Top Gear (magazine)
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Top Gear is an automobile magazine published by BBC Worldwide, and named after the BBC's Top Gear television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £3.95. The major presenters of the television series - Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson - are 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 the UK's leading general interest car magazine in sales terms, with over 200,000 issues sold a month (July-December 2007).[1]
Licensed editions are also published in China, the Czech Republic, Greece, the Middle East, the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, India, Romania, Sweden and most recently Malaysia[2] (through Astro) and Singapore. On 7 May 2007 it was released in Bulgaria, on 16 November 2007 in Italy, on 14 February 2008 in Poland. An Australian edition was brought out in June 2008. Hong Kong Chinese edition was released in October 2008.
After a year, the Polish edition is the third biggest in world, after the UK and Russian releases.
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[edit] Content
Regular features include:
- Tests of new cars
- Hot Metal (new concept cars)
- Import It/Deport It
- Letters from readers
- A column by Jeremy Clarkson
- A column by Richard Hammond
- A column by James May
- Also columns by Paul Horrell, Simon Moistbourne (removed due to 'death' in the August 2008 Edition), Jamie Kitman and Tom Ford
- Interviews with celebrities
- Big Stuff
- The new car guides at the back
- "The Grid"
- Motorworld, involving an automotive related subject and humorous stories relating to it.
[edit] Giveaways
Top Gear magazine has known to giveaway a number of items free with the purchase of the magazine, including:
- - Back In The Fast Lane: Highlights From Series 1 & 2 DVD
- - The Best Of Series Three And Four DVD
- - The Best Of Top Gear Revved Up DVD
- - Aston Martin V8 & Jaguar XK At The Ring DVD
- - 007: The Car Chases DVD
- - The Best Of Top Gear: The Races DVD
- - The Best Of Top Gear: The Challenges DVD
- - The Greatest Movie Chases Ever DVD
- - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles DVD
- - The Best Of The Stig DVD
- - The Collected Thoughts Of Clarkson BOOK
- - Never Played Golf: Clarkson's Collected Columns BOOK
- - Clarkson On Cars BOOK
- - The Cool Wall Magnet Set (2008 and 2009 Editions)
- - Clarkson Rocks! CD
- - The Jam-Packed Top Gear Magazine CD-ROM (With The Original TG Magazine)
- - Clarkson On Cars Booklet (With The Original TG Magazine)
- - Clarkson's World's Worst 50 Cars BOOK
These can be purchased from the Top Gear magazine back issue ordering service.
[edit] Car of the Year
- 2004: Nissan 350Z
- 2005: Toyota Aygo & Bugatti Veyron
- 2006: Jaguar XK
- 2007: Subaru Legacy, Ford Mondeo & Audi R8
- 2008: Volkswagen Scirocco
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