First DriveAudi Q7 55 TFSI e Quattro review: plug-in hybrid SUV testedV6 petrol power and electricity combine in Audi's XXL-PHEV-SUV. Any good?...Sam Philip30 Apr 20210
From the archives: exploring Detroit in the HPP SuperbirdSeventies styling meets modern muscle… a throwback to our go in the new SuperbirdSam Philip
GarageGoodbye Volvo XC40: living with a plug-in hybrid SUVThe XC40 is plainly a very good little Volvo. But we're still not sold on PHEV-life...Sam Philip16 Mar 20210
From the archives: driving a Formula Ford through LondonRemember when TG took the world's only road-legal Formula Ford to a drive-through?...Sam Philip
From the archives: the Dacia Duster in PeruBack in 2012 we crowned the Duster our Bargain of the Year... and celebrated in styleSam Philip
From the archives: a 1.0-litre Fiesta vs Clio battleRemember when Renault and Ford proved you didn't need a giant engine to have fun?...Sam Philip
GarageAt last, a chance to try our Volvo XC40 in the snowScandi weather arrives in Britain. Does it flummox the hybrid Volvo?Sam Philip9 Feb 20210
Opinion: traffic cones are tearing us apartTGTV script editor Sam Philip wants us to keep an eye on the little orange interlopersSam Philip18 Jan 20210
GarageIs sharing your car really the future of ownership?Volvo's future seems to be heading in a car-sharing direction. Hmm...Sam Philip12 Jan 20210
GarageCan a crossover be as practical as a classic Volvo estate?This month the smallest Volvo has had to live up to its spacious boxy ancestorsSam Philip7 Dec 20200
GarageThe nerdy subject of Volvo hybrid brake feelYes, it's the big one: our XC40 has rubbery brake-itusSam Philip2 Nov 20200
TG TV: How we made the Wall of DeathWe talk to the team behind one of Top Gear TV’s biggest-ever stuntsSam Philip13 Oct 20200
How to jump start your carFlat battery? Fear not. Here’s your official TG guide to jump-starting like a surprised kangarooSam Philip
Garage'The Volvo XC40 is an mpg mess'Why it's impossible to accurately predict how economical our plug-in Volvo actually isSam Philip2 Oct 20200
Top Gear’s history of the drive-in cinemaWho else to make sense of 2020's trend for in-car movies than... Socrates?...Sam Philip14 Sep 20200
GarageLife with a Volvo XC40 PHEV: where to plug in?The Volvo itself? Lovely. But the infrastructure it needs? Erm...Sam Philip2 Sep 20200
GarageWhat's a Volvo XC40 T5 hybrid like to live with?We've added Volvo's smallest plug-in hybrid to our long-term garageSam Philip26 Aug 20200
How to improve F1’s podium ceremonyWe’ve got socially distanced podiums. But Sam Philip reckons Formula One has missed a trickSam Philip7 Aug 20200
From the archives: when TG met Taki Inoue, F1’s worst driverSafety car, meet F1 driver. The time we had a pint with the king of self awarenessSam Philip20 Jul 2020
Opinion: why do people still buy saloons?Are saloons as fundamentally flawed as a half-height conservatory? Sam Philip seems to think soSam Philip10 Jul 20200
Is the world ready for electric sports cars?TGTV script editor Sam Philip on the thorny issue of (whisper it) electric sports carsSam Philip19 Jun 20200
