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A V12 WITHOUT A ROOF • Ferrari does the honourable thing and exposes the 812 Superfast to the elements, and your ears to the finest sound in motoring
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
COFFEE BREAK • What we’re watching/listening/doing, while we should be working
THE NEW LUXURY • It was inevitable the S-Class would go electric. The EQS concept gives us a heads-up on what to expect
ELECTRIC DREAMS • Five other times manufacturers reimagined luxury
FULL ’HAUS • Glickenhaus is taking on the establishment again, on road and track
LAMBO AVENTADOR SVJ ROADSTER
HOT SLOTS
MIKE FLEWITT • FOUR FOUR QUESTIONS QUESTIONS S THEY THEY REALLY REALLY DIDN DIDN DIDN’’T T T WANT WANT WANT TO TO TO BE BE ASKED ASKED...
KARUN CHANDHOK • The ex-F1 man on failing his driving test and owning a Opel Vectra
MY DREAM GARAGE • Money no object, what Mattias would buy...
ASTON’S RED ROSE • Second half of R115million ‘DBZ Centenary Collection’ is a 567kW Zagato-bodied DBS
PORSCHE CAYENNE COUPE
FUTURE. • IT’S COMING. FORTUNATELY TOPGEAR IS HERE TO HOLD YOUR HAND
ASTON WILL MAKE YOU A LAIR FOR YOUR CAR
792,000 NUMBER OF FULL-ELECTRIC CARS SOLD IN CHINA IN 2018 – MORE THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED
GREENPEACE RALLY
HERO ZERO • The other stuff making us deliriously happy or horribly sad this month...
CHRIS HARRIS • Chris has come to a shock conclusion: going for the ultimate iteration of a car may not be the best option
FUTURE PROOF • Autonomous cars face a vertical learning curve, discusses Paul Horrell
THE MIDDLE LANE • TGTV script editor Sam Philip has a heartfelt request for all of us...
S’Charged Thunder
Different Strokes
Pleasure Ride
TG 24 HOURS • Speed Week? That's so last year. Sleep? That’s for sleepy people. How about 24 hours on track, nonstop... Le Mans style
WELCOME TO PORTIMÃO
VARIETY SHOW • We’re in a golden age of fast cars. This is going to be blast, unless, of course, there’s a slight medical emergency...
JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8
MERCEDES-AMG GT R PRO
HEAT SEEKERS • Welcome to the world of wind-in-your-hair motoring... presuming you have hair, that is...
ASTON MARTIN DBS SUPERLEGGERA VOLANTE
McLAREN 720S SPIDER
HOT WINGS • Move over, road-legal minnows, it’s time for the serious machinery to pound the circuit...
CIRCUIT BREAKER • Petrol A45 AMG takes on electric Model 3. Now, who turned out the lights?
STAGE CRAFT • A GP circuit, all to ourselves ... so what do we do? Head off and find some dirt roads. Because rally
HYUNDAI i20 WRC
BARGAIN HUNT • Where did 2019’s affordable hot hatches go? The Focus ST, A45 S and Trophy-R had better be worth the pricetags
THE PODIUM • Whoop, holler, don’t forget the fizz. Welcome to the winner’s enclosure
IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT...
Mercedes-AMG E53 Cabriolet 4Matic
Ford Ranger Raptor
Bentley Continental GT
BMW Z4 M40i