BBC Top Gear UK - May 2025

In this issue

BUGATTI BOLIDE
Ignore the sign, step this way for our exclusive drive in the 1,578bhp Bolide. That’s track days ruined forever

VW ID.EVERY1
Can Volkswagen’s entry level offering help the company to beat its recent electric blues?

Mann made machine

Meet the Mannic Beattie, a homemade shed build complete with an auxiliary jet engine

3 mins

5 to survive

The reborn R5 Turbo gets 536bhp, a massive 3,540lb ft of torque and a rally style handbrake

1 min

NEXT BIG THING IN WHEEL MOTORS

IN WHEEL MOTORS ARE ON THE VERGE of real applications.

2 mins

Tick-tock, hip-hop

Whether you yearn for a ‘big face Rollie’ or ‘matching Daytonas’ there’s a rap-inspired watch for you

1 min

EPIC FAIL LIGIER JS5

“The JS5 may have been ugly as a fungal toenail, but it wasn’t slow”

1 min

MIKE'S CHANNEL

It's easy to forget that Grand Theft Auto is a game ostensibly about cars.

2 mins

PINKS

If one man can change Aston's luck its Newey, says Natalie

2 mins

W 16 ONE LAST BLAST

Bugatti's legendary 8.0-litre quad turbo W16 gets one last hurrah... under the skin of a lightweight track only multimillion pound hypercar. Who said anything about going quietly?

7 mins

"I'll do a proper, proper E30 restomod, with a V10 Not just the technical stuff, but also design.I don't know when I will get round to that - it might be my retirement project"

Mate Rimac is a man on a mission. What next for Bugatti?

8 mins

THINK SMALL AGAIN

Volkswagen's recent history has been... patchy - Dieselgate, annoying touchscreens, you know the rest. Question is, can VW turn its fortunes around by thinking... tiny?

6 mins

CALIFORNIA FREEZING

The Arctic. Minus 20°C. Sounds just about perfect for a TopGear minibreak in a VW California. Fire up the auxilliary heater...

7 mins

RAPID RESPONSE

Ever had a long wait for a recovery van? Not any more. TopGear is about to come to the rescue. With a slightly reduced toolkit...

7 mins

BORN TO RUST

Kept under lock and key for decades, Rudi Klein's collection is the stuff of myth and legend. We take a tour before it crosses the block

6 mins

ELECTRIC ESTATES

See, it's not all SUVs in the electric era. Audi's new A6 Avant e-tron goes toe to toe with BMW's i5 Touring

7 mins

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