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THE VALKYRIE’S BIG DAY OUT • The Aston Martin Valkyrie lives! Test driver Chris Goodwin tells us what it’s like driving a 865 kilowatt hybrid hypercar
COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working
DIARY OF A TEST DRIVER • Crack tester Timo Knees reports from the Arctic Circle, as he puts one of 2019’s big launches through its final paces
AUDI’S ON A NICHE HUNT • Two new riffs on the SUV genre, two more wafer-thin gaps filled. Is Audi taking niche hunting too far?
RARE FOR A REASON • Five more answers to questions nobody actually asked
BENTLEY’S BLOW-OUT PRESENT • To celebrate its 100th, Bentley’s gone big with the EXP 100 GT...
YOU CAN’T BUY TASTE
ANOTHER RECORD FOR THE F1
THE GRILL • FOUR QUESTIONS THEY REALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE ASKED...
TOM KRISTENSEN • The nine-time Le Mans 24hrs winner talks vans, fast estates and supercars
MY DREAM GARAGE • Money no object, what Tom would buy...
A-CLASS OF ONE • The new 310kW Mercedes-AMG A45 S is here... with Drift mode
INSTA FAN
DE TOMASO P72
BADGE OF HONOUR • Who’d have thought it? Badge snobbery isn’t just restricted to your choice of car...
GARISH GRILLES
GEAR
EUROPEAN TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
FUTURE • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND
3D HOLOGRAM DASHBOARD GRAPHICS
FACTOID
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month...
CHRIS HARRIS • Where is the room for measured debate in today’s superheated online conversations?
FUTURE PROOF • Cars that drive themselves? First we need cars that think for themselves, says PH
THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip has a plan to help the consumer choose wisely
The sheep in wolf’s clothing
…Hence the Track Edition?
More Potent Pony
Pain in the rear
THE COMPETITION • Or for the same money, you could have one of these...
Cayenne Chemistry
Cracking the safe
ICONS REINVENTED!
935 Mob Dick the sequel • This retro remake has some whale-size shoes to fill. At least it has the fear factor...
THE LESSER SPOTTED ’DICK
CORVETTE A FERRARI... WITH FRIES • America’s mid-engined Corvette is here to give the supercar establishment a coronary
MEET THE ANCESTORS
HARLEY-DAVIDSON LIVEWIRE • A motorbike? In TopGear? Surely not. But the all-electric Livewire is more than just a bike – it’s a fresh start for Harley-Davidson
HARLEY-DAVIDSON LIVEWIRE
PUNK PANTHER • Want a car none of your millionaire friends will have? Ares has the solution: a Huracán transformed into a Seventies homage
BIG CAT DIARY: MEET DADDY PANTERA
FRAMING... JOHN DELOREAN • John DeLorean’s meteoric rise was matched by his fall. Now a film tells his stranger-than-fiction story
NORTH STAR • Can the Swedish hybrid Polestar 1 cope with Norway’s best scenery, and a diet of fish?
POLESTAR 1
Toyota GR Supra
Volkswagen Golf R
Mercedes-AMG C 63 S
BMW X2 M35i