Automotive
BBC Top Gear UK
WHO DUNNIT?
Who is responsible for inventing the hardcore special sports car? When did it catch on, and has the concept passed its peak?
5 min |
April 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
Winning formula
Watchmakers and motorsport have a long standing relationship. But the guard is changing for 2025 F1
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
The Octa is the biggest, baddest version of the Defender yet - conquering the South African wilderness should be a walk in the park...
8 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
ROUTE ONE
All you need for a roadtrip is a car, a destination and an excuse. Over to our man in Japan to stretch that brief to its limit...
7 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
RETRO
BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE M LIKE THEY USED TO
7 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
END OF DAYS
If the hot hatch's halcyon days really are numbered, what better send-off than thrashing our top five on an icy Welsh B-road...
8 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
DIARY OF A CES
The death knell has sounded for the traditional motor show, and carmakers are turning to the world's biggest tech show for launches. We take on the biggest of them all
9 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
A maxed out Volkswagen Golf GTI MKVIII
We head to Texas to check out BMP Tuning's Pomelo Yellow GTI...
1 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
4X4 RISING
When it comes to off roaders, the Japanese don't do things by the book...
5 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
E Honda
Honda's new retro-futuristic O Series SUV and Saloon are here to make EVs interesting
1 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
THE HOT HATCH IS DEAD.
The hot hatch is at a crossroads, with the old guard being run out and the new electrified era only just being ushered in. Is there hope left?
8 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
The OG Japanese tuner
From kitchen hand to one of the founding fathers of the Japanese tuning industry. Meet VeilSide founder Hironao Yokomaku
3 min |
March 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
ELECTROMECHANIC
Meet the electric restomod that you can create at home it's so easy you can do the conversion in a day, apparently
5 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
ALL THE SMALL THINGS
Word is there's no such thing as a decent, small, simple, reasonably priced car these days. Allow TopGear to investigate
5 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
VOLKSWAGEN ID.BUZZ 7-SEAT
Volkswagen’s new seven seater ID.Buzz is now the family mover it always should have been
2 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
BMW M5
TO THE POINT: THE NEW BMW M5 IS AN excellent car. It's very fast, confident, endlessly configurable and now offers a not inconsequential 40ish miles of electric-only running for happy tax returns.
2 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
VAUXHALL GRANDLAND vs FORD EXPLORER
These two brands have been the 'pile it high, sell it cheap' kings of the UK market for decades, but their new core models take a very different tack...
7 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
CAR OF THE YEAR - 5 STAR
Yep, Renault's retro-chic new supermini with an optional wicker baguette holder Scoops the grand prix...
5 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
MEANWHILE... IN THE FUTURE
Catching rockets with chopsticks isn't the only autonomous tech going on in Elon Musk's world...
3 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
KING OF THE HILLS
You wait for one 800+bhp super GT, then two rock up at once. It's the Aston/Ferrari showdown we've all been waiting for...
8 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
PACKAGE
What better way to test the Hyundai Santa Fe's SUV-ness than hand delivering TopGear magazine to each and every subscriber in... New Zealand?
10 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
MYTH BUSTER
\"THE GOLF GTI WAS THE OG HOT HATCH\"
2 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
The fastest Integra in the world
Bought as standard then fettled to magnificent speed, this car has a hell of a story to tell
1 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
EPIC FAIL BRICKLIN SV-1
\"When the SV-1 actually drove, it did so slowly, making it tricky to have a high speed crash\"
1 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
La bella vita
Italians know how to live the good life cars, food, wine... and watches too it turns out
2 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
Win win?
The updated 911 GT3 and (now four seater] GT3 Touring are here. Choose wisely
1 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
The D-Day Channel crosser
To commemorate his father’s service in World War Two, Nigel Stoate and his son sailed the Channel and back in their 1944 OUKW’ truck
3 min |
January 2025
BBC Top Gear UK
HEAD TO HEAD VANTAGE vs 911 TURBO
For as long as we can remember the Porsche 911 has been the default best sports car money can buy. Does the new Aston Vantage represent a changing of the guard?
7 min |
November 2024
BBC Top Gear UK
BOSS LEVEL:PART TWO
In a world exclusive, three makers of the world's most powerful hypercars are cordially invited... to drive each other's creations
10+ min |
November 2024
BBC Top Gear UK
THE THEORY 0F EVOLUTION
Ridged bladder seats, an inflating steering wheel and an AI track day coach... has Lotus hit on the supercar's future, or gone mad?
6 min |