Jalopnik got a hold of some juicy details on Top Gear's next season and lemme just tell ya: it's gonna be awesome. There will be yacht races, taxi races, a new reasonably priced car, and tons of supercars all premiering on June 30th.
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Top Gear is getting a new reasonably-priced car to stick stars in! But what could it be? They aren't saying yet. Any suggestions?
Top Gear UK has a new reasonably priced car. Any guesses?
Watching James May drive round a race track is like watching tectonic drift.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) June 6, 2013
Before landing a gig at Top Gear, Richard Hammond worked for Motor Week
Ben Collins is famous for being a successful race car driver, author, and Hollywood stunt driver, but you probably know him best as The Stig from Top Gear. Now that the helmet's off he can answer all your questions about being the world's most infamous wheelman and driving for James Bond in the movies.
There is a kart track in Milton Keynes (UK) that is frequented occasionally by the odd professional driver... and luckily for us they have a Top Gear Style lap chart. They run 125cc Rotax engined karts, so some fairly serious kit. Alex Brundle (son of Martin) and Sebastien Buemi cheated though - Apparently they had…