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  • Zenvo ST1 catches fire on Top Gear

    What makes a supercar a supercar? It’s a question asked by many, and answered in as many different ways. But one objective determination of a supercar is its propensity to catch fire for no good reason. By that metric, the Zenvo ST1 is a proper supercar. MUST SEE: 27-Year-Old That Crashed McLaren P1 Had Car For Less Than 24 Hours Of course, the supercharged, turbocharged, 1,104-horsepower V-8 mounted behind the driver also makes a good argument for supercar status. Here, Jeremy Clarkson rumbles his way through a characteristically snarky review of the car for Top Gear. Along the way...

  • 2014 Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans prototype at Dunsfold Aerodrome
    Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans Racer Laps Top Gear Track In 1:05.3: Video

    Recently, the guys at Top Gear were able to test Nissan’s ZEOD RC electrified race car around the Dunsfold Aerodrome. During that time, Nissan’s own racing driver Wolfgang Reip hopped in to set an official lap time for the dart-shaped car at the famous track. The time he set driving the...

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    New, Extended Trailer Released For Top Gear Season 21: Video

    While we're all excited for a new series of Top Gear, the last few trailers for the new series have been... well, a little low on excitement. Or even content. With the new series less than a week away for viewers in the U.K. (and likely a few weeks longer for those watching on BBC America and BBC...

  • The Stig welcomes the Google Street View car to the Top Gear test track
    Watch The Stig Do Donuts Around A Google Street View Car In An SLS AMG Black Series: Video

    Those with an incurable case of topgearitis will already know the famed Top Gear test track is available on Google Maps’ Street View. But today, Top Gear released a video showing how the Google Maps team was welcomed onto its circuit, as the show ramps up for its 21st series (or, as we'd call...

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    Season 21 Trailers Confirm New Top Gear On The Way: Video

    UPDATE: Two additional trailers have been released, but they don't offer any more details unfortunately. Whether you love or hate it, Top Gear is near-essential viewing for gearheads. It's not always easy to enjoy cars these days, but the trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond show...

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    James May Plans World's Slowest Isle Of Man Lap On Toy Motorcycle

    Top Gear's most pedantic host will love up to his nickname with this latest challenge.

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    Depending on how much of an optimist you are, January can often be a bit of a depressing month. Christmas is over. You're broke. There's no vacation planned any time soon. Worry not: At least Top Gear is returning. Jeremy Clarkson himself confirmed it to a fan via Twitter, stating that the next series would begin on January 23, or around the same date most of us have finally finished eating Christmas leftovers. Oddly, the tweet has now disappeared, and Jalopnik points out that January 23 is actually a Thursday rather than the show's normal Sunday slot--so perhaps there's a late Christmas...

  • The Stig's Digital Cousin to appear in Forza Motorsport 5
    Race The Stig's Digital Cousin in Forza 5: Video

    Top Gear's tame racing driver will appear in the latest version of the Forza Motorsport racing game franchise.

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    Some Say: Former Stig Ben Collins Answers Questions On Reddit

    Ben Collins talks about Top Gear, method acting, and his Volkswagen Transporter on Reddit.

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    Audi RS 6 + Former Stig + Parkour Guy + Paint Fight = Fun: Video

    It's a duel between former Stig Ben Collins in an Audi RS 6 Avant and a Parkour runner. Who will win?

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    Mazda Furai Concept Burns To The Ground In The Hands Of Top Gear

    Mazda trotted out the Furai concept at the Detroit Auto Show back in 2007. It wowed crowds, and promised that the future Nagare design language had Mazda machines moving in a delightfully stylish direction. The Furai wasn't just a pretty concept, however, as it boasted at 450-horsepower three-rotor...

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    Webber Beats Vettel’s Top Gear Time, Says He Won’t Miss Teammate

    Departing Formula One ace Mark Webber was the guest star of Top Gear season 20’s series finale on Sunday night where he was able to land a parting shot to his Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastian Vettel. Webber was able to beat Vettel’s lap time in the show’s Star In A Reasonably...

