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The Stig Is... Tiff Needell?

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST

After a nine-year absence hosting pale competitor Fifth Gear, old Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell temporarily steps in for The Stig to teach Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle how to drive the Top Gear test track. [Mirror] More »

The Secret Life Of A Safety Car Driver

Peter Orosz — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:00:00 EST

Bernd Mayländer's office is a Mercedes–Benz SLS AMG. He’s led more laps in the 2010 Formula One season than all but the top five drivers. And he’s been at it for ten years. More »

Say Hello To The New Stig

Ray Wert — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:30:00 EDT

As we told you last week, Top Gear was working tirelessly to finish raising a new Stig to replace the biography-writing Ben Collins. Now they're done. This is it...err...him...err...whatever...it's the new Stig. And yes, he's still wearing white. More »

Top Gear's New Stig Bred On Crazy Farm

Ray Wert — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Top Gear will field its new Stig for the first time next week — after picking one at a special "farm for Stigs." But the big question for fans is — what color will this new Stig be? More »

Some Say He's So Blocky He Drives A 1988 Jetta...

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EDT

This is what the awesome blocky Minecraft world looks like when a Top Gear fan starts building. We hear this Stig statue will repel zombies and Toyotas. More »

Top Gear On 60 Minutes: What You Didn't See

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:30:00 EDT

If you missed last night's Top Gear segment on 60 Minutes — or jumped off something because of the unemployment segment — here's an American news magazine finally covering the most popular television show... in the world. Plus bonus footage! More »

Top Gear USA: The Stig's New Track

Matt Hardigree — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:30:00 EDT

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 »

60 Minutes Tries To Get The Stig To Talk

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

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Top Gear super producer Andy Wilman tells 60 Minutes the source of The Stig's silence is the inability of finding a racing driver "capable of an intelligent comment." They then try to get him to talk. It doesn't work. More »

Top Gear Confirms American Stig, Suzuki SX4 As Small Car For Big Stars

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:15:00 EDT

Confirming our reports, there is an American Stig on the U.S. version of Top Gear. The producers also revealed the Suzuki SX4 Sportback is the small car for big stars and the "big stars" include Tim Allen and Kid Rock. More »

First Photo Of New American Stig

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:50:00 EDT

Here's the first photo of The Stig from the American version of Top Gear debuting on History this year. He looks...well...a lot like the UK version. Except he's sitting next to Tony Hawk. Told ya there'd be an American Stig. More »

The Stig Shifts Over To Fifth Gear

Wes Siler — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:30:00 EDT

It's official, The Stig is rebelling, joining the poor man's Top Gear . [The Guardian] More »

Top Gear Takes To Forza Motorsports 3, Stig Included

Justin Hyde — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EDT

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The latest update of the Forza Motorsports 3 driving game for Xbox 360 will include a trunk load of Top Gear material, including 90 minutes of video and three supercars in a "Stig's Garage" pack, despite the recent...unpleasantness. More »

Former Stig Ben Collins Planning Top Gear Rival

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:15:00 EDT

Former Stig Ben Collins is planing a Top Gear rival, despite his inability to speak. [Telegraph] More »

Top Gear USA To Include "The Stig"

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EDT

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Jalopnik sources tell us the U.S. version of Top Gear debuting on History later this fall will include "The Stig." Hopefully this one can keep their mouth shut. More »

Jeremy Clarkson Calls Ben Collins A "Greedy Twat"

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EDT

In a taped interview, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson talks frankly about the Ben Collins/Stig controversy and shares how hurt he was by Collins. At the same event he also called him "The Greedy Twat" instead of The Stig. More »

BBC Fails In Court To Keep Stig's Identity As Ben Collins A Secret

Ray Wert — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EDT

The BBC lost a motion today to block HarperCollins from revealing Ben Collins is Top Gear's "Stig." Some say the BBC is protecting "Stig's" mystique. All we know is they're trying to put a white-helmeted cat back in a box. More »

Top Gear Stigs A Fork In Ben Collins

Justin Hyde — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EDT

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A British tabloid caught pictures of the Stig on the Top Gear clock at the Nürburgring Friday — while attempted Stig autobiographer Ben Collins was at home, driving the new models from Little Tikes. (H/T to everyone!) [Mirror] More »

Top Gear Defends Its Right To The Stig's Privacy

Justin Hyde — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:30:00 EDT

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Andy Wilman, Top Gear's top producer, took to the interwebs to defend the BBC's fight to keep The Stig from publishing an autobiography. His take: Corporate greed wants to kill the Santa Claus of speed. More »

Who Is The Stig?

