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Top Gear (magazine)

January 23, 2023

Top Gear is a British automobile magazine, owned by BBC Worldwide, and published under contract by Immediate Media Company. It is named after the BBC's Top Gear television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £5.99. As of December 2022 there have been a total of 360 issues published in the UK. The major presenters of the television series — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May — were regular contributors, along with the series' production staff. "Tame racing driver" The Stig also regularly features in their car tests, though only communicates his thoughts and feelings through the articles of others. It is Britain's leading general interest car magazine in sales terms, with over 150,000 copies distributed each month in 2012, a drop of 50,000 from 2007.[1] Previous columnists have included former Top Gear presenters Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson.

Top Gear
CategoriesAutomobile magazine
Circulation150,884 (ABC July - December 2013)[1]
Print and digital editions.
First issueOctober 1993; 29 years ago (1993-10)
CompanyImmediate Media Company
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon, England
LanguageEnglish
Websitetopgear.com
ISSN1350-9624

Licensed editions are also published in China, the Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Middle East (with localised versions for each of the Arab countries), Indonesia, South Korea, South Africa, Russia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, India, Belgium, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. On September 2004, the Philippine edition was released. On 7 May 2007, it was released in Bulgaria, on 16 November 2007 in Italy, on 14 February 2008 in Poland. An Australian edition that ran from June 2008 to October 2015.[2][full citation needed] A Hong Kong Chinese edition was released in October 2008. A Turkish edition, called TopGear Turkey was released in May 2011. More recently, the Portuguese edition was released in June 2011. A German edition was released on 25 April 2013. After a year, the Polish edition is the third largest market, after the British and Russian editions. In January 2010, Top Gear magazine released its 200th edition, and a free 'best of TopGear magazine' supplement was included. In April 2014 the first issue of the Croatian edition was released, and in May 2015, a French edition was launched. In April 2016, the Spanish version was launched, edited by Axel Springer SE. In May 2017, a Sri Lankan edition of the magazine was launched at an event held at the Taj Sumudra Hotel, Colombo. The English-language magazine is published by Capital Media Pvt (Ltd). In July 2019 TopGear India ceased publication, with the agreement between Worldwide Media Pvt. (WWM) ending.

Content

Current regular features include:

  • Drives (one large group test, plus tests of new vehicles)
  • Trending (new car news, faces and automotive culture)
  • Columns (by Chris Harris, Paul Horrell and Sam Phillip)
  • Features (Larger, experiential stories)
  • Retro (Features of older and "youngtimer" cars and culture)
  • Garage (Lifer reports, longterm tests of cars run by the TopGear Magazine Staff)
  • Electric (A small list of Electric cars currently on sale in the UK. Feature introduced in the January 2021 issue replacing the Data segment of the magazine)
  • Exhaust (A brief history of a brand or a company starting with Audi. The segment was introduced in the same issue as the Electric segment which also replaced the Data feature in the magazine starting from the January 2021 issue)
  • Former content featured in the magazine
  • Data (A collection of specs and prices of most cars on sale in the UK. The last time that it was featured was in the 2020 awards issue in December and got replaced with the Electric and Exhaust segments of the magazine in the next issue in January 2021)

Giveaways

Top Gear Magazine has been known to give away a number of items free with the purchase of the magazine, including a number of promotional DVDs, books and CDs. The following is a comprehensive list of all of the items given away.

DVDs

  • Back in the Fast Lane: Highlights from Series 1 and 2 – Highlights of the DVD Back in the Fast Lane
  • The Best of Series Three and Four – Clips of challenges and reviews featured during series three and four
  • Aston Martin V8 and Jaguar XK at the Ring – Richard Hammond and Sabine Schmitz race at the Nurburgring
  • The Best of Top Gear: Revved Up – Highlights of the DVD Revved Up
  • 007: The Car Chases – Clarkson, Hammond and May pick their favourite James Bond car chases of all time
  • The Races – Three classic races broadcast during the first seven series of the show
  • The Best of the Challenges – Highlights of the DVD Top Gear: The Challenges
  • The Greatest Movie Chases Ever – Clarkson, Hammond and May pick eight of their favourite all time movie chases
  • Planes, Rockets and Automobiles – Highlights of the DVD Top Gear: The Challenges 2
  • The Best of the Stig – Challenges, power laps and reviews that feature The Stig
  • Duel: Behind the Scenes – Behind the scenes of Clarkson's latest Christmas DVD, Duel
  • Supercars – Challenges, power laps and reviews featuring some of the world's finest supercars
  • Cars With Soul – Challenges, power laps and reviews featuring cars that are special to Clarkson, Hammond and May
  • Senna – A DVD containing the show's tribute to Ayrton Senna, as well clips of the official Senna film

