Editing Top Gear Magazine/UK/December 1995

{{Infobox Magazine
|magazine = Top Gear
|publication = Magazine #27
|image = [[File:TGM 1995-12.jpg|280px]]''Super'''mini'''''? We judge the new Fiesta and all its rivals in a ten car tiny tots test
|issue = 27
|price = £2.70
|month = December
|year = 1995
|pages = 258
|editor = Kevin Blick
|publisher = BBC Worldwide
|prev = [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)/November 1995|Issue 26 (November 1995)]]
|next = [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)/January 1996|Issue 28 (January 1996)]]}}

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==Cover==
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==Contents==
As was the case with many earlier issues of ''Top Gear Magazine'', Issue #27 featured an index page gimmick; in this instance, it was oriented around the prefix "Super", as the main story was centred around superminis. The road test index for instance was renamed to "Superb".

===Supertests===
*'''First steers''': Yeehar, we go to North Carolina to test the good 'ol BMW Z3. Plus other hot stuff; Volvo 850R, Clio Williams III, Honda NSX-R, oh, and the Honda Civic and a few sad bikes.
*'''Fiesta fights gang of nine''': If Ford thinks its new Fiesta is so hard, let's see how it handles itself in a scrap with nine of its top supermini competitors. Is it simply the best? Your referee is Mr. Angus Frazer.
*'''New Mercedes E-Class''': It's lighter, costs less to own, is 85 per cent recyclable and looks radically different, but is it still a proper Merc? Three-pointed star-lover [[Quentin Willson]] gets into the new E.
*'''Medicine men''': We've been making lots of new friends in our long-term Westfield SPa. Electricians, mechanics and RAC men - they've all cured the car after one of its nervous breakdowns.
*'''Too big for their boots?''': In an attempt to make a few ''bob'', Zac uses the flimsy excuse of testing the new Citroen Xantia and Renault Laguna Estates to cart a load of jumble to an Essex car boot sale.
===Supercharged===
*'''Cuban down-at-heels''': How the motorists in this crazy communist Caribbean island manage to keep on the road including the ever-popular 'bleeding the brakes with a shampoo cocktail' trick.
*'''Did you steal my Fangio?''' - Another strange story from the Caribbean. The kidnap of ace racer Juan Manuel Fangio.
*'''Motors in the movies''': How did that BMW Z3 manage to land a starring role in the new Bond film? Is there a car casting couch and how do they get on it? Here's the deal with product placement.
*'''Auction men''': How to go about buying a secondhand car at auction. Veteran ringmaster Quentin Willson shows our auction virgin the ropes. After two attempts, they drive home in style.
===Supersport===
*'''Rallye de Catalunya''': With Colin McRae in a strong position in this year's World Rally Championships, we go behind the scenes at the penultimate and most controversial rally of this season.
*'''RAC Rally preview''': With Colin McRae in a strong position... oh, we've just done that. This is the final rally of the season, previewed by our [[Tony Mason]], the man who knows his RAC from his elbow.
*'''Lend us your 916, Foggy''': Fancy having a go on Carl Fogarty's World Superbike Championship-winning Ducati 916? So did we, but we were too scared so we got a mad freelancer to do it instead.
*'''Caterham scholar''': Remember David Sorrell, the lucky git who won a place in the ''Top Gear'' Caterham Sports Scholarship in our March competition? Well, here's how he got on this season.
*'''Start monkey''': We're not going to tell you what this means, so you'll just have to turn to page 141 to find out. It's nothing to do with apes, but has a lot to with motorsport. No further clues.
===Superlative===
*'''First gear''': Nudes, nudes, nudes from our naked boys behind the news deak. Not a pretty sight.
*'''Headroom''': This would be full of nudes too, if Nik had his way. Sadly, he doesn't. It's a bit mad though.
*'''Columns''': Robert Gifford, Parliamentary advisory geezer for transport safety, joins the boys.
*'''Write turns''': [[Jeremy Clarkson|Jeremy]] gets his hands slapped for his dismissal of the Vectra and other invective.
*'''Drivers club''': Race school, Scalextric, beer and boings.
*'''Leftovers''': Airships, Bond babes and other inflatables.
===Soup===
*'''Used car buyers' guide''': Latest CAP prices.
*'''Used car of the month''': Saab 9000.
*'''Used news''': and JD Power.
*'''Quentin Willson's pick''': A dissection of 25 used cars including five Land Rovers.
*'''New car buyers' guide''': New metal in depth.
*'''New cars by price''': Compare the cost of a new car with the size of your wallet.
*'''Minitests''': Bite-sized tests of important new cars.
*'''Directory of manufacturers''': Makers and their contact numbers.