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EVGLOSSARY

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

MAKING IT HAPPEN

BEHIND THE SCENES

WELCOME

@jack_rix editor@bbctopgearmagazine.com I’m becoming desensitised to silly prices

GET YOUR FIX

There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

COFFEE BREAK

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

VW PHAETON

FAIL OF THE CENTURY #12

EXTRA GRRRR

“Fully tuned” version of GR Yaris is for Japanese market only. Boo, hiss, etc

CAR CONTROL... WITH CATIE

#1 DRIVING ON ICE

THE TOUGH STUFF

People go on expeditions, but watches help them to stay on course and on time

PLAY

GAME OF THE MONTH

SLIPPERY LOW-DRAG CARS`

01 Mercedes Vision EQXX If you want to

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

ASTON MARTIN DBX707

ELECTRIC

TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS

Dealing with a petrol past and an electric future may be the undoing of car companies, reckons Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE

Car-sized millipedes? Don’t believe everything you read, says TGTV script

FUTURE PROOF

How much choice do we really have when speccing a car, ponders consultant editor Paul

The big test: electric executives

So you want to trade in your mid-size German saloon for a tax friendlier electric car – do you go for the same again, or something a little more Scandinavian?

The overrun

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

ECOMENTALIST

GOING GREEN DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN BUYING NEW: THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR THE ECO-WARRIOR IN YOU

THE OFF-ROAD ENTHUSIAST

USED AND ABUSED, YOU SAY? WE PREFER ‘WORN IN’

THE FAMILY MAN

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE MANAGED TO REPRODUCE. NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS: TWO- SEATERS, COUPES AND SALOONS ARE WELL OUT. STILL, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A VAN WITH WINDOWS JUST YET...

MAXIMUM LUXURY

A LITTLE LIGHT ON CASH BUT WANT A TASTE OF THE HIGH LIFE? STEP THIS WAY

MR JDM

WANT TO SPICE UP YOUR SECONDHAND PURCHASE? THEN GRAB SOMETHING FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. IT COULD BE QUITE THE INVESTMENT

THE SPEED FREAK

IF MAXIMUM CUBIC CAPACITY, CORNERING ABILITY AND BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IS WHAT MATTERS, YOU’RE WELL CATERED FOR... WHATEVER YOUR BUDGET

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS

RELAX INTO A WARM BATH OF SAFE BETS: THE CARS YOU CAN’T LOSE ON, THE HEARTLAND CHOICES THAT REQUIRE NO IMAGINATION WHATSOEVER...

HELPLINE

ANXIOUS ABOUT DIPPING INTO THE USED CAR MARKET? FEAR NOT! WE’RE HERE TO SAVE YOU WITH PRACTICAL CONSUMER ADVICE

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS, THIS CAR. I RECKON YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT AND THINKING ‘WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO A BMW Z8?’

The Smit Oletha isn’t some Z8 tribute act, it’s what happens when two brothers decide to make the car BMW couldn’t

“ WHAT THE BROTHERS HAVE DONE IS REMARKABLE”

A 4.4 V8 under the bonnet and a

GORDON MURRAY’S T.33

Missed out on a T.50 but need that Cosworth V12 in your life? Gordon’s got your back. Meet the milder-mannered T.33

COLD PLAY

Wrong time of year for enjoying the great outdoors, right? Rubbish, there’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing... and cars

JAN WITH A PLAN

This man thinks he can storm the chockers restomod Porsche scene with Scandinavia’s answer to Singer. Is he mad? Well, a bit. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong

OUR DAKAR DIARY

We pay a visit to the Saudi desert to ask: what exactly does it take to organise and observe the world’s most brilliantly chaotic race?

YOUNG RUFFIANS

BECAUSETHEYDON ’TMAKE ’EMLIKETHEYUSEDTO

TOYOTA DMT, 2001

Many of us have been stuck at our

RICCI’S GARAGE

Report 19: The Brabus might not be road ready, but it has got some new shoes

(2022) MORGAN PLUS FOUR vs MORGAN 4/4 (1966)

How does the modern Morgan compare with a car five decades its senior?

FRONT-DRIVEN HEROES

LESS THAN £5K RENAULTSPORT CLIO 172 (2003) Price

THRASH RALLY

ARCADE/NEO GEO, 1991

GARAGE

TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

Skoda Enyaq

GO TO TOPGEAR.COM FOR EXTENDED TG GARAGE REPORTS,

Ford Mustang Mach-E

REPORT 3 £57,030 OTR/£58,180 as tested/£1,503 pcm WHY

Nissan Qashqai

HELLO £36,125 OTR/£37,270 as tested/£450pcm WHY IT’S HERE

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

This month: the Golf R’s reversing camera whoopsie

HYUNDAI ii20N

REPORT 4 £24,995/£25,545/£311 WHY IT’S HERE Is TG’s

Cupra Leon Estate

GO TO TOPGEAR.COM FOR EXTENDED TG GARAGE REPORTS,

Mercedes S500

GO TO TOPGEAR.COM FOR EXTENDED TG GARAGE REPORTS,

500 NUGGETS

Massive 10.25in screen and a fairly modern infotainment system

FIAT 5500

REPORT 3 £27,995/£30,132/£257 WHY IT’S HERE What’s it

Porsche 911 Carrera

REPORT 4 £84,870 OTR/£93,646 as tested/£1,010pcm WHY IT’S

ASTON MARTIN DBX

REPORT 8 £158,000/£185,000/£1,899 WHY IT’S HERE It’s the

POLESTAR 2

REPORT 2 £45,900/£58,900/£660 WHY IT’S HERE Is the

Citroen C4

REPORT 5 £26,605 OTR/£27,200 as tested/£321pcm WHY IT’S

BMW MM3 Competition

GOODBYE £75,660 OTR/£86,745 as tested/£1,260pcm Is BMW’s mighty

Peugeot 508 PPSE SW

REPORT 2 £55,795 OTR/£55,795 as tested/£830pcm WHY IT’S

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO CITROEN

BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Citroen’s greatest hits

01 Citroen Traction Avant It wasn’t just

Now you’re a Citroen expert, it’s time to buy one...

Citroen DS / 1955–1975 / £10,000–£60,000

EV HOTLIST

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

“I’VE BOUGHT ONE! WHAT NOW?”

You have a home charge point. Don’t you?

Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron

THE TURBO STUDY

Singer, everyone’s favourite Porsche restorer, is back with another restomod that, if you’re anything like us, will leave your jaw on the floor

ALPINE

alpinecars.com/en/wltp/

Christopher Ward

christopherward.com

BMW i4

WORX

worxUK.com

Humanery

www.humanery.com

KEF 60 YEARS

Mountfield

mountfieldlawnmowers.co.uk

RECYKO CHARGE 10

BANGERS & CASH

TUFFERMAN

www.tufferman.co.uk

subscription

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SECONDHAND SUPERHEROES

BBC Top Gear

buysubscriptions.com

MAGS DIRECT

MagsDirect.co.uk

BOTB

BOTB.COM

COLOGNE COLLECTION

www.thecolognecollection.com

CarDiffusers

www.cardiffusers.co.uk

Morgan’s

morganspomade.co.uk

THRUXTON

thruxtonracing.co.uk

Got bush?

UK.MANSCAPED.COM

ROAD ANGEL

ROADANGELGROUP.COM

MOSS

mossauto.co.uk

UNIT17UK

unit17.co.uk

BBC Top Gear

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