New Top Gear mag out now: it’s a retro special!

Are electric hot hatches actually viable? We want the answer to be an emphatic yes, right? Because a world without hot hatches in it is like a bacon sandwich without ketchup... not completely unpleasant, but ultimately a bit dry.

So, seeing that Renault, with its Alpine beret on, has produced something cooler than liquid nitrogen makes us very excited indeed, and the obvious link to the Eighties R5 Turbo has the Top Gear team feeling all warm, fuzzy and retro.

So, this month’s brand-new issue of Top Gear magazine celebrates the best of everything old-school. You can order a single copy to be delivered direct to your door by clicking here, or you can start a subscription using this link.

It’s not just the Alpine that we’ve been cooing over this month though, we’ve also driven the retrotastic Radford Type 62-2, and have been drawing comparisons (at almost 250mph) between the Bugatti Chiron and the Space Shuttle. Oh yeah, and we’ve been attempting to save the rhinos with the all-new Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck. It’s been a busy month. 

Elsewhere in this issue we have the full lowdown on the new McLaren 750S and Marques Brownlee has been driving the spectacular Mercedes Vision EQXX. Plus, there’s the full TG Rough Guide To Retro, and we’ve even picked out some of the cars that you should buy from each of our favourite eras. And some that you should probably avoid…