£10k RETRO HEROES
How much fun can you have with £10,000 in your back pocket? To buy a car, obvs, or this could have been very different.

WALL OF DEATH
Behind the scenes on TGTV, the Wall of Death stunt required a lot of maths and careful planning to ensure no one died.

CLAIRE WILLIAMS
It was the end of an era when Claire and her family stepped away from WIlliams F1... we get her side of the story..

COMING SOON
The Japanese domestic market has a rich history when it comes to motoring icons. Here’s what we can expect next.

BMW M4 CSL
The CSL badge graces a BMW rear for only the third time in the firm’s history... does the new lightweight M4 deserve it?

RANGE ROVER
It’s a looker, but is the new Range Rover fit for a queen? TopGear’s royal correspondent Ollie Kew investigates.

MC20 vs RIVALS
How does Maserati’s new supercar stack up against two of its fiercest rivals, the Huracán Evo and 911 Turbo S?

LOTUS ELETRE
It’s the new car we’re most curious about driving in 2022 – it’s the first Lotus SUV and it’s electric. Shouldn’t be controversial.

MISC AWARDS
“But surely you must have a collation of some of the minor highlights of the year?” you ask. Indeed we do..

F1 PREVIEW
Hardly seems like five minutes since the 2021 F1 season exploded in acrimony, but here we are again. New rules, new looks and some new faces. Play nicely everyone...

CORVETTE C8 Z06
The baddest version of the Corvette comes with a 5.5-litre naturally aspirated V8 – we’re expecting muscle, but does the Vette beat Ferrari at its own game?

SMIT OLETHA
Seems they’ve run out of 964-gen 911s in California, so now they’re doing curious £350k restomod projects using BMW Z4s...

WINTER WEAPONS
Is the four-wheel-drive Lamborghini Aventador a trusty Highlands runabout? Well no, but it was fun trying to find out.

DAKAR DIARY
Classics, trucks, bikes and buggies... but very few rules. We went behind the scenes to see the real race.

FERRARI DAYTONA SP3
We love a good throwback, and the latest addition to Ferrari’s ‘Icona’ series has sent us straight down memory lane.

GENESIS G70 SB
The name’s Burnett, Sam Burnett, and he wants to help underdog Korean brand Genesis crack the premium market...

HENNESSEY’S LONG SHOT - Our favourite Texan tuner’s electric 6WD hyper GT Deep Space Concept may look other-worldly, but it has bold plans to conquer planet Earth.

The big test: Performance Crossovers - Looking to add a little spice to life ferrying the kids around town? These three should have you covered.

812 COMPETIZIONE
Head over to Fiorano to drive Ferrari’s highest revving, most powerful V12 ever? Don’t mind if we do, thanks very much.

NEW RANGE ROVER
See the proper pics of JLR’s latest flagship barge – it’s bigger, fancier and Rangier than it’s ever been..

MEMORY LANE
We roll back the years and remember the cars from our youths. Well, the older staffers’ youths... it’s a sensitive subject.

THE FINAL FIVE
Nope, not the TG staffers left standing after several days at Dunsfold, but instead our favourite five cars. Which triumphs?

TESLA MODEL 3
Now people have got used to working from home, what better than using your commute time to play with your car?

THE DOCTOR
Valentino Rossi is retiring from the world of motorcycle racing. Motorbike racing pundit Suzi Perry talks us through his very best bits.

FERRARI 296 GTB
Even Italian supercar giants have to bow to environmental concerns. Ferrari’s V8 has been replaced by, um, a V6..

MARCELLO GANDINI
How do you please a man like Gandini? We head to Turin to hear his thoughts on Lambo’s latest masterpiece and more.

EIGHTIES CARS
It was the decade that taste forgot, but the hatches were hot and the saloons were super... which ones to buy now?

SINGER’S DLS PROJECT
How much better can an old rearengined, air-cooled Porsche 911 really get? Sure, Singer, we’ll hold your beer..

TG SUMMER GAMES
Forget the Euros, forget Wimbledon, forget the Olympics... the biggest sporting event of the year is here.

AUDI Q4 E-TRON
One long day of driving round the Coventry ring road in Audi’s latest EV – over 400 miles and no toilet breaks.

LOTUS EMIRA
Lotus is the name, the Norfolk-based manufacturer’s last combustion engined sports car is the game. No pressure...

ELECTRIC FACT FILE
Confused by this whole electric car thing? Fear not, TG is here to answer the questions you’ve been dying to know.

ROMA VERSUS RIVALS
New Ferrari Roma takes on the Porsche 911 Turbo, Bentley Conti GT V8 and Aston Martin DB11 AMR for best tourer honours.

SPEEDSTERS TEST
We don the goggles as we put the Aston Martin Speedster up against a Ferrari Monza, McLaren Elva and, er, a Caterham.

VAUXHALL MANTA
The Opel Manta is back! And this time, it’s electric. But can its halo shine bright enough to transform Vauxhall’s fortunes?

EXTREME E
Freddie’s driven it, Jason’s been to it – everything you need to know about the latest kid on the motorsport block.

