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the ten • THINGS WE’VE LEARNT THIS MONTH
1 Tradition and Evolution • Wider body, more gears, extra power, an interior to make Panamera drivers jealous and space for an electric motor... all in the eighth-generation 911
PORSCHE 911: A SPOTTER’S GUIDE
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM 992 TURBO
3 The Mazda 3 is more than a pretty face
4 Watch This
100% Peru. 100% Hilux • SA’s toughest Hilux lifts Dakar trophy
5 Active types, your bakkie has arrived
6 R8 Checkmate • Performante power, better aero and a new touchscreen. The baby Lambo grows up?
7 The e-tron GT is a Taycan in a sharper suit • As the e-tron SUV is launched into the world, Audi has something better up its sleeve – a 440kW four-door coupe with Porsche DNA
8 Rivians are Teslas for the off-road enthusiast • 600 kilometres on a charge, 0–100kph in three seconds and a penchant for mud...
9 Ferrari’s latest one-off special is an F12tdf speedster • SP3JC is a deeply unsexy name for a deeply exotic car
10 The 720S can do 325kph topless • Hairdressers, look away now. The 720S Spider is a 530kW missile on a mission to ruin your barnet
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Reid
View • #23: George Russell, Williams F1 driver
GOING, GOING, GONE
MY LIFE IN CARS Sabine Schmitz • TG’s own Queen of the Nürburgring talks ‘borrowing’ cars and Porsches with soul
FANTASY TOW CARS
TIME WILL TELL • Richard Holt on the art of predicting the future
BELL & ROSS BR 03-92 NIGHTLUM
ROLL WITH IT • BAMFORD CARBON-FIBRE WATCH ROLL
DIRT RALLY 2.0
FAKE NEWS? • Overheard on the internet, so it must be true...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF... Land-speed records
Zed’s not dead • WE SAY: IS IT A ROADSTER? OR A SPORTS CAR? BOTH, SAYS BMW. LET’S FIND OUT...
SPECIFICATION
Mad Merc • WE SAY: YOU’LL NEED TO BE A DIEHARD MERC FAN TO STOMACH THE ASKING PRICE
SPECIFICATION
Range finder • WE SAY: WELCOME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AUDI PILE.IN A GOOD WAY...
SPECIFICATION
Chunky ships • WE SAY: SUPERCHARGED SUVS AHOY. WHICH MONSTER PLANET SPINNER WINS?
RRS SVR SPECIFICATION
GC TRACKHAWK SPECIFICATION
Bentley Continental GT vs Mercedes S63 Coupe • WE SAY: TWO NEW, MIGHTY GRAND TOURERS. BUT WHICH SUITS HIGH-ROLLERS BEST?
Bentley Continental GT
Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe
Le hot hatch • WE SAY: RENAULT SAVES YOU THE EFFORT OF TICKING THE BOXES
SPECIFICATION
01 TOYOTA SUPRA • Here we go then , the 19 cars rockin g our world in 2019, startin g with the triumph ant return of a perfor mance hero. Five genera tions in, sharp er than ever...
2020 GT LOOKS THE BUSINESS, DOESN’T IT?
02 FERRARI 488 PISTA SPIDER & 03 McLAREN 720S SPIDER
04 BUGATTI DIVO • UH-OH, CHIRON’S BEEN ON THE ’ROIDS
The winning formula
05 MERCEDES-AMG ONE • What would an F1 car for the road look like? Meet the man mad enough to take this question to its illogical conclusion
06 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH ZAGATOS • Picking just one Zagato-tweaked Vanquish would be impossible. Fortunately we have keys to all four...
07 BMW M8
08 NISSAN GT-R 50
09 FORD RANGER RAP-TOR
10 PORSCHE 911 CABRIOLET
11 BMW 7 SERIES
12 LAND ROVER DEFENDER • CAN IT PLEASE HIPSTERS AND HILL FARMERS?
13 ARIEL HIPERCAR
ALL FOUR ONE
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