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EV GLOSSARY

BAFFLED BY ELECTRIC CAR JARGON? YOUR GUIDE TO DECODING THE FUTURE IS HERE

MAKING IT HAPPEN

WHAT: QUICK COFFEE WHERE: SILVERSTONE, UK No single

THE TELLY BOYS ARE BACK!

Chris, Freddie and Paddy return to our screens... and as usual, it doesn’t always go quite to plan

COFFEE BREAK

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

COVINI C6W

If it was a good idea, someone else would’ve done it already

BLOCK PARTY

The new BMW M2 is a 454bhp, rear-drive coupe with Lego bumpers

CAR CONTROL... WITH CATIE

#9 LIFT-OFF OVERSTEER

STARS AND STRIPES

Everyone knows stripes are worth a few extra bhp... or $$$ in the watch industry

PLAY

GAME OF THE MONTH

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

STUPID ENGINES IN SENSIBLE CARS

01 Ford Excursion 6.8 V10 The Ford Excursion

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

POLESTAR 3

ELECTRIC

TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS

F1 treated us to a true spectacle last year – but this season has seen the sport go backwards, says Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE

TGTV’s Sam Philip has been surfing the world wide web and it seems to be angrier than ever

FUTURE PROOF

Cars are much like people, says Paul Horrell – in their old age we can learn to love them again

The big test: electric hatches

Looking to go electric? There’s never been such choice on offer, especially if you’re in the market for a family hatchback

The overrun

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

MINI BUDGET BREAK

Sub-£30k cars, a £300 spending cap for for food, bed and fuel – roadtrips needn’t cost the world... as we set out to prove

FABERGE ’SEGG

When Christian von Koenigsegg builds a 50th birthday present to himself, you can rest assured it’s not going to be half arsed...

PHANTON MENACE

The new GT3 RS’s ultimate weapon is something you can’t see – the air around it. Allow Chris Harris to demonstrate

HELLO KITTY

Fuji Speedway, the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, and us getting in the way. It’s of ficial, endurance racing is back on the map

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

The Rolls-Royce Spectre has been over 120 years in the making. There’s no badge better suited to electric power, but has it got the timing just right?

SUNDOWNER

Want to chase the sunset on the longest day of the year? You’ll need a 4x4, somewhere to sleep and a strong plan B

DOUBLE DECKER

What better way to celebrate Lamborghini’s V12 engine than a blast in Ferruccio’s very own dual V12-powered boat?

AUDI QUATTRO SPYDER, 1991

Most concept cars you can take one short

RICCI’SGARAGE

Report28 Everything’s broken... Apart from Mark’s Dodge Viper

(2022) MINI ELECTRIC vs MINI COOPER (2000)

The much-loved Mini has come a long way – does the electric variant deserve the Cooper badge?

TRACK DAY TOYS

LESS THAN £2K MAZDA MX-5 (1996) Price now£1,200HarrissaysWant

CRAZY TAXI

ARCADE/DREAMCAST, 1999

GARGAGE

TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

REPORT 6 SKODA FABIA Disaster! Something went wrong

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JEEP

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

Jeep’s greatest hits

01 Willys MB In a list of greatest

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

Jeep certainly isn’t the car company to come

FACTOID

No one actually knows where the Jeep name

What is Jeep’s fastest car?

Jeep has never really gone in for racing,

NOTABLE PEOPLE

John Willys Successful engineer was also first US

Where are Jeeps built and how many are sold a year?

1,276,000

What’s the best concept that Jeep has made?

One of the things we particularly like about

What was Jeep’s best moment?

Between 1912 and 1918, Willys (the precursor company

What was Jeep’s worst moment?

For a company that was briefly tainted by

What was Jeep’s biggest surprise?

For some, it might be spinning an entire

LOGO EVOLUTION

1941 Takes a village to raise a car

What’s the most Jeep car in the back catalogue?

Jeep Wrangler YJ / 1986–1995

EV HOTLIST

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

Audi

Christopher Ward

christopherward.com

LEGO

smart meters

IONITY

weareonit.biz

KEF

RECYKO CHARGE 10

MG

mg.co.uk

CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW

NECCLASSICMOTORSH0W.COM

Specsavers

specsavers.co.uk

Radio Times

LAPLAND ICE DRIVING

WWW.LAPLAND-ICE-DRIVING.COM

BBC Top Gear

buysubscriptions.com/TGP1322

LEGO

LEGO.COM/TECHNIC

BBC Top Gear

VINTAGE ACQUISITIONS

www.vintageacquisitions.com/whisky-cask-ownership

YOUR LIFE IN CARS

YOURLIFEINCARS.COM

SDC WATCHES

sdcwatches.com

Fueled Art

WWW.FUELED.ART

DUALHAWK

WWW.DUELHAWK.COM

Morgan’s

CASTLE COMBE CIRCUIT

castlecombecircuit.co.uk

THRUXTON CIRCUIT

thruxtonracing.co.uk

LONDON EV SHOW

londonevshow.com

ADRIAN FLUX

adrianflux.co.uk

TOPREG

WWW.TOPREG.CO.UK

3HRILL

3hrill.com 3hrill.com/legal/terms-conditions

bsm cartransport

bsmcartransport.co.uk

NUMBER1PLATES

www.number1plates.com

FRESH MOBILE CAR VALETING

www.freshcarvaleting.com

CARSCOPE

CARSCOPE.CO.UK

RIMBLADES

NOIR

WWW.NOIR-STORE.CO.UK

BOTB

BOTB.COM

SEAT

seat.co.uk/Arona

WE POWER YOUR CAR

www.wepoweryourcar.com