We might be a little partial to that other British motoring show, but how could we resist a brand new Lada Niva test drive?

Fifth Gear presenter Tiff Needell nearly lost an expensive Swiss watch to a trio of muggers. That is, until a five-foot-tall — 5'5" in stilettos — blonde packing a sharp heel and fists of fury stepped in. Lindsay Orridge, a marketing manager for Ford Motorsport, attacked the muggers and sent them scurrying, saving Tiff…

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]

Online forums give fans the opportunity to mouth off about athletes without fear of repercussions... unless the targeted athlete sees it and makes you look foolish. The chronology of a legendary online beatdown from champion racer Jason Plato below.

Heston Blumenthal, the mad scientist of contemporary British cuisine, cooks with liquid nitrogen and serves food with built-in iPods. He’s also got a thing for M5’s…health and safety be damned.

Fifth Gear replicates the classic Hot Wheels loop-the-loop, performing the world record for the largest 360 degree loop in a real car, a Toyota Aygo. Here's how they did it.

Top Gear's less funny cousins at Fifth Gear just got their hands on the 720 HP Tramontana R, described as a combination of F1 car and fighter jet. Lots of hackneyed automotive hyperbole ensues.

John Barrowman, the actor who portrays Captain Jack Harkness on hte BBC's Torchwood walked away from a terrifying 80 MPH crash in a special rally-prepped Subaru with Fifth Gear's Tiff Needell for the Channel Five motoring show. [Daily Mail]

Armed with only a BMW M3 and a camera, 5th Gear's Tiff Needell examines what they claim is the world's greatest driving road, located in the U.A.E. capital of Abu Dhabi. Where else?