MIKE`S CHANNELL

BBC TG Issue 387

JACK RIX Editor-in-chief @jack_rix @rixjack jack.rix@bbctopgearmagazine.com Where do

HOW TO...

Start an incredibly old car

TRENDING

The home brew Le Mans monster

Been priced out of the classic motorsport picture? No problem for Derek Drinkwater, he built his very own American psycho...

’Mad for it

Meet the Ariel Nomad 2, a 305bhp scamp for charging literally everywhere in...

VIRAL

Around the world in seven questionable car stories

PLAYLIST

Procrastination ahoy! Six videos you need to watch now

COMMENT FORD CAPRI

FAIR ODDS THAT ANYONE OVER 40, UPON SEEING

Sweet V16

Car first, watch second? The new Tourbillon represents a paradigm shift

EPIC FAIL

PORSCHE’S PDK BUT TONS

HELP!

THIS MONTH: TYRES

$850 Volvo transformed into a BTCC legend

We love a fast estate, but a fast estate complete with BTCC livery ? Yes please...

MYTH BUSTER

“NOT USING SAFETY AIDS MAKES YOU A YOB”

THE VAPOURWARE FILES

THIS MONTH: THE SPANIA GTA SPANO

TOP 9

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL CAR BONNET ORNAMENTS

BOV

Car firms holding their buyers hostage? Jethro is perplexed

PINKS

There’s no place like home, especially in F1 says Natalie

CANNON BULL

Adrian Newey’s RB17 hybrid V10 hypercar is at long last (almost) ready. Track car perfection or point less?

SIMPIFLY AND ADD LIFGTNESS

At the peak of Lotus’s powers, boss Colin Chapman bought himself the coolest aircraft in motorsport history... 45 years later, TopGear’s on a mission to find it again

SCRAMBLED`SEGG

The Koenigsegg Chimera is a one-off mashup of Agera RS, Jesko and CC850 – potent, but what exactly is the point?

GO WITH THE FLOW

The most aerodynamic car Audi has ever made… is a great big executive barge. And when the smoke clears, you’ll see it’s been a long time coming...

Win on Sunday......sell on Monday

Driving to Pikes Peak in Ford’s Mustang Mach-E Rally on the path least trodden, arriving in time to see its F-150 SuperTruck take on the hillclimb. What could go wrong?

SAVE THE WHALES

Since a Californian startup began reimagining 911s 15 years ago, the popularity of restomod Porsches has exploded. Does Singer still do it best? We’ll let its latest – turbocharged – creation answer that one...

RE AR OF THE YEAR

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

Car ads that time forgot

VW PART S, 2013

That time we...

HELD OUR OWN TG summer games

Super Sprint

Arcade, 1986

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

Few screens, all the physical switchgear... ah, simpler

SUPER SALOONS

This should just be your usual, regular, ultra fast, four door battle. But after what AMG has done to one of our very favourite speed machines, it’s anything but. It’s AMG C63 vs Alfa QF...

THE OVERRUN

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

GARAGE

INCLUDING

THE HOT LIST

TOP FIVES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING

Shell V-Power

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SKODA

MGCyberster

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Top Gear

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LAPLAND

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Comfyballs

LEGO

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BOTB

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BBC Top Gear

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TOYO TIRES

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THRUXTONRACING

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LOVE PAPER

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Rimblades

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MOSS

cord

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FUSION RESINS

fusionresins.co.uk

TECHTALKS

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SURESET

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Garageflex

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LIFE LOFTS

Life_lofts@outlook.com

CAMPAL

contact@campal.co.uk

Posh Pawn

www.shopprestige.com

Mags Direct

MagsDirect.co.uk

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