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LET’S GO!

TopGear is coming to America! Well, technically, we’ve already been… to film a new online only show TG2: Cars and Stripes, coming to your screens later this summer. The premise is simple: two British blokes – Jack Rix (your magazine’s esteemed editor) and Jethro Bovingdon (renowned car journalist and presenter of TopGear America) – driving American cars… in America. Prepare for highs (see left) and lows, EVs and dirty great V8s, races and challenges, driving skills and driving spills with some friendlyish armchair debate in-between. Get your star spangled brave pants on, because here’s what to expect across the five 30-minute episodes we’ve got coming up…

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