Top Gear Magazine

It’s long been the go-to for app-based taxis, but is the new Toyota Prius about to change all that? Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Marriage speak to Tom Ford picked up The Stig and set the satnav for Scotland (via a racetrack) to find out.

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Has Rivian just had its Tesla Model Y moment? We're in Laguna Beach, California for the reveal of two new smaller, more affordable EVs (R2 and R3, both of which will be sold in Europe) and catch up with CEO and Founder RJ Scaringe.

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The DC Avanti mixes Bugatti Veyron (ish) looks and Renault Megane RS power. Here’s the time Jack Rix and Rowan Horncastle hit the stressful Indian streets in one.

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After the Grenadier and Quartermaster, Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s next adventure is a new, slightly smaller e-4x4. it is exciting for two reasons. Firstly, it’s Ineos’s slightly smaller, fully-electric off-roader, taking the genes of the Grenadier and transposing them into a car fit for the zero- and low-emission future. Second, and perhaps more importantly, it opens up a world of names for new models. On this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Marriage talk about it in the studio before catching up with Jason Barlow who is down the pub at the car’s launch.

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The R5 has returned. Yippie! Join Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Marriage as they discuss the all-new, all-electric £25k Renault 5 E-Tech. Yep, Renault's classic small car returns for the electric age, complete with the single greatest optional extra ever. A ‘porte baguette’ to hold your favourite tubular loaf and stop it shedding crumbs all over your car. The chaps discuss that and a lot, lot more. Including Zagato’s new Alpine A110.

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Lucid is one of America’s brightest electric car start-ups. It’s also burning stacks of cash faster than Christopher Nolan’s Joker. What’s going on at Tesla’s worst nightmare? Ollie Kew sits down with Lucid’s CEO and CTO, Peter Rawlinson.

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In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Kew get tucked into the latest issue. Which includes dreaming of a day at Asia's first members-only driver's club, The Magarigawa Club. Wondering if Aston Martin has gone mad. And discuss whether Lucid can be the next big thing.

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In this episode we’re talking juicy Japanese concept cars. Tom Ford has been out in Japan looking at the latest metal from Nissan, Mazda, Toyota and Lexus. Will Nissan blink and retreat to the safety of hybrid for the next GT-R, or go all out on the electrons? Will Toyota tone down the FT-Se’s Transformers styling? Will Mazda manage to get snake hips into production and can the LFA distil driving pleasure without a psychotic V10? No idea, that’s why Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Kew are grilling a jetlagged Tom Ford for your benefit. Enjoy!

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Mount Washington in New Hampshire is home to the most inhospitable weather in the world. Ollie Marriage recalls the time he drove to the top of it, in winter, in a Subaru, braving 150mph winds and freezing temperatures armed only with a jar of Marmite

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Jack sits down with Ford's petrol-head CEO, Jim Farley - who's also steering the company towards EV domination - and asks the big questions: Why has the Fiesta been killed off? Will there be another Ford GT? Is the Red Bull Formula 1 partnership just a vanity project? And is his nickname really Jimmy Car Car?

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