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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Jul 01 2026
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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.

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TRENDING

Mines a double • YouTuber Colin Furze’s latest brainchild - to dig a double garage bunker under his house - is the most ambitious project yet from Britain’s wackiest inventor

Badge of honour • A bodykitted, powered up electro-Polo gets the GTI treatment. Have electric hot hatches come of age?

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

COMMENTS • LAMBORGHINI FENOMENO ROADSTER

NEXT BIG THING • BETTER BIOGAS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE… • JOSS JT1

Against the clock • Watch companies might not be the most visible F1 sponsors, but the emotional connection runs deep

EPIC FAIL PORSCHE C88

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

BBC TG SALUTES • Celebrating unlikely heroes of motoring history

9 TOP SPANISH SPORTS CARS

MIKE’S CHANNE • Q: WHERE ARE ALL THE TOURING CAR GAMES?

GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV • How do you follow a car like the 750S, ponders Jethro

PINKS • F1 today is different but no less special, says Natalie

THE HORSE WHISPERER • Ferrari’s first EV, designed by Sir Jony Ive, has landed… and you’re in for a shock

NEWSON WHO?

GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR • Scarbo's SV Rover is an old Land Rover Defender that's morphed into a desert bashing trophy truck… we get to grips with it on the streets of LA

FIVE MORE OF JOE'S CREATIONS

ALPINA • BMW and Alpina have updated their relationship status - here's the story so far, and what the future holds

Vision statement • Now that BMW has swallowed Alpina, here's its manifesto for what's next

Get the Alpina look

Alpina peaks • The storied tuner's top 10 greatest hits

cooles Auto • Five reasons Alpina remains so impossibly cool

A BREEZE WHISPERS GENTLY THROUGH THE DUSTY CANYON. UNDER ITS BREATH IT SEEMS TO WHISTLE ENNIO MORRICONE’S ICONIC SCORE FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. THE MIDDAY SUN SCORCHES THE GROUND UNDERFOOT. A DISTANCE HAS BEEN SET AT 20 PACES. EYES SHARPEN. A HAND HOVERS OVER A HOLSTER AT ONE END. A 2.0-LITRE TURBODIESEL CLATTERS AWAY AT IDLE AT THE OTHER • WAY TO BREAK THE TENSION.

DREAM TEAM • The Kimera K39 is a new Italian hypercar with the heart of a Koenigsegg. Where do we sign?

KRAFT WERK • An old Porsche 911 with more power than a Bugatti Veyron? This isn't your average restomod…

TOPGEAR'S THREE-POINT PLAN TO FIX PORSCHE • Porsche's shiny new boss is an ex-Ferrari and McLaren supremo who spearheaded Porsche's first hybrids. But anyway, what does he know?

LUST FOR LIGHT • The Ariel Atom 4RR and Nichols N1A are two of the most extreme cars money can buy. We take a bottle of brave pills and hit the track

E-FENDER • Heard the one about the Dutch company beating JLR to a battery-powered Landie?

The big picture • SEARCHING FOR BRITAIN'S FLAKIEST MOTORING FANATICS. MEET TOM COLE FROM DEVON…

#77 Road Fighter • ARCADE/NES, 1984

DO/DON'T MEET YOUR HEROES

SEVEN-SEAT ELECTRIC SUVS • Fear not, growing families of the world – there are now more electric seven-seaters than you’ve probably got kids. What’s best for everyone on board?

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS

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

GARAGE INCLUDING • SUZUKI SWIFT · CITROEN C5 AIRCROSS · BMW i8 · JEEP WRANGLER · TOYOTA PRIUS · RICCI’S GARAGE · SKODA ELROQ vRS · BMW 550e · VW PASSAT · DS No 8 · AUDI A6 e-TRON · CUPRA LEON ESTATE

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Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English