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EV GLOSSARY

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

MAKING IT HAPPEN

BEHIND THE SCENES

THE BEST 911 EVER?

Porsche marks the 911’s 60th birthday with a lightweight, analogue, driver’s dream. Catch the S/T while you still can

COFFEE BREAK

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

DODGE NITRO

IMAGE: MANUFACTURER Even the blindest optimist wasn’t expecting

ACT OF VALOUR

Aston celebrates 110 years in business by unleashing a modern day Muncher

ASTON MARTIN DB12

Step away from the Valkyrie colour palette. Aston

PLAY LIST

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

THE NIFTY FIFTIES

Lots of today’s most desirable watches were born in the post war boom. Here’s why

PLAY

Lego 2K Drive Lego might nominally be aimed

PORSCHE 75TH ANNIVERSARY XBOX COLLECTION

Porsche and Xbox’s 75th Anniversary collection sees a

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL FOLDING ROOFS

01 Peugeot 402 Eclipse Thought the 206CC was

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N

HARD DRIVE

We download YouTube’s #1 tech expert on whatever he’s been driving this month

“RANGE ANXIETY IS FOREVER”

ELECTRIC

EV UPDATE

IMAGES: GETTY, MANUFACTURER NOW RALLY READY Ford has

CHRIS HARRIS

Restomods are everywhere these days, says Chris. But Tuthill’s lightweight 911K stands out from the pack

THE MIDDLE LANE

TGTV’s Sam Philip is going on an adventure. An electrically powered adventure. Best of luck!

FUTURE PROOF

Carmakers have always cried wolf when it comes to new regs, says Paul. But this time it’s different...

The big test: last chance sports cars

The German big guns are all going electric soon. If you want an old school petrol thriller, get one while they’re still hot...

COMPLICATE THEN ADD WEIGHT

Love it or loathe it, Lotus’s new electric SUV will help keep the firm’s balance books in the green. But is it a Lotus in anything but name?

THEN ADD A TESLA

Time for the Lotus Eletre’s biggest test yet: a head to head with the old guard. Can it upset the Model X as luxury electric SUV gatekeeper?

GARAGE

TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

Volkswagen Multivan

GOODBYE £59,545 OTR/£65,521 as tested/£665pcm WHY IT’S HERE

Mazda CX-60

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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

This month: the electric folding rear seats in the Range Rover

BMW i4

HELLO £54,075 OTR/£63,975 as tested/£773 pcm WHY IT’S

DS 4 Hybrid

GOODBYE £41,600 OTR /£47,185 as tested /£643 pcm

CITROEN C5 X HYBRID

REPORT 7 £40,155/£42,985/£704 WHY IT’S HERE Has the

Audi S3

GOODBYE £39,045 (£47,370 for Vorsprung ed.)/£49,030 as tested/£794pcm

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

REPORT 2 RANGE ROVER Recent surveys have revealed

Dacia Sandero

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BMW M8

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VISION EXPRESS

Pininfarina’s new e-LUV concept – electric luxury utility vehicle – channels its past while pointing to the future. Beauty or beast?

LET'S GO!

TopGear is coming to America! Well, technically,

THE MIGHTY HUGKSTER

Nothing to see here, just a normal driving lesson in a sensible family wagon. Here’s what happened when Jethro met Travis...

MEGA DRIVE

Jann Mardenborough’s rise from bedroom gamer to Le Mans racer is the stuff of dreams... and now movies. Here’s five things you need to know about the new Gran Turismo film, including whether it’s any good

Drumroll please...

IS IT ANY GOOD? Who better

HAULIN’ASS

America is the spiritual home of the SUV. The truck is king. But the car they usurped – the traditional station wagon – still has a loyal and passionate following... if you know where to look

BOX FRESH

Into radio controlled cars as a kid? Get ready to relive those Eighties childhood memories: this is the Tamiya Wild One, reborn as a real life off-road electric buggy. Oh boy, this is gonna be good

HERE’S ONE WE MADE EARLIER...

Sam Burnett wasn’t a Tamiya kid, so we sent him a kit to show what he was missing

OLD COGS NEW TRICKS

It may not look like it, but the Pembleton T24 is a brand new Brit-built featherweight joy machine

TOYOTA ACSV, 1999

It is easy to forget that mammoth Japanese

WE’RE BUILDING A CUSTOM ROYAL ENFIELD

Report 4: wheels

RICCI'S GARAGE

Report 37 Mark’s counting the cost of owning so many ‘project’ cars... and it’s not pretty reading

(2023) VAUXHALL ASTRA GSe vs VAUXHALL ASTRA GSi (1994)

Head to head in two generations of Vauxhall hot hatches. What’s changed?

FAST-ISH 4WD SALOONS

AUDI A8 (2008) Price now: £3,500 Harris says:

BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING

N64, 1999

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LOTUS

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

EV HOTLIST

CITY CARS These small cars are perfect for

FIRST MOTORS

f1rstmotors.com

Swatch

Christopher Ward

christopherward.com

Volkswagen

Specsavers

autódramo internacional algarve

autodramodoalgarve.com

TOYO TIRES

www.toyo.co.uk

MHD WATCHES

www.MHDwatches.com

BBC Top Gear

Ebay

fromebay.co/Motors

DS AUTOMOBILES

DSautomobiles.co.uk

BBC Top Gear

buysubscriptions.com/TGP923

30th Annivarsary issue!

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BBC Top Gear

WE POWER YOUR CAR

www.wepoweryourcar.com

HandH

HandH.co.uk

GARRICK

www.garrick.co.uk

ADRIAN FLUX

adrianflux.co.uk

MOONSTONE PLATES

WWW.MOONSTONEPLATES.COM

Lanoguard

Lanoguard.co.uk/tgmag

BEAULIEU SUPERCAR WEEKEND

BEAULIEUSUPERCARWEEKEND.CO.UK

DNA AUTOHAUS

www.dnaautohausltd.co.uk

Garageflex

www.garageflex.co.uk

SEALEY

www.sealey.co.uk

SPARE WHEEL COVERS

wheelcover.com

RIMBLADES ORIGINAL

www.rimblades.com

UK Custom Covers

www.ukcustomcovers.com

WEST ROAD CUSTOMER

BEACHMASTER

Arona

seat.co.uk/Arona