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British motoring show Top Gear is a popular stop on the U.K. interview circuit for two reasons: 1.) It's the most watched show... in the world; 2.) Entertainers get to measure up against their peers on a race track. In last night's episode, Ryan Reynolds takes on Tom Cruise's time. It's charming. More »
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Is your torrent of the first episode of Top Gear Season 18 not yet done? Then click through for our open thread on the episode that sees Jeremy, Richard and James travel to Italy for a Supercar Shootout in the Lamborghini Aventador, the McLaren MP4-12C and the Noble M600. Also, Will.i.am gets behind the wheel of the reasonably-priced car! More »
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The eighteenth season of Top Gear kicks off Sunday, and on top of the promo trailer the Beeb has posted a few behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the most popular car show... in the world. More »
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Is your torrent of the Top Gear India episode not yet done? Then join our open thread and argue about how a trio of aging Brit cars might or mightn't promote trade between Britain and the former colony, and future superpower, and how the episode compares with special episodes' past. More »
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Are you a government employee on strike? Like Top Gear? Here's what Jeremy Clarkson thinks of you: "I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families." Clarkson made the characteristically over-the-top remark on The One Show, a daily, magazine-type program on BBC One. More »
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A tattoo is a deeply personal act of bodily adornment; asking why a person chooses something is not always a reasonable question. Still, and despite our rabid love for "Captain Slow," we cannot understand why someone would want a portrait of Top Gear's James May on his thigh for the rest of his life. More »
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According to a former Top Gear employee the video you see here could have replaced the current credits if Jeremy Clarkson hadn't put a stop to it. More »
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Some say The Allman Brothers live under his helmet, where they'll rouse you from slumber by playing "Jessica," and that he projects the time on the wall using spheres of hot gas from Alpha Centauri. All we know is it's The goddamn Stig Projector Alarm Clock. More »
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Nissan took a swipe at the hit BBC motoring show Top Gear over Jeremy Clarkson and James May having the same problem with electric cars we have — where do you charge? Now Top Gear's hitting back. More »
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It turns out The Stig doesn't like it when you tell him halfway through a hot lap of Top Gear's UK test track, "I think Schumi was faster through here." How do I know? Because I told him just that. The result? He tried to scare me to death. Watch and see for yourself. More »
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As part of the tie-up between Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios and the BBC's smash-hit motoring show, Top Gear, Forza Motorsports 4 will include a number of single-player and multiplayer modes ripped right from the TV show. Yes, it will include "Car Soccer." More »
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Is your torrent of Top Gear Season 17, Episode 4 not yet done? Then click through for our open thread on the episode that sees Jeremy review the Jaguar XKR-S under the — yet again — hammering beats of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack, James and Richard build a train with an Audi, and Rowan Atkinson shows why he could absolutely take over for Jeremy Clarkson. More »
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Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear, provides 16 great quotes on the BBC's long-running motoring series, including how nobody "realizes how much work goes into making these three look like f—-wits." (Hat tip to Jonathan! More »
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Is your torrent of Top Gear Season 17, Episode 3 not yet done? Then click through for our open thread on the episode that sees Jeremy review the McLaren MP4-12C under the hammering beats of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack, and James May gets the Range Rover Evoque stuck in Death Valley. Also, yes, some guy named Sebastian Vettel who lost the race yesterday due to alien invasion. More »
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Yesterday we asked you to help us come up with the best episode to bring a member of the uninitiated, unwashed and unknowing masses into the cult behind UK motoring show Top Gear. Here's your ten best choices. More »
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Is your torrent of the first episode of the 17th season of Top Gear not yet done? Then click through for our open thread to see Richard Hammond buy a cup of coffee with a Marauder fighting vehicle, James May slip on some snow, and a picture of Steve McQueen. No, not this one. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5815659&view=rss&microfeed=true "Yes. I was interested in having a s**t Golf, but can it be even s*****r? Well, sir, how about this steaming pile of horse manure? Plus, and here's the clincher, sir, there's no vase." More Beetle love here. More »
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Here's the trailer for Top Gear, Season 17, which, as we told you last week, begins on June 26th. Basically, expect the usual hijinks and hilarity. 'Nuff said. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5812398&view=rss&microfeed=true Great news: BBC2 will officially begin airing Season 17 of Top Gear on June 26, and based on what we've seen so far, it will involve James and Jeremy pushing Bernie Ecclestone around Monaco in a Nissan Leaf. More »
