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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
THE NEW HONDA CIVIC TYPE-R REVEALED - It was always going to be quick and cheap - but we weren't prepared for quite how mental the near-to-production Civic Type-R would actually look.
HAS SCHUEY STILL GOT WHAT IT TAKES? - Last season was a disaster for both Ferrari and Schumacher. TCTV's Andy Wilman asks: with the Bahrain GP looming, does Schuey still have what it takes to return to glory in F1?
FERRARI FXX - It's all about the experience, stupid. If you thought Ferrari's TXX Programme' was Just about owning a very exclusive Enzo, think again. Emma Parker Bowles reports from Fiorano.
TOYOTA RAV4 GOES FREELANDER HUNTING - The new RAV4 from Toyota is taken to the Colorado hills to hunt Land Rover's new Freelander as it winter tests. Let the icicles commence.
NEW NISSAN NOTE: THE FUTURE OF SMALL CARS HERE IN 2006? - The Note is a clever, multi-functional easy to run. cheap and workable alternative to traditional small family transport. But is it the future?
WALLAH RACING IN DEEPEST MUMBAI - Jeremy Hart takes a trip to India to meet the statistics-defying deliverers of tiffin. And then attempts to race them in a small Ford van. Surely that's not fair?
BOUNTY HUNTING - Tom Ford hunts down some dangerous perps, with nothing but a squad of tough bounty hunters and a Jeep Cherokee SRT-8 to protect him.
ROLLS-ROYCE COUPE: THE STUNNING 101EX - A two-door coupe version of the Phantom that's a dead cert for biggest pimpin' hit with West Coast rap fraternity since the Phant first appeared.
VIPER STRIP TEASE - Take one hugely powerful straight-line weapon of a Viper Coupe, point it down Sunset Strip and stand the hell back.
THE BIG TEST - Evo. Scoob and VW R32 in a four-wheel-drive ruckus.
METAL:
FERRARI 599GTB FIORANO - Ferran begets a 12-cylinder sports GT to replace the 575. Here it is in all its glory in our exclusive photoshoot.
PORSCHE 911 TURBO - The Porsche legend continues with the 480bhp, four-wheel drive 997 version of the 911 Turbo. Want it Now. Please?
NEW LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO LPB40 - A revised Murcielago, inside and out. But this time with a barely credible 640bhp V12.
HOT-HATCH BONANZA - The 207 RCup is Peugeot's new GTl while the Mazda3 MPS is for the shy boy-racer.
FACES:
CLARKSON - JC starts arguing the case for nuclear fuel. Just duck.
MOISTBOURNE - Simon's personal guide to buying cars from eBay.
JAMES MAY - Time is always right, eventually, says James. Live with it
PAUL HORRELL - One step forward feels like two steps back for the US of A.
INDIAN LARRY - The motorcycling legend immortalised in pictures.
JEREMY HART - In LA, the Range Rover is the marque of the A-list celeb.
DRIVES:
CAR OF THE MONTH:
BMW Z4 M ROADSTER - The Z4 Roadster finally gets the engine from the M3 to make a toupee-creasing rocket And about time too.
Also in Drives this month:
- MERIVA VXR
- PROTON SAVVY
- SUZUKI SX4
- VW TOUAREG 3.0D
- SKODA OCTAVIA vRS
- MERCEOES SL500
- SAAB 9-3 TiD CONV
- PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBOS
TOP GEAR:
THE 'RINGS OF POWER - The coolest keyrings you can buy, as well as a Lambo laptop and a Corvette Z06 guitar.
REGULARS:
OUR LEADER - He shoots. We dance.
LETTERS - Without them, we'd all have to watch Catchphrase to read.
SUBSCRIPTIONS - Get yo'self a subscription and keep post people in work.
Q&A - Eddie Mair: the Radio 4 star presenter on his love for cars.
I WAS THERE...Peter Dumbreck tells how he flipped his Merc into the trees.
