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PORSCHE’S BIG GAMBLE • The Taycan isn’t just another new EV, it’s a nail in the coffin of petrol-fuelled performance cars. Can Porsche pull it off?
COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working
DIARY OF A TEST DRIVER • Crack tester Timo Knees reports from his new location, as he puts one of 2019’s big launches through its final paces
LAMBO GOES ’LECCY • Lamborghini has gone hybrid, but don’t despair. The result is a wild, limited-run, 602kW supercar
HUMAN TRAFFIC • Five other times manufacturers mixed up the baby name book
HUAYRA PURPOSE • Pagani pulls out all the stops for its crown jewel – the Roadster BC
YOU CAN’T BUY TASTE
BEAM ME UP, TOYOTA
THE GRILL • FIVE QUESTIONS THEY REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE ASKED...
MATTIAS EKSTRÖM • Two-time DTM Champion, Rallycross Champion and three-time winner at Race of Champions talks about his company cars
MY DREAM GARAGE • Money no object, what Mattias would buy...
ARCH NEMESIS • Audi’s RS6 super-wagon has returned and it’s pumped to see you
BMW CONCEPT 4
ECONOMY OF SCALE • The post-WWII economic miracle of Japan can be summed up in one simple watch
SUPERCARS WITH TINY ENGINES
GEAR
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FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND
AIRLESS TYRES, HERE IN 2024
BREATH OF FRESH AIR
HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month...
CHRIS HARRIS • Impulse buys don’t always end in regret. Not when they’re thundering V8 racecars, anyway...
FUTURE PROOF • PH asks why carmakers look for tricksy solutions for non-existent problems
THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip grapples with the conundrum of speeding tickets
The big test: The old guard’s new EVs • Audi, Jaguar and now Mercedes finally have AWD electric SUVs vying for your R2 million. So, who’s conquered the brave new world?
MERCEDES EQC
JAGUAR I-PACE
AUDI E-TRON
JUST TO CLARIFY... • Our scoring system has changed – be afraid
Unsung hero
No knobs. No whistles
Beast from the East
Sibling rivalry
ROVER’S RETURN • Carrying the Defender into the modern century is intimidating but those put off by Discovery’s looks can now stay within the brand
MAN ON THE MOON • How TG faked our Moon landing – not with Stanley Kubrick, but with a trip to Cancún
OUR FAVE FELIXES • More of his work that rocked our tiny world
I FEEL THE NEED... • Luckily we’re in the right place to reach brain-melting numbers – Bugatti’s Ehra-Lessien facility
SOME BIG BUG FIGURES
THE NEED FOR SPEED • Breaking the 480kph barrier has become an obsession for the hypercar manufacturers. Here’s the story of how Bugatti got there first
SPEED RECORDS: IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE • It’s just a number, right? Well, yes and no...
VOLTSWAGEN THE PEOPLE’S EV? • Ten years down the line, will the answer to every car-buying question be “Just get an ID.3”?
Welcome to MX-5 LAND • A man in Italy recently completed a hotel dedicated to the world’s favourite roadster. Would you like an alarm call?
Andrea's GUIDE TO THE MX-5
BMW M760Li
Mercedes-Benz CLS 400d...