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Looks like Top Gear's planning a show on mini hot hatches like the Abarth Fiat 500, Citröen DS3-R and Renault Clio RS. Bystanders caught them chilling in Lucca, Italy's Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, a space large enough for some serious paving-stoned hoonage. Great news! More »
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British tabloids report Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has been cheating on his wife of 18 years with a 42-year-old production assistant for the show named Phillipa Sage. More »
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This weekend, we gave Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman a chance to rebut the PR campaign by Tesla Motors over their lawsuit of the BBC program. Today, we give you the response by Tesla Motors. —Ed. More »
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Remember that time Top Gear gave the Tesla Roadster such a thrashing it broke, except it really didn't break? Tesla does, and it's now filed suit against the BBC and Top Gear accusing the Beeb of defamation. UPDATE More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5786995&view=rss&microfeed=true Top Gear magazine's teasing us with a first drive of the Ferrari FF. They've provided a few details online, but if you want to truly grasp the new Ferrari's big ol' butt, you'll have to buy the insanely-priced magazine. More »
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After a Top Gear fan in Melbourne tried to take several pictures of Jeremy Clarkson and James May at a casino restaurant, Clarkson grabbed the man's iPhone and launched an angry standoff before the two were separated. More »
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After we noted the sale of Jeremy Clarkson's old Lambo, commenter Kamikaze5-0 noted that Richard Hammond has put his 2008 Morgan Aeromax up for sale as well, with an undisclosed price. If James May sells his Super Decathlon, something's up. More »
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Back in 2006, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson waxed rhapsodic about the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, enjoying it so much he bought one himself. More »
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The appropriate "punishment" for Top Gear's slurs against Mexicans has arrived: sweatshop-rate Taiwanese computer animation showing poorly-made avatars of the three hosts pelted by burritos and neon-green butt gas. Even Esteban, everyone? More »
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Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson is not the most frequent visitor to Twitter, which makes his discovery of the art form known as fake celebrity tweets that much more enjoyable. What would he twat if he could get his blood sausage-sized fingers to type? More »
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Video of the new Stig talking to tennis player Boris Becker confirms Top Gear's tame race driver is a man, and not Sabine Schmitz. But who is The Stig? Anyone recognize that voice? More »
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Tonight on Top Gear a sausage gets burned, a sheep falls over and the boys' track is all wet. Most importantly, a Top Gear UK vs. Australia drag race — a Corvette-engined Holden Ute vs. a "specially equipped" Ford Transit. More »
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A New Stig showed up piloting a Ferrari 308 against a Skoda Yeti on last night's Top Gear, with Clarkson joking about his/her tiny height. This led some to guess The Stig's actually Speedbee Sabine Schmitz. If only... [Daily Mail] More »
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Is the torrent for this week's return of Top Gear not yet done? Then hit the jump for our YouTube open thread to see James May make a rare visit to the test track in the insane Ariel Atom V8. More »
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James May, co-host of the fabulously successful Top Gear UK, explains the reason why he hates the presenters of the not-quite-as-successful Top Gear USA. It's because of their names. Also, because America is awesome. Maybe not the last part. [Telegraph] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5738750&view=rss&microfeed=true Thanks to side contracts with the BBC's commercial arm, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson made over $2.8 million last year. [DailyMail] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5723308&view=rss&microfeed=true To those upset by Top Gear's mild blasphemy, we have two words: Moving on. [DailyMail] More »
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Want to watch James May get smacked around? Well, here's the Top Gear Christmas special — in its entirety — thanks to some helpful YouTube user. Expect it to disappear like, umm, at any minute. More »
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Need a last-minute gift (for yourself) BBC Interactive this week released two Top Gear app games, "Stunt School" and "Where's Stig?" At least they didn't go with "Super Stig Brothers" or "Stig the Hedgehog." Or maybe those are next. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5717055&view=rss&microfeed=true James May, the Top Gear presenter, was knocked out while filming the show's Christmas special in Syria. But don't worry, he's OK. [Telegraph, The Sun] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5716758&view=rss&microfeed=true Reminder: One of the two new Top Gear UK holiday specials (possibly the U.S. adventure) airs tonight. [FinalGear] More »
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