THE NEW HONDA CIVIC TYPE-R REVEALED - It was always going to be quick and cheap - but we weren't prepared for quite how mental the near-to-production Civic Type-R would actually look.
HAS SCHUEY STILL GOT WHAT IT TAKES? - Last season was a disaster for both Ferrari and Schumacher. TCTV's Andy Wilman asks: with the Bahrain GP looming, does Schuey still have what it takes to return to glory in F1?
FERRARI FXX - It's all about the experience, stupid. If you thought Ferrari's TXX Programme' was Just about owning a very exclusive Enzo, think again. Emma Parker Bowles reports from Fiorano.
TOYOTA RAV4 GOES FREELANDER HUNTING - The new RAV4 from Toyota is taken to the Colorado hills to hunt Land Rover's new Freelander as it winter tests. Let the icicles commence.
NEW NISSAN NOTE: THE FUTURE OF SMALL CARS HERE IN 2006? - The Note is a clever, multi-functional easy to run. cheap and workable alternative to traditional small family transport. But is it the future?
WALLAH RACING IN DEEPEST MUMBAI - Jeremy Hart takes a trip to India to meet the statistics-defying deliverers of tiffin. And then attempts to race them in a small Ford van. Surely that's not fair?
BOUNTY HUNTING - Tom Ford hunts down some dangerous perps, with nothing but a squad of tough bounty hunters and a Jeep Cherokee SRT-8 to protect him.
ROLLS-ROYCE COUPE: THE STUNNING 101EX - A two-door coupe version of the Phantom that's a dead cert for biggest pimpin' hit with West Coast rap fraternity since the Phant first appeared.
VIPER STRIP TEASE - Take one hugely powerful straight-line weapon of a Viper Coupe, point it down Sunset Strip and stand the hell back.
THE BIG TEST - Evo. Scoob and VW R32 in a four-wheel-drive ruckus.
METAL:
FERRARI 599GTB FIORANO - Ferran begets a 12-cylinder sports GT to replace the 575. Here it is in all its glory in our exclusive photoshoot.
PORSCHE 911 TURBO - The Porsche legend continues with the 480bhp, four-wheel drive 997 version of the 911 Turbo. Want it Now. Please?
NEW LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO LPB40 - A revised Murcielago, inside and out. But this time with a barely credible 640bhp V12.
HOT-HATCH BONANZA - The 207 RCup is Peugeot's new GTl while the Mazda3 MPS is for the shy boy-racer.
FACES:
CLARKSON - JC starts arguing the case for nuclear fuel. Just duck.
MOISTBOURNE - Simon's personal guide to buying cars from eBay.
JAMES MAY - Time is always right, eventually, says James. Live with it
PAUL HORRELL - One step forward feels like two steps back for the US of A.
INDIAN LARRY - The motorcycling legend immortalised in pictures.
JEREMY HART - In LA, the Range Rover is the marque of the A-list celeb.
DRIVES:
CAR OF THE MONTH:
BMW Z4 M ROADSTER - The Z4 Roadster finally gets the engine from the M3 to make a toupee-creasing rocket And about time too.
Also in Drives this month:
- MERIVA VXR
- PROTON SAVVY
- SUZUKI SX4
- VW TOUAREG 3.0D
- SKODA OCTAVIA vRS
- MERCEOES SL500
- SAAB 9-3 TiD CONV
- PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBOS
TOP GEAR:
THE 'RINGS OF POWER - The coolest keyrings you can buy, as well as a Lambo laptop and a Corvette Z06 guitar.
REGULARS:
OUR LEADER - He shoots. We dance.
LETTERS - Without them, we'd all have to watch Catchphrase to read.
SUBSCRIPTIONS - Get yo'self a subscription and keep post people in work.
Q&A - Eddie Mair: the Radio 4 star presenter on his love for cars.
I WAS THERE...Peter Dumbreck tells how he flipped his Merc into the trees.
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