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BBC Top Gear Magazine

Dec 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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BBC Top Gear Magazine

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Model student • Most of us build miniature cars when we’re growing up. But to truly turn pro, you need the skills of master model makers like Amalgam’s Kallon Rawlings

Feline future • A warm welcome back for Peugeot’s stylish small coupe. But that wheel? Yeesh…

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

COMMENTS BENTLEY TORCAL

NEXT BIG THING • EV BATTERY SWAPS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE… • FALCON F7

Chime of the times • A resurgent mechanical watch industry is singing to the tune of chiming watches

EPIC FAIL THE BRM H16

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

HOW TO SPEAK… USED CAR

HOT OR NOT? • Frank Stephenson critiques car designs

TOP 9

MIKE’S CHANNELL • Q: WHERE’S THE AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE WE WERE PROMISED?

GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV • Our automotive world needn’t be divided, says Jethro

PINKS • Sometimes F1 needs to remember its roots, says Natalie

TOUR DE FORCE • Bugatti’s next chapter begins here. We’re first to feel the force of the Chiron’s 1,775bhp V16 successor

MATE’S PLACE • A guided tour to the place the Tourbillon calls home

특별하다 ㅋ SPECIAL K • South Korean pop culture is blistering hot right now, time for a full immersion session… in a Kia

VIVe LA FrANCE! • The French have decided the future of the car is deja vu. So what’s behind Citroën, Renault and Peugeot’s retro revivals?

BOVINGDON DAYS OF CHUNDER 2 • Heard the one about the NASCAR that entered the world’s most challenging endurance race? This is the story of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1… and the Garage 56 Edition spinoff that blew our minds

Let’s get HIGH • Forty horsepower. Two wheels. Nearly 18,000ft. TG takes Royal Enfield’s £6k Himalayan home, to prove you don’t need big performance for a massive adventure

AMERICAN HUSTLE • Oh look, another California-based blue sky start-up thinks it can build a better electric family car than household name BMW. Well, we weren’t just going to take their word for it…

SHAKE DOWN • Just two REITER-prepared GT2 Diablo racecars exist… and in Japan you’ll find one that’s been converted for use on the road

The big picture • WE WENT RACING WITH ROCK LEGEND BRIAN JOHNSON AT THE 2012 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA

#82 WEC Le Mans 24 • ARCADE, 1986

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

ELECTRIC SUPER SALOONS • Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 N brings brutal speed and a party bag full of tricks, but is it enough to down the Tesla Model 3 Performance?

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS

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

GARAGE • INCLUDING ALPINE A390 ▪ CUPRA FORMENTOR ▪ BMW i8 ▪ LEXUS LM ▪ VOLVO ES90 ▪ RICCI’S GARAGE ▪ BMW iX3 ▪ SKODA KODIAQ vRS ▪ VW GOLF GTI ▪ ALFA ROMEO JUNIOR ▪ DS No 8 ▪ HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 N

VOLVO ES90

MAZDA 6e

ALPINE A390

CUPRA FORMENTOR VZ5

CUPRA FORMENTOR VZ5

HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 N

BMW i8

MINI COUNTRYMAN JCW

DS No 8

LEXUS LM

BMW iX3

MERCEDES-BENZ CLA

RENAULT 4

SKODA KODIAQ vRS

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI

SMART #5 BRABUS

Ricci’s GARAGE REPORT 76 • THIS MONTH: THE SKYLINE FINISH LINE IS FINALLY IN SIGHT. SORT OF…

ALFA ROMEO JUNIOR IBRIDA

SHORTLIST • CAR BUYING QUANDARY? SHORTLIST IS AT YOUR SERVICE

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