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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. Plus of course, the combined talents of TV's Clarkson, Hammond and May.

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TRENDING • # NEW CARS # ENTERTAINMENT # CAR CULTURE # CELEBRITY # GADGETS # GAMING

LOTUS EUROPA S

COFFEE BREAK

SHOCK FACTOR • Chevy marks the Vette’s 70th birthday by filling it with electricity and traction

ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE

CAR CONTROL… WITH CATIE • #10 DRIVING IN THE WET

METAL OF THE GODS • Titanium was once rarer than rare in the world of watches, but that’s no longer the case

PLAY • GAME OF THE MONTH

RING CAR CAM

THE KNOWLEDGE

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME FLOPS

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE… MAZDA MX-30 R-EV • Engine nerds rejoice - the rotary has returned… but not how you’d expect

ELECTRIC • TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

EV UPDATE

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

CHRIS HARRIS • Special editions are released thick and fast these days, but what message does that send, ponders Chris

THE MIDDLE LANE • Yes, times are a-changing, but not so fast as we might all imagine, says TGTV’s Sam Philip

FUTURE PROOF • Jaguar joining the Formula E circus is for absolutely no good reason, says Paul Horrell

The big test: Ineos Grenadier • What to do when you dislike the new Land Rover Defender and you’re super rich? Why, create a whole new rugged 4x4 yourself, of course…

Weight of play

Loud of the Rings

Avenger Assembles

Niche lustre

Soft-top dollar

Wincy spider

MUST TRY HARDER

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

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BAPTISM OF FIRE [AND ICE] • Off-road supercars are for show not go, right? We put Porsche’s ‘tough’ new 911 Dakar through the wringer on two continents to find out

STEP AWAY FROM THE CONFIGURATOR

BOSS LEVEL UNLOCKED • Put four great performance car minds in the same room, toss in some random topics and you have yourself a conversation for the history books

THE DOG’S BOLL CKS • At last, an M3 estate. We put its touring and dog carrying abilities to the test with a 1,500-mile roadtrip… to Barryland

EXTRA VALUE WHEELS • Fancy some go-faster practicality for the cost of the optional extras on our Swissbound M3 Touring? With a £22,500 budget, we hit the classifieds

[KEN 1967 – 2023] • The motoring world has lost one of its true greats in Gymkhana pioneer, professional rally driver and all-round hero Ken Block. Chris Harris shares his memories

KEN’S TOP 5 WILDEST BUILDS • As well as a tyre-shredding supremo, Block was a master of the monster build, as the following examples illustrate

UP RISING • The new Honda Civic Type R won our Car of the Year crown last December – barely three months on, it’s already time to defend it

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SOURCE CODE • This is the Vision 357, a GT4 RS-based retake on the 356… and Porsche’s 75th birthday present to itself

VW ECORACER, 2005

RICCI’S GARAGE • Report 31 Mark’s search for a dog-friendly...