Top Gear
Britain’s number one motoring magazine
Top Gear magazine brings together the world’s foremost automotive photographers and journalists, including Clarkson, Hammond and May, to offer readers an awesome motoring experience.
The perfect environment for targeting a male audience. With a record circulation of 200,286 and a readership of 1.757 million, Top Gear has never offered a stronger proposition in the car of lifestyle sectors.
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Cover Price | £3.95 |
| Frequency | 13 issues |
| ABC | 200,286 |
| Readership | 1,757,000 |
| Median age | 33 |
| Number 1 motoring magazine since launch | |
| 73% solus readership, higher than any of our core motoring competitors | |
| 2nd most read consumer title aimed at men | |
| Rate card | |
|---|---|
| DISPLAY | |
| Full page | £11,332 |
| Outside back cover | £14,509 |
| Inside back cover | £14,509 |
| DPS | £21,248 |
| Data Panel | £4,500 |
| ADVERTORIALS | |
| Single page advertorial | £21,500 |
| DPS advertorial | £38,700 |
| INSERTS | |
| Standard Loose | £38 (cost per thousand) |
| Subs (up to 10 grms) | £100 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound- in single card (Newstand & Subs) | £75 (cost per thousand) |
| Tip- on single card (Newstand & Subs) | £75 (cost per thousand) |
| Post it (Newstand & Subs) | £90 (cost per thousand) |
| CLASSIFIED SIZE | RATE |
| 1/8 page | £600 |
| 1/4 page | £1,200 |
| 1/2 page | £2,200 |
| full page | £4,190 |
| Copy deadlines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTH/WEEK | ON SALE | DISPLAY DEADLINES | INSERT DELIVERY |
| May-08 | 17-Apr-08 | 28-Mar-08 | 10-Apr-08 |
| Jun-08 | 15-May-08 | 25-Apr-08 | 07-May-08 |
| Jul-08 | 12-Jun-08 | 22-May-08 | 06-Jun-08 |
| Aug-08 | 10-Jul-08 | 20-Jun-08 | 04-Jul-08 |
| Sep-08 | 07-Aug-08 | 18-Jul-08 | 08-Aug-08 |
| Oct-08 | 04-Sep-08 | 15-Aug-08 | 09-Sep-08 |
| Nov-08 | 02-Oct-08 | 12-Sept-08 | 09-Oct-08 |
| Dec-08 | 30-Oct-08 | 10-Oct-08 | 13-Nov-08 |
| Jan-09 | 27-Nov-08 | 07-Nov-08 | 04-Dec-08 |
| Awards 09 | 30-Dec-08 | 05-Dec-08 | 12-Jan-09 |
| Feb-09 | 28-Jan-09 | 09-Jan-08 | 09-Feb-09 |
| Mar-09 | 25-Feb-09 | 06-Feb-08 | 09-Feb-09 |
| Apr-09 | 25-Mar-09 | 06-Mar-08 | 09-Mar-09 |
| Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Director | Clare Chamberlain | 020 8433 2118 | clare.chamberlain@bbc.com |
| Ad Manager | Andy Cowan | 020 8433 3238 | andy.cowan@bbc.com |
| Brand Solutions | David Trafford | 020 8433 3730 | david.trafford@bbc.com |
| Inserts | Fiona Lees | 020 8433 3003 | fiona.lees@bbc.com |
| Classified | Simon Haley | 020 8433 3773 | simon.haley@bbc.com |
| Northern Sales rep | David Downs | 0161 2444 614 | david.downs@bbc.com |