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Bank canvas

Meet Chloe Dowsett, the artist who can make Rolls-Royce owners’ design dreams come true

Slim. Fast

Meet the lighter, quicker 296 Speciale... guaranteed to give driving satisfaction

COMMENTS CORVETTE CONCEPT

THE GOOD Fresh out of the Hot Wheels

NEXT BIG THING

ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE...

FISKER KARMA

Protection racket

Keeping your prized possessions safe is common sense, hence these toughened up timepieces

EPIC FAIL

1980 FORD MUSTANG V8

HELP

THIS MONTH: BRITISH CARS

HOT NOT?

Frank Stephenson critiques car designs

MIKE'S CHANNEL

ILLUSTRATION: WALTER NEWTON Q: CAN YOU HAVE

GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV

There’s hope yet for a fun motoring future, says Jethro

PINKS

Eddie Jordan’s death is a sad moment for F1, says Natalie

POWER TRIP

The 2,011bhp Lotus Evija has the potential to change everything... Jethro is first to brace his neck and cut loose on track

LOTUS EVIJA

In 1:he 1970s the Lotus test drivers used to 'pop' from the factory to the south of France for the weekend 1 put the latest car through its paces We decided to do the same albeit with a little more 'pop'

RENAULT 5 TURBO 3E

EV WE’RE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO DRIVING IN 2025

HONDA 0 SERIES

BEST EV DESIGN

PLUG ’N’ SLEIGH

BEST EV SUV

MISCELLANEOUS

The other highs and lows in the electric world that have caught our eye in the past 12 months

MERCEDES-BENZ G580e

The alchemists at Mercedes have mixed the G’s years of experience with their electric knowhow and created something... better

ROLLS ROYCE BLACK BADGE SPECTRE

The Black Badge Spectre is the most powerful

BMW i5 TOURING

In the old world order, you bought a

How low can you go?

The Dacia Spring and Leapmotor T03 are the two cheapest (proper) electric cars on the market right now – time for a pennies and shillings showdown

INTO THE RED

Can a completely normal electric family hatchback drive coast to coast across the Australian Outback? Welcome to TopGear ’s most ambitious electric roadtrip yet...

THE LAND OF OZ

ILLUSTRATION PETE LLOYD LENGTH OF STUART HIGHWAY:

CHARGEY BARGEY

Can the Lotus Emeya 900 dethrone the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT as our favourite fast EV with four doors?

SEOUL TRAIN

There’s been a dearth of electric seven seaters on the market until recently, but thankfully the Koreans have our backs

LITTLE MIX

Stylish, small, retrofuturistic... these are the EVs that everyone’s talking about. Where should you spend your hard earned cash?

VIVE LA RENAUL

Renault did a magnificent job with its revival of the 5 hatchback... turns out it was just getting warmed upl

HEADLINER VOLT-ZILLA

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

The big picture

WE DRIVE ’THE DICTATOR’

#67 Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012

PLAYSTATION, 1998

HEAD TO HEAD SEVEN SEATERS

These days family buses come in all shapes and sizes, but what if you’re after one that the kids won’t be embarrassed to be seen in?

THE OVER RUN

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

GARAGE

LAND ROVER DEFENDER · CUPRA TAVASCAN · BMW M135 · MG CYBERSTER · DACIA DUSTER · BMW M5 · SKODA SUPERB · RICCI’S GARAGE · ASTON DB12 · VW ID.7 · PORSCHE MACAN

THE HOT LIST

TOP FIVES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING

SHORT LIST

CAR BUYING QUANDARY? SHORTLIST IS AT YOUR SERVICE

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