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    It started with driver Perry McCarthy and the title was eventually handed over to Ben Collins. A few others may have donned the suit over the years as well, but it appears that racer Gordon Shedden could be latest wheelman to be crowned the Stig. That is, per The Daily Record, what fans of Top Gear has been stating as of late. The evidence presented by viewers seems to make sense too. Shedden has been a part of the show in the past. Most recently, he was the winner of a race to find the world's best taxi. Shedden won the race at the wheel of a Hindustan Ambassador. Additionally, he was...

  • Top Gear Season 20
    Top Gear Season 20 Trailer Released, Starts June 30: Video

    Buckle up, talk-show fans: this Sunday, June 30, is the premiere of season 20 of the popular television show Top Gear. And to get us all riled up, a trailer video has been released. As we've come to expect from the show and its trio of hosts, there will be the usual mix of chitchat, mayhem, and...

  • Forza Horizon’s April Top Gear Car Pack
    New Forza Horizon Download Pack Features Top Gear’s Favorites: Video

    From the company that brought us the legendary Forza Motorsport line of games, comes the new, go anywhere Forza Horizon. The game bases the action in simulated real-world environments that are so vast you need an in-game GPS to keep track of where you’re going. The company behind it is Turn...

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    Tesla's Appeal Lawsuit Against The BBC Dismissed

    Tesla, it seems, can’t catch a break in the media in 2013. First, The New York Times published a less-than-stellar review of the Model S, criticizing the car’s range in cold weather. Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO, Elon Musk, was quick to respond with data that contradicted The New...

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    Pagani denies using non-street legal tires for 'Top Gear' record

    Last month Pagani’s Huayra supercar set a new record for a production car around the famous Top Gear test track, which was featured during the first episode of the popular British television program’s 19th season. The Huayra’s time was an impressive 1:13.8, which was 1.3 seconds...

  • Lewis Hamilton drives Top Gear's Suzuki Liana
    Hamilton Smashes Vettel's 'Top Gear' Lap Time: Video

    In 2007, F1 star Lewis Hamilton drove what can only be described as a “remarkable” lap around the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome. In wet conditions, with oil from a broken gearbox coating Gambon corner, Hamilton cranked out a lap of 1:44.7 behind the wheel of a Suzuki Liana...

  • Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter chasing a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 before it crashes

    Dramatic footage caught while filming an episode of Top Gear Korea, the South Korean adaption of the popular British television show, was released by the BBC over the weekend. The footage shows a crash that occurred during a stunt being filmed for the show’s latest season. The stunt involved one of the show’s presenters, Kim Jin Pyo, trying to outrace a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter using a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar. While everything goes well during the race, after both machines cross the finish line the helicopter starts to lose altitude and finally crashes into the ground...

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    Top Gear Season 19 Airs In The U.S. On February 4: Video

    In years past, those of us living on this side of the Atlantic were forced to wait months for the debut of a new Top Gear season, leading us to believe the episodes were shipped by the BBC via tramp steamer to save money. Sure, we could have streamed them off the internet, but that isn’t...

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    Pagani Huayra sets production car lap record at Top Gear Test Track

    The first episode of season 19 of Top Gear aired overnight, and not only were viewers treated with the usual antics of the show's hosts, but a new record was set at the Top Gear Test Track. That record was set by the Pagani Huayra supercar, whose time of 1:13.8 is the now the fastest set by a...

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    Top Gear Teases Season 19: Video

    Just yesterday we brought you word that Top Gear would be returning to the airwaves on Sunday, January 27, at least for viewers in the United Kingdom. In case you can't wait that long, this teaser clip (available outside of the U.K.) gives you a flashback to clips from last season. As for Season...

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    Top Gear Season 19 Starting Dates Revealed

    Tired of watching endless Top Gear reruns from past seasons, or (even worse) “Best Of” episodes hastily cobbled together to keep torch and pitchfork-wielding villagers from storming the BBC studios? We’ve got good news then: as Jalopnik points out, free tickets for Top Gear...

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    'Top Gear' Filming Epic Supercar Road Trip In The U.S.: Report

    Here’s what we know for sure: Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in the United States, losing money in Las Vegas and driving a Lexus LFA, an SRT Viper and an Aston Martin Vanquish. Autoblog was first to decipher this from the ramblings of Jeremy Clarkson on...

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