Books

  • The Collected Thoughts of Clarkson – A collection of Clarkson's newspaper column writings
  • Never Played Golf – A second collection of Clarkson's newspaper column writings
  • The World's Worst 50 Cars – Clarkson's list of the world's worst fifty cars of all time
  • Clarkson on Cars – A sample from Clarkson's book first published in 1996
  • Clarkson on Cars – A free copy of Clarkson's book published in 2004
  • May on Motors – A free copy of May's book first published in 2006
  • The Best of the Columns – A selection of editorials by Clarkson, Hammond and May from the magazine
  • 100 Top Supercars – Clarkson, Hammond and May's comprehensive list of the best supercars

CDs

  • The Jam Packed Top Gear Magazine CD-ROM – A CD rom containing Top Gear related content
  • Clarkson Rocks! – A compilation of ten top driving tracks, also given away free with The Sun in 2004

Car of the Year (UK)

Car of the decade (UK)

Supercar of the Year (UK)

Men of the Year (UK)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ABC Certificates and Reports: BBC Top Gear Magazine". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. ^ https://www.businessinsider.com.au/its-the-end-for-topgear-australia-magazine-2015-8 'It's the end for TopGear Australia magazine'

External links

  • Official website
  • Official Top Gear website
  • Official BBC Top Gear website

