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“OUR PASSION FOR
CARS WAS FORGED
IN THE FIRES OF
ANGRY CYLINDERS”
t’s not an easy time to be a car magazine editor. I know, I know, cue slow violin
music, your heart bleeds etc etc, but hear me out. Yes, getting paid to arse around
in other people’s cars means we unequivocally have the best job on the planet, but
this planet is changing at such a blistering pace that it’s both exciting and terrifying
in equal measure.
The electric car revolution is only just truly taking off, but already talk has turned to
our old friend hydrogen being the longer term solution to all our transport needs. The
‘solution’, aka the fuel of the future, will never be one single thing of course, it’ll be an
ecosystem of several. Pure EVs for short-range urban travel perhaps, to limit the size of
the batteries, hydrogen fuel cells for larger vehicles with longer range requirements, synth
fuels for the weekend track warriors giving their old bangers a workout? Who knows.
All we do know is fossil fuels are less than a decade away (in the UK at least) from
becoming
persona non grata.
Which puts us in a unique position. On the one hand we
at
TopGear
are genuinely pumped for this brave new tech-filled world... we strive to be
your guiding light every step of the way in a sea of kWh this and DC that. But on the
other hand our hearts are soaked in super unleaded.
There will be future generations who will laugh at this explosive liquid we used to
hose into our vehicles, who will know only the sensation of silent insta-torque motoring,
but not us. Our passion for cars was forged in the fires of angry cylinders and the clunk
of oily transmissions. The noises, the smells, the vibrations, the crescendo of power,
that’s what first made our hairs stand on end as
we watched a racing car tear past, or something
exotic burble by on the road. Still does.
So forgive us if we get a little emotional to see
the combustion engine on its way out. We know it’s
inevitable, but that doesn’t mean we can’t mourn.
Except here at
TG
moping about isn’t really our thing.
Like dancing to the deceased’s favourite song at
a funeral, or telling those belly laugh stories in the
pub afterwards, we’re here to acknowledge its time is
nearly up, but celebrate petrol in all its multi-faceted
glory. We’re here to enjoy it while we still can.
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