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ELECTRIC BOOST The E-module inside the W1 consists of a radial flux e-motor similar to the sort used in F1 that can spin to 24,000rpm, weighs just 20kg, and adds 342bhp. It’s coupled to a motor control unit and fed by a 1.384kWh battery.  Housed in a cavity within the W1’s monocoque, it’s fully protected…

Bruce McLaren had road car ambitions, and the M6GT was based on the company’s wild Can-Am racecar. When he was killed during testing in 1970, the plan was suspended. Roll on 18 years, and having led the team to sustained F1 success, team boss Ron Dennis decided it was time for the ultimate road car.…

Four months and almost 5,000 miles later, and the big green Hyundai has returned from whence it came. Top Gear is a broad church that welcomes all, EVs to V12s, hatches to hefalump SUVs, but if we’re being honest the Ioniq 9 could be labelled as everything wrong with the modern car industry – it’s…

“In the early 1990s, I started sky diving,” recalls American pulsejet pioneer Robert Maddox. “And I was thinking, I need a jet or rocket on my chest to go faster…” That’s not a normal thought. Correct. But Maddox isn’t a normal human. Even less normal than thinking, ‘what if sky dive, but jet powered?’ is…

Today is National Dog Day. It is also, according to the wisdom of the internet, International Dog Day. TopGear.com is reliably informed this means it is a global day to celebrate everything associated with – that’s right! – dogs. If you have a dog, this will come as a surprise, because every day with a…

I want to talk about massages. Being an awkward British man by birth, massages are the opposite of my comfort zone. What should be the epitome of a relaxing experience is actually fraught with stress and anxiety. It’s not just the blaring alarm inside my brain shrieking “A STRANGER IS TOUCHING YOU”. What if they’re…

Big news for fans of the word ‘Lotus’: Lotus Technology has bought 100 per cent of Lotus Advance Technologies to become… still Lotus? Yes, still Lotus. Lotus Tech – that’s the Chinese-bit of the company that builds the electric stuff – has done some hardcore bidness to acquire 100 per cent of Lotus UK (weirdly…

Max Verstappen will take part in a race at Silverstone next month. Keen F1 fans will note Max Verstappen already took part in a race at Silverstone last month. And this isn’t another ‘Bahrain GP But In Malaysia’ type affair. Oh no. It is a ‘100 Go-Karters vs Four-Time F1 World Champion’ thing. And the…

Developer CD Projekt Red has today provided yet another fine opportunity to sink hundreds of hours into a game you’ve already played – and will absolutely play again because ‘Geralt’ – with the announcement of a new, remastered version of Witcher 3. It is called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered, and unsurprisingly, it…

The 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine in the nose of the Mazda MX-5 had already been dropped in Europe – because emissions regs – as far back as 2024. It continued in the UK because of “different derogation timings”. Now, that time is up. Which means Mazda has to finally drop the four-cylinder from these sceptred isles…