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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Sep 01 2026
Magazine

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

Editorial

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TRENDING

Grand tourer the explorer • Chris Brown has been to Mount Everest and visited the South Pole with Buzz Aldrin. So when his Rimac hypercar needed a service, he didn’t take any shortcuts…

Power surge • The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is a 671bhp EV that sounds like a four pot

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

COMMENTS BMW X5

NEXT BIG THING • ELECTRIC COMPRESSORS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE… • TVR GRIFFITH

Outside the box • As car themed watches go, a V12-inspired dial with mechanically spinning ‘pistons’ is right out there

EPIC FAIL CADILLAC ALLANTE

BIKE OF THE MONTH • The two wheelers that have caught our eye

HOW TO SPEAK… • CAR DESIGN

HOT OR NOT? • Frank Stephenson critiques car designs

9 TOP FUNKY BRAZILIAN CARS WITH VW ENGINES

MIKE'S CHANNEL

GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV • Hypercars don't have the aura they once did, says Jethro

PINKS • Lewis versus Kimi is a battle for the ages, says Natalie

THREE LITTLE PAGS • Why drive one gazillion-pound roadster when you can drive three? This is the story of Pagani told from the driving seat, in Horacio’s backyard

GOLDEN ’RACIO

THE TOP GEARS • A gathering of the manual 'boxed greats, from hot hatch to hypercar. Got a lust for legwork? You've come to the right place…

STICK IT TO THE MAN • Ferrari has added a ‘manual' gearbox to the 12Cilindri… is it enough to bring the Maranello faithful back onside?

EV RIDER • Behind the wheel of Maranello's first EV

ROUGH GUIDE TO Manual GEARBOXES

this is your life

HOW TO: DRIVE STICK • The artful guide to driving manual

MANUAL REWIND • The best stick shifting videos

HEAVEN’S GATE • Seven reasons why manuals rule

THE WEIRD AND THE WONDERFUL • These cars fiddled with the formula

TOP 5 KNOBS • Our pick of the classic sticks

ANGRY BIRD • America’s most horsepower obsessed car company has been cooking up something new… something that focuses on the driver, not the dyno

Russell's… RUIN? • Fresh from equalling Lewis Hamilton's consecutive race win streak, TopGear chats to the young Italian hotshot on winning, classic F1, and… pasta

MENACE TO SOCIETY • Brabus has got its hands on the Aston Martin Vanquish… and the result is pure evil

JUDGE DREAD • Ever wondered what a V12-powered, combat ready Aston Martin would look like? Thanks to a Call of Duty collab, fantasy is now reality

HEADLINER THUNDER CAT • The TWR Supercat isn’t your usual restomod, instead a wild reimagination of the Jaguar XJ-S… with a 660bhp supercharged V12

The big picture • THAT TIME TG CONNED ITS WAY ONTO LOTUS’ F1 PIT CREW…

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

BABY EV HOT HATCHES • There’s a buzz about teeny city cars again. And not because of thrummy three pots. Nope, even the electric ones are making a noise…

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS

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

GARAGE • ALPINE A390 · CITROEN C5 AIRCROSS · BMW i8 · LEXUS LM · TOYOTA PRIUS · RICCI’S GARAGE · BMW iX3 · SKODA ELROQ vRS · VW GOLF GTI · AUDI A6 e-TRON · DS No 8 · CUPRA LEON ESTATE

TOYOTA PRIUS

MINI COUNTRYMAN JCW

VW GOLF GTI

LEXUS LM

SKODA ELROQ vRS

Riccis GARAGE REPORT 73 • THIS MONTH: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE YOGHURT AND A GOLD WHEELED PORSCHE

AUDI A6 e-TRON

BMW...

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  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English