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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Is Michael Schumacher the Stig? Homer Simpson to offer voice guidance for TomTom

Posted: Jun 18, 2009

Filed under: GM, Industry News, Miscellaneous Thoughts

It’s the worst feeling in the world when your internet connection is down – especially for us when we’re trying to keep you updated every hour of the day with what’s going on in the automotive world. Well, we’re finally up and running again and filling you on everything you’ve missed. Moving forward – it’s [...]

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Video: Top Gear and The Stig caught on location with Veyron, SLR 722, SV LP670-4, McLaren F1

Posted: May 11, 2009

Filed under: Bugatti, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Videos

Ahmed Almuhairi of United Arab Emirates manage to capture the Top Gear crew, including The Stig, on location with four high-performance supercars.
While Almuhairi said that police created a 1.86 mile blockade, he managed to capture a 38 second video in which you will see a Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722, Lamborghini SV LP670-4 and the old McLaren F1.
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Google Street View finds The Stig at Top Gear offices

Posted: Mar 23, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Google Street View has picked up many things since it’s launch in May 2007. Adding to its archives today, the Google Street View cameras have spotted The Stig hanging out at a Top Gear office in Hammersmith, London. Some say he likes hanging out near the window, some say that he never uses Google Maps [...]

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Video: The Black Stig is back, emerges from the ocean after 6 years

Posted: Feb 06, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

As if all the controversy and speculation surrounding the true identity of Top Gear’s “The Stig” wasn’t confusing enough, a video popped up on YouTube yesterday showing the Black Stig, the original mystery driver, emerging from the ocean.
The video has raised a lot of speculation that BBC is bringing back the character after the identity of [...]

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Top Gear’s ‘The Stig’ is played by 8 different people

Posted: Jan 29, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Over the past couple of days, it has been reported that Top Gear’s mystery driver, The Stig, is none other than Ben Collins, Graham Hill (who passed away in 1975) and the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama himself.
Continuing the massive confusion and speculation, the Daily Mail now claims that The Stig is [...]

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Top Gear unveils The Stig once again as… Barack Obama

Posted: Jan 22, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Seems like the Top Gear blog is obsessed with getting traffic from all the car blogs out there and is milking this “unveiling The Stig” story for all it’s worth. Yesterday, Top Gear revealed the The Stig, the shows secret white-helmet driver, was none other than the deceased Graham Hill.
Today the blog reported The Stig [...]

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Top Gear officially reveals The Stig as… Graham Hill?

Posted: Jan 21, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

Two days after British media reported that Ben Collins, a 33-year old former Formula Three, Le Mans, GT and NASCAR racer from Bristol, has revealed himself as The Stig – Top Gear has come out with their official word. According to a post on Top Gear’s blog, The Stig is none other than Graham Hill.
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The Stig has been revealed as Ben Collins

Posted: Jan 19, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

It was reported last week that The Stig, the famous secret Top Gear driver, was a married man in his 30s who lives in a £300,000 house ($434,656 USD) and drives a £15,000 car ($21,732). After many months and years of speculation, the true identity of The Stig has been revealed today as 33-year old former Formula [...]

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Identity of The Stig is one of the top 10 most searched questions on Ask.com

Posted: Dec 04, 2008

Filed under: Industry News

The Stig seems to be the biggest mystery on TV and now he’s also become the biggest mystery on the internet. According to Ask.com, “Who is The Stig?” was one of the top 10 most frequently searched questions by users of its service in 2008.
The Stig, the man who never speaks and wears a white [...]