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BBC TG • Issue 396

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Bank canvas • Meet Chloe Dowsett, the artist who can make Rolls-Royce owners’ design dreams come true

Slim. Fast • Meet the lighter, quicker 296 Speciale… guaranteed to give driving satisfaction

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

COMMENTS • CORVETTE CONCEPT

NEXT BIG THING • ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE… • FISKER KARMA

Protection racket • Keeping your prized possessions safe is common sense, hence these toughened up timepieces

EPIC FAIL • 1980 FORD MUSTANG V8

THRILLS WITHOUT THE BILLS • Fast(ish) cars you can actually afford

HELP! • The internet’s most searched questions, rudely answered by us

HOT OR NOT? • Frank Stephenson critiques car designs

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GAME OF THE MONTH

BOV • There’s hope yet for a fun motoring future, says Jethro

PINKS • Eddie Jordan’s death is a sad moment for F1, says Natalie

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THE ELECTRIC AWARDS 2025

POWER TRIP • The 2,011bhp Lotus Evija has potential to change everything… Jethro is first to brace his neck and cut loose on track

TESTER’S NOTES • In the 1970s the Lotus test drivers used to ‘pop’ from the factory to the south of France for the weekend to put the latest car through its paces. We decided to do the same, albeit with a little more ‘pop’

PLUG ’N’ SLEIGH • Polestar has made a 3 Arctic Circle special edition. Taking it to herd reindeer was the logical thing to do

MISCELLANEOUS • The other highs and lows in the electric world that have caught our eye in the past 12 months

MERCEDES-BENZ G580e • The alchemists at Mercedes have mixed the G’s years of experience with their electric knowhow and created something… better

How low can you go? • The Dacia Spring and Leapmotor T03 are the two cheapest (proper) electric cars on the market right now – time for a pennies and shillings showdown

INTO THE RED • Can a completely normal electric family hatchback drive coast to coast across the Australian Outback? Welcome to TopGear’s most ambitious electric roadtrip yet…

THE LAND OF OZ

CHARGEY BARGEY • Can the Lotus Emeya 900 dethrone the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT as our favourite fast EV with four doors?

SEOUL TRAIN • There’s been a dearth of electric seven seaters on the market until recently, but thankfully the Koreans have our backs

LITTLE MIX • Stylish, small, retrofuturistic… these are the EVs that everyone’s talking about. Where should you spend your hard earned cash?

VIVE LA RENAULUTION! • Renault did a magnificent job with its revival of the 5 hatchback… turns out it was just getting warmed up

ELECTRIC CAR OF THE YEAR RENAULT 4

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HEADLINER VOLT-ZILLA • EV restomods are controversial at the best of times… but electrifying an R32 Skyline? This could go either way

Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 • PLAYSTATION, 1998

DO/DON’T MEET YOUR HEROES

HEAD TO HEAD SEVEN SEATERS • These days family buses come in all shapes and sizes, but what if you’re after one that the kids won’t be embarrassed to be seen in?

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