Category: TopGear

The RB17 was finally driven at Goodwood for the first time

Posted on 07/12/2026 by in TopGear

A group of very talented people have driven a very complicated and powerful car across someone’s garden this weekend. Anyone who headed to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend should have buckled up: The RB17 has entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Having spent a while floating in the digital, concept, and design realms, Adrian Newey’s spaceship has finally made a…

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Land Rover has given the Defender Octa…less power

Posted on 07/12/2026 by in TopGear

Land Rover has updated its Defender 4×4 with a new trim, a new bodykit, some new paint options… and cut a whopping 93hp out of its all-singing, all-conquering V8 Octa. Wait, what now? Buried at the bottom of an information dump focusing on the ‘Vertex’—we’ll get back to that shortly—is the news that the 4.4-liter…

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Finally: Toyota PH confirms GR GT is coming to the Philippines

Posted on 07/11/2026 by in TopGear

After much uncertainty brought about by the fuel crisis, the Toyota Gazoo Racing Philippine Cup is back. There is now a renewed push for biofuels; the Vios and Tamaraw race cars are running on fuel formulated with special blends of coconut oil and traditional gasoline and diesel. At the press conference in the midst of the…

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Gallery: Cars with weird manual transmissions, part 1

Posted on 07/11/2026 by in TopGear

Well, would you look at that: Ferrari has brought back the manual gearbox. With two large caveats, of course. First, there’s a faintly staggering leap in price for the Ferrari 12Cilindri supercar involved. Second, is the fact that it’s actually an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission that’s supplemented by a clutch pedal (with 599 GTB weight) and a…

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