Top Gear Magazine

The BMW M3. Forged from the fires of Mount Motorsport and built to tackle the world of touring cars, for many generations it’s been the benchmark for a performance saloon. But what does the internet want to know about M Division's legend? In this special pod Top Gear Magazine’s staffers answer Google's most frequently asked questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for another story behind a story from the Top Gear Magazine archive. This time, Rowan Horncastle talks about the time he went to Japan to meet tuning legend Smokey Nagata two decades after he was caught attempting 200mph on a British road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle, Ollie Marriage and Ollie Kew as they discuss the hottest, coolest car of the year: the 911 Dakar. Plus our M3 Touring adventure to the home of the St Bernard, which contains quite a lot of dog chat. And a good old fashioned quiz to get angry about at the end. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happens when you hand Christian von Koenigsegg, Gordon Murray, John Hennessey and Mate Rimac a drink, some random topics and hit the record button? Well, you have yourself a conversation for the history books. Strap your brain in as Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix referees the biggest names in fast car making as they debate the biggest topics in motoring right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another story behind a story from the TopGear archive. This time, Jack Rix recalls when he recreated the Bandit's beer run from Atlanta to Texarkana in a Trans Am homage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time to answer the internet's most asked questions on the world's most iconic sports car... the Porsche 911 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Jack, Rowan, Ollie Marriage and Ollie Kew as they discuss the 23 new cars that matter in 2023. Featuring the Hyundai Ioniq 6, VW ID.Buzz, Porsche 911 Dakar and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever wondered what it would be like to shoot the world's most outrageous hypercar with a £75k large format analogue camera? Well wonder no more! Paul Horrell headed to Italy to photograph the latest Pagani with the latest Pagani camera... and things didn't go exactly to plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first in a new series of bonus pods that brings the best stories from the TopGear archive back to life, and tells you what really went on. First up, that time Ollie Marriage went hunting for dinosaur fossils in Mongolia, in an Infiniti. As you do Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Top Gear Magazine's Jack Rix where they discuss how the FL5 Type R stacks up to its predecessors, where it sits in the pantheon of hot hatch greats, and potential death of the hot hatch category all together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In first in a new series of pods we answer the internet's most asked questions on one of the world's most multi-talented cars... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rowan and Jack sit down with Romain Dumas - the man who's broken records at Pikes Peak and Goodwood, won at the 24hrs of Nürburgring, Spa and Le Mans, and now has his sights set on Dakar glory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s that time of year again when we name the finest automobiles on planet earth and adorn them with a TG rosette. Yep, the votes have been counted, the arguments have simmered down and the results are in. Unsurprisingly, the class of ’22 is an absolute belter, with everything from single-seater fan cars to retro EV buses, and off-road supercars to trusty hot hatches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember when people were up in arms about Ford putting a four-cylinder turbo in the Mustang? Well, now they're really stoking the fire by plonking a Mustang face on their new electric SUV. But will Chris' opinion on it surprise you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Top Gear Magazine's Jack Rix and Rowan Horncastle for a stroll around the 2022 Los Angeles Motor Show. Discover their impressions on the Porsche 911 Dakar, the new and surprisingly good looking Toyota Prius and find out why the death of the traditional motor show is near. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Top Gear magazine's Jack Rix where they discuss their first impressions of the One when news broke out back in 2017, the incredible engineering feat of making a Formula 1 engine work inside a street-legal hypercar, and compare the noise to an Aston Martin Valkyrie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're all feeling the financial pinch, fortunately TG is here to help. Four sub £30k cars, £300 for food, bed and fuel and a very wet Wales to play in. Find out what really happened on the affordable fun road trip. Plus Chris Harris on the new GT3 RS and why Ford killed the Fiesta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Jack Rix, where they talk about driving a near-2000bhp, pure-electric, Croatian hypercar - as hooned by Chris in the first episode of the new series of the TopGear TV show. Listen to Chris' thoughts here, then head to BBC iPlayer to watch the power test in all its smokey glory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Harris talks Jack Rix through the cars that impressed him most from 2021. From the Porsche 911 GT3 through to the Lamborghini Huracán STO, the Ferrari SF90 Stradale and the McLaren 765LT. And the things that haven't impressed him? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speed Week is Top Gear Magazine’s annual hunt for the greatest new performance car in the world, this year taking place at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic. Jack and Rowan are joined by Ollie Marriage and Tom Ford to discuss the behind the scenes, warts and all story of what it takes to pull off the most ambitious performance car test in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speed Week is Top Gear Magazine’s annual hunt for the greatest new performance car in the world. But can you guess this year’s contenders purely from the sounds they make? Jack Rix plays quizmaster, Ollie Kew and Ollie Marriage do the guessing. Volumes up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix, where they discuss Tesla's stainless steel wedge of a pick-up truck. Will it ever actually make production? Chris has his doubts... