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EV GLOSSARY

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

MAKING HAPPEN

Welcome

@jack_rix editor@bbctopgearmagazine.com “H ow the hell can you

FERRARI’S BIG MOVE

The 715bhp Ferrari Purosangue is a V12 family car that insists it’s not an SUV

“I DROVE THE PUROSANGUE AS SOON AS I ARRIVED”

Benedetto Vigna, CEO of Ferrari since June 2021, previously ran STMicroelectronics, a Geneva-based technology and semiconductor company. We met him in his office

HYBRID WORKING

The new Mercedes-AMG C63 ditches its V8 for a 2.0 4cyl with e-assist

PORSCHE 911GT3RS

All racecars look great pre-stickers, in plain white.

COFFEE BREAK

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

VAUXHALL ZAFIRA VXR

Sometimes, the unlikeliest flavours pair together to produce

SLIM TO WIN

As fashion tastes evolve, watchmakers have to keep up, and the desire for thin is in

BETH MEAD

The Euro 2022 winner, top goal scorer and player of the tournament

PAGANI UTOPIA

PLAY

F1 Manager 22 The first F1 management game

EGOÉ NESTBOX CAMPER

Love camping but hate sleeping in what is

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

TOPGEAR TOP 9

MINIVANS THAT ARE COOLER THAN SUVS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

FORD MUSTANG

EV UPDATE

NOW LEAN, MEAN AND XTREME Meet the ID.XTREME,

Chris Harris

A lot has changed since 1967 – not least cars and roads. Time to rethink motorway speed limits, wonders Chris

The Middle Lane

Ignore the doomsayers – cars will still be needed in our utopian future,

Future Proof

Dodge’s rebadged Tonale has ruffled Paul Horrell’s feathers – and reflects badly on Alfa Romeo

The big test: seven-seat EVs

Proper seven-seat electric cars are still thin on the ground. These two do it for way less than a Model X, but is the answer van or SUV?

MUST TRY HARDER

PORSCHE MACANT £55,800 THE LETTER T. IN PORSCHE

The overrun

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

MEET THE CONTENDERS

All the cars that made it to Speed Week 2022... and a few that didn’t

NO SHOWS

This has been an unusual year. We’re all in recovery from the pandemic, there’s an energy crisis, microchip shortages, inflation and more. It’s had – having – asevere impact on the car industry. Delays, production issues, development problems. And it’s meant that several significant cars that should’ve taken part this year, didn’t...

CONVOY

From London to Most via Eurotunnel and autobahn. Sometimes, taking the scenic route is the only way

THIS IS MOST

Never heard of Autodrom Most? Join us for a flying lap

START YOUR ENGINERS!

Roadtrip successfully navigated, time to find out what our contenders are really capable of. The track is of ficially open...

ANA TOMY OF A RACING TRUCK

The European Truck Racing Championship is about to descend on Autodrom Most. These are the ingredients that make up the world’s most unlikely track stars

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE

Several arguments later and we’re down to our final trio... time to head for the hills to decide on a winner

KEEP ON TRUCKING

Europe’s premier truck racing event... and get way more involved than we thought Time to declare our Speed Week winner at

TROJAN HORSE

RML’s Ferrari 250 SWB lookalike is a 550 Maranello underneath, a thoroughbred homage that’s neither restomod nor replica

JEEP JEEPSTER, 1998

Every carmaker wants it all – to have

FORMULA ONE CULT HEROES

JAMES HUNT You’ve heard the stories – Hunt’s

RICCI’S GARAGE

Report27 Mark’s Brabus project coming along... just very slowly

(2022) ASTON V12 VANTAGE vs ASTON V12 VANTAGE (2009)

The last of the line V12 Vantage takes on its 13-year-older ancestor

JDM TUNING PROJECTS

INFINITI G35 (2005) Price now£4,554HarrissaysBased on the Nissan

WIPEOUT

PLAYSTATION/SATURN, 1995

Honda HR-V

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BMW iX

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AUDI Q4 e-TRON

REPORT 4 £55,435/£61,955/£690 WHY IT’S HERE Is the

Q4 e-TRON NUGGETS

Lost AirPod appears to have been swallowed forever

Alpine A110S

REPORT 2 £60,645 OTR/£71,689 as tested/£749pcm WHY IT’S

Land Rover Defender

REPORT 8 £51,295 OTR/£74,146 as tested/£1,004pcm WHY IT’S

SKODA FABIA

REPORT 5 £19,400/£21,925/£273 WHY IT’S HERE Does relentless

VOLKSWAGEN ID.4

REPORT 6 £46,035/£49,400/£659 WHY IT’S HERE It’s the

WHAT ELSE WE’RE RUNNING

CITROEN e-BERLINGO REPORT 4 I’m slowly getting used

BENTLEY BENTAYGA

REPORT 3 £157,800/£198,790/£1,700 WHY IT’S HERE Does downsizing

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

This month: the satnav in the Merc EQA

Dacia Jogger

REPORT 3 £18,745 OTR/£19,640 as tested/£313pcm WHY IT’S

Jaguar F-Pace SVR

REPORT 4 £79,090 OTR/£83,060 as tested/£942pcm WHY IT’S

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO PEUGEOT

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

Peugeot’s greatest hits

Peugeot Type7The 1894 Paris–Rouen event was more of

What’s thecheapestcarthatPeugeot builds... and what’s the most expensive?

The L-plate friendly 108 city car was the

FACTOID

Sure, we know that Peugeot has a long

What is Peugeot’s fastest car?

The fastest Peugeot road car on the books

NOTABLE PEOPLE

Armand Peugeot Sure, dad Émile got things going,

Where are are Peugeots Minis built, and and how how many does areitsold build a year? 1,214,851

Peugeot has 10 factories that it runs directly

What’s the best concept Peugeot’s made?

In the power crazed Eighties, even Peugeot wanted

What was Peugeot’s best moment?

You might think that Madonna ruled the Eighties,

What was Peugeot’s worst moment?

Madonna might have been still going strong come

What was Peugeot’s biggest surprise?

While it was exclusively putting terrible cars into

LOGO EVOLUTION

1810 Peugeot bicycles carried a badge with a

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

Peugeot 205 GTI / 1984–1994