Top Gear Magazine

AI is taking over. But is motorsport under threat? Recently, A2RL held the world's largest autonomous race at the iconic Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Rowan Horncastle and Jack Rix out to the desert to check it out. And Stig showed up to see if there's life in real race cars yet. Here's what happened live on the ground.

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Tesla's Cybertruck has grabbed The Internet's attention. But can it jump? Rock crawl? Survive whoops? Conquer the sand dunes? In short, can the Tesla Cybertruck REALLY off-road? Viral videos of it struggling on mild inclines tell us ‘no’. But Top Gear Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, and Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage have been in the USA finding out if that's true. Tune in as they tell Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Kew whether it can handle the rough stuff.

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The electric car landscape has changed beyond recognition in the past five years, but we’re still far from the point where petrol, diesel and mild hybrids are being outsold by pure electric and plug-in hybrid models. So Top Gear’s EV Awards is still very much valid. And in this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle, Tom Ford and the two Ollies discuss some of this year’s winners; including the new all-electric Porsche Macan, Mini Cooper, Merc G-Wagen as well as going to China to drive the new MG Cyberster.

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Ever driven through a tunnel, dropped the windows and given it the beans? Is the Pope Catholic? Now imagine taking that experience to the extreme. Top Gear Tunnel Run is a brand new weekly YouTube Series that you need to check out. If you like the sound of The Stig driving the world’s loudest cars flat-out through a 2.7km railway tunnel… you’re going to love this. Headphones on, it’s going to get loud! Rowan Horncastle, Jack Rix, Ollie Marriage and Ollie Kew discuss this brand new series.

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Jack Rix catches up with Tesla Design Chief Franz von Holzhausen on the Model 3 Performance launch in California. The interview booth? Sitting in the front of Franz's very own matt black Cybertruck.

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Top Gear is launching a new digital magazine, available exclusively on Apple News+, the all-you can read subscription-based service, call Top Gear Tech. Here’s why we’re doing it and what to expect, plus we chat with its star columnist Marques Brownlee about Apple Vision Pro, his own Tesla Cybertruck and whether he bankrupted Fisker with his review of the Ocean EV.

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The new Land Cruiser is like every other Land Cruiser - pretty much indestructible off-road. This new one adds something alien into the mix, though, it’s desirable too with its retrotastic exterior. Ollie Marriage spent a weekend with one in the Scottish Highlands and reports back.

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The Bugatti Bolide is the maddest track car ever made - the massive W16 powertrain from a Chiron stuffed into a bespoke race car chassis, creating the most violent passenger seat experience imaginable. Jack Rix reports from the Nardo proving ground after being the first person outside the company to experience it in full flight. Can he keep his lunch down? All will be revealed in this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast.

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Is there anything wrong with stuffing batteries and motors into a beloved classic car? Plenty of companies are doing it, including Silent Classic and its electrified 240Z we drove recently, but does that make it right? And what makes one old car ripe for conversion and another totally off-limits? Ollie Marriage, Ollie Kew and Jack Rix discuss.

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This year we will see the death of the iconic Audi R8. Which, sadly, means no more howling V8s and V10s. Boo. In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Marriage discuss the history of Audi’s supercar, from driving Will Smith’s iRobot stunt car to the latest, greatest and most hardcore version: the Abt XGT.

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