BBC Top Gear Magazine

Top Gear is the worlds most exciting Car magazine bringing you up to date news, the latest drives and stunning features.

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VOLKSWAGEN’S £22K EV • A truly affordable EV with useful range, Golf space and good looks… can VW really pull off the impossible?

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

MINI CLUBMAN

SQUARE DEAL • Kia’s first ever three-row SUV is electric, and its boldest statement yet

PORSCHE 911 DAKAR

PLAY LIST • Procrastination ahoy! Six videos worth watching on the web this month

MOVERS AND SHAKERS • More and more watchmakers are making their own movements. This is a good thing

Gran Turismo 7 VR

LEICA D-LUX 7 007 EDITION

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

MOST ANNOYING CAR TECH

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… FORD EXPLORER • Ford wants its cars to have a more adventurous, American reputation…

“ TODAY’S LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES ARE OBSOLESCENT”

EV UPDATE

CHRIS HARRIS • Terrible displays of driving on UK roads and a lack of police on the prowl – not a coincidence, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • It’s time we started preserving our less loved everyday cars, reckons TGTV’s Sam Philip

FUTURE PROOF • Are tyre manufacturers pulling the wool over our eyes and getting away with it, ponders Paul

The big test: BMW XM • Mdivision’s first hybrid is a grotesque looking super-SUV. Surely it must offer more substance than it does style…

Last man standing

Truck day

New BYD on the block

Inside yoke

Inside job

MUST TRY HARDER • DACIA JOGGER HYBRID 140 EXPRESSION

Last blast

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

5 ISSUES FOR £5

DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! • Twelve years on, the Aventador’s successor is here. Prepare for a hard reset

MAZDA MX-30 R-EV

BMW i7

AUDI S1 HOONITRON

COME WITH IF YOU WANT TO CHA RGE • Hummer is back, only now it’s powered by batteries. Is it still military tough? Off to Bagdad we go…

MASERATI GRANTURISMO FOLGORE

RIMAC NEVERA

HELPLINE

LES 24HEURES DU M25 • Ladies and gentlemen, press your start buttons – it’s time for the world’s toughest (and most idiotic) endurance event

THE RESULTS ARE IN…

CITROEN OLI

MISCELLANEOUS • The other important things we’ve liked this year. Or not

POWER GRID • This year’s five biggest EV influencers

DELIVER US FROM DIESEL • There’s lots of clamour these days for companies to up sustainability and reduce pesky overheads…

DAILY BRED • Simple, realiable, affordable, these are the EVs designed to ease the daily grind. But which is best? Here comes the science bit…

TOYOTA PRIUS

URBAN LEGENDS • Is a bespoke electric city car the best car for the city? The Ami and new Jeep Avenger go head to head

JEEP AVENGER

5 ISSUES FOR £5

VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE! • An electric drift machine invoking the spirit of the Renault 5 Turbo? Go on then…

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE RENAULT 5

FORD EX, 2001

BRABUS BEASTS

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 33 Just because Mark adores his many cars, doesn’t mean he’s a collector… alright?

(2005) CAYENNE S vs CAYENNE E-HYBRID (2023) • Two decades of progress from a car we learned to love with greater haste than we dare admit

PROJECT LANCIAS

SUPER SKIDMARKS • AMIGA/MEGA DRIVE/SNES, 1993

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