Monthly Campaign To Bring Back Cool Old Stuff
The gearbox world is in meltdown and TopGear has the ultimate answer Next month 1973 world Sportscar Championship better than having four speeds for fun stuff when have you used anything more than fourth fo going fast in the UK and then an extra gear that would allow I.OOOrpmc.n iking r 70rnph It's green too an overdrive simply extends the -atios of a gearbox during steady ish -state cruising, reducing engine revs and wear and improving economyand emissions. You'll have the acceleration of a...
Top Gear New Car Guide Flh
labe luxury market segment. Fails ianks to smashy rida CT200h Hatchback Lexus that carries the tech from the Prius into a new wannabe-luxury market segment Fails thanks to smashy rida TGChoice If you need a hybnd, buy a Prius. If you need efficiency, buy a Honda CR-Z. g 250cm2 Also fry Toyota Auris Hybrid. Toyota Prius. other Toyotas EURO NCAP o o o Li 402cm W 171cm H 106cm Boot SOlltres 22.322 22,322 na 29323 29,323 na na na m 4cyll793cc 118 na na na na na na 4cyl1793cc 118 na na na GS 5...
Bmw 520d 1
arrived 2010 SPEOZOjSe price 28,045 TTRJ 3,fo50 ks.W mileage 3,142 test mfc 8.4mp9 why its here do you need anything more than a base 5-Series WiAdamWaddell I'VE BEEN GUSHING ABOUTTHE NEW 5-Series recently and conduced that one has to be extraordinarily picky to find fault with it. But this would be an extremely dull long-term test if each month I were to report that all was perfect and, as wintry conditions swept Britain recently, a few small chinks in the Beemer's armour have finally...
Bmw 520d
only averaged 31mpg. Skoda claims 52.3mpg on the combined cycle, but we never cane close. Jason Barlow's Skoda Superb - which uses a more powerful version of the same 2.0-litre diesel - is achieving a far more respectable 43.3mpg, and that's an au o. If we were to spec our Yeti again, we'd choose the 140bhp version, he extra power means less engine stress, and hopefully better economy. We had a few other niggles the suspension s ruck a good balance between comfort and cornering, but somehow...
Info Dnu
Kind of like a French Golf. Lacrosse Looking a lot like something the more funky DS4 for that s Korean and hopefully half Which will definitely cover as well put together, the new all bases, right Right C4 has it all to do for Citroen. j m It's more spacious than the j fiij outgoing model, offers greater cabin corn for l and has masses v t ' - mm of onboard technology. It might , not be the most exciting thing to drive, but we'll soon have Handsome, shapely, not very exciting C4 A boring...
Peugeot Rcz Test Motes
ARRIVED vW 2010 SPEC QfTTHP Cfc PRICE 22,730 26,iS3 as b t lt uk MILEAGE TEST MPG WHY ITS HERE to see if Peugeot can do cool RY Esther Neve TOPGEARTOP FACT THE most common wheel for a car to get a puncture in is the rear nearside. The front nearside tends to kick up debris from the gutter and deposit it perfectly in line with the ear tyre. Which then collects it and gradually and very gently begins to deflate. Then, you're in an RCZ with Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, the car comes up with a...
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Company description Jeep is obviously proud to be American and shouts about it through its prcducts. which are big. brash and brawny. If the brand were music Billy Ray Cyrus UK sales in 2009 1825 7or full listings and data please visit www.topgear.com 'As far as lean work out these are 4x4s for people who couldn't find their local Land Rover dealer.' Ctarkson on Jeep Patriot 2 The smallest, cheapest Jeep product you can buy. And feels like the smallest, cheapest Jeep product you can buy. Which...
Info Ovl
C - Grosser' Understated and affordable access to SUV ownership. It's nice to look at, has seven seats as standard and-weVe really struggling to stay awake. TG Choice There's only one engine, and it's a biggish diesel. So you can't go tco far wrong there You're nodding off aren't you EURO NCAF n a L 464cm. W 181cm. Boot 184 1686 litres Fuel tank 60 litres Also try Mitsubishi Outlander. Peugeot 4007 Vauxhall An ara 22HDi VTR Station Wagon 2.2HDi Exclusive Station Wagon 12 20 12 20 12 20 12 20 12...
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Meet the hungry rookie that's spoiling for a fight with the hot-hatch veterans. Let the games commence Words Paul Horrett Photography Lee Brimble IANT, SI IARP ARROWS raging their way across the roof. Acres of stencilled-on lettering in a scary, quasi-military typeface. Chequered flags on the flanks. And on the dash another pair of arrows aimed, bizarrely and slightly smisterly, at the passenger's groin. An orange roof, orange wheels, red brake calipers and genuine carbon-fibre spoilers and...
Some Porcupine Penis
Just read your Honda-CR-Z-in-Chinese-night-market Awards piece, looked great, but did Matt Master really not eat anything weird What's an adventure without some porcupine penis for pudding Disappointing. GERRY FLINT, VIA EMAIL On the contrary, Gerry, Mr Master s a veritable gastronomic pic-neer. Only last week we saw him eating a plate of chips with tomato ketchup AND brown sauce.
Megane Renault8p0rt Test Motes
AFTER SIX MONTHS. THE Megane RenaultSport is due to leave us and it's as unhappy as we are about this arrangement. We know this because it decided to lunch its own clutch just before it was scheduled to disappear. Chris Mooney, the editor of topgear.com, was driving down to the TopCeartest track when the Megane ground to a halt just outside Guildford with a 'box of neutrals. The Renault was recovered to some men practised in the art of mending cars, and the damage to the hydraulic resonator...
