Top Gear November 2004
Overview
Publication Details
| Type | Magazine |
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| Publisher | Top Gear |
| Published date | 01/11/2004 |
| Pages | 324 |
Articles
| Page | Title | Type | Length | Options |
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DVD - The Best of series Three and Four. |
General interest | 33 Minutes |
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| 27 | New Metal: Golf GTi v Astra VXR - ’The GTi you see here is what we’ve been waiting for. It’s a Golf with 197bhp of stratified direct-injection, turbocharged two-litre power and a six-speed manual ’box’. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 5 |
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| 81 | Car of the Month: Ferrari F430 - ’It’s completely Ferrari. The Ferrari experience but deeper, wider, stronger. Not just more powerful, as in 490bhp, but a more powerful experience’. | Features | 3 |
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| 85 | Nip and Tuck - Audi A4 - The New Audi A4 has received some natty plastic surgery and, says James May, emerged looking like a middle-aged pop star. | Features | 1 |
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| 86 | Big Mouth Strikes Again - Peugeot 407SW - The new 407’s gaping maw is always going to put some people off. But Robert Bright goes bravely where others may fear to tread. | Features | 1 |
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| 89 | About Face - Citroen C5 - The current C5 is competent but, let’s face it, pretty bloomin’ dull. Jesse Crosse is hoping that this new one has a bit more going for it. | Features | 1 |
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| 90 | Merc’s Curve Ball - Mercedes-Benz CLS - Mercedes has launched its new four-door ’coupe’ - the CLS. But Paul Horrell has a few issues with it, as Merc’s designer discovered. | Features | 2 |
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| 93 | Second That Motion - VW Golf - With the new incarnation of the Golf comes a new 4Motion. And it even makes slothful James May feel like a bit of a driving god. | Features | 1 |
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| 94 | Mini Cab Driver - Mini Convertible - Mini’s Cooper S cabrio is something of an odd mix: a poseur’s car with hot-hatch performance. But, says Kelda Warden, that’s why it’s fab. | Features | 1 |
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| 97 | Stonker Toy - BMW X5 - Top-spec versions of a car are often just playthings for those with too much cash, says Charlie Turner, but in this case, he’d have one. | Features | 1 |
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| 98 | Totally Bananas - Seat Toledo - We have standard categories of car so that we can all picture the same thing. So, asks Paul Walton, why call this Toledo a saloon? | Features | 1 |
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| 112 | Meet The New BMW M5 - Dawn over Germany. Wagner wafts from the stereo and our adrenalin levels are climbing. Time to test the new BMW M5. | Features | 8 |
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| 120 | In the F1 Slipstream - Williams’ tech boss, Patrick Head, talks to Andy Wilman about manufacturers’ little white lies when it comes to utilising F1 technology. | General interest | 4 |
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| 130 | Ford Focus v Rivals - Focus Group - The dead hand of ’family’ styling has been applied to the Ford Focus, but is its nose still ahead of the fast-gaining opposition in other areas? | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 8 |
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| 138 | Oversteer over there - The art of Japanese drifting is as subtle as catching a fly with chopsticks. Kunny Takahashi talks us through it. | General interest | 4 |
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| 142 | Gallic Charmer - Renault Modus - Treading the narrow path between supermini and mini people carrier is the Renault Modus. It’s cute, it’s flexible and it’s affordable. What’s not to like? | Features | 4 |
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| 146 | Gotta Have Soul - Mustang in Las Vegas - In the 70s, the Mustang lost its way. But as Ford’s latest ’Stang sits amid the sodium lit sleaze of Las Vegas, one thing’s clear, it’s back. | Features | 8 |
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| 154 | The Big Test: New £17k MAVs - Forget big, dull MPVs, the new breed of smaller MAVs - Multi Activity Vehicles - is changing the way we get around, Renault’s Scenic got the ball rolling, but the latest seven-seat version is eclipsed by funkier newcomers. Toyota Corolla Verso T3 1.8, Honda FR-V 2.0 Sport, Renault Grand Scenic 2.0T | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 10 |
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| 174 | Buyers Guide - Rover Mini Cooper - The Mini is revered worldwide for its iconic looks and fun drive. Everyone should own one, says PAUL WALTON. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 3 |
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| 322 | I was There - Several of our Ferraris are Missing - Lord Brockett talks about the events that led to a five-year prison term. |
General interest | 1 |
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