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When the U.S.-version of Top Gear debuts on HISTORY next month there will be an American Stig and he'll need a track. Here's the first images and details of The Stig's new American playground. More »
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This is the first trailer for the U.S. version of Top Gear on History, giving us a first taste of the American spin on the BBC's wildly popular motoring show. A peek at the cast, cars, and challenges below. More »
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When Google's Street View camera's found The Stig at Loch Ness we learned nothing of the identity of Top Gear's tame racing driver. Nevertheless, Google decided to blur the image of a fully covered man. (H/T to Matt!) [Google] More »
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All we know is he's driving a Holden-badged Pontiac GTO in Austin, Texas. (Hat tip to Tim!) More »
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For all the grief we give Clarkson and his two interns, we’re actually huge fans of Top Gear. It’s the show that made our carmosexuality OK with our moms. Amongst TopGearphiles, Season 10 is held up as the all-time greatest, featuring the Motorhome Grand Prix, the Channel crossing and, yes, the Kalihari special — probably the greatest episode ever. Each episode costs $1.99 or you can buy the whole season for $14.99. If you have the means, we highly recommend heading to iTunes for the downloads. More »
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The rumors of the demise of Top Gear USA may be exaggerated, but according to those rumors, parts of the pilot for the Top Gear USA project were filmed out in sunny SoCal on the runways of the decommissioned El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. Although we've received no confirmation from BBC Worldwide or NBC on whether the pilot's filmed, much less when it may have filmed, there is a heavy amount of burned rubber on the runways — including what looks to be fresh rubber donuts. Of course, the airfield's been used in the past couple of years for everything from a driving event called the "Taste of Lexus" in September of 2006 to random acts of hoonage, and as we've no idea exactly when in the past few months these overhead shots were taken, we've no idea if it's "Gear" or just a bunch of kids running tricked-out Celicas. But if it is the track for "Gear" — and not just another kind of bull — anyone care to determine what the lines of the course would be? More »
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So despite the fact NBC "cancelled" their up-fronts this year, they still managed to put together some kind of lame event (we hear it was like a carnival or something) to drum up support for their prime-time lineup across the NBC Universal network-o-sphere. As part of that "alternative up-front", they've got a page up on NBC Universal's web site that pretty clearly shows they're soliciting advertisements for a "Top Gear"-like show. While certainly no proof "Gear" hasn't been cancelled, the news we got yesterday wasn't proof it had been cancelled either. More »
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With NBC announcing its upcoming program schedule, there's one omission that we found particularly interesting. Yes, it seems that the rainbow-peacock's version of the beloved BBC hit show Top Gear is nowhere to be found. While that's not to say that the show may not somehow show up at a later date, right now it looks like Gear is gone. Considering that this is the same network giving a green light to the new Knight Rider series based on the terrible made-for-TV movie, we're thinking that the planned 'merican-spec Top Gear must have really been a catastrophe. More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383149&view=rss&microfeed=true The folks at [achewood.com] whilst taking potshots at Great Britain have given Mrs. Clarkson and May (or is that Mrs. Agnes Ronay?) a right jolly ribbing. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5003930&view=rss&microfeed=true It's a cavalcade of clothing of questionable taste and manly manliness. It's Scotland vs. England. It's James May receiving lessons in speed from Sir Jackie Stewart. Plus, a TVR! All it's missing is Sir Jackie's shotgun. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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