Jalopnik: gear

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!)

Top Gear Season 10 Available In iTunes

Wes Siler — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:40:00 EDT

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.

Top Gear USA El Toro Track Revealed By Google Earth?

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:40:00 EDT

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?

[Google Maps via FinalGear]

Up-Front Page Up, Top Gear USA Not Cancelled?

Ray Wert — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:00 EDT

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.

Whatever. We're not holding our breath either way. If it happens, we'll watch. If it doesn't, at least we'll always have Jeremy, Richard, James and Stiggie. What we do know is they're certainly taking their sweet time making this thing official.

But all this is separate from the bigger issue and emblematic for why we're curious to see what happens to "Gear." The reason Top Gear UK works is because it's on the BBC and therefore not wholly dependent on advertising of the automotive variety. To have the show out there at the up-fronts pointing to a "Featured "after market" accessory of the week" indicates — well, we're not sure what it indicates, but we'll be watching. [NBC Universal via Final Gear, Gumball144]

NBC Kills U.S. Top Gear?

Mark Arnold — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:00 EDT

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.

Frankly though, we're not too surprised. After Jay Leno officially took himself out of the equation, we were skeptical about the potential success of the proposed show. Besides, doesn't NBC realize that Top Gear fans the world over just ~~download~~ magically summon the British episodes on our computers?
[NBC, Dark Horizons via autoblog]

A Preview Of Adam Carolla On "Gear"...

Ray Wert — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:20:00 EDT

...this is not. However, this vodcast from SpeedTV IS a great example of the former Man Show host's ability to throw down with the in-car cavorting during challenges. So although it's not NBC's new Gear, it's a taste of what we should expect. Except hopefully with better music. Also, hopefully without 50 Cent. (Hat tip to PhkMark!) [via Final Gear]

The folks at [achewood.com] whilst taking...

brandonvalentine — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:58:22 EDT

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.

Captain Slow and a Nice Scottish Lady

Davey G. Johnson — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:00:00 EDT

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

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