Top Gear has been one of my favourite TV shows, it was first shown in India sometime in the late-90's on BBC. I love cars and bikes, and dry brit humour, and TopGear is just the show to bring the two together. So, when TopGear was finally introduced as a mag in India, here was good reason to rejoice.
First, let me say that the mag has been everything I had expected and a wee bit more. Its full of splashy hig-res pics of cars (and uh...uh.. bikes) and well written reviews and articles with a good measure of wit and humour thrown in. About 80% of the mag is about 'phoren' stuff, and the rest comprises of reviews of current/future Indian autos. Some readers of the first issue had complained that it contains too many reviews of cars being sold outside the country, true, but the car industry in India is still in neonatal. So being told what you are missing is probably a good thing. They also have a really nice section at the end of the mag reviewing all the models sold in India with nice one-liners:
About the Maruti Suzuki Gypsy: A mountain goat off the road, but a pig on it: it's crude, rides like it's on gravel and safety is quite appalling. Save it for the farmhouse.
About the Mahindra Scorpio: "Dont be fooled by:" The steering wheel - it's not connected to anything.
About the Reva: "Alternate Drives:" Golf cart, bicycle, joining Greenpeace.
So, should you buy it? If you like cars and everything gas-guzzling, you have to. This issue was a steal as they had a best of TopGear DVD thrown in for free, yipeeee....
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