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UPDATE: This 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-liter Carrera owned by ex-'Top Gear' host James May was sold during the past weekend’s 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed for a little over £50,000 (approximately $78,225). The final bid was close to double the expected price. As far as Top Gear goes, the big news is that venerable BBC presenter Chris Evans has been named as Jeremy Clarkson's replacement—but it's not the only news. Later this month, Bonhams will be auctioning program alumni James May's 1984 Porsche 911 3.2-liter Carrera at Goodwood. As you'd expect from the fastidious "Captain...
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Jason Statham Confirms Role In Fast And Furious 8British actor Jason Statham has let slip that he will be returning to help film an eighth installment for the Fast and the Furious franchise. In case you haven’t watched the last one, Furious 7, Statham plays the role of Deckard Shaw, the bad guy who conveniently remains alive at the end of...
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Jeremy Clarkson Returns To The BBC To Finish Up His Last Top Gear EpisodeRecently, the BBC released a teaser trailer for a special episode of Top Gear that will round out the current season 22 of the popular car-themed show and, more importantly, be the last to feature Jeremy Clarkson. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past several months, Clarkson...
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Porsche 911 Turbo Owned By Steve McQueen Heads To Auction: VideoA Porsche 911 Turbo originally owned by Steve McQueen is headed to auction. The Porsche, said to be the last special-order 911 McQueen ever bought, is an original 1976 930 finished in Slate Gray. The early production example, not unlike the very first 911 Turbo, is powered by a turbocharged...
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This Open-Top, Hybrid Range Rover Is Fit For A QueenThe British royal family have been supplied with vehicles from Land Rover for a number years but we’re quite positive it’s never received one like this. A Range Rover Hybrid Long-Wheelbase with a missing roof was used by Queen Elizabeth II recently during a military parade in Wales...
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James May Drives The Ferrari 488 GTB: VideoThough he’s no longer working on new episodes of Top Gear, James May is keeping himself busy with other tasks, one of which was driving the new Ferrari 488 GTB and posting his thoughts in a review for The Sunday Times. May has owned a couple of Ferraris in the past and he’s quick to...
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Actor Rowan Atkinson, famous for playing the titular character on the hit comedy Mr. Bean, has sold his beloved McLaren F1, a car he’s crashed on two occasions including one time rather seriously. The car, which was bought new by Atkinson in 1997 and in which he has driven just over 41,000 miles, was put up for sale in January at London-based prestige dealer Taylor & Crawley. The asking price was a staggering £8 million, or about $12.24 million at current exchange rates. CHECK OUT: Lykan Hypersport Joins Abu Dhabi Police Fleet Atkinson’s first crash in the car was back...
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Keanu Reeves' Excellent Adventure At Ferrari In Maranello: VideoKeanu Reeves has taken some flack—perhaps deserved—for his acting chops over the years, but there's no question that the actor appreciates speed. On a recent trip to Ferrari headquarters in Maranello, the star of the blockbusters like Speed, Point Break and the Matrix trilogy lapped the...
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Jeremy Clarkson Finally Parts Ways With His CLK63 AMG Black SeriesIn a surprise move, Jeremy Clarkson shared the sale of his 2008 Mercedes Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series with Twitter followers on Monday. Clarkson tweeted, "Sad day, I just sold my AMG black." Thousands of people responded including Richard Hammond who stated, "to be fair, it'll be a sadder day for...
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'Comedians' Season 6: Ready For Jim Carrey In A Countach?While Jay Leno's Garage is always informative—how much do you really know about the 1937 Talbot-Lago Type 150 CS?—it's safe to say fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee features more goofy fun along with the high-end hardware. Past episodes have featured...
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'McQueen: The Man & Le Mans' Set For November ReleaseIn his passion project Le Mans, Steve McQueen's character Michael Delaney famously says "Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Given McQueen was famously fond of speed—and actually won his class in the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring—it's not hard to also ascribe that...
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Lewis Hamilton Joins Gumball 3000 Rally In A Koenigsegg Agera S: VideoFormula One ace Lewis Hamilton, after a tumultuous weekend in Monaco where he had to give up an almost certain win due to an error by his Mercedes AMG team, headed to California to let off some steam by taking part in the final leg of the 2015 Gumball 3000 rally. But Hamilton wasn’t in his...
