Winners of the Top Gear Awards 2025

No Top Gear, no life, you say? Relax, Top Gear is still around with digital content for the fans, and the 2025 Top Gear Awards is one of them. 

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The Top Gear Awards present unusual but distinctive titles that may seem nonsensical to some. Unlike traditional automotive awards, Top Gear adopts a more spontaneous approach to determine the best car of the year. And now, here are the winners...

LUXURY CAR OF THE YEAR - Rolls-Royce Spectre Black Badge

SALOON OF THE YEAR - Mercedes-Benz CLA

DESIGN OF THE YEAR - Dacia Hipster Concept

CROSSOVER OF THE YEAR - Renault 4 E-TECH

ESTATE OF THE YEAR - Audi A6 Avant

OFFROADER OF THE YEAR - Defender Octa

SUPERCAR OF THE YEAR - Ferrari 296 Speciale

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Andreas Preuninger

FAMILY CAR OF THE YEAR - Kia PV5

SUPERMINI OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Casper Electric

HYPERCAR OF THE YEAR - Ferrari F80

MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR - Groupe Renault

PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR - Kimera EVO37

NOISE OF THE YEAR - Ford Mustang GTD

MOMENT OF THE YEAR - Yangwang U9 Extreme's 308mph top speed

SUPER SUV OF THE YEAR - Aston Martin DBX S

CAR WE'RE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO DRIVING IN 2026 - Bugatti Tourbillon

CAR OF THE YEAR - BMW iX3

URL: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/2026-topgearcom-awards/very-best-cars-year-welcome-2026-topgearcom-awards

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Top Gear Awards!

Doctor Who S2 FINALE Review

Last week's penultimate episode of BBC's Doctor Who Season 2 saw The Rani's armageddon plot unfold. Her armageddon plot is to revive the deadliest Time Lord of all, Omega. With the Unholy Trinity unleashed armageddon by reviving Omega, will The Doctor save the universe and defeat The Unholy Trinity as well as Omega? It all culminates in the Season 2 finale of Doctor Who, titled "The Reality War."

Doctor Who S2 FINALE

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Doctor Who S2E7 Episode Review

May 24, 2025. The day Belinda Chandra left Earth to travel with The Doctor. It's also the day of the "absolute terror" prophesied by The Rani. That's right. The Mrs. Flood who keeps showing up every episode, finally revealed her true identity. She really is The Rani all along, bigenerated. As The Doctor and Belinda got caught in the explosion as they raced through the 24th of May, 2025, what happened to them? All will be revealed in the first part of the two-part Season 2 finale of Doctor Who, titled Wish World.

Doctor Who S2E7

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Doctor Who S2E6 Episode Review

Doctor Who's Got Talent! The sixth episode of Doctor Who Season 2 imagines what Eurovision would be like if it's set in the 30th century. Welcome to the Interstellar Song Contest! With your host, Rylan!

Doctor Who S2E6

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Doctor Who S2E5 Episode Review

Entering the latter half of the second season of Doctor Who, The Doctor is dealing with a nefarious figure who calls himself The Barber, who is allegedly behind the disappearance of residents around a small Nigerian village.

Doctor Who S2E5

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Doctor Who S2E4 Episode Review

It's been a while since the Empire of Death, but Ruby Sunday is back in the fourth episode of Doctor Who Season 2. It may be her lucky day, but not for UNIT because they’re facing something that brings them down.

Doctor Who S2E4

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Doctor Who S2E3 Episode Review

The Doctor and Belinda continue their journey in the third episode of Doctor Who Season 2, where they face hell... in The Well. Yes, there's hell in the well.

Doctor Who S2E3

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Doctor Who S2E2 Episode Review

The Doctor and Belinda's adventure continues in the second episode of Doctor Who Season 2, Lux. This episode has something the Whoniverse should have done a long time ago: a 2D CARTOON CHARACTER!

Doctor Who S2E2

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Doctor Who S2E1 Episode Review

The 15th Doctor is back for his second outing and this time, he joins forces with a new companion named Belinda Chandra. Their opening salvo involves...The Robot Revolution.

Doctor Who S2E1

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Doctor Who 2024 Christmas Special Episode Review

Six months have passed since The Doctor thwarted world chaos by ending Sutekh's Empire of Death and reuniting Ruby Sunday with her real mother, but what is the "absolute terror" Mrs. Flood warned at the end? No one knows what that is but for now, The Doctor's having a vacation in the Christmas 2024 special where his stay at the Time Hotel and an encounter with a young woman turned deadly.

