James May - egmCarTech

Video: James May tests the 2009 BMW 760Li against the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG

Posted: Nov 17, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, 2010 Releases, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Videos

Our favorite segment during the premier of Top Gear season 14 was watching James May being driven by The Stig in the 2009 BMW 760Li as he raced the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG. You can check out the clip after the jump.
Refresher:
2009 BMW 760Li: 6.0L turbocharged V12 making 535-hp and 550 lb-ft of torque. Mated to [...]

Continue Reading

Videos: Top Gear takes Aston Martin DBS Volante, Ferrari California, Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder to Romania

Posted: Nov 16, 2009

Filed under: Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Videos

For those of you that admire Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, you probably knew that yesterday was the premiere of Top Gear Series 14. We’ve just found some YouTube videos cover a segment of the show where the Top Gear crew drives the Aston Martin DBS Volante, Ferrari California and the Lamborghini Gallardo [...]

Continue Reading

Video: Top Gear Series 14 trailer released, coming Nov. 15

Posted: Nov 10, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Videos

BBC has released a new trailer for Top Gear Series 14, which will make its debut on November 15. Once again, the trailer features the Top Gear team when they were children talking about the trials and tribulations of growing up.
Click through for the video.

Continue Reading

Top Gear’s James May crashes camper van held by blimp, comes out unharmed

Posted: Oct 01, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

The accident happened during a filming of a stunt for Top Gear where James May was on board a camper van held up in the air by a blimp. According to the Daily Mail, strong winds blew the blimp off course and May ended up crashing in a farmer’s field.
The aftermath, as described by Top [...]

Continue Reading

James May’s Lego house to be broken down, bricks donated to charity

Posted: Sep 23, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

About 2 months ago, Top Gear host James May set out to build a two-story house made entirely out of Legos. Well, the house is now being broken down after no-one showed any interest in purchasing it. Originally, May planned on moving the house to Legoland for their theme park; however, plans fell through since [...]

Continue Reading

Crystal clear: Next Top Gear season will be in HD

Posted: Sep 22, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

The blokes at BBC have just confirmed that the next-series of Top Gear will be in HD. That means you’ll see all the supercars, Ken Block drifting, racing and The Stig in crystal clear high-definition.
Jeremy Clarkson has confirmed that the filming of Series 14 is well underway and if all goes as planned, it should [...]

Continue Reading

Miscellaneous Thoughts: Traders buying old GM stock, UK’s graphic anti-texting video, Legoland pays tribute to Top Gear

Posted: Aug 21, 2009

Filed under: GM, Industry News, Miscellaneous Thoughts, Videos

As you can see by the title, we came across a bunch of random things on the Internet today – so let’s get started.
Traders keep buying old GM stock: Even though GM and the government have warned that the old General Motors’ stock will someday be worthless, traders continue to purchase it hoping they’ll profit from [...]

Continue Reading

Miscellaneous Thoughts: UK men want to date Top Gear crew, Obama announces $2.4 billion for battery and EV development

Posted: Aug 05, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Miscellaneous Thoughts

We’re getting closer to wrapping up this Wednesday, which means it’s time for our Miscellaneous Thoughts post where be bring you some random ramblings from around the Internet.
Top Gear crew comes in at No.5 on list of celebrities UK men want to date most: While Megan Fox took the number one spot on top 10 [...]

Continue Reading

Killing the rumor: Top Gear is not dead, will return in Nov.

Posted: Aug 04, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Videos

Yesterday, we posted Top Gear’s review of the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage by Jeremy Clarkson. Apparently, the calm and sad review of the most outstanding supercars on the market was seen as the end of the Top Gear series. Rumors started on Twitter that Clarkson wasn’t sad about the end of V12 wonders due [...]

Continue Reading

Video: Top Gear shows how to play ‘Car Sauna’ in the summer heat

Posted: Jul 28, 2009

Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Videos

Earlier this season of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson pointed out that the British Government declared a level 2 heat wave alert – or as Clarkson would call it, ‘a lovely summer’s day.’ Apparently, during a heat wave level warning or a very hot summer day is the perfect time to play ‘Car Sauna.’
How do you play? [...]