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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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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 [...]

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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 in trouble for Volkswagen spoof suicide advert

Posted: Nov 09, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Videos

BBC’s Top Gear, known for attracting controversy, is being criticized by television watchdog Ofcom for showing scenes of a man committing suicide before 9 p.m. watershed. Ofcom said that Top Gear had breached broadcasting regulations that aim at protecting children from violence by airing a spoof of a Volkswagen advert in which man shoots himself [...]

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Clarkson: Only way Top Gear wouldn’t offend anyone would be if the hosts didn’t talk

Posted: Nov 04, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

49-year-old Jeremy Clarkson said that the only way to ensure that Top Gear doesn’t offend anyone would be if none of the hosts spoke.
“One day we’ll do an episode of Top Gear in which none of us speak,” Clarkson said. ”It’s the only way they will have nothing to complain about. I don’t think I’ve done [...]

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Survey says: Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson has the best job in the world

Posted: Oct 21, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

One out of every three respondents to a new survey by Shell and AutoExpress said that they are envious of Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson’s job. Clarkson came ahead of Nigella Lawson, an English food writer, journalist who beat Bear Grylls, host of Man vs. Wild, who came in third.
Coming in fourth was Simon Cowell, followed [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]