JACK RIX

Editor-in-chief @jack_rix @rixjack jack.rix@bbctopgearmagazine.com The world

Wild wild west (London)

Would you buy a used car from this man? Meet Britain’s youngest and most eccentric classic car merchant

Play time

Apple has overhauled its CarPlay system, we try it... in a 700bhp Aston

HIT MISS

Two titans of the editorial team have it out

COMMENTS YUGO

NEXT BIG THING

STEER BY WIRE

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE...

MAZZANTI EVANTRA

EPIC FAIL

LIFE F1

Yangwang U9

What’s Frank up to? He’s no stranger to

MIKE'S CHANNE

ILLUSTRATION: WALTER NEWTON Q: CAN THE

BOV

What exactly is going on with McLaren, wonders Jethro

PINKS

PIastri and Norris are opposites, who’ll take the title?

THE GODFATHER PART II

Alfa only has one full blooded mid-engined supercar in its back catalogue... this makes it two

HALL OF FAME/SHAME

The 33 glorious highs and (mostly rust related) lows of Alfa Romeo – Italy’s most Italian manufacturer

MAKE THEM AN OFFER THEY CAN’T REFUSE

You’re not a petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa. What to buy used at three budgets

ALFA SENIOR

What’s next on the roller coaster that is Alfa? CEO Santo Ficili explains all

THE VAN PRIX

This is the most important test you’ll read this month. Why? Because it’s about vans. The workhorses of the UK stable, the nervous system of order fulfilment, the dieselly enabler of your online shopping habit. You, or someone you know, owns a van. In urban areas they’re like rats – you’re never more than 49 metres from one. And the numbers are growing. As of 2024, there were approximately 4.6 million licensed vans in Great Britain, one for every 15 people in the country, and the Ford Transit alone has over 960,000 vehicles licensed and gambolling about our road network. So yes, vans. The most important vehicles you never notice...

Ring of the Slammers

What goes up, must come down, and there’s no greater high than driving El Bandito

HAUL CHINA

The cars are improving but is China truly destined to take over British roads? TopGear presents the most in-depth investigation into Chinesecars ever...

THE WEAKEST LINK

Confused by all these Chinese brands and how they fit together? Let us try to explain

TOMASO CATCHUP

Did you presume De Tomaso’s revival was more wannabe Pagani vapourware? Amazingly, it’s finished. Allow us, and the dreamers behind it, to bring you up to speed

TAKINGLIB ERTY

Sakura season is about reflection and new beginnings. So we celebrate it with Lando Norris and his new Liberty Walk Skyline

GOODBYE GODZILLA

SAYONARA, GODZILLA ONE LAST RIDE THROUGH TOKYO IN THE R35 NISSAN GT-R

TIME MACHINE

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

THE OVERRUN

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

THE HAT LIST

TOP FIVES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING