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PAGANI’S LONG TAIL

Meet the Pagani Huayra Codalunga, a £6m one-offive... long tail. Weren’t expecting that one, were you?

COFFEE BREAK

What we’re watching/ listening/doing, while we should be

YOUABIAN PUMA

FAIL OF THE CENTURY #140

GYM BUNNY*

Travis Pastrana reveals the ‘Family Huckster’, the wildest Eighties estate ever

CAR CONTROL... WITH CATIE

#6 HEEL AND TOE

SEIZE THE DAY

Watches aren’t just for telling the time, they help us conquer our fears, too

MAX CHILTON

The Brit F1 and IndyCar racer tells TG about his modified Defender, his 2.7 RS Touring and a dabble with a Daytona

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 130

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TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS

It’s impossible to second guess the future, says Chris. So seize the day and live in the moment. Buy that dream car

THE MIDDLE LANE

Ludicrously expensive classic cars are actually a sensible buy, says TGTV script writer Sam Philip

FUTURE PROOF

The energy companies are enjoying bumper profits. Nice for them, but not us says Paul Horrell

The big test: McLaren Artura

Woking’s first production hybrid supercar is a make or break model for the company – we head to Spain for our first encounter

Worse for wire

£58,640 Back in the day a car used

Twin test Booty vicious

BMW’s new small coupe has huge punch. Enough to take down Audi’s driftable 400bhp saloon?

It’s GR8

Meet the follow-up to the GT86, now with

MUST TRY HARDER

VOLKSWAGEN POLO GTI

That’s better

7 10 The Genesis GV60 is the South

The overrun

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

THE COUNTACH VS STELVIO

Each winter the world’s most famous mountain pass is closed. Someone’s got to be the one to open it

SLIP STREAM

While the angular Ioniq 5 is a Seventies throwback, the 6 is inspired by streamliners from the Twenties and Thirties. The results are... challenging

TEXASB BQ

Like your hyper cars a bit... hairier? Hennessey’s 1,817bhp, 300mph+ Venom F5 is the one we’ve all been waiting for. Get ready to grill some tyres and fry your brain

GO BIG OR GO HOME...

Meanwhile in Peterborough... one of John Hennessey’s other mega-horsepower creations is giving the crowd what they want

IT’S ABSURD... IT’S INSANE... IT’S... SUPERVAN!

Ford’s unhinged Transit monsters have become legendary over the decades – now number four’s gone electric

BLACK MAGIC

There’s more to black than being the opposite of white. We take the blackest Rolls-Royce ever for a trip through the history of darkness

SCOOBY DOUGH

BECAUSE THEY DON’T MAKE ’EM LIKE THEY USED TO

HONDA WOW, 2005

Some manufacturers will brag about how they develop

RULE-BENDING RACECARS

THE SIXTIES EVERY SMOKEY YUNICK NASCAR Henry “Smokey”

RICCI’S GARAGE

Report 24 Time for a new daily driver... one with two turbos and eight cylinders preferably

(2021) BMW M240i vs BMW 328i SPORT (1999)

Decades apart, these two very different cars share more than just a badge

FAST NISSANS

LESS THAN £6K NISSAN 350Z (2004) Price now£5,995

GTI CLUB ARCADE, 1996

REMEMBERING RETRO GAMING THE CLASSICS

TOP GEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MASERATI

BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Now you’re a Maserati expert, it’s time to buy one...

Maserati 3200GT / 1998–2002 / £10,000–£25,000

Celebrating progress

50 YEARS OF BMW M.

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