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WELCOME

@jack_rix editor@bbctopgearmagazine.com W ethought about it of course, getting

STANG WITH STING

Sounds like a VW Golf diesel, but the GTD is a Mustang gunning to take on the Porsche 911 GT3 RS at its own game

SSANGYONG RODIUS

IMAGE: MANUFACTURER No one buys an MPV for

COFFEE BREAK

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

LIVING LEGEND

A canned Lotus from 53 years ago is brought to life to create the ultimate track toy

PLAY LIST

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

PLUG AND PLAY

What do the watch and gaming industries have in common? More than you might think...

LANDO NORRIS

The McLaren F1 racing driver on supercars suited to the golf club and old Fiat 500s

FIAT TOPOLINO

If your heart hasn’t already melted at the

PLAY

GAME OF THE MONTH F1 Manager 23 F1

RUF CTR YELLOWBIRD MODEL

Artist Andrew Ritter (perhaps better known as Ritter

THE KNOWLEDGE

Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

BEST LOOKING CAR ENGINES

01 Alfa Romeo V6 In production from 1979–2005,

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...

ZENVO AURORA

ELECTRIC

TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

CHRIS HARRIS

US cars used to be too big for UK roads, says Chris, but have today’s lardy European models levelled the field?

THE MIDDLE LANE

TGTV’s Sam Philip questions whether the PM’s support of motorists is as simple as it sounds

FUTURE PROOF

Calculators at the ready, Professor Horrell has some TopGear maths he needs to deploy

The big test: mid-sized luxury SUVs

The Maserati Grecale is here to spoil the mid-sized luxury SUV party. Time to see if it can usurp the current ringleaders

Swan song

9/ 10 ↑FOR An engaging and characterful

Imitation game

7// 10 ↑FOR Deathly quiet, impressive tech, comfier

Too safe, sorry

6/ 10 ↑FOR If you want a small

ID crisis

7/ 10 ↑FOR Relaxing and refined, has proper

MUST TRY HARDER

DACIA SPRING

The overrun

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

WE BECAME HEROES

Every TopGear Car of the Year from the past three decades gathered in the exact spot we shot the first ever issue

FANTASTIC BEASTS

A supercar getting our Car of the Year nod is a rare event, but two Ferraris have managed it. What is it that makes them so special?

TWO DRIFTERS

Two of the greatest Japanese coupes in history,

DOUBLE ASPECT

Two Audis, two very different purposes in life. And yet each brilliant in their own way

COMEDY DUO

HISTORY MAKERS MARGARET ALLAN A pioneer in motorsport,

EVERYDAY HEROES

This recent eBay purchase came with a collection

LANDMARK LANDIES

Land Rovers have always been tough, now they have quality on their side, too

ONEL RACING

Ford has been graced with our Car of the Year tag seven times in the past 30 years, and of those, four were hot hatches. This is their story

BACK TO THE FUTURE

In our increasingly electrified world, two pioneers have stood taller than others...

TOP OF THE PILE

Can writers past and present agree on the greatest of all from past winners? Of course they can’t, deploy the TG maths!

BEST OF THE BEST

THE SCORES ARE IN > Three points for

ALOHA!

We had some unfinished business with the Mustang and America, so we shipped off to Hawaii to sort it all out

CAN F1 DRIVERS DRIFT?

Sure, Max Verstappen is one of the fastest drivers in the world operating at the top of his game, but can he smoke a set of rear tyres like the the best of them? We’re there to witness his intro to the science of sideways

SILENT MIGHT

Lamborghini’s first all-electric car is a four-door ‘ultra-GT’, so it claims. We drive it... five years before it goes on sale

TOUGH MUDDER

The Ineos Grenadier is finally here and facing its biggest test – convincing those who love their old Landies that it’s time to switch

CARS & COFFEE

Just a little trip to see the cafe designed by Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson. Up a mountain. In a homologation special

CHRYSLER CALIFORNIA CRUISER, 2002

CONCEPTS THAT TIME FORGOT

R I C C I ’ S G A R A G E

Report 38 We’re not saying Mark’s GT-R rebuild is out of hand, but he’s sent the engine to Australia

(2002) VW GOLF R 20 YEARS vs VW GOLF R32 (2022)

The most powerful production Golf ever made meets its V6-engined forefather

GARAGE

TOPGEAR’S LONG-TERM CARS. TESTED & VERIFIED

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASTON MARTIN

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

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