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Everything you need to know about cars this week: 18 Oct '20
We drive a silly off-road Merc and get our first look at the Golf GTI Clubsport
Hamilton has equalled Schumacher's record of 91 wins
"Lewis Hamilton has now won 91 Formula One races in his career. So far. His win at the Eifel GP equals a certain Michael Schumacher’s record for the most wins in F1. This is a Big Deal."
Advertisement - Page continues belowRoyal Enfield Continental GT 650 review: classic café racer tested
"The Royal Enfield Continental GT 650. One of two 650 twins that Royal Enfield has brought to market to take on the likes of the Triumph Street Cup and Kawasaki W800. It’s the sister bike to the Interceptor 650, a naked cruiser that harks back to doobielicious ’60s California thanks to a distinctive teardrop tank, quilted dual seat and wide, braced handlebars."
Here are the 16 cars competing at TG’s Speed Week 2020
"We’ve got 16 cars vying for the title with a total of 8,553bhp between them, but which one will come out on top?"
Advertisement - Page continues belowReview: Lexus UX300e
"It might be a bit quirky for some, but quiet EV power really suits the Lexus vibe"
Would you do this to your Tesla Model 3’s face?
"Welcome to yet another option for the Tesla Model 3 owner who wants to make his or her car stand-out from the hundreds of thousands of others. It’s a bodykit by Startech, the bit of Brabus that tunes non-Mercs, and can be yours next month for a few thousand Euro."
TG TV: How we made the Wall of Death
"We knew it couldn’t just be any old Wall of Death. We wanted to create something bigger and bolder and faster and meaner. Problem is, we sit around in a meeting room where everything is possible, then it’s the cold light of day and you think, ah, we’ve got to make this happen."
Review: Mercedes-Benz EQC 4x4²
"The strangest of the ‘Squared’ series that demonstrates just how good electric is off-road. It just needs to make it to production now…"
Advertisement - Page continues belowSurprise! It’s the new VW Golf GTI Clubsport
"So, what’s new? Power is up from 242 to 296bhp and torque is up from 273 to 295lb ft, giving 0-62mph in 'under six seconds' and a limited 155mph top speed. While the normal GTI is available with a six-speed manual gearbox, the Clubsport is only offered with the seven-speed DSG. Boo."
Rocketeer Mazda MX-5 review: modified V6 roadster driven
"Now, as the MX-5 is over 30 years old, this is not the first time anyone has tried to give the little Japanese roadster more power. Over the years there have been aftermarket turbo versions and some people have even managed to squidge V8s under the bonnet. Possibly overkill."
Advertisement - Page continues belowSix reasons why the Giulia GTA is the mad Alfa we’ve been waiting for
"When Alfa Romeo needed something to celebrate its 110th birthday, the Italian brand had lofty ambitions. Where we’d have simply plunged one hundred and ten candles into the back of a chocolate caterpillar cake and set off a car-shaped confetti cannon, it wanted to build… an icon."
Which car will win Top Gear Speed Week 2020?
Contenders, ready! Meet the 16 cars duking it out to claim the coveted title of TG’s Speed Week champion. Who’ll win?
The cheapest VW ID.3 costs under £30,000
"ID.3s with a 45kWh battery and less powerful motor will be available next year, meaning VW’s new EV will get cheaper still."
The new 542bhp V8 Flying Spur is a drivers’ Bentley
"This is a brand new four-door, V8 super-luxury saloon, and that in itself is enough of a Good News story in these troubled times. That it’s a twin-turbo Bentley super-saloon – the new V8 Flying Spur – packing 542bhp and the promise of a more ‘driver-centric’ experience, has made our day. Time to sack your chauffeur. "
Progress report: 2020 Skoda Octavia vs 1964 Octavia Super
"This is probably the precursor to the Skodas that your parents still joke about, but it’s a fantastically simple thing and despite being designed deep beneath the Iron Curtain it’s actually rather good-looking. Check out the fins. A touch of Americana, comrade?"
City, slicker: Honda City Turbo vs Honda e
"We find ourselves in achingly trendy east London to prove that Honda didn’t just stick a picture of a modern Fiat 500 on the wall and tell its designers to follow suit. The Japanese company has form, which has just pulled up on the outskirts of Olympic Park with a grinning Yorkshireman behind the wheel."
VW T-Cross R-Line 1.5 TSI review: 148bhp crossover tested
"This is VW trying to pique our interest in the modern-day Polo Dune by fitting it with a 1.5-litre turbo four-pot engine in place of the usual 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrols."
Peugeot is restoring and selling old 205 GTIs
"Peugeot explains how it plans on kickstarting this new programme with a restoration of a 1.9-litre ‘205 GTI’, finished in black. Peugeot museum craftspeople will apply their considerable knowledge on this downright obscure little hatchback, bringing it back up to ‘like-new condition’."
Chris Harris on... the Ferrari F40 and Jag XJ220
Here's Chris taking us through the the F40 and XJ220, explaining what makes them so special and which one he prefers.
The 'No Time To Die' Defenders are 'standard' Land Rovers
"Land Rover provided Defender 110s for the film. Ten of them, because stunt cars are basically consumables. Only thing is, the filming schedule was hard up against the Defender’s birth. In the end those film cars were the very first 10 ever built on the production line."
This is the electric Renault Megane eVision concept
"That’s what we call a commitment. Renault is making its next family hatch an all-electric machine. To prove it, it’s calling it Megane. Even Volkswagen didn’t call the ID3 ‘Golf’."
Confirmed: the Ford Mustang Mach 1 is coming to Britain
"Good news everyone – Ford has confirmed the Mustang Mach 1 will be sold in Britain and the rest of Europe. The order books open in January, with deliveries next spring."
Range Rover review: new straight-six diesel driven
"Yup, diesel sales are on the plummet. As I write, they’ve dropped to just one in seven new cars sold in Britain. But the fact is diesel is still a good way to lug about a honking great SUV. Which is a pretty good description of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport."
Audi S8 review: the most boring 560bhp car (in a good way)
"The S8 is wasted on Britain, with our 70mph speed limits. It effortlessly surges off roundabouts and out of towns surfing its deep reserves of torque, but the show is over all too soon. This is a car by Germans, for Germans."
Speed Week 2020: the 602bhp rear-drive Lamborghini Huracán
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