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DEPUTY EDITOR Ollie Kew HEAD OF CAR TESTING

Less metal. Same mettle.

When asked for feedback on the C60 Trident,

ZERO TO HERO

Hondas you can lust after are back. Allow us to introduce the wonderfully wedgy ‘0 Series’

COFFEE BREAK

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

JEEP CHEROKEE 2001

IMAGE: MANUFACTURER Jeep’s ‘XJ’ Cherokee, built between 1984

HOTTER HATCH

Rally bred TG hero gets more power and optional eight-speed auto

MINI COOPER EV

Mini’s own suggested spec for the Exclusive trimline

PLAYLIST

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

HIP TO BE SQUARE

Watches come in all shapes and sizes, and the square watch has plenty of celeb endorsement

PLAY

GAME OF THE MONTH

ANKER SOLIX F2000 POWER STATION

Do you need electricity in remote locations? Do

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

GEEKIEST WEIGHT SAVING IN FAST CARS

5g SAVED IMAGES: MANUFACTURER 01 Porsche GT3

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...McLAREN GTS

McLaren’s GT is now the GTS – less weight, but a 30 per cent longer name

ELECTRIC

TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

HARD DRIVE

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

THE MIDDLE LANE

A very serious incident involving a toaster and an electric car has got TGTV’s Sam Philip thinking

FUTURE PROOF

Is perfect the same for one person as the next, asks Horrell. Turns out, it’s very unlikely...

The big test: super GTs

These days grand tourers need to be much more than just long distance pleasure cruisers, they need genuine supercar performance too

Seal of disapproval

6/ 10 £48,695 ↑ FOR Looks smart, interior

Worth its wait

£79,900 ↑ FOR Sharp looks, lovely interior, lots

Yaris crossover

7/ 10 £35,595 ↑ FOR Stylish looks, efficient

MUST TRY HARDER

DS 4 OPERA E-TENSE 225

Swing and amiss

7/ 10 £68,020 ↑ FOR Ride and refinement,

The overrun

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

J-TURN

As the world pivots towards EV, Japan is busy figuring out how to keep its icons alive and kicking. We gather the concepts and assess their chances...

NISSAN GT-R

CODENAME: HYPER FOR CE DRIVETRAIN: DUAL MOTOR, AWD

MAZDA RX-7

CODENAME: ICONIC SP DRIVETRAIN: E-MOTOR & ROTARY RANGE

LEXUS LFA

CODENAME: ELECTR IFIED SPORT S CONCEPT DRIVETRAIN: DUAL

TOYOTA MR 2

A CODENAME: FT-Se DRIVETRAIN: DUAL MOTORS, RWD BIAS

PAST & FURIOUS

You’ve seen the future, time to acknowledge heroes of the past. An impromptu night meet in Tokyo’s Daikoku car park should do it...

TOPGEAR DOESN’T DO HOTELS...

If it did, this is what they’d look like. Welcome to Magarigawa, where Japan’s über rich come to play

THE NEW NORMAL

The new Macan has a lot riding on it, not least because it’s the first fully electric SUV from Porsche. Impress your friends with our handy 10 Things You Need to Know guide

Wedge fund

Love supercars? Have bags of money? There’s only one club you need to be a part of

INSIDE

One of America’s brightest electric car startups is burning stacks of cash faster than Christopher Nolan’s Joker. What’s going on at Tesla’s worst nightmare?

FACTORY FRESH

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

CITROEN C-MÉTISSE, 2006

CONCEPTS THAT TIME FORGOT

RICCI’S GAGAGE

Report 43 With the promise of the BMW being up and running soon, Mark has a difficult decision to make

(1999) LOTUS ESPRIT GT3 vs LOTUS EMIRA i4 (2023)

The new AMG-powered Emira is far from the first (or maddest) 4cyl Lotus...

STUNTS

PC, 1990

TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO LEVC

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

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

LEVC TX / 2017–present 

EV HOTLIST

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

EV GLOSSARY

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

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