sensible do you want to be?

LONG WAY DOWN • Does the old-money luxury of the Mercedes S-Class translate to the nouveau riche world of electric vehicles? Time for a wee trip

GINETTA G55 SUPERCUP

MOKKA SHOKKA • Vauxhall’s got a new face… and we’re all for it

ASTON MARTIN VICTOR

2021

2021 MISCELLANEOUS • The other successes (and a few failures) that caught our eye

WALL OF FAME • The six people who kept cars exciting in 2021, and reached TG hero status while they were at it

PITCH PERFECT • A high note for 2022? You betcha…

KIA EV6

DARE DEVIL • The i20N has conquered all that we’ve thrown at it so far, but how does it deal with the Australian outback?

NEW SOUTH WALES

GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM ONLY £29.99

BELT AND BRACES • BMW’s standout E30 M3 has been enhanced and evolved by Redux – see, miracles do happen

CHEVROLET CERV III, 1990

MICROCARS

RICCI’S GARAGE •...


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