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BBC Top Gear Magazine Top Gear 233 Back Issue

English 20 Reviews   â€¢  English   â€¢   Aviation & Transport (Automotive) Only $7.99
In the August 2012 issue:
- CLS shooting brake - a saloon made into a coupe made into a shooting brake. Which leaves us with...an estate. A swoopy one
- GT86 GRMN - Toyota removes the vowels from a German. Not to be confused with the TRD version, from which absolutely no vowels have escaped
- In the loop - TopGear attempts world using nothing but two giant hoops, a flimsy buggy and some actual physics. Stand well back
- Pinifarina obituary - we say farewell to the man behind some of the prettiest cars ever made. Thank you, Sergio
- F1 sharks - artist crosses F1 cars with angry fish. It's a metaphor for something. Not sure what
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Top Gear 233 In the August 2012 issue: - CLS shooting brake - a saloon made into a coupe made into a shooting brake. Which leaves us with...an estate. A swoopy one - GT86 GRMN - Toyota removes the vowels from a German. Not to be confused with the TRD version, from which absolutely no vowels have escaped - In the loop - TopGear attempts world using nothing but two giant hoops, a flimsy buggy and some actual physics. Stand well back - Pinifarina obituary - we say farewell to the man behind some of the prettiest cars ever made. Thank you, Sergio - F1 sharks - artist crosses F1 cars with angry fish. It's a metaphor for something. Not sure what


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In the August 2012 issue:
- CLS shooting brake - a saloon made into a coupe made into a shooting brake. Which leaves us with...an estate. A swoopy one
- GT86 GRMN - Toyota removes the vowels from a German. Not to be confused with the TRD version, from which absolutely no vowels have escaped
- In the loop - TopGear attempts world using nothing but two giant hoops, a flimsy buggy and some actual physics. Stand well back
- Pinifarina obituary - we say farewell to the man behind some of the prettiest cars ever made. Thank you, Sergio
- F1 sharks - artist crosses F1 cars with angry fish. It's a metaphor for something. Not sure what
read more read less
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