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While we catch up on the latest episodes Top Gear (don’t worry we’ll post some here later), Top Gear magazine is out crashing Europe’s only Nissan GT-R press car.
During a photoshoot at the Isle of Man, the Nissan GT-R was rear-ended by an Audi that couldn’t hit the brakes in time. The team quickly got to repairing Godzilla just in time before it made its Goodwood Festival of Speed appearance . Shh, don’t tell anyone.
So you’re a huge fan of the BBC’s Top Gear and plan on taking a trip to the show on your next visit to the UK. Not so fast. According to AutoTrader UK , fans will have to wait an outstanding 21 years for a spot to hang out in the audience with Clarkson, Hammond and May.
More than 336,000 people have requested to watch the trio live at Top Gear studios - that means a line stretching over 127 miles. Some crazy fans have even put down their new-born child’s name on the waiting list. Imagine getting that as gift on your 21st birthday!
Well at least we now know that the Stig isn’t Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton . At the British Grand Prix last weekend, the Stig was present to drive one lucky man around the Silverstone track.
Before the F1 cars went at it, the Stig gave one lucky man, who one £5million in the lottery, the ride of his life. The experience to sit in the same car as the Stig for three hot laps was £35,000. The money was donated to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital charity.
While YouTube may be fulfilling our weekly Top Gear needs here and there, episodes on the giant video site disappear after BBC learns that they have popped up online. It’s a very depressing feeling when you click the play button and see the words “This video is no longer available.”
According to the NBC web site, the online features of the U.S. version of Top Gear include full streaming episodes and an other feature called ”after market” accessory of the week that we could care less about. Nonetheless, its nice to hear that we can catch up on our U.S. Top Gear episodes if we miss them the night the air due to our addiction of blogging.
Our boys from Top Gear are back. We just finished watching episode 2 of season 11 last night, which covered things like the Audi RS6 Avant, a boring review of the CLK 63 AMG Black Series and the very exciting face-off between the new 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X vs. the 2008 Subaru WRX STI.
Check out the last of the three in this two part clip from YouTube. Of course, as with every YouTube clip, it may not be available later - so don’t do that “I’ll save this for later” thing.
Refresher:
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X: 2.0 liter 4-cylinder 16-valve DOHC MIVEC engine that produces 300 horsepower.
2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI: 2.0 liter 4-cylinder Dual AVCS 16 Valve DOHC twin scroll turbo engine producing 305 horsepower.
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Yes it’s here - Season 11, Episode 1 of the long awaited Top Gear. Giving us a highlight of Season 11 in clip one we see Clarkson race a bullitt train against a Nissan GT-R in Japan, Hammond test driving a Audi RS6 and tests of the new Mitsubishi EVO and the CLK 63 AMG Black Series. In Episode 1 we see the guys take a crack at talking about fuel-efficient by racing 5 supercars with 1 gallon of petrol each while a BMW M3 Sedan takes on Prius. We also get to see Clarkson’s take on the new Ferrari 430 Sucderia.
Note: Make sure you watch this Episode as soon as possible as it can be taken down form YouTube within the next couple of hours.
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BBC and NBC announced the Top Gear lineup for the stateside earlier this week. Playing Jeremy Clarkson’s roll in the U.S. will be comedian Adam Corolla; HGTV’s Eric Stromer will be playing James May; Richard Hammonds roll will be handled by Tanner Foust. Of course, that is our take on the lineup and that’s just how it’s going to be.
Who is Tanner Foust and how good is he? Foust is a famous champion in rally, drift and ice racing. He’s seen major success in Drift and Rally in the last few seasons. Foust holds the 2007 X Games Rally Gold Medal and is 2007’s Formula Drift Pro Drift champion.
Want to see Tanner Foust drift. Check out the video after the jump. Thanks to our friends at Garage419 for the tip. After watching this, we’re really looking forward to the American version of Top Gear.
It is finally official. After all the speculation and rumors, NBC and BBC have officially confirmed the hosts of Top Gear America. Leading the NBC pilot of the international hit series will be comedian Adam Carolla, rally champion and drift racer Tanner Foust and… wait what? Eric Stromer? Yes, that’s right - HGTV’s host of “Over Your Head” will be the third team member of Top Gear on the stateside (let’s hope he’ll be the James May of the show).
Of course we were wondering what Jeremy Clarkson had to say about all of this. When asked, Clarkson said: “This is fantastic news - but how on earth you lot are going to do it on the wrong side of the road I’ve no idea.”
Hate it or love it, this is your lineup. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Oh and just in case you’re wondering, NBC and BBC have yet to set a firm date on when the show will make its debut.
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Here is Richard Hammond’s promo for his new book, On the Edge: My Story. Besides being the most-loved TV personality in UK, Richard Hammond has a perfect little life. His new books takes you through his life from being a small time adrenalin junkie to becoming what all of us would love to become one day; a host on Top Gear.
The book takes you though his obsessive attraction to speed that led to a high-speed crash while he was driving a jet-powered dragster that caused him to suffer from a serious brain injury leaving him in a coma.
Hammond discusses the days of his recovery and finally returning home and back in front of the cameras.
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Season 11 of our favorite show in the world is on its way and here are two ads teasing us a little more as we eagerly wait to watch Clarkson, Hammond and May to reveal their take on recent cars.
Some of the cars you’ll see on season 11 include the Audi RS6 Avant, the new Mitsubishi Evo X, the Mercedes-Benz CLK Black Series and the Mazda Furai concept.
We also hear of a race between 3 Bugattis and Clarkson racing a Bullet train in a Nissan GT-R.
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Every time we write about Jeremy Clarkson, we always think what would happen if he and Simon Cowell exchanged some words. Anyway our main Top Gear man can’t seem to stay out of the news and this time, well almost all the time, for being bluntly honest.
Road safety campaigners are urging BBC to kick Clarkson off Top Gear after he admitted to driving over 186mph on public roads. During his recently famous interview at Hay Festival in Powys, where the 48-year old revealed that he will be racing a bullet train in Japan while driving a Nissan GT-R in the next season of Top Gear, Clarkson claimed he’s driven 120mph over the nations speed limit.
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Of course Jeremy thinks the idea is ‘bloody’ ridiculous and that he would be a ‘rubbish leader.’ And yes, if we were Jeremy Clarkson and had to decide between joining politics or test driving some of the most amazing cars in the world - we’d think the same exact thing.
However, people have spoken and Top Gear fans still believe that Clarkson would be perfect for the job. A Facebook group consisting of more than 1,000 people is calling for him to run UK.
The next season of our favorite show in the world, Top Gear, is just around the corner and Executive Producer Andy Wilman today gave us an idea of what to expect for series 11. Clarkson, Hammond and May will go to war with the German version of Top Gear with a very exciting race between the ‘RS6 against the most suicidal of skiers.’ The Top Gear crew will also put the new Mitsubishi Evo X against the new Impreza, get behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz CLK Black Series and may even get to drive the Mazda Furai concept.
Wilman also told us that the team has come up with another ‘big race.’ Last season we saw the Veyron go up against a fighter jet, however this time it won’t be too crazy and will be more realistic.
Hold it right there! While writing this we were browsing through our RSS reader and to our surprise, Top Gear was supposedly in Abu Dhabi this past weekend and lucked out with three Bugatti Veyrons for filming. Originally, the Top Gear Magazine was in town for a photo shoot when it sent out a request for a Bugatti Veyron. Instead, Top Gear was offered not one but three Veyrons, one of them being the exclusive Bugatti Pur Sang (of which only 5 units were produced).
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