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

PAST & FURIOUS

You've seen the future, time to acknowledge heroes of the past. An impromptu night meet in Tokyo's Daikoku car park should do it...

J-TURN

As the world pivots towards EV, Japan is busy figuring out how to keep its icons alive and kicking. We gather the concepts and assess their chances...

OLD COGS NEW TRICKS

It may not look like it, but the Pembleton T24 is a brand new Brit-built featherweight joy machine

BOX FRESH

Into radio controlled cars as a kid? Get ready to relive those Eighties childhood memories: this is the Tamiya Wild One, reborn as a real life off-road electric buggy. Oh boy, this is gonna be good

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

MEGA DRIVE

Jann Mardenborough's rise from bedroom gamer to Le Mans racer is the stuff of dreams... and now movies. Here's five things you need to know about the new Gran Turismo film, including whether it's any good

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...

VISION EXPRESS

Pininfarina's new e-LUV concept - electric luxury utility vehicle - channels its past while pointing to the future. Beauty or beast?

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?

COMPLICATE THEN ADD WEIGHT

Love it or loathe it, Lotus's new electric SUV will help keep the firm's balance books in the green. But is it a Lotus in anything but name?

The big test: last chance sports cars

The German big guns are all going electric soon. If you want an old school petrol thriller, get one while they're still hot...

THE NIFTY FIFTIES

Lots of today’s most desirable watches were born in the post war boom. Here’s why

ACT OF VALOUR

Aston celebrates Tl0 years in business by unleashing a modern day Muncher

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT - THE BEST 911 EVER?

Porsche marks the 911’s 60th birthday with a lightweight, analogue, driver’s dream. Catch the S/T while you still can

"Overstay fees are a stealth Tax"

Councils provide dedicated parking spaces for EVS next to AC charge posts in some places, rather than allowing combustion cars to block them

CLIFFHANGER

If you're paying a visit to Moab in Utah, it's only right and proper to indulge in a great American tradition. Just don't look down

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

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

The underwhelming DB11 has been given a new lease of life...can the new 'super tourer' DB12 right all of its wrongs?

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...

Sky sports

MASERATI MC20 CIELO

Forget me not

AUDI TT ICONIC EDITION

Light fantastic

NOBLE M500 PROTOTYPE

The big test: superminis

After nearly 50 years, the Ford Fiesta is dead, so long live the...wait, which of the current crop of superminis should we go for?

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

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT SINGER'S GONE BIG

Thought the DLS was wild? The DLS-T adds turbos... and wing

RIDE WITH THE DEVIL

Ever wondered what the antichrist would drive? Meet the RWB Baphomet... if you dare