Doctor Who 2024 Christmas Special

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Winners of the Top Gear Awards 2024

No Top Gear, no life, you say? Relax, Top Gear is still around with digital content for the fans, and the 2024 Top Gear Awards is one of them. 

Winners of the Top Gear Awards 2024
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The Top Gear Awards features questionable but unique titles, which is nonsense to some, to be given to the cars as featured by Top Gear. Unlike most automotive awards, the folks from Top Gear went to a more unscripted approach to determine which is the best car of the year. And now, the winners...

SUV OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Santa Fe MX5

MPV OF THE YEAR - Volkswagen ID.Buzz 7-seater

CROSSOVER OF THE YEAR - Kia EV3

CAR WE"RE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO DRIVING IN 2025: Lamborghini Temerario

PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR: McLaren 750S

MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR: Toyota

SUPER GT OF THE YEAR: Aston Martin Vanquish

PERFORMANCE SUV OF THE YEAR: Porsche Macan

TRACK WEAPON OF THE YEAR: McMurty Speirling

LUXURY FAMILY CAR OF THE YEAR: Volvo EX90

SMALL CAR OF THE YEAR: Suzuki Swift

RETRO HERO OF THE YEAR: Electrogenic Mini

DESIGN OF THE YEAR: Rivian R3

ALL THE CAR YOU'LL EVER NEED OF THE YEAR: Dacia Duster

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Gordon Murray

CAR OF THE YEAR: Renault 5

URL: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/2024-topgearcom-awards/best-cars-year-meet-winners-2024-topgearcom-awards

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Top Gear Awards!

Doctor Who S1 FINALE Episode Review

In the previous episode titled The Legend of Ruby Sunday, The Doctor and Ruby Sunday seek help from UNIT to uncover the mysterious woman popping up on their adventures as well as Ruby's true mother. Although they failed to find Ruby's real mother, the unmasking of Susan Triad led them to the resurrection of Sutekh, the god of death.

With Sutekh reborn, armageddon was unleashed in Empire of Death, the Season 1 finale of Doctor Who: The 15th Doctor saga.

Doctor Who S1 FINALE

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Doctor Who S1E7 Episode Review

"There's always a twist in the end." That's what The Doctor sang after defeating Maestro in The Devil's Chord but strangely, this isn't just his victory song. It's a forewarning. 

A forewarning that saw the mysterious lady, played by Susan Twist, popping up in his adventures and with Maestro's warning about "the one who waits", things are going full circle as the recent Doctor Who episode, the first of the two-part season finale, unmasks the biggest mysteries The Doctor and Ruby encountered.

Doctor Who S1E7

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Doctor Who S1E6 Episode Review

19th-century England, an intergalactic bounty hunter, alien shapeshifters, and a few Bridgerton references. That's Episode 6 of Doctor Who, The 15th Doctor saga.

Doctor Who S1E6

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Doctor Who S1E5 Episode Review

The 15th Doctor's first season has reached its halfway point and this latest episode saw The Doctor and Ruby remotely helping a young woman escape the city overrun by mysterious monsters. Like and subscribe, they said.

Doctor Who S1E5

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Doctor Who S1E4 Episode Review

What would you do when The Doctor is nowhere to be found? Ruby Sunday learned the hard way in the fourth episode of Doctor Who, the 15th Doctor era.

Doctor Who S1E4

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Doctor Who S1E3 Episode Review

The countdown to disaster is in full swing with the third episode of the 15th Doctor's adventures, which marks the return of Steven Moffatt, the showrunner during the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi years, as the writer in charge of this episode.

Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 3

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Doctor Who S1E1+E2 Episode Review

So it begins. The Ncuti Gatwa era of BBC's megahit TV series, Doctor Who, the first of the bi-generation era, kicked off with a two-episode worldwide premiere. It's an honor to have Russell T Davies returned as the showrunner of this show as Gatwa's time as The 15th Doctor has officially begun.

Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 2

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Doctor Who 2023 Christmas Special

The 15th Doctor's maiden voyage kicked off in the 2023 Christmas Special of BBC's Doctor Who, where he and his new companion, Ruby Sunday, are dealing with a group of mischievous creatures wreaking havoc over the Christmas season.

Doctor Who 2023 Christmas Special

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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 3

The finale of the three-part Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials saw The Doctor face off against the return of the most powerful enemy he ever faced, The Celestial Toymaker. The final showdown that will truly wrap up the DoctorDonna saga before The Doctor achieves his true regeneration.

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 3

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