TAYCAN CROSS TURISMO
Porsche has only gone and slapped a big boot on the Taycan, we’ve taken it rallying to celebrate.

AUDI E-TRON GT
The Audi e-tron GT has just arrived in full fettle RS form, which meant there was only one place... east London by night.

MICK SCHUMACHER
There’s a new kid on the F1 grid, and you might have heard of his famous dad. Can Schumi Jr live up to the expectation?

GORDON MURRAY
Forget the McLaren F1, forget the GMA T.50, this is Gordon’s incredible garage as you’ve never seen it before.

McLAREN ARTURA
McLaren’s new-age hybrid supercar is upon us, and it wants to be your latest eco-conscious best friend.

TOPGEAR TV RETURNS
The telly boys are nearly back on our screens, and guess what? They’ve been driving cars! Here’s what to expect...

THE RALLY SPECIALS
We know that the new Toyota GR Yaris is a great car, but how does it hold up in comparison to some of its most illustrious ancestors from the world of rallying?

S-CLASS vs A8
A properly luxurious limo can really cocoon you from the outside world – which is exactly what we need right now, so thanks new Mercedes S-Class.

MACH-E vs MODEL Y
Ford’s first ground-up EV takes on Elon’s darling in the battle for electric supremacy. Who’s leading the charge?

VENOM AND BOLIDE
The horsepower war’s about to kick up to a whole ’nother level with the latest beasts from Hennessey and Bugatti.

THE AWARDS
There hasn’t been much to celebrate this year, but this lot deserve their spot. Welcome to 2020’s cream of the crop.

CITY CAR
It’s pretty clear from the latest launches this year that if you’re driving in town, you want to be in an electric vehicle.

TG HEROES
It’s not just cars that have shone this year, people have too. Here are the newest inductees into the TG Hero Hall of Fame..

Speed Week: Chris Harris presents your Annual Festival of Fast...

MASERATI MC20
From diesel saloons and SUVs to this... a bona fide supercar contender. Maserati isn’t mucking about.

GIULIA GTAm
Less weight, more money, more power, more noise. It’s about time Alfa Romeo got in on the hardcore supersaloon game.

CARS OF SERIES 29
The boys are back and they’re still friends. We take an early look at what cars have been keeping them busy this summer..

GREATEST SUPERCAR
A simple discussion that ended in virtual pugilism – and here is the definitive top five list of the best supercars ever.

EAGLE LIGHTWEIGHT GT
What do you get when you combine a Jaguar E-type and 8,000 man hours? An £800k bill, and driving perfection.

DRIVE-IN MOVIES
Drive-in cinema is back, and in a big way. We head Back to the Future and devour hot dogs in a classic Mustang..

T-ROC CABRIOLET
SUVs should be able to go off-road, right? Time to find out if there’s more to VW’s rag top poser than meets the eye.

SUPERCAR TRUTHS
We’ve spoken to an industry insider about what’s really going on in the murky world of supercar buying and selling.

NEW INEOS GRENADIER · FERRARI SF90
Billionaire Brit Jim Ratcliffe thinks he’s made the real heir to the Defender, and there’s everything you need to know about the new Ferrari SF90.

BT62 vs SENNA GTR
Buying for the squillionaire who has everything? Perhaps a track-only hypercar will do the trick.

NEW BMW 4-SERIES
Sit behind the wheel of BMW’s latest 4-Series and you can’t even see the front end. Seems like the best place to be.

PORSCHE 911 TURBO
The new 911 Turbo has arrived. And it has ‘turbo’ written across its arse in large letters. Something we rather like.

TURBO 101
Sit back as we take you through everything you ever wanted to know about turbos, and a fair bit you didn’t.

SIR STIRLING MOSS
Racing driver, global brand, crumpet aficionado. Sir Stirling was never anything less than truly inspirational..

SUPERMINI
Three of the nation’s favourites battle it out in the EV kindergarten – Mini Electric vs Peugeot e-208 vs Renault Zoe.

THE HOTLIST
The 10 most influential people in the EV world right now. Yes, Elon’s on there, and so’s the Norwegian prime minister.

INNOVATION AWARD
There are many smart people working with EVs, but Christian von Koenigsegg and his Gemera get a TG shout-out...

NEW DEFENDER
Time to discover if the winner of “Car we’re most looking forward to driving in 2020” deserved its gong. Clue: yup.

BISIMOTO
A legend of the modern-day tuning world turns his capable hand to the EV conundrum, by way of a Porsche 935.

COLIN’S SCOOBY
Chris Harris meets two of his all-time heroes: Colin McRae’s winning Subaru and Colin’s dad, Jimmy..

NO TIME TO DIE
We’ve got secret info on the new Bond film. Only downside is, once you’ve read it, you have to eat the magazine pages.

HONDA vs MINI
Two titans of city-car brilliance both launch an electric city car simultaneously. We drive both.

F-35 vs SPEEDTAIL
An F-35 beat the Speedtail in TGTV’s track race, but can it repeat its victory in a production line sprint? Clue: no..

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