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Jeremy Clarkson gets manure dumped on his lawn by climate change activists

Posted: Sep 19, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Imagine driving up to your £2m ($3 million) Cotswolds house and finding six bags of horse manure dumped on your driveway and front lawn? How would you react? Well, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was fairly amused by the actions of seven members of Climate Rush who dumped manure on his property and raised a [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Video: Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Aston Martin V12 Vantage

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Aston Martin, Videos

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May wrapped up Season 13 of Top Gear last night. Clarkson completed the last segment by driving the new Aston Martin V12 Vantage in a very simple, calm and sad review that left us tired, lazy and… well, sad. Either way, we’re going to call it a day with [...]

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Video: Clarkson interviews Jay Leno on Top Gear

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Videos

Former host of the Tonight Show and a car enthusiast Jay Leno stopped in to talk to Clarkson while he was in London to unveil the 2010 Jaguar XJ.
Make sure you watch 3:18 into the video where Clarkson lists most of the cars Jay Leno has in his garage.
Make the jump for the video.

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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? [...]

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Video: Top Gear pins 2009 Nissan 370Z against 2009 BMW Z4

Posted: Jul 27, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, BMW, Nissan, Videos

Here it is – the war of the ‘Zs.’ This past weekend during episode 6 of Top Gear season 13, Jeremy Clarkson pinned the new 2009 Nissan 370Z (which we’re driving around right now) against the new 2010 BMW Z4.
Refresher:
2009 BMW Z4 sDrive35i: Power comes from a 3.0L twin-turbo inline-6 engine that makes a total [...]