BBC Top Gear Magazine

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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SAVING THE HOT HATCH • The emissions crackdown means your new hot hatch might have to go hybrid to survive. Seat – sorry – Cupra is first out of the blocks

CLAY REGAZZONI WEARING A BUCKET HAT

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

OOF… SUITS YOU, SIR • Gaydon’s V8 sports car has been scalped and smoothed over for summer

FIVE FASTEST ROOFS • The new performance metric: how quick can you get your top off?

ALPINE SPORTSX APPEAL • Dodgy name, dream spec for one-off winterised A110

Håkan Samuelsson • CEO, Volvo Cars

MATE RIMAC • The Croatian car boss on drifting E30s and converting Opel Speedsters

HUMMER WILL BE BACK • Arnie’s favourite off-roader is making a comeback… Watch out, width restrictors

CADILLAC ESCALADE

DOING THE DOUBLE • Why wear one watch, when you can wear two? Be more Maradona, folks

‘WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?’ CONVERTIBLES

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MARIO KART TOUR

HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month…

FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND

“THERE AREN’T ENOUGH ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING POINTS”

LUXURY CRUISE

CHRIS HARRIS • Every now and then you get to meet your heroes. Sometimes, you even get to meet your hero’s hero

THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip on how to get people out of fuel-inefficient cars

FUTURE PROOF • Wouldn’t it be great if everyone agreed a joint way forward? Says Paul Horrell

The big test: hybrid company cars • Is there more to plug-in hybrids than a cheeky tax-dodge? Two revamped Germans attempt to overthrow Britain’s unlikely favourite

Danger! Danger! High voltage • Hyundai and Nissan make a pair of exciting EV specials

RACERS IN DETAIL • What an electric motorsport future looks like inside

Fresh faced

Smooth operator

Twin test: fast 4WD hatches • BMW’s hot hatch now has a smaller engine and 4x4 drive. Can it see off the entry-level AMG?

MUST TRY HARDER • £16,795

The return of the king

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

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THE BEST BOND CAR… EVER • Time to settle this. Six cars, one per Bond era and an overall winner. Do be careful, 007

Aston Martin DB5 • Gadgets: 10/10 Speed: 6/10 Pulling power: 9/10 Skids: 8/10 Stunts: 6/10 Star status: 10/10 Total: 49

Aston Martin DBS • Gadgets: 4/10 Speed: 6/10 Pulling power: 7/10 Skids: 6/10 Stunts: 4/10 Star status: 6/10 Total: 33

Lotus Esprit • Gadgets: 10/10 Speed: 7/10 Pulling power: 7/10 Skids: 8/10 Stunts: 8/10 Star status: 8/10 Total: 48

Aston Martin V8 • Gadgets: 8/10 Speed: 6/10 Pulling power: 7/10 Skids: 6/10 Stunts: 7/10 Star status: 7/10 Total: 41

BMW Z8 • Gadgets: 7/10 Speed: 7/10 Pulling power: 6/10 Skids: 6/10 Stunts: 6/10 Star status: 7/10 Total: 39

Aston Martin DB10 • Gadgets: 7/10 Speed: 9/10 Pulling power: 7/10 Skids: 9/10 Stunts: 8/10 Star status: 7/10 Total: 47

5 GREATEST BADDIE CARS

NO TIME TO DIE • From skidding Astons to that bike jump, plus we get the low-down from Bond himself

SHAKEN NOT DETERRED • Lawrence Stroll, F1 boss and fashion mogul, has thrown Aston a...