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October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of 5 99 As of December 2022 there have been a total of 360 issues published in the UK The major presenters of the television series Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May were regular contributors along with the series production staff Tame racing driver The Stig also regularly features in their car tests though only communicates his thoughts and feelings through the articles of others It is Britain s leading general interest car magazine in sales terms with over 150 000 copies distributed each month in 2012 a drop of 50 000 from 2007 1 Previous columnists have included former Top Gear presenters Quentin Willson Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler Henderson Top GearCategoriesAutomobile magazineCirculation150 884 ABC July December 2013 1 Print and digital editions First issueOctober 1993 29 years ago 1993 10 CompanyImmediate Media CompanyCountryUnited KingdomBased inLondon EnglandLanguageEnglishWebsitetopgear wbr comISSN1350 9624Licensed editions are also published in China the Czech Republic Greece Lithuania Latvia Estonia the Middle East with localised versions for each of the Arab countries Indonesia South Korea South Africa Russia the Netherlands New Zealand Thailand India Belgium Romania Finland Sweden Sri Lanka Malaysia and Singapore On September 2004 the Philippine edition was released On 7 May 2007 it was released in Bulgaria on 16 November 2007 in Italy on 14 February 2008 in Poland An Australian edition that ran from June 2008 to October 2015 2 full citation needed A Hong Kong Chinese edition was released in October 2008 A Turkish edition called TopGear Turkey was released in May 2011 More recently the Portuguese edition was released in June 2011 A German edition was released on 25 April 2013 After a year the Polish edition is the third largest market after the British and Russian editions In January 2010 Top Gear magazine released its 200th edition and a free best of TopGear magazine supplement was included In April 2014 the first issue of the Croatian edition was released and in May 2015 a French edition was launched In April 2016 the Spanish version was launched edited by Axel Springer SE In May 2017 a Sri Lankan edition of the magazine was launched at an event held at the Taj Sumudra Hotel Colombo The English language magazine is published by Capital Media Pvt Ltd In July 2019 TopGear India ceased publication with the agreement between Worldwide Media Pvt WWM ending Contents 1 Content 2 Giveaways 2 1 DVDs 2 2 Books 2 3 CDs 3 Car of the Year UK 3 1 Car of the decade UK 4 Supercar of the Year UK 5 Men of the Year UK 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksContent EditCurrent regular features include Drives one large group test plus tests of new vehicles Trending new car news faces and automotive culture Columns by Chris Harris Paul Horrell and Sam Phillip Features Larger experiential stories Retro Features of older and youngtimer cars and culture Garage Lifer reports longterm tests of cars run by the TopGear Magazine Staff Electric A small list of Electric cars currently on sale in the UK Feature introduced in the January 2021 issue replacing the Data segment of the magazine Exhaust A brief history of a brand or a company starting with Audi The segment was introduced in the same issue as the Electric segment which also replaced the Data feature in the magazine starting from the January 2021 issue Former content featured in the magazine Data A collection of specs and prices of most cars on sale in the UK The last time that it was featured was in the 2020 awards issue in December and got replaced with the Electric and Exhaust segments of the magazine in the next issue in January 2021 Giveaways EditTop Gear Magazine has been known to give away a number of items free with the purchase of the magazine including a number of promotional DVDs books and CDs The following is a comprehensive list of all of the items given away DVDs Edit Back in the Fast Lane Highlights from Series 1 and 2 Highlights of the DVD Back in the Fast Lane The Best of Series Three and Four Clips of challenges and reviews featured during series three and four Aston Martin V8 and Jaguar XK at the Ring Richard Hammond and Sabine Schmitz race at the Nurburgring The Best of Top Gear Revved Up Highlights of the DVD Revved Up 007 The Car Chases Clarkson Hammond and May pick their favourite James Bond car chases of all time The Races Three classic races broadcast during the first seven series of the show The Best of the Challenges Highlights of the DVD Top Gear The Challenges The Greatest Movie Chases Ever Clarkson Hammond and May pick eight of their favourite all time movie chases Planes Rockets and Automobiles Highlights of the DVD Top Gear The Challenges 2 The Best of the Stig Challenges power laps and reviews that feature The Stig Duel Behind the Scenes Behind the scenes of Clarkson s latest Christmas DVD Duel Supercars Challenges power laps and reviews featuring some of the world s finest supercars Cars With Soul Challenges power laps and reviews featuring cars that are special to Clarkson Hammond and May Senna A DVD containing the show s tribute to Ayrton Senna as well clips of the official Senna filmBooks Edit The Collected Thoughts of Clarkson A collection of Clarkson s newspaper column writings Never Played Golf A second collection of Clarkson s newspaper column writings The World s Worst 50 Cars Clarkson s list of the world s worst fifty cars of all time Clarkson on Cars A sample from Clarkson s book first published in 1996 Clarkson on Cars A free copy of Clarkson s book published in 2004 May on Motors A free copy of May s book first published in 2006 The Best of the Columns A selection of editorials by Clarkson Hammond and May from the magazine 100 Top Supercars Clarkson Hammond and May s comprehensive list of the best supercarsCDs Edit The Jam Packed Top Gear Magazine CD ROM A CD rom containing Top Gear related content Clarkson Rocks A compilation of ten top driving tracks also given away free with The Sun in 2004Car of the Year UK Edit1997 Ford Puma 1998 Ford Focus 1999 Toyota Picnic 2000 Fiat Multipla 2001 Ford Mondeo 2002 Range Rover 2003 Jaguar XJ8 2004 Nissan 350Z 2005 Toyota Aygo amp Bugatti Veyron 2006 Jaguar XK 2007 Subaru Legacy Outback and the Ford Mondeo 2008 Volkswagen Scirocco 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia 2010 Citroen DS3 2011 Range Rover Evoque 2012 Toyota GT86 2013 Ford Fiesta ST 2014 BMW i8 2015 Ford Focus RS 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2017 Honda Civic Type R 2018 Ford Fiesta ST 2019 Porsche Taycan 2020 Land Rover Defender 2021 Hyundai i20NCar of the decade UK Edit 2000s Bugatti Veyron the award was also presented on Top GearSupercar of the Year UK Edit2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano 2007 Nissan GT R 2008 Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia 2010 Koenigsegg Agera 2011 Lamborghini Aventador 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 2013 Ferrari 458 Speciale 2014 Lamborghini Huracan 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB 2016 McLaren 570GT 2017 McLaren 720S 2018 Ferrari 488 PistaMen of the Year UK Edit2007 Lewis Hamilton Peter Roberts Road pricing petitioner Colin Mcrae Steve Fossett Dario Franchitti Luca de Meo Angela Merkel Michael Bay 2010 Haruhiko Tanahashi Sebastien Loeb Ferdinand Piech Volker Mornhinweg Ross Brawn Jenson Button Mark Lloyd British Citroen designer 2011 Adrian Newey Takanobu Ito Dario Franchitti Jenson Button Peter Schreyer Victoria Beckham Franco Cimatti Dario Benuzzi 2012 Ranulph Fiennes Felix Baumgartner Stefano Domenicali Chris Hoy Sid Watkins Robert Kubica Alex Zanardi Ratan Tata Ian Callum Martin Winterkorn See also EditTop Gear India the Indian edition ceased publication in July 2019 Top Gear Turbo Challenge a children s partwork based on Top Gear References Edit a b ABC Certificates and Reports BBC Top Gear Magazine Audit Bureau of Circulations Retrieved 7 March 2014 https www businessinsider com au its the end for topgear australia magazine 2015 8 It s the end for TopGear Australia magazine External links EditOfficial website Official Top Gear website Official BBC Top Gear website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Top Gear magazine amp oldid 1127096378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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