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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Nov 01 2023
Magazine

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

WELCOME

GET YOUR FIX • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

BBC Top Gear magazine

LOTUS REPOSITION • Hot on the Eletre’s heels, the Emeya is another EV and the first four-door Lotus since the Carlton

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

BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO

GTI CANDY • Hot damn! The new ID.GTI Concept delivers VW’s legendary badge to the future

ASTON MARTIN VALOUR

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

TICK TICK BOON • Whether your seconds hand ticks or sweeps says a lot about your watch… or does it?

New Star GP

BANG & OLUFSEN BEOSOUND 2 FERRARI EDITION

THE KNOWLEDGE • Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

POINTLESS BUT FUN MOTORISED GIMMICKS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… TESLA MODEL 3 • Fresh look, more range and nicer materials, but no more indicator stalk…

“CONVERTING CLASSICS IS SACRILEGE”

EV UPDATE

HARD DRIVE • We download YouTube’s #1 tech expert on whatever he’s been driving this month

CHRIS HARRIS • There is a new contender for a Formula One hall of fame star, says Chris… and it’s not who you might imagine

THE MIDDLE LANE • So TGTV’s Sam Philip thought charging an EV at Cornwall’s favourite theme park would be easy…

FUTURE PROOF • Will we reach the point a car is deemed too big and too heavy? Horrell shares his thoughts

The big test: Lamborghini Revuelto • Lamborghini’s new hypercar retains its predecessor’s V12 and adds a healthy dose of electricity. Does more power mean more fun?

Middle class

Batteries included

Rocking horse

Southern comfort

MUST TRY HARDER

Shock therapy

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

Subscribe today and get our Supercars 2023 bookazine • Try a subscription to BBC TopGear magazine and get 12 issues for £32.99

SPEED WEEK • 15 CONTENDERS, SEVEN WIND TURBINES, FIVE BARRELS OF BIOFUEL, MANY SETS OF TYRES… IT’S TIME FOR TG’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FAST!

MEET THE CONTENDERS

THE SCIENCE • It’s all well and good calling this a cleaner, greener Speed Week, but what did we actually do to deserve it? DEPLOY THE MATHS!

WHAT ABOUT TYRES?

WELCOME TO GOTLAND • This is our base for Speed Week 2023. They call it the Gotlandring. We call it… the Beige Hell

STIG DELIVERS • Getting the cars from Dunsfold to Gotland in one piece required some out the box thinking…

DRIVING SCANIA’S BEV TRUCK

AIR FRYERS • Fasten your harnesses and prepare for flappy cheeks… it’s time to meet the winged stars of this year’s Speed Week

FORMULA WEEEEEEE • Is Formula E still on the rise? We buckle into its harder, faster GenBeta prototype and send Ollie Kew for a spin…

FORMULA E-VOLUTION

ROTTEN DIRTY SCOUNDRELS • You wait a lifetime for a supercar that’s as much fun off the beaten track as it is on it… then two come along at once

SEPARATED AT BIRTH • Choosing between M siblings has never been so hard… especially when they’re cut from the same cloth

BEHIND THE SCENES

PROJECT GOTLAND • It’s not just the Gotlandring that’s doing its bit for the environment, the whole island is too…

BIGINNER INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED • Three rear-drive sports cars with varying degrees of performance. Ready, player one?

50 SHAPES OF WAHEYYYY! • Is the hot hatch disappearing or simply diversifying? This...


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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.

WELCOME

GET YOUR FIX • There’s more than one way to consume the world’s best car content

BBC Top Gear magazine

LOTUS REPOSITION • Hot on the Eletre’s heels, the Emeya is another EV and the first four-door Lotus since the Carlton

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

BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO

GTI CANDY • Hot damn! The new ID.GTI Concept delivers VW’s legendary badge to the future

ASTON MARTIN VALOUR

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

TICK TICK BOON • Whether your seconds hand ticks or sweeps says a lot about your watch… or does it?

New Star GP

BANG & OLUFSEN BEOSOUND 2 FERRARI EDITION

THE KNOWLEDGE • Need-to-know nuggets of automotive news

POINTLESS BUT FUN MOTORISED GIMMICKS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… TESLA MODEL 3 • Fresh look, more range and nicer materials, but no more indicator stalk…

“CONVERTING CLASSICS IS SACRILEGE”

EV UPDATE

HARD DRIVE • We download YouTube’s #1 tech expert on whatever he’s been driving this month

CHRIS HARRIS • There is a new contender for a Formula One hall of fame star, says Chris… and it’s not who you might imagine

THE MIDDLE LANE • So TGTV’s Sam Philip thought charging an EV at Cornwall’s favourite theme park would be easy…

FUTURE PROOF • Will we reach the point a car is deemed too big and too heavy? Horrell shares his thoughts

The big test: Lamborghini Revuelto • Lamborghini’s new hypercar retains its predecessor’s V12 and adds a healthy dose of electricity. Does more power mean more fun?

Middle class

Batteries included

Rocking horse

Southern comfort

MUST TRY HARDER

Shock therapy

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

Subscribe today and get our Supercars 2023 bookazine • Try a subscription to BBC TopGear magazine and get 12 issues for £32.99

SPEED WEEK • 15 CONTENDERS, SEVEN WIND TURBINES, FIVE BARRELS OF BIOFUEL, MANY SETS OF TYRES… IT’S TIME FOR TG’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FAST!

MEET THE CONTENDERS

THE SCIENCE • It’s all well and good calling this a cleaner, greener Speed Week, but what did we actually do to deserve it? DEPLOY THE MATHS!

WHAT ABOUT TYRES?

WELCOME TO GOTLAND • This is our base for Speed Week 2023. They call it the Gotlandring. We call it… the Beige Hell

STIG DELIVERS • Getting the cars from Dunsfold to Gotland in one piece required some out the box thinking…

DRIVING SCANIA’S BEV TRUCK

AIR FRYERS • Fasten your harnesses and prepare for flappy cheeks… it’s time to meet the winged stars of this year’s Speed Week

FORMULA WEEEEEEE • Is Formula E still on the rise? We buckle into its harder, faster GenBeta prototype and send Ollie Kew for a spin…

FORMULA E-VOLUTION

ROTTEN DIRTY SCOUNDRELS • You wait a lifetime for a supercar that’s as much fun off the beaten track as it is on it… then two come along at once

SEPARATED AT BIRTH • Choosing between M siblings has never been so hard… especially when they’re cut from the same cloth

BEHIND THE SCENES

PROJECT GOTLAND • It’s not just the Gotlandring that’s doing its bit for the environment, the whole island is too…

BIGINNER INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED • Three rear-drive sports cars with varying degrees of performance. Ready, player one?

50 SHAPES OF WAHEYYYY! • Is the hot hatch disappearing or simply diversifying? This...


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