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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 [...]

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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.

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Top Gear’s STIG arrested in the Mojave desert

Posted: Oct 15, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Writing over at TimesOnline, Jeremy Clarkson reports that the famous white-suited Top Gear driver, the Stig, was arrested while they were filming at the Mojave desert.
“Last week I wrote about my recent trip to America, and to be honest it didn’t go down well,” Clarkson said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been on the [...]

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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 [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: We want BBC’s ‘Where’s Stig’ book and your input on upgrading egmCarTech

Posted: Aug 25, 2009

Filed under: Miscellaneous Thoughts

BBC’s ‘Where’s Stig?’ Book: As a kid I loved looking for Waldo; however at times I would get so pissed over not being able to find the little stripped shirt sucker that I ripped the book into pieces. Now, as a huge car fanatic, I would love spending hours looking for none other than – The [...]

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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 [...]

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The Stig’s true identity is the biggest mystery of the century

Posted: Aug 18, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Some say he is none other than Michael Schumacher, which is highly impossible. Some say that there is more than one of him; all we know is – he is none other than The Stig – Top Gear’s ace driver. According to a quarter of Brits recently surveyed, the true identity of The Stig is [...]

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Video: Jay Leno meets The Stig, gets interviewed by Clarkson

Posted: Jul 10, 2009

Filed under: Videos

While taking a trip to the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jay Leno stopped over in London to help Jaguar unveil the new 2010 XJ sedan. Leno also stopped in to make an appearance on Top Gear where he was interviewed by Clarkson and met The Stig.
Follow the jump to see Leno’s video from Jay [...]

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Does Schumacher have that much time? Stig makes photo copy of helmet in the background of episode 2

Posted: Jul 06, 2009

Filed under: Videos

It’s obviously a bit unbelievable that Michael Schumacher is The Stig. We doubt that Schumacher really has that much time to travel with Hammond, Clarkson and May around the world as they test-drive some of the world’s hottest cars – leading us to believe that there is actually more than one Stig.
While I was catching [...]

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Video: And The Stig is…

Posted: Jun 21, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Videos

Yes - Top Gear is back and The Stig was revealed on the premiere of season 13.
To keep it interesting – we’re going to make you watch the video for this one.
- By: Omar Rana