Ray Wert — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:00:00 EDT

Some say Top Gear's elusive masked driver is former Formula Three driver Ben Collins. Some say the Sunday Times unmasked Collins today based on the financial reports of his company. All we know is... they're apparently right. Told ya so. More »

BBC Won't Let The Stig Write An Autobiography

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:15:00 EDT

Some say he's a washed-up Formula 1 driver, others say he's Ben Collins, all we know is the BBC will sue him if he publishes an autobiography outing himself as Top Gear's Stig. (H/T to Bob1967!) [The Guardian] More »

Tom Cruise And Cameron Diaz Visit Top Gear, Molest The Stig

Sam Smith — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EDT

While in England promoting their film Knight and Day, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz stopped by the Top Gear test track/set for a few laps in the show's Reasonably Priced Car. They also found time to grope the Stig. More »

All We Know Is, This Is Not The Stig

Ray Wert — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:20:00 EDT

The BBC has launched an investigation after an imposter posing as the Stig was spotted driving a Porsche with a convoy of Top Gear logo-bedecked Land Rovers on the M6 in Lancaster. [North-West Evening Mail] More »

A Tour Of The Top Gear Test Track

Sam Smith — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

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Flash animation, the reason behind the names of those corners, a Stig's-eye view, and a dose of good 'ol TG wit: This is the official tour of Top Gear's decommissioned British airfield. Powarrrr! More »

The Stig Makes Appearance In Google Super Bowl Ad

Matt Hardigree — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:05:00 EST

Some say he appears in the strangest places, including Google's Parisian-love themed commercial. All we know is we like The Stig better than John Galt and Lady Gaga combined. More »

Google Double-Censors Loch Ness Stig

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST

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 »

And The Top Gear Lexus LFA Track Time Is...?

Wes Siler — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

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The Stig's just taken the Lexus LFA for a spin 'round the Top Gear track. No word yet on official times, but anyone in the studio audience want to let us know whether it's faster than the Gumpert Apollo? UPDATE! More »

Some Say The Stig Lives In Texas

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

All we know is he's driving a Holden-badged Pontiac GTO in Austin, Texas. (Hat tip to Tim!) More »

Meet The Lego Stig

Peter Orosz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST

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 »

Here, In His Natural Environment, A Stig Drives the Group B Audi Quattro

Peter Orosz — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

You’ve seen black Stigs, white Stigs, even the occasional Schumi-Stig. But have you ever seen the real Stig? Swedish rally driver Stig Blomqvist, that is. More »

"Where's Stig?" Is "Where's Waldo?" For Top Gear Fans

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT

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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] More »

Stig-Spotting At Pebble Beach?

Ray Wert — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EDT

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 More »

Is The Stig Really Michael Schumacher?

Ray Wert — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

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 »

And The Stig Is...

Wes Siler — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:05:00 EDT

The first episode of Top Gear Season 13 is airing in the UK right now, but we can already reveal the true identity of The Stig. His identity below...if you can handle the spoiler. More »

Clarkson Confirms Stig Unmasked Tomorrow Night

Ray Wert — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson's providing further confirmation today to our report, first seen here, that the Stig's none other than former F1 racer Michael Schumacher, confirming Stiggie will be unmasked on tomorrow night's episode of BBC's epic motoring show. More »

The Stig Is Michael Schumacher?

Ray Wert — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:05:00 EDT

According to an audience member at the first episode of Top Gear Season 13, the Stig was revealed to be none other than a Ferrari FXX-driving Michael Schumacher! Full report below, plus one more shot of the FXX. UPDATE below! More »

Top Gear Cast Spied In UAE With Enough Exotics To Make A Shiek Blush

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Hold onto your butts folks, Top Gear is fliming a mega-supercar comparo in the UAE. The cars? A Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes McLaren SLR722, Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 SV and the legendary McLaren F1. More »

Stig's Signed Helmet Up For Grabs On Ebay

The Auto Insider — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:45:00 EDT

Ever feel the need to know what the inside of The Stig's helmet and racing suit smells like? Yeah, neither have we, but here's just such a creepy opportunity. The Ebay Auction for Heroes. More »

Stig Spotted In Top Gear Offices By Google Street View

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Workers in Top Gear's London offices couldn't help but take a look at their buildings with Google Street View where, lo-and-behold, white Stig is clearly visible hanging out in the window. More »

The Stig's First And Last Press Conference

The Auto Insider — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:30:00 EST

Live from Auckland New Zealand, Top Gear announced The Stig would be holding a press conference to reveal his true identity amid all the confusion in recent weeks. His answers might surprise you. More »

Daily Mail: Top Gear Has Eight Stigs

Ray Wert — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:30:00 EST

According to the Daily Mail, "The Stig" is not Ben Collins or any one masked driver. He is, in fact, a legion of eight, including Finnish F1 racer Heikki Kovalainen. Is this another misinformation campaign? More »