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Koenigsegg Chimera Christian's Craziest Car Yet? Jul 31, 2024

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Christian von Koenigsegg is a glutton for engineering punishment. His Swedish hypercar company currently builds the Jesko (which has just set the 0-400km/h-0 record) and it’ll soon start delivering the new CC850 and Gemera to customers. That’s three distinct models, each with their own head-scratchingly complex innovations. And yet, amongst all this, he said “yes” to a request from a customer who wanted their older-model Agera RS melded with the best bits of a Jesko and CC850 to create an absolute one-off. Many engineering headaches later we have this, the Chimera, which blends an Agera RS with the 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine from a Jesko and the fiendishly complex manual-cum-automatic gearbox from the CC850. In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast Jack Rix tries to explain the Swedish headache to the rest of the team.

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Manual Gearboxes Are Back! Jul 24, 2024

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Aston’s 110th birthday present to itself is a machine so old school it has a wooden gearlever and recycled geography teacher upholstery. Analogue heaven, or expensive anachronism? We discuss that and the rise of the expensive manual gearbox with the help of the 911 S/T, GMA T.50 and Pagani Utopia.

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Billionaires' Club: McLaren Solus vs Ford GT Mk IV Jul 17, 2024

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Looking for the ultimate flex at your local track day? Then we’ve got the consumer advice you need. In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Jethro Bovingdon details the pros and cons of the McLaren Solus GT (a lightweight, single-seat V10 of pure violence) against Ford’s long-tail tribute to the ’67 Le Mans-winning GT40 Mk IV, and the most extreme iteration of the third-gen Ford GT, the Ford GT Mk IV.

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The 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Jul 12, 2024

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Join Top Gear magazine's Jack Rix and Rowan Horncastle as they guide you around this year's incredible mix of motors at the Duke of Richmond’s posh car garden party, the Goodwood Festival of Speed. So, whether you’re in the car, at work or walking the dog, pop your headphones in and prepare for an hour-long audio tour that takes in the latest and greatest cars from a giant lawn in West Sussex including the world’s greatest supercars, hypercars and an army of Chinese EVs.

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Christian Von Koenigsegg New Factory Tour! Jul 03, 2024

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On this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Christian von Koenigsegg gives us a full tour of his brand new factory. This meaty conversation brings in plenty of juicy topics, including topping 300mph in the near future and why he thought of the Tourbillon name before Bugatti...

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Listen To The 1,800bhp V16 Bugatti Tourbillon Jun 26, 2024

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Can you hear that? That's the sound of Bugatti and Cosworth's new V16 being dyno'd. In this exclusive podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle, Ollie Marriage, Ollie Kew and Tom Ford discuss the rare breed of cylinder counts: the V16.

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Bugatti Chiron Successor feat. Mate Rimac Jun 21, 2024

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Say hello to the Bugatti Tourbillon, the 1,800bhp V16 hybrid Chiron successor every billionaire has been waiting for. In this exclusive podcast, Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix tells you everything you need to know about this next-generation Bugatti with the help of Bug’s new boss, Mate Rimac.

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Where Have All The Small Cars Gone? Jun 12, 2024

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Just us or is everything getting fatter these days? And where have all the small cars gone? Well here comes the new Kia Picanto flying the flag for a leaner, simpler approach to modern life and Tom Ford taking it for a mega road trip to the skinniest roads in the world. In this episode we discuss all things diddy cars and what it's like doing thousands of miles in Korea's smallest, cutest car.

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Learning To Drive In A Lamborghini Revuelto Jun 05, 2024

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Modern supercars are so good natured that they can cope with anything, right? How about a driving test at the toughest driving centre in the country? Well, to find out, we recently sent Ollie Marriage to retake his driving test in Lamborghini’s 1,000bhp hybrid hypercar: the Revuelto. In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine podcast, Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Kew quiz Top Gear’s Head of Car Testing to see if he passed or failed.

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Pagani Utopia May 29, 2024

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Zonda. Huayra. A succinct but epic bloodline for the next Pagani hypercar to follow. And there’s much promise too, for the new Utopia: a twin-turbo, AMG-supplied V12 with 846bhp; a carbo-titanium monocoque; even the option of a manual gearbox. Only 99 will be built, each costing around £2.2m a pop. But is it a piece of automotive art, too delectable to be driven? Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, discusses his recent - very wet - drive to Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Kew.

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