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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Feb 01 2025
Magazine

Top Gear is the worlds most exciting Car magazine bringing you up to date news, the latest drives and stunning features.

JACK RIX

CONTRIBUTORS

ENJOY FIVE ISSUES FOR £5

GET YOUR FIX

BBC Top Gear Magazine

TRENDING

The DIY F1 dreamer • Growing up, Dan Blythewood yearned to drive a Formula One car. Years later, hard work and a lot of cash mean he’s doing just that

Supra hero • After just five years, the A90 Supra bows out… via this harder circuit tuned special

HIT or MISS • Two titans of the editorial team have it out

VIRAL • Around the world in seven questionable car stories

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

PLAYLIST • Procrastination ahoy! Six videos you need to watch now

COMMENTS • JAGUAR TYPE 00

Hidden messages • It seems the watch you do – or don’t – wear gives out all sorts of signals to those in the know

Singer Reimagined Chronograph

EPIC FAIL

THRILLS WITHOUT THE BILLS • Fast(ish) cars you can actually afford

HELP! • The internet’s most searched questions, rudely answered by us

The $200k Mini Cooper with fire in its belly • When it comes to this restomodded 1960s Mini Cooper, everything is still mini but the price…

MYTH BUSTER • “THE FUTURE FOR ELECTRIC TRACK DRIVING HAS TO BE FUEL CELLS”

THE VAPOURWARE FILES • THIS MONTH: LAMBORGHINI ASTERION

TOP 9 STRANGE MOTORING AWARDS

MIKE’S CHANNEL

BOV • You can’t please all the people even some of the time, says JB

DON'T MISS TOPGEAR • YOUR CHANCE TO ORDER THIS MONTH’S ISSUE AND HAVE IT DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOUR HOME. ORDER ONE ISSUE AT A TIME, WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION

PINKS • Who’s the F1 GOAT? It’s an endless debate says Natalie

THE 10 COOLEST CARS OF 2025 • From supercars to hyper hatches, BMWs that don’t look terrible to bargain family SUVs… 2025 is going to be wild. Here’s our guide to the cars you should care about

OTHER HYPE MACHINES • Billionaires! Some hard choices are coming… or just one of each?

02 Polestar 5

03 DS No 8

04 Honda 0 Series

IS THE TECH ANYTHING SPECIAL?

05 Jaguar Type 00

RAWDON GLOVER • Jaguar’s managing director gets the right to reply

Top Cat • Unconvinced by all this ‘exuberant modernism’? This is the big bad Jag you want…

06 Porsche Boxster EV

07 Dacia Bigster

OI, 2025: WHAT’S OCCURIN’? • TG’s predictions for the coming year

BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? • By Switching from V8 to electric with fake noise, has Dodge missed the point of a muscle car completely?

09 BMW Neue Klasse

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BMW BUTTONS • There’s a tech-led revolution going on inside the Neue Klasse

10 Renault 5 Turbo 3E

LAND BRUISERS • Exactly how tough is Toyota’s new Land Cruiser? We rounded up its gnarliest rivals and headed to Wales

Going a little further afield?

RUSH • When Bugatti told us it was after the convertible vmax world record… we had to go along for the ride

GOLDEN OLDES • The restomod scene has exploded in recent years – we gather four supermodels in Italy to show it’s not as easy as it looks…

THE GREAT MALLE RALLY • The longest most tortuous motorcycle rally in the UK? Sounds like the perfect place to shake down our custom Royal Enfield

Car ads that time forgot • JAGUAR, 1980s

That time we… • WENT FOSSIL HUNTING IN MONGOLIA

Scud Race • ARCADE, 1996

MACAN TURBO vs X3 M50 • Porsche has electrified the Macan. BMW has introduced a new, combustion only X3. But which is the better performance SUV?

THE OVERRUN...


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Top Gear is the worlds most exciting Car magazine bringing you up to date news, the latest drives and stunning features.

JACK RIX

CONTRIBUTORS

ENJOY FIVE ISSUES FOR £5

GET YOUR FIX

BBC Top Gear Magazine

TRENDING

The DIY F1 dreamer • Growing up, Dan Blythewood yearned to drive a Formula One car. Years later, hard work and a lot of cash mean he’s doing just that

Supra hero • After just five years, the A90 Supra bows out… via this harder circuit tuned special

HIT or MISS • Two titans of the editorial team have it out

VIRAL • Around the world in seven questionable car stories

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

PLAYLIST • Procrastination ahoy! Six videos you need to watch now

COMMENTS • JAGUAR TYPE 00

Hidden messages • It seems the watch you do – or don’t – wear gives out all sorts of signals to those in the know

Singer Reimagined Chronograph

EPIC FAIL

THRILLS WITHOUT THE BILLS • Fast(ish) cars you can actually afford

HELP! • The internet’s most searched questions, rudely answered by us

The $200k Mini Cooper with fire in its belly • When it comes to this restomodded 1960s Mini Cooper, everything is still mini but the price…

MYTH BUSTER • “THE FUTURE FOR ELECTRIC TRACK DRIVING HAS TO BE FUEL CELLS”

THE VAPOURWARE FILES • THIS MONTH: LAMBORGHINI ASTERION

TOP 9 STRANGE MOTORING AWARDS

MIKE’S CHANNEL

BOV • You can’t please all the people even some of the time, says JB

DON'T MISS TOPGEAR • YOUR CHANCE TO ORDER THIS MONTH’S ISSUE AND HAVE IT DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOUR HOME. ORDER ONE ISSUE AT A TIME, WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION

PINKS • Who’s the F1 GOAT? It’s an endless debate says Natalie

THE 10 COOLEST CARS OF 2025 • From supercars to hyper hatches, BMWs that don’t look terrible to bargain family SUVs… 2025 is going to be wild. Here’s our guide to the cars you should care about

OTHER HYPE MACHINES • Billionaires! Some hard choices are coming… or just one of each?

02 Polestar 5

03 DS No 8

04 Honda 0 Series

IS THE TECH ANYTHING SPECIAL?

05 Jaguar Type 00

RAWDON GLOVER • Jaguar’s managing director gets the right to reply

Top Cat • Unconvinced by all this ‘exuberant modernism’? This is the big bad Jag you want…

06 Porsche Boxster EV

07 Dacia Bigster

OI, 2025: WHAT’S OCCURIN’? • TG’s predictions for the coming year

BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? • By Switching from V8 to electric with fake noise, has Dodge missed the point of a muscle car completely?

09 BMW Neue Klasse

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BMW BUTTONS • There’s a tech-led revolution going on inside the Neue Klasse

10 Renault 5 Turbo 3E

LAND BRUISERS • Exactly how tough is Toyota’s new Land Cruiser? We rounded up its gnarliest rivals and headed to Wales

Going a little further afield?

RUSH • When Bugatti told us it was after the convertible vmax world record… we had to go along for the ride

GOLDEN OLDES • The restomod scene has exploded in recent years – we gather four supermodels in Italy to show it’s not as easy as it looks…

THE GREAT MALLE RALLY • The longest most tortuous motorcycle rally in the UK? Sounds like the perfect place to shake down our custom Royal Enfield

Car ads that time forgot • JAGUAR, 1980s

That time we… • WENT FOSSIL HUNTING IN MONGOLIA

Scud Race • ARCADE, 1996

MACAN TURBO vs X3 M50 • Porsche has electrified the Macan. BMW has introduced a new, combustion only X3. But which is the better performance SUV?

THE OVERRUN...


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