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 200,757 and a readership of 1.9 million, Top Gear has never offered a stronger proposition in the car or lifestyle sectors.
Interesting Facts:
- Top Gear is the number one motoring magazine since launch
- Top Gear has the highest readership of the men's monthly titles
Quote from Conor McNicolas (editor on the site):
"It is far and away the biggest car magazine in the UK, but what is exciting is that Top Gear is the most widely read men's magazine in the UK"
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Cover price | £3.95 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 190,375 |
| Readership | 2,047,000 |
| Men | 81% |
| Women | 19% |
| ABC1 | 56% |
| (Sources: ABC Jan-Jun 2010, NRS Apr 09 - Mar 10) | |
| 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 |
| March | 24-02-10 | 05-02-10 | 10-02-10 |
| April | 24-03-10 | 05-03-10 | 10-03-10 |
| May | 24-04-10 | 31-03-10 | 07-04-10 |
| June | 19-05-10 | 29-04-10 | 05-05-10 |
| July | 16-06-10 | 27-05-10 | 02-06-10 |
| August | 17-07-10 | 25-06-10 | 30-06-10 |
| September | 11-08-10 | 23-07-10 | 08-07-10 |
| October | 08-09-10 | 19-08-10 | 24-08-10 |
| November | 06-10-10 | 17-09-10 | 22-09-10 |
| December | 03-11-10 | 14-10-10 | 20-10-10 |
| Awards | 01-12-10 | 12-11-10 | 16-11-10 |
| January | 28-12-10 | 08-12-10 | 10-12-10 |
| February | 27-01-11 | 06-01-11 | 12-01-11 |
| March | 23-02-11 | 04-02-11 | 08-02-11 |
| April | 24-03-11 | 04-03-11 | 09-03-11 |
| Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Director | Clare Chamberlain | 020 8433 2118 | clare.chamberlain@bbc.com |
| Brand Solutions | David Trafford | 020 8433 3730 | david.trafford@bbc.com |
| Senior Display Sales Executive | Lauren Wing | 020 8433 3004 | lauren.wing@bbc.com |
| Display Sales Executive | Richard Lee-Graham | 020 8433 2022 | richard.lee-graham@bbc.com |
| Display Sales Executive | Sam Field | 020 8433 2968 | sam.field@bbc.com |
| Classified | Jed Taylor | 020 8433 3741 | jed.taylor@bbc.com |
| Inserts | Richard Lee-Graham | 020 8433 2022 | richard.lee-graham@bbc.com |
| Classified Production | Anita Doherty | 020 8433 1229 | anita.doherty@bbc.com |
| Northern Sales Rep | David Downs | 0161 2444 614 | david.downs@bbc.com |
| Production | Daniel Harrison | 020 8433 3380 | daniel.harrison@bbc.com |