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more about #topgear more comments → ArtForge: "My name is Ram and I have a bed full of terrorists." Has a nice ring to it. Whre is the "Do Not Attempt" tag? #pickuptrucks more » JCWhitless: They did a great job casting younger Jezza, May, and Stig. But why did they have Hammond play himself? #topgear more » Novaload: I upgraded my cable for the express purpose of seeing Top Gear again. Of course, I told the spouse it was to get the arty stuff on BBC and some scienc... more » Mobius: It's gotta be the fact that Chrysler interiors are so bad the Taliban don't feel bad about ruining it. Oh, and that cash-for-clunkers scheme, oh man!... more » Mobius: Nov 15th!!! Nov 15th!!! Nov 15th!!! I cannot contain my excitement for the return of this old friend to the airwaves and iPlayer. #topgear more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Oh, yeah.... Gonna make the fiber connection at work sizzle when this appears. #topgear more » lilwillie: What evar! Once "Puff the Magic Dragon" rains death from above on them it won't matter what truck they are driving. #pickuptrucks more » LuciferV8: You know, this is deserving of a "What would be the best homemade Technical?" QOTD... #pickuptrucks more » Jeb_Hoge: Brilliant. I've got my toddler saying "Powaaaaah" the way that Mays does when he's imitating Clarkson now too. #topgear more » Pessimippopotamus: I can only dream of owning a Lancia Beta that could potentially kill me all the time. #topgear more » -
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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. -
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Have the Taliban Abandoned Toyotas for American Pickup Trucks?
If you’re a militiaman rolling in hostile terrain, your best vehicle choice is the Toyota pickup. A minuscule clue in the latest issue of The New Yorker suggests that all that is about to change. More » -
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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] -
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Meet The Lego Stig
Some say every time you introduce The Stig, you have to recall a strange power of his in a Clarksonesque way. All we know is…he’s called The Lego Stig. More » -
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$50,000 Ultima GTR Shatters $1.6 Million Ferrari FXX Top Gear Track Record
Frustrated that Top Gear refused to run its GTR around the show's track, Ultima took matters into its own hands, acquiring private access, then breaking the Michael Schumacher-piloted Ferrari FXX's time by nearly a second. More » -
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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] -
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"Where's Stig?" Is "Where's Waldo?" For Top Gear Fans
Can't get enough of Top Gear's Stig? Want to indoctrinate your wee-ones into the cult of cars? The Where's Waldo-like Top Gear: Where's Stig? is the book version of something we do constantly. [Amazon.com] -
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BREAKING: James May In Airship Crash Filming Top Gear Stunt
Another Top Gear stunt went wrong yesterday evening after the BBC car show tried to attach a caravan to an airship carrying co-host James May and it crashed into a field near a busy road. May is uninjured.
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James May’s Lego House Demolished
After a final appeal on Facebook, James May's Lego House failed to find a buyer and has been demolished. The 3.3 million bricks will be donated to charity. [The Telegraph] -
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Environmentalists Leave Shit On Jeremy Clarkson's Driveway
Jeremy Clarkson, ever the center of controversy, has attracted some unwanted attention from environmentalists for his anti-environmentalist agenda. They dropped by his house with a steaming pile of manure.
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Mega-Gallery: James May’s Lego House Nearly Complete
Top Gear's James May plans to live in a full-size house, complete with working toilet, made entirely of Legos for two days. It should be done by Saturday. Here's a slew of photos of how it looks right now. More » -
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Does UK Comedian Wish Top Gear’s Richard Hammond Had Died In Jet Car Crash?
Daily Mail readers apparently hate Stewart Lee's bit about Richard Hammond's famous jet car crash, in which Lee says he wishes the Hamster had been "decapitated." We're guessing Lee was joking, you prats. [Daily Mail] -
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Top Gear Approves Of The Lego Caterham R500
The chaps at Caterham will do anything to save weight. This time, they've taken the Caterham R500 and cast it in Legos. We can't wait to see The Minifig Stig toss it around the Top Gear track. More » -
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Stig-Spotting At Pebble Beach?
Is this The Stig spotted this weekend at Pebble Beach or just a Top Gear fan-boy engaging in some strange form of CosPlay? (Hat tip to Paul!) Photo Credit: Pzeissig -
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The Stig's Identity Still Captivates Uninformed Brits
Though we've already told you The Stig 's Michael Schumacher, it appears Brits still consider Stiggie's identity to be the biggest mystery of the century. Ahead of who killed JFK and the Loch Ness Monster. Silly Brits. [Daily Star] -
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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] -
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How To Dupe The Automotive Media
Earlier today, we found out the Porsche Cayman Shooting Brake was a hoax perpetrated by our buddy Jared Holstein from the-website-formerly-known-as-Top Gear USA. Here's the definitive walk-through of how he and a team of interns duped the automotive media. More » -
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Porsche Cayman Shooting Brake A TopGear.com Going Away Prank
We wanted desperately for the Porsche Cayman shooting brake to be real, a reanimation of the wacky/awesome Porsche of yore, but no, twas a going away hoax perpetrated by the staff at TopGear.com. Well done fellas. [NYTimes] -
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Richard Hammond Crashes $183,000 Morgan Aeromax!
