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Trade-in to trade up

DEE NEUE KLASSE

BMW’s i Vision Dee concept previews a fully digital future, but takes inspiration from the past

COFFEE BREAK

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

LOTUS EUROPA S

IMAGE: MANUFACTURER You could see where Lotus was

SHOCK FACTOR

Chevy marks the Vette’s 70th birthday by filling it with electricity and traction 

ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE

Leaving aside the taste implication of a three-

CAR CONTROL... WITH CATIE

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METAL OF THE GODS

Titanium was once rarer than rare in the world of watches, but that’s no longer the case

PLAY GAME OF THE MONTH

Need for Speed: Unbound Need for Speed: Unbound

RING CAR CAM

Chances are you’ll have heard the annoying little

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news 

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME FLOPS

01 Electrobat A modern metropolis with an entirely

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

MAZDA MX-30 R-EV

ELECTRIC

TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

IMAGES: GETTY, MANUFACTURER NOW SURPRISE, SURPRISE Woah! The

CHARIS HARRISH

Special editions are released thick and fast these days, but what message does that send, ponders Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE

Yes, times are a-changing, but not so fast as we might all imagine, says TGTV’s Sam Philip

FUTURE PROOF

Jaguar joining the Formula E circus is for absolutely no good reason, says Paul Horrell

The big test: Ineos Grenadier

What to do when you dislike the new Land Rover Defender and you’re super rich? Why, create a whole new rugged 4x4 yourself, of course...

Weight of play

Audi called its first EV the e-tron because

Loud of the Rings

Whatever replaces the R8 as Audi Sport’s speed

Avenger Assembles

The Avenger needs presence, because it’s small –

Niche lustre

There’s a lot that the 408 isnÕt. It’s

Soft-top dollar

There’s been a lot going on in the

MUST TRY HARDER

YOU’D THINK THAT AN 831BHP, 1,084LB FT four-seat

Wincy spider

The 765LT came out over two years ago

The overrun

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

BAPTISM OF FIRE CAND ICEJ

Off-road supercars are for show not go, right? We put Porsche’s ‘tough’ new 911 Dakar through the wringer on two continents to find out

BOSS LEVEL

Put four great performance car minds in the same room, toss in some random topics and you have yourself a conversation for the history books

THE DOG’S BOLL CKS

At last, an M3 estate. We put its touring and dog carrying abilities to the test with a 1,500-mile roadtrip... to Barryland

EXTRA VA LUE WHEELS

Fancy some go-faster practicalit y for the cost of the optional extras on our Swissbound M3 Touring? With a £22,500 budget, we hit the classifieds

KEN 1967 – 2023

The motoring world has lost one of its true greats in Gymkhana pioneer, professional rally driver and all-round hero Ken Block. Chris Harris shares his memories

KEN’S TOP 5 WILDEST BUILDS

As well as a tyre-shredding supremo, Block was a master of the monster build, as the following examples illustrate

UP RISING

The new Honda Civic Type R won our Car of the Year crown last December – barely three months on, it’s already time to defend it

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

VW ECORACER, 2005

It’s quite funny to look back at concept

(2010) PORSCHE GT3 RS vs PORSCHE GT3 RS (2022)

The new GT3 RS is the most extreme 911 ever. Time to see if its great grandfather has gone soft

RIDGE RACER

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ALPINE A110S

REPORT 6 £60,645/£71,689/£749 WHY IT’S HERE Does the

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

This month: weatherunproofed tech

Vauxhall Astra

HELLO £28,710 OTR/£29,310 as tested/£409 pcm WHY IT’S

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REPORT 2 RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH My first proper

Honda Civic

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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LAND ROVER

From greatest hits to lowest moments, everything you ever wanted to know... and a fair bit you didn’t

What is Land Rover and when did it start making cars?

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Land Rover’s greatest hits

01 Land Rover Series I What else could

What’s the cheapest car that Land Rover builds... and what’s the most expensive?

The Land Rover brand has moved itself inexorably

FACTOID

The first pre-prod Range Rovers built for testing

What is Land Rover’s fastest car?

Speed is not really a key attribute. But

NOTABLE PEOPLE

Maurice Wilks Rover’s chief engineer inspired by Willys

Where are Land Rovers built and how many are sold a year?

269,120 Land Rover’s spiritual home is in

What’s the best concept that Land Rover has made?

The only reasonable answer here is the Range

What was Land Rover’s best moment?

It’s rare that a carmaker can get involved

What was Land Rover’s worst moment?

We don’t want to be too on the

What was Land Rover’s biggest surprise?

We all know that Land Rover invented the

LOGO EVOLUTION

1948 Land Rover was just a model name

What’s the most Land Rover car in the back catalogue?

Rust in piece These are notoriously poor at

EV HOT LIST

READY TO MAKE THE SWITCH? WE SEPARATE WHAT’S HOT FROM WHAT’S NOT

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