Top Gear Teases Season 14 With Kids, Fiery Lancias

British motoring show Top Gear was recently part of some stupid contrived controversy, which means you should warm up your BitTorrent software for Season 14. We look forward to writing about their antics and not people's responses to them.

Top Gear In Trouble For Suicide Scirocco Spoof

Top Gear is once again in trouble for Scirocco TDI ad spoofs. First, it was a German car invading Poland. Now, viewers are upset about this spoof ad about suicide — conveniently, one week before season 14 starts. [TimesOnline]

Jeremy Clarkson: Panamera Ugly As "Inside-Out Monkey"

Though he has few complaints about the way the Porsche Panamera preforms, Clarkson uses his Sunday Times review to verbally assail the car's looks, calling it unbearably ugly — and he should know. [Times Online]

Lucky Hungarian Drives $370,000 Viper-Engined Bristol Fighter

One of motoring journalism’s enduring myths is the inability to test drive Bristol cars, enforced by the experiences of Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May. A Hungarian road test editor has beaten the odds. More »

Top Gear VW Ad Spoof Provokes More Clarkson Controversy!

Perhaps more than cars, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson likes creating tempests in the BBC teapot. Now some viewers are saying his Germany-Invades-Poland spoof ad for the VW Scirocco TDI was a pitch too far. [ Mail Online]

Jeremy Clarkson: The Human Beatbox

An enterprising young YouTuber named Swede Mason's put together this mashup video proving that yes, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson is just as, if not more-so, entertaining when he's making noises than when he's reviewing cars. Simply epic.

Jeremy Clarkson Calls Prime Minister Very Naughty Word

Jeremy Clarkson already apologized to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for calling him a "one-eyed Scottish idiot." We're curious if they're going to make him apologize for referring to him during a Top Gear taping as a... More »

Jay Leno Meets The Stig

Looks like we were right when we told you Jay Leno was Top Gear's Star In A Reasonably Priced Car. The meeting of Clarkson's and Jay's egos does not appear to be a comfortable thing. More »

The World of Top Gear Museum Exhibit Opens Today

England's National Motoring Museum has just opened The World Of Top Gear, their Top Gear-themed exhibit. Displays will include a recreation of the studio, the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle and, of course, a Toyota Hilux. More »

Jeremy Clarkson Trapped In Port-A-Potty By Snotty Kids

What's worse for opinionated Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, having to review cheap cars or getting trapped in a Port-A-John by a bunch of punk kids? (Hat tip to Glenn!) [YouTube via Sky Motoring]

Top Gear Reviews To Focus On More Carpocalypse-Appropriate Vehicles

Apparently Top Gear, in recognition of the Carpocalypse, plans to spend less time reviewing exotics and more time focused on cars people can actually afford. We want to see what Stiggie'll do with a Zafira. More »

Jeremy Clarkson: US Viewers Don’t Get Top Gear

"That's been canned," said Jeremy Clarkson speaking of Top Gear USA in this video. "[Americans] just don't understand a single word we're on about." More »

Top Gear Hit By Budget Cuts, Jeremy Clarkson’s Diarrhea Of The Mouth Intact

The BBC is reporting budget cuts across the board in 2009. Yes, Top Gear will feel the heat and viewers apparently will notice the cuts.

Top Gear Teaser Provides Sneak Peek At Season 12

The teaser commercial is out for season 12 of everybody's favorite car show, Top Gear, and it packs a lot of teasing into 30 seconds. Aside from the much-anticipated American power tour, we see shots from all kinds of shenanigans set to start in two weeks, including what looks like double-decker bus racing — or at least tipping, the Stig in a Bugatti Veyron and Captain Slow getting punished at the helm of a very slick speed boat. We've snapped a couple of screen grabs and listed out what to expect from the new season, all available after the jump. More »

Love The Beast Trailer Details Eric Bana's Touching Love Affair With His Ford Falcon

Although Eric Bana only publicly mentioned he was working on a documentary about his '74 Ford Falcon for the first time at the Bathurst 1000 race this past weekend, we've got an exclusive first look at the trailer for the movie, titled "Love The Beast," set to appear in Aussie theaters in February, 2009. We've known about Eric Bana's love affair with his '74 Ford Falcon ever since news hit that the Aussie actor had taken the Falcon head-first into a tree during last year's Targa Tasmania rally. Now he's enlisted some A-list auto celebs and one not-so-A-list auto celeb to help tell his car-loving tale. More »

Jeremy Clarkson's Thriller DVD Blows Stuff Up

Not to be confused for a Michael Jackson video, Jeremy Clarkson's Thriller is the latest in his line of tire-smoking, explosion-filled DVDs. This time he's been behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DBS, Pagani Zonda F Roadster, McLaren SLR 722 GTR, and Porsche 911 Turbo to name a few. We know it might feel a bit like the Jeremy Clarkson Gawker Stalker around here as of late, with Jezza ranting on the CTS-V and ZR1, being spotted in Vietnam and on a scooter, and crashing head-on into things. You may be right. Mostly because love him or hate him, he's entertaining. [via FinalGear]

Bike-Hating Jeremy Clarkson Rides A Scooter

The Daily Mail captured these pictures of Jeremy Clarkson riding a Vespa GTV around his village in the Cotswolds. The fat, balding Top Gear presenter’s hatred for motorcycles and those who ride them is well known, to the point where Clarkson once suggested that stretching wire across roads would help reduce their number. Ironically, not only is he riding a scooter, but it appears he's operating it illegally. More »

Clarkson Decides Not All American Cars Are Rubbish, Would Take Cadillac CTS-V Over BMW M5

We had some outrage from the readers when that Jeremy Clarkson fella (who recently crashed and is not at all dead) from across the water done made the Chrysler Sebring convertible one of them- whaddya call it- metaphors for the entire United States and dissed 'em both. Well, you disgruntled types can go ahead and regruntle yourselves, because now The Stig is shopping for a 4-door saloon and Clarkson thinks the Cadillac CTS-V looks like a helluva lot better deal than the BMW M5. His logic goes something like this: 1) The Cad is £19,000 cheaper than the M5, 2) The CTS-V is faster around the Nürburgring, and 3) The Stig won't worry about the insatiable thirst of the CTS-V, because he saved so much money buying it in the first place. More »

Jeremy Clarkson In Head-On Accident Filming Top Gear, Doing Just Fine

Proving he's as bull-headed as we suspected, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was reportedly in a head-on collision during filming for the show. Says the Mirror, Clarkson "suffered minor injuries to his legs, hand and back." What, exactly, are minor injuries? Clarkson elaborates: “My right index finger looked like a burst sausage, my left shin was fatter than my thigh and my back felt like someone had driven over it with a pile-driver.” For her part, Clarkson's wife claims "my husband is fine." In other words, shut up Jeremy, and put on a band-aid. So, just for the record: Jeremy Clarkson is not dead. But, if he were, we've got a very nice obituary. [FinalGear]

Real Top Gear Returns November 2

Originally intended to start on October 26th, Top Gear is now officially slated for a return to television on November 2nd. We can hardly wait for Series 12 to start, particularly because of the American road trip Jeremy and the boys had in a 2009 Corvette ZR1, 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 and a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. Though we'll have to see if their hour-long special trip to Vietnam is part of the upcoming series, or a stand-alone. [via TopGear]