Top Gear star Richard Hammond's reportedly been involved in a road crash while driving his £110,000 Morgan Aeromax. The star, who escaped death after a 288 MPH jet car crash, was apparently involved in a four-car incident near Gloucester. More » -
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Top Gear: Jay Leno, An El Camino And Clarkson Laments The Super Car
This weekend's season 13 finale of Top Gear featured an HSV Maloo (the Aussie El Camino), Jay Leno in the reasonably-priced car and Clarkson saying goodbye to the super car — and perhaps to Top Gear itself. Let's watch. More » -
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The Stig Ute-lizes Top Gear Test Track
Who better to hoon the properly batshit Australian Holden HSV Ute than The Stig? Of course, now he's got a new ride. [TopGear.com] -
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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. -
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Carbotanium or Titbon: What You Get When You Mix Carbon Fiber With Titanium
Pagani’s two million dollar Zonda Cinque is built of a new twist on carbon fiber: carbotanium. Top Gear’s expert linguists deconstruct the Italian supercarmaker’s latest Oakley-ism. More » -
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Top Gear: BMW Z4 Vs. Nissan 370Z
"It doesn't feel like a pair of turbos, it feels like a pair of testes — big meaty ones." Clarkson on the 2009 BMW Z4 in last night's Top Gear comparison between it and the Nissan 370Z. Video below. More » -
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Top Gear's James May To Build House Out Of Three Million Legos
Top Gear's James May is looking to build a life-size house in Surrey, England made out of three million Lego bricks, complete with a staircase, toilet and shower. Capt. Slow then plans to live in it for a weekend.
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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 » -
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Top Gear To Recreate Italian Job, Drive Minis Through Belfast Sewers
Top Gear is planning to recreate the most famous scene from The Italian Job, racing Minis through Belfast's Sewers. Belfast? Well, James May doesn't like Italy.
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Sandra Bullock "Lives For Top Gear”
Sandra Bullock, Miss Congeniality herself, reportedly "lives for Top Gear," even angling for becoming a Star-in-a-Reasonably-Priced-Car. Let's help her out. Photoshop Bullock into a Top Gear photo in the comments. We'll give away stars to the best entries. -
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Top Gear Played By Bogus 210+ MPH Bugatti Veyron Ticket Too!
Remember self-described social media evangelist Philip Odegard's claimed 210+ MPH Bugatti Veyron ticket? The California Highway Patrol now claims he made it up. But not before our story ended up on last night's episode of Top Gear. More » -
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Top Gear: Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII Vs. British Army
In last night's Top Gear, Jeremy took a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII up against a slew of .50-caliber-spewing UK Army vehicles in a five-mile-long game of British bulldog. In a rock quarry. With live ammo. Epic. More » -
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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 » -
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Jay Leno Filming For Top Gear's Star In Reasonably-Priced Car
An anonymous, but reliable, source has informed us Jay Leno was spotted filming for Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment today. Jay Leno on Top Gear? Sounds like he's enjoying his "retirement." -
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Top Gear Abuses Lamborghini LP670-4 SV In Abu Dhabi Desert
During Sunday's episode of Top Gear, Richard Hammond let loose for a spirited drive through the Abu Dhabi desert, drag racing a Mercedes-McLaren SLR 722 in Sant'Agata's newest "snot-nosed kid," the raucous Lamborghini LP670-4 SV. More » -
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Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron Vs. McLaren F1
It's a fantasy race spawning tens-of-thousands of auto fan-boy arguments: Which super car wins in a balls-out drag race — the Bugatti Veyron or the McLaren F1? Top Gear found out last night. Now it's our turn below. More » -
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Some Say The Stig's Married To A Photocopier
Some say The Stig only uses the German language setting on a copy machine. All we know is if you saw Top Gear last night you saw Stiggie photocopying his head in the BBC offices. More »
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Stephen Fry Is Probably Not The Stig
British humorist Stephen Fry, seen here being helmeted by The Stig, prepares for his second turn in Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment. Rumor has it Fry nearly wrecked the car. (Hat tip to Tommy!) [yfrog] -
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Top Gear's James May Goes To The Moon
It's peculiar James May wears the "Captain Slow" moniker having driven the Veyron to 253mph, but that could all change thanks to BBC2's new documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the moon landings. More » -
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Is The Stig Really Michael Schumacher?
Lifting Stig's helmet and revealing the Teutonic features of former F1 champ Michael Schumacher certainly made for some great TV. However, the German race car driver is not Top Gear's Stig. Or, we should say, he's not the only Stig. More »
