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This is the new Toyota GR GT, a Gazoo Racing-badged supercar.

Lotus is currently chasing financial stability in the guise of two-tonne EVs, but along has come a ‘remastered’ Esprit supercar to remind us why we loved the British company and its lightweight cars

At Top Gear’s recent Performance Car of the Year test, we happened to have three V12 supercars, the Ferrari 12Cilindri, Lamborghini Revuelto and Aston Martin Vanquish.

In late 2024 we pitted the then-new Toyota Land Cruiser 250 (aka Prado) against the Land Rover Defender, Mercedes G-Class and Ineos Grenadier.

Welcome to the 2026 TopGear.com Awards, our annual event where we hand out honours to the new cars that have impressed and excited us most over the past 12 months.

Occasionally, out of nowhere, comes a new car from a fledgling company that blows us away.

It’s time for Top Gear’s annual Performance Car Of the Year test, and in 2025 we headed to the wonderful Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (aka Portimão) in southern Portugal, together with a dozen

This is the new Porsche Cayenne, a bespoke electric SUV that will be sold alongside the existing petrol-powered Cayenne.

The Land Rover Defender Octa might be the ultimate all-rounder, able to handle roads, the rough stuff and even the racetrack – and in January 2026 it’ll head to the Dakar Rally to prove its mettle

This is the new Supersports version of the Continental GT, which Bentley claims is its most driver-focused model ever.

Ferrari’s Purosangue re-wrote the rulebook on super SUVs, so how does Aston Martin’s newly lightened and enhanced DBX S stack up against it?

Hyundai re-wrote the EV rulebook with the Ioniq 5 N, using fake gears and fake engine sounds to make an electric car truly entertaining. Can that same tech in the 6 N deliver the goods again?

Every vacation road trip has the spectre of not getting your hire-car deposit back at the end – but what if you’ve worked your rental hard and made a bit of a mess?

Imagine there's been a zombie apocalypse, and you’ve survived, thanks to having an armoured car at hand – but what would it take to clean up all the mess afterwards…?

It started in the early ‘70s with turbo lag and rear-wheel drive, but in this century the 911 Turbo has become the ultimate everyday performance car.

BMW’s baby M car might not be quite so little (or light) anymore, but it remains a two-door, rear-wheel-drive sports coupe.

The 458 Speciale was a watermark in Ferrari’s sports car history – but there’s now a new Speciale. Is it worthy of the name?

Rugged and simple it might be, but this all-electric off-roader is aimed at a specific niche: it’s designed for industries like forestry, mining, agriculture and the military, which need to lower

Lowriders are always clean and ‘cruise ready’, but just how do you keep your pride and joy in a state of pristine readiness?

The Valkyrie and AMG One bring Formula 1 know-how to the public road, but how tricky was the journey to get there, what’s most special about them, and which bits of these spaceships are just like

Renault is bringing back its mad 5 Turbo hot hatch – only this time it’s powered by in-wheel electric motors and costs supercar money.

After an adventure across dusty salt flats, this once-pristine Rolls-Royce Spectre is now rather filthy.

In an unexpected collab, a German engineering firm that’s worked with the likes of Porsche and Bugatti has teamed up with Italian coachbuilders Zagato to create its first analogue hypercar.

Ferrari’s first ever full EV will be shown in 2026, but it’s just revealed the tech details, from the production-ready chassis to the spec of the battery and motors.

After a 500-mile blat through the Nevada desert, off-road racing legend Loren Healy has a rather dirty and dusty Ford F-150 Raptor R race truck.

One was designed by a Formula 1 genius, the other features the engine out of the 2016 title-winning Mercedes, but is the Aston Martin Valkyrie or Mercedes AMG One the ultimate F1 car for the road?

The Hennessey Venom F5 is the ultimate American hypercar – and it’s just been treated to a little ‘Evo’ upgrade.

The world’s best-selling electric car, the Tesla Model Y, has been given a performance upgrade. In fact, it’s been given the same upgrades as the Tesla Model 3 Performance.

The Mercedes AMG One was a moonshot, a road car that used a real Formula 1 engine – and most owners tuck them away in a temperature-controlled garages given their value and rarity.

Thought the V12 was in its death throes? Think again!