BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SAAB

From greatest hits to lowest moments, everything you ever wanted to know... and a fair bit you didn’t

BEHIND CLOSED JOORS

A new book gets unfiltered access to BMW Design’s cutting room floor. These are the projects that could have been...

SOUND OF THE UNDER GROUND

Stig's secret subterranean lair is the perfect place to make a lot of noise. And that's exactly what we've done. Welcome to TopGear Tunnel Run

The big test: small electric SUVs

Things are looking bright with the arrival of the latest electric Volvo but the existing crop of electric crossovers has something to say too

HOW TO WIN THE ICONIC DAKAR RALLY

Three years ago, Audi set itself the seemingly impossible challenge of winning the world’s toughest desert race. Here’s how the famous four rings made motorsport history

PURE KLASSE

Last year saw the saloon version of BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse, now here comes the SUV...

PURPLE REIGN

There’s a new Taycan Turbo GT in town and it’s the fastest accelerating Porsche ever made. Little surprise it’s already smashing records

FUTURE PROOF

Is perfect the same for one person as the next, asks Horrell. Turns out, it's very unlikely...

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE...MCLAREN GTS

McLaren's GT is now the GTS - less weight, but a 30 per cent longer name

PLAY - GAME OF THE MONTH

There appears to be some sort of law, perhaps inscribed on Magna Carta, that if you have a collection of kid-friendly franchises, you must place those characters in a karting video game to battle in the white hot crucible of two-stroke motorsport.

Honda ZR-V

WE MUST KICK OFF THIS MONTH'S UPDATE WITH A SMALL ROUND OF applause for the Honda ZR-V. You see, it has slipped into daily life with consummate ease here at TG. It's simply an extremely easy car to live with. The powertrain may sound complex with its twin electric motors, petrol powered motor generator and Honda's 'Linear Shift Control', but from the driver's seat there isn't any real sense of the engineering that's going on underneath. And that's a compliment, honest. The ZR-V is quiet, reasonably refined and actually much more comfortable than I gave it credit for when I first drove this car on the launch in Spain.

BMW M2

HAVE I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE? SHOULD I DEACTIVATE ALL MY SOCIAL media profiles, claim I was hacked and enter a witness protection scheme? Feels like it. We asked BMW if we could replace our retiring i4 saloon with the baby M car. The M2. The last manual M car. And guess what? We've gone for the automatic.

FACTORY FRESH

In a quiet corner of the Ferrari factory in Maranello, a small dedicated team document the past and offer classics a future...

Wedge fund

Love supercars? Have bags of money? There's only one club you need to be a part of

PORSCHE MACAN: THE NEW NORMAL

The new Macan has a lot riding on it, not least because it's the first fully electric SUV from Porsche. Impress your friends with our handy 10 Things You Need to Know guide

TOPGEAR DOESN'T DO HOTELS...

If it did, this is what they'd look like. Welcome to Magarigawa, where Japan's über rich come to play

HAULIN' ASS

America is the spiritual home of the SUV. The truck is king. But the car they usurped the traditional station wagon still has a loyal and passionate following... if you know where to look

THE MIGHTY HUCKSTER

Nothing to see here, just a normal driving lesson in a sensible family wagon. Here's what happened when Jethro met Travis...

THEN ADD A TESLA

Time for the Lotus Eletre's biggest test yet: a head to head with the old guard. Can it upset the Model X as luxury electric SUV gatekeeper?

FUEL FOR THOUGHT

Where does the electricity that powers our EVS really come from? Paul Horrell and his trusty Megane Electric sidekick investigate

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Porsche's 75th birthday surprise is an EV successor to the 918 Spyder hypercar. It'll be faster, sure, but more of an event? That's the million dollar question...

ABSOLUTELY BATURED

Do you find a standard Bentley a bit mass produced? Well, meet the very exclusive (and very purple] new Batur

Ghost-lusters

While Aston Martin and Bentley make the most of their remaining tanks of petrol, Britain's poshest marque is whispering its way into the plug-in future. Over to our man in California...

Light fantastic

NOBLE M500 PROTOTYPE

BACK TO BASICS

Raw, uncompromised, stripped back it's a formula that works for watches too

BIGGER BUZZ

VW's three-row electric bus has arrived, and it promises room for all the family

FANCY A CHINESE?

So far, China's cars have only appealed to your common sense head, not your enthusiast heart. So should Porsche and the rest really fear the Shanghai backed, British designed MG Cyberster?

Surprise package

LEXUS RX 450h+

Fast and spurious

ABARTH 500e TURISMO

The Big test:luxury barges

Since Karl Benz himself was in lederhosen, Mercedes has built the world's best luxury saloon. Can BMW finally upset the Apfelkarren?