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FACTORY FRESH
BBC Top Gear UK

FACTORY FRESH

In a quiet corner of the Ferrari factory in Maranello, a small dedicated team document the past and offer classics a future...

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5 mins  |
March 2024
LUCID MOTORS
BBC Top Gear UK

LUCID MOTORS

One of America's brightest electric car startups is burning stacks of cash faster than Christopher Nolan's Joker. What's going on at Tesla's worst nightmare?

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10 mins  |
March 2024
Wedge fund
BBC Top Gear UK

Wedge fund

Love supercars? Have bags of money? There's only one club you need to be a part of

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2 mins  |
March 2024
PORSCHE MACAN: THE NEW NORMAL
BBC Top Gear UK

PORSCHE MACAN: THE NEW NORMAL

The new Macan has a lot riding on it, not least because it's the first fully electric SUV from Porsche. Impress your friends with our handy 10 Things You Need to Know guide

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5 mins  |
March 2024
TOPGEAR DOESN'T DO HOTELS...
BBC Top Gear UK

TOPGEAR DOESN'T DO HOTELS...

If it did, this is what they'd look like. Welcome to Magarigawa, where Japan's über rich come to play

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8 mins  |
March 2024
PAST & FURIOUS
BBC Top Gear UK

PAST & FURIOUS

You've seen the future, time to acknowledge heroes of the past. An impromptu night meet in Tokyo's Daikoku car park should do it...

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8 mins  |
March 2024
J-TURN
BBC Top Gear UK

J-TURN

As the world pivots towards EV, Japan is busy figuring out how to keep its icons alive and kicking. We gather the concepts and assess their chances...

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10+ mins  |
March 2024
OLD COGS NEW TRICKS
BBC Top Gear UK

OLD COGS NEW TRICKS

It may not look like it, but the Pembleton T24 is a brand new Brit-built featherweight joy machine

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5 mins  |
September 2023
BOX FRESH
BBC Top Gear UK

BOX FRESH

Into radio controlled cars as a kid? Get ready to relive those Eighties childhood memories: this is the Tamiya Wild One, reborn as a real life off-road electric buggy. Oh boy, this is gonna be good

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5 mins  |
September 2023
HAULIN' ASS
BBC Top Gear UK

HAULIN' ASS

America is the spiritual home of the SUV. The truck is king. But the car they usurped the traditional station wagon still has a loyal and passionate following... if you know where to look

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9 mins  |
September 2023
MEGA DRIVE
BBC Top Gear UK

MEGA DRIVE

Jann Mardenborough's rise from bedroom gamer to Le Mans racer is the stuff of dreams... and now movies. Here's five things you need to know about the new Gran Turismo film, including whether it's any good

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4 mins  |
September 2023
THE MIGHTY HUCKSTER
BBC Top Gear UK

THE MIGHTY HUCKSTER

Nothing to see here, just a normal driving lesson in a sensible family wagon. Here's what happened when Jethro met Travis...

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7 mins  |
September 2023
VISION EXPRESS
BBC Top Gear UK

VISION EXPRESS

Pininfarina's new e-LUV concept - electric luxury utility vehicle - channels its past while pointing to the future. Beauty or beast?

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4 mins  |
September 2023
THEN ADD A TESLA
BBC Top Gear UK

THEN ADD A TESLA

Time for the Lotus Eletre's biggest test yet: a head to head with the old guard. Can it upset the Model X as luxury electric SUV gatekeeper?

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4 mins  |
September 2023
COMPLICATE THEN ADD WEIGHT
BBC Top Gear UK

COMPLICATE THEN ADD WEIGHT

Love it or loathe it, Lotus's new electric SUV will help keep the firm's balance books in the green. But is it a Lotus in anything but name?

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6 mins  |
September 2023
The big test: last chance sports cars
BBC Top Gear UK

The big test: last chance sports cars

The German big guns are all going electric soon. If you want an old school petrol thriller, get one while they're still hot...

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8 mins  |
September 2023
THE NIFTY FIFTIES
BBC Top Gear UK

THE NIFTY FIFTIES

Lots of today’s most desirable watches were born in the post war boom. Here’s why

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1 min  |
September 2023
ACT OF VALOUR
BBC Top Gear UK

ACT OF VALOUR

Aston celebrates Tl0 years in business by unleashing a modern day Muncher

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1 min  |
September 2023
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT - THE BEST 911 EVER?
BBC Top Gear UK

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT - THE BEST 911 EVER?

Porsche marks the 911’s 60th birthday with a lightweight, analogue, driver’s dream. Catch the S/T while you still can

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2 mins  |
September 2023
"Overstay fees are a stealth Tax"
BBC Top Gear UK

"Overstay fees are a stealth Tax"

Councils provide dedicated parking spaces for EVS next to AC charge posts in some places, rather than allowing combustion cars to block them

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1 min  |
July 2023
CLIFFHANGER
BBC Top Gear UK

CLIFFHANGER

If you're paying a visit to Moab in Utah, it's only right and proper to indulge in a great American tradition. Just don't look down

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7 mins  |
August 2023
FUEL FOR THOUGHT
BBC Top Gear UK

FUEL FOR THOUGHT

Where does the electricity that powers our EVS really come from? Paul Horrell and his trusty Megane Electric sidekick investigate

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8 mins  |
August 2023
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
BBC Top Gear UK

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Porsche's 75th birthday surprise is an EV successor to the 918 Spyder hypercar. It'll be faster, sure, but more of an event? That's the million dollar question...

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6 mins  |
August 2023
ABSOLUTELY BATURED
BBC Top Gear UK

ABSOLUTELY BATURED

Do you find a standard Bentley a bit mass produced? Well, meet the very exclusive (and very purple] new Batur

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6 mins  |
August 2023
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
BBC Top Gear UK

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

The underwhelming DB11 has been given a new lease of life...can the new 'super tourer' DB12 right all of its wrongs?

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7 mins  |
August 2023
Ghost-lusters
BBC Top Gear UK

Ghost-lusters

While Aston Martin and Bentley make the most of their remaining tanks of petrol, Britain's poshest marque is whispering its way into the plug-in future. Over to our man in California...

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7 mins  |
August 2023
Sky sports
BBC Top Gear UK

Sky sports

MASERATI MC20 CIELO

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2 mins  |
August 2023
Forget me not
BBC Top Gear UK

Forget me not

AUDI TT ICONIC EDITION

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2 mins  |
August 2023
Light fantastic
BBC Top Gear UK

Light fantastic

NOBLE M500 PROTOTYPE

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3 mins  |
August 2023
The big test: superminis
BBC Top Gear UK

The big test: superminis

After nearly 50 years, the Ford Fiesta is dead, so long live the...wait, which of the current crop of superminis should we go for?

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7 mins  |
August 2023