New Top Gear magazine: the Jaguar F-Pace's toughest test

In the May issue of Top Gear magazine, we drive perhaps the most significant car in Jaguar’s history, the new F-Pace.

Is it an SUV? Is it a sport car? Will Jaguar be able to deliver its long legacy of ‘grace, space and pace’ in an SUV? To find out, we take the F-Pace for a proper road test, driving it over five days on road, off road and up a mountain, before delivering it into the hands of The Stig to test it on the TG track. You won’t be disappointed!

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TGTV’s Chris Evans has also had exclusive access to the new Aston Martin DB11. He’s a fan of the brand, but will it live up to expectations?

Meanwhile, fellow presenter and life-long Porsche aficionado Chris Harris takes the new 718 Boxster for a spin. With four cylinders, not six, can it live up to its legendary badge?

If you’re a budding track day goer with £120k burning a hole in your pocket, then we bring you two of the world’s most hardcore cars, the BMW M4 GTS and Lotus 3-Eleven. Don’t worry, we kept The Stig on hand for this one.

After a decade of blood, sweat and tears, we’ve also discovered if the highly anticipated Honda NSX can live up to the hype. We’ve also visited the snow-capped Italian Alps in the Lotus Exige Sport 350, paying homage to James Bond’s For Your Eyes Only.

In this month’s Intake section, we bring you a first look of the new Audi R8 Spyder, find out what happens in a day in the life of Tim Peake and check out the rematch of Audi vs Porsche at Le Mans. We also find out if the Tesla Model 3 is the car of the future, chart the evolution of the Honda Civic Type-R, and visit Latvia to meet the world’s craziest car company, Dartz.

Plus, we’ve driven all the new cars that matter, including a gaggle of posh convertibles in the shape of the Rolls-Royce Dawn, McLaren 675LT Spider, Mercedes S63 AMG cabrio and Ferrari California T Handling Speciale. Time to check those lottery tickets…

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