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix, where they discuss Ford’s hybrid WRC contender, the current state of rallying, electrification in motorsport, and the ultimate racecar garage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this month’s episode we’re talking about whether AMG’s F1-engined hypercar, the ONE, actually works, why is Aston Martin struggling again, and we pay a visit to the freak show to discuss the new 911 GT3 RS, Ariel Hipercar and McLaren Solus GT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Chris in conversation with Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix, where they discuss why Maserati is an unkillable brand, what the new MC20 is like to drive, why you would buy one over a Ferrari, and what the greatest Maserati of all time is and why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What would happen if you took a classic 911 and made it as light as humanly possible? This is Tuthill’s answer - an all-carbon, high revving, featherweight designed for maximum fun on the road. Here’s the full story behind an engineering exercise… that got a bit out of hand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 40 years since the DMC12 launched, there’s a new Delorean on the way. Alpha5 is a 2+2 electric coupe with gullwing doors, but (shockingly) no stainless steel panels. We quiz the new boss on how Delorean got here, what the future holds and whether a flux capacitor is on the options list… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dario Franchitti has a glittering racing CV and one of the coolest jobs in the car world right now – development driver for the GMA T.50. We discuss how the job came about, what Gordon’s really like to work for and what the T.50 – Murray’s spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 – is really like to drive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mate Rimac is only 34 years old, but is already one of the biggest names in the car business… and a certified genius. We talk about how he juggles his time, how he fought hard to stop Bugatti going all-electric, why the Bolide will blow our minds and reveals if he could only ever drive one car for the rest of his life, it would be a BMW M5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode we're celebrating 75 years of speed, noise and red paint as it's Ferrari's birthday. Instead of simply blowing out some candles on a Prancing Horse cake, we’re talking about the top 5 Ferraris EVER, breaking a lap record at Fiorano, why petrol is so expensive and the top 9 delayed cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Harris chats to Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix about the all-new Lotus Emira, comparing it to rivals such as the Porsche Cayman. Plus, Chris talks about his first-ever experiences with Geely, the Chinese car giant that acquired Lotus back in 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Harris speaks plainly to Top Gear magazine's Jack Rix about some of the latest SUVs and off-roaders. Expect no-nonsense views on the BMW X6, Porsche Cayenne, Ford Bronco, Mercedes G-Wagen and Ineos Grenadier as well as on how the new Land Rover Defender compares with the old model. As for electric pick-ups, well, no spoilers on what Harris thinks of the F-150 Lightning, Rivian R1T and Hummer EV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from seven of them. Thomas Ingenlath, the designer turned CEO of Volvo's rapidly expanding electric performance off-shoot, Polestar, is next in the firing line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from seven of them. Catie Munnings, rally driver extraordinaire and TG Mag contributor (although we've never met her until now) is up next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from six of them. With Singer’s CEO, Rob Dickinson, being our latest microphone victim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from seven of them. This one was recorded in front of a live audience on Lotus’ Goodwood stand, and this man - the 2006 F1 world champ - needs no introduction… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from six of them. This one being the incredibly brainy CEO of Koenigsegg, Christian von Koenigsegg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this month’s episode we’re talking about supercar road trip heaven, clinging on to Hennessey’s F5 Venom and the Top 9 UK forbidden fruits. Plus there’s all the usual killer filler; including what we’ve got in the issue, Paul Horrell on hybridisation and service station selfie sticks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from them. This time, it’s the fastest man up the Goodwood hillclimb ever, Max Chilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from six of them. Starting with Lamborghini’s CEO, Stephan Winkelmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we took our microphones with us and shoved them in the faces of some of the most powerful and interesting people behind the most exciting cars in the world. In this limited series you’ll hear from six of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Woah, Red Bull’s Advanced Technologies division has announced that it will design, develop and build a brand-new hypercar that will deliver the “ultimate on-track driving experience”. This sounds very special indeed. The new hypercar will be called the RB17 and of course the design comes from the mind of Adrian Newey – the man behind many of the greatest F1 cars ever built and the original creator of the Aston Martin Valkyrie. To find out more about this mad project, Jack and Rowan sat down with both Red Bull’s Christian Horner and Adrian Newey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Classics. Restomods. Replicas. Continuations. All have the gorgeous vintage looks, but each is fundamentally different under the skin. Chris Harris and Top Gear Magazine editor Jack Rix discuss the differences of things like the Alfaholics GTA-R, Eagle Lightweight GT and GTO Engineering's recreation of the Ferrari 250 SWB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this month’s episode we’re talking American EV pick-up trucks, the Slow, Loud and Banging scene in Houston, and the new Nissan Z… or should that be Zeee? Plus there’s all the usual filler, including what we’ve been driving, Paul Horrell on finance acronyms and the Top 9 wide-arched cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Harris joins Top Gear Magazine Editor Jack Rix to discuss the new Tesla Model S 'Plaid' - a revision of the Model S with 1100bhp, a 0-60 time under two seconds, and a steering wheel suspiciously devoid of its roundness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By 2030 every Rolls-Royce will be electric... but the ice cool Spectre is the first. In this bonus episode, Jack heads to the Arctic Circle to have a passenger ride and interview the RR's big boss, Torsten Müller-Ötvös. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Despite the different design philosophies behind the two cars, the Gordon Murray T.50 and the Aston Martin Valkyrie are always going to draw comparisons. Both house Cosworth V12s behind their driver cell. Both will cost well into the millions of pounds. And both are... well, really rather special. So here's Chris Harris talking Top Gear Magazine's Jack Rix through his opinions on both machines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strap in, as this month we’re chatting about a royal mission in the new Range Rover, why the new V12 Vantage is a bit confused and a rather nerdy discussion on forced induction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Ferrari's first ever SUV on the horizon, we check in with Chris Harris to get his opinion on Ferrari's future, and whether this new high-riding Fezza is going to be warmly received by Chris... or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This month we’re chatting about the Topgear.com Electric Awards, driving the VW ID. Buzz and why the Porsche GT4 RS is a 10/10 car. Plus, Marques Brownlee joins us to discuss all things American EVs and we argue about fan cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices