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Top Gear USA

Confirmed via Twitter: Top Gear USA returning for season 3

Yesterday, Top Gear UK’s Jeremy Clarkson confirmed via Twitter that the show will be disappearing until January 2013. Well, a Top Gear USA host also confirmed that the show will be returning for the third season. “At the Upfront’s in NYC 2 officially announce Season 3 #TopGear Tanner’s racing. sum1 try & catch him & [...]

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Jeremy Clarkson

Report: No more BBC’s Top Gear UK until January 2013

BBC Top Gear UK’s Jeremy Clarkson conducted a recent 11-minute over-the-phone interview with a South African radio station. And in that interview, Clarkson mainly talks about how Top Gear had the three hosts driving around the Monaco GP circuit on a race weekend for a particular up and coming Hollywood movie as well as a [...]

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Richard Hammond Crash Course

Richard Hammond lists his top 10 favorite American cars, Crash Course starts tonight

Later tonight on BBC America (10 pm ET/PT to be exact), Top Gear’s Richard Hammond will take over the United States in his new original series called ‘Richard Hammond’s Crash Course.’ But before Hammond takes us through the toughest vehicles in the United States, he decided to sit down with GQ magazine and list his all-time [...]

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Richard Hammond Crash Course

Video: BBC America releases trailer for Richard Hammond’s Crash Course

Richard Hammond, host of Top Gear, will be hosting a new original series on BBC America called ‘Richard Hammond’s Crash Course.’ Produced by BBC Worldwide Production, the show will show Hammond traveling across the United States as he is challenged to learn how to operate some of America’s biggest and most dangerous vehicles. “Immersed in [...]

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2012 BMW M5 Top Gear

Video: Richard Hammond test-drives the new BMW M5

Over the weekend, Richard Hammond got his hands on the all-new 2012 BMW M5 for an all out test on Top Gear. What did he think? Have a look in the video after the jump (and do it quick before YouTube yanks it). Click here for more news on the BMW M5. Refresher: The 2012 BMW M5 is powered [...]

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Tesla vs. Top Gear

High court decides Clarkson’s Top Gear review of Tesla Roadster was not defamatory

BBC’s ever-popular Top Gear was facing legal action from automaker Tesla because of a review done on the model back in 2008, which the company perceived as malicious faslehood. The Top Gear team’s December 2008 shows they took the Tesla model out on the track where the car’s battery died, and was then pushed to a garage to recharge. [...]

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Top Gear USA

Report: Top Gear USA pulls in its best ratings ever

After a switch to Tuesday nights, American Top Gear has pulled in its best ratings ever with the second half of season two. A total of 2.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the series, 1.1 million of them adult viewers from 25 to 54, and 1.2 million between 18 and 49. Top Gear previously [...]

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Chevrolet Corvette - Top Gear USA Stig

Video: Hennessey HPE ZR750 Corvette circles the Top Gear USA track

Hennessey Performance Engineering is promoting its latest tuning package for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 by having the American Stig take it for a spin on the Top Gear USA track. A video has been release showing the Stig take the 755-hp HPE ZR750 Corvette around the Top Gear USA track – in fact, the ‘Vette [...]

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2012 BMW 1-Series M Coupe

Richard Hammond names BMW 1-Series M Coupe his car of the year

Though even some Top Gear fans would rather get car buying advice from a box of cereal, I have to agree with this choice: Richard Hammond’s car of the year is the BMW 1-series M coupe. Jeremy Clarkson described the car as “BMW at its absolute best.” Others have described the car as close as [...]

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Top Gear India Preview

Video: Top Gear India Special trailer released

On the December 28, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will embark on a trade mission to India for this year’s Christmas special. Here is a trailer for the special-edition Top Gear episode (make the jump).

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