Top Gear New Car Guide 1
A3 More of the excellent uninteresting same from Audi's ubiquitous Not a-Golt It is a Golf though, just a slightly more expensive one with posher bits inside. TGChoice The 2.0TD Quattro Sport Sportback does everything for everyone. And so it should with a name like that EURO NCAP ooooo 3dr L 423cm. K 177cm Boot 350 1080 litres Fuel tank 35 litres Also try V W Gulf, Volvo C30. BMW lSei ies, Mei cedes ACldbb. Alf 3cylll97cc 104 175 3cyl1197cc 104 175 l.2 rsi seSportback 5dr s 1.2 FSI S Line...
James May
VE JUST HAD A BIT OF A RADICAL rethink about this whole driving business. As I write, I'm in the middle of TopGear Live, the stage version of the popu lar BBC2 remake of It Ain't Half the Goodies Do 'Ave 'Em Summer Wine, Mum. Now at what we call the 'top of the show', a booming voire from Clod says, I adppp7 'n' gnlmn, your hosts for the evening and then all three of us drive out into the arena. Clarkson is in a Lamborghini Gallardo, and goes slicing around. Hammond is in a Maserati GT, and...
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Slapping the 'RS'badge onto an A3 Sportback, Audi is lifting a five-cylinder Quattro shaped leg on the lamp post formerly marked 'GolfR'. The turbocharged in-line five makes 335bhp, which is an awful lot for a five-door hatch, albeit a 40.000five door hatch. Mind you, the Quattro drivetrain should make sure that the PS3 can deliver on a 0-62mph time of just 4.6 seconds. Sprightly. A5 An artful lesson in understatement. Audi's A5 Coupe does desirable without the flash Engines to suit most...
Cobra
It gets a 5.0-litre V8 with 440bhp, mated to a standard drivetrain. Most of the interior has been removed in order to shed weight, weight instantly replaced by a roll cage. There's also a set of racer add-ons a HANS-equipped seat, six-point belts, adjustable damping and big Brembo brakes. The body mods also add speed, if not subtlety-a fibreglass bonnet with extra FANCY CIRCUIT RACING a modern Mustang Us neither. Unless we're talking about Ford Racing's Mustang Boss 302S, which looks as If t...
Info Tor
Dealers 89 Warranty 5yrs Brochure hotlitteOB O 502504 Website wwwdaihatSU.CO.Uk Dealers 89 Warranty 5yrs Brochure hotlitteOB O 502504 Website wwwdaihatSU.CO.Uk Company description Partly Tmjnfa-nwnpd Japanese purveyor of small cars, whose offerings are often owrlooked oser here. If the brand were music rf mski UK sales 1112009 2.080 For full listings and data please visit www.tapgear.com 'Cars that are smaller and slightly stranger than average, just like Richard Hammond.' Clarksoti on Daihatsu...
Reading On The Toilet
Loving the new-look magazine, guys, y Just one problem now Paul Horrell has been given a side column and lot a single page, tnis means the magazine now slips off my lap while reading on the toilet. RICHARD WOOD, VIA EMAIL to email us. Nov . Send your words and pictures to topgear.lelters bbc. lt oiii g Whatever's on Jenson's mind, with the world's ShOUiderS number one anti-dandruff shampoo f's nof dandruff. SECOND FLOOR A, ENERGY CENTRE. MEDIA VILLAGE, 201 WOOD LANE, LONDON. W12 7TN
The Mother Of All Pit Stops
Formula One Pali This is teamwork on the edge ra 25 low medium-speed runs up to 800mph . m 20 high-speed runs up to 900mph . I 20 runs, working right up to 1,000-mph. After completing the first of the two runs l.OOOmph - , the car will be interrogated in slowdown to see if turnaround is possible Green will make a slow turn at the top of the track, cooling the jet, and park next to the turnaround crew. Fans placed lo cool eockpil APU. Visual chec lt , systems interrogation Rocket removed by...
Top Gear New Car Guide
Dealers J'i Warranty Jyrs Brochure hotline00800 2532000 Website www.alfcromeo.co.uk gs Fzi df i-iikt rriUvi tig If the brand were music Z Unlimited Toil can't be a proper pi ity problems means it UK sales in 2009 7135 you've ovrned an Alia, i or full listings and data please visit 5 of breaking dowr www.topgear.com Clarkson on Alfa Romeo Giulietta More flawed yet tempting stuff from Fiat's Taste the Difference range It's no Golf, which is why you want it and also why you don't TGChoice ZXbUire...
Snipers For Vipers
A Missouri car dealership is offering its customers a free sniper rifle when they buy a new Dodge Viper. Max Motors motto God, guns, guts and American pickup trucks hit headlines last year by throwing in a free AK-47 with every new truck sold This year, boss Max Muller has upped the ante with a Barret .50 calibre sniper for Viper buyers. There's a bunch of evil in the world, and people need to protect themselves. Muller said. ORM AND FUNCTION SIT INTERTWINED like lovers on the sweeping steps of...
Charlie Turner
Consultant Editor Editor at Large Road Test Editor Senior Writer Staff Writer Paul Horrell Jason Barlow Piers Ward Sam Philip Dan Read Jeremy Clarkson, Pat Devereux. Richard Hammond, Matt Master, James May, Richard Porter, Andy Wilman Art Director Owen Norris Art Editor Simeon Jewkes Reprographics Executive Special Projects Art Editor Lee Brimble, Justin Leghton, James Lipman, Ripley amp Ripley, Anton Watts. Joe Windsor-Williams, John Wycnertey Production Editor Freelance Sub-Editors Editorial...