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Sir Stirling Moss is one of the greatest drivers of all time. In fact, he's often called the greatest racing driver of all time to have never won a championship. Moss competed for many years, won many races, and still occasionally hops behind the wheel today to show people how it's done. The man is, of course, long since retired from competition, and enjoys a nice life in London. What sort of vehicle do you think such a gent with a proclivity to go fast would use in the day to day life of the city? ALSO SEE: McLaren F1 GTR Once Sponsored By Top Gear Up For Sale You're wrong, because the...
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Bentley Sets New ‘Flying Mile’ Speed Record With Actor Idris ElbaThe ‘Flying Mile’ is a historical high-water mark, a thing of legend. In 1927, Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a modified Bentley—the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird—to a U.K. land speed record of 174.8 mph. That’s faster than most of today’s sports cars, just 41 years...
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Has Jeremy Clarkson Gone Back To Work Already?Jeremy Clarkson has already said he'll be back with a new car show—and it looks like it could be sooner rather than later. On Tuesday—in a message which manages to be simultaneously cryptic and specific—Clarkson posted a photo to his Twitter feed, along with the description "I...
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Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman Culling His Car Herd At Goodwood Festival of SpeedBassist Bill Wyman played on some of the Rolling Stones' most memorable albums, including Let It Bleed and Beggar's Banquet, along with their masterpiece Exile On Main Street. ALSO SEE: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: Report Like fellow Stones greats Keith Richards (who...
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George Clooney Getting Porsche 911 GT3 RS As Birthday PresentGeorge Clooney, who celebrates his 54th birthday on Wednesday, and the first with new wife Amal, is reportedly getting a Porsche 911 GT3 RS as a present. The actor’s penchant for fine autos—and motorcycles—is well known, so it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that someone...
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You Can Blow Sh*t Up With Arnold Schwarzenegger: VideoLast year, Arnold Schwarzenegger offered fans a unique opportunity. CHECK OUT: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet--Photo Update With help from the folks at Omaze, the Terminator himself would provide one hell of a day for a lucky winner. The gist of the contest was that you earn raffle tickets...
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A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am styled like the one in the hit movie Smokey and the Bandit and previously owned by the Bandit himself, Burt Reynolds, has sold at auction for an impressive $170,000 (coming up to $181,900 once you add fees). The car went under the hammer Friday night at the Carlisle Auctions event that took place in Carlisle, Pennsylvania this past week. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video But didn’t Reynolds just sell a Bandit Trans Am a few months ago? He did, and received a cool $450,000 for it in an auction that included several memorabilia...
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James May, Executive Producer Wilman Quit ‘Top Gear’While it’s seemed obvious for some time, Top Gear As We Know It is dead. Today’s developments put the nails in that particular coffin: both co-star James May and executive producer Andy Wilman have called it quits from the show. In May’s case, he’s said he won’t work...
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Robert De Niro: Enzo Ferrari biopic 'has absolute priority over all my other projects'Automotive history in general—and motorsport in particular—is filled with the kind of charismatic characters and high drama which make great cinema. That said, the worlds of cars and celluloid haven't always managed to come together in ways that did either justice. But the fantastic...
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Stephen King Takes Tesla To Drags, Compares It To X-Wing FighterYou might expect Stephen King to employ a more sinister analogy to describe the wicked performance of his Tesla. But rather than writing it "was killer," "went like a bat out of Hell," or had "demonic power," this morning on Twitter, the horror writer chose to compare his electric car to the...
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William Shatner Teams With Builder To Create Vaporware Trike: VideoWilliam Shatner has teamed up with Illinois-based build shop American Wrench to create a product called "Rivet". It's a three-wheeled motorcycle that promises to pack a powerful V-8 engine and styling reminiscent of a B-17 bomber. From our view of the renderings it looks more like a triceratops had...
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Fast And Furious 8 To Take Place In New York, Hints Vin DieselWARNING: Some 'Furious 7' spoilers ahead. The seventh installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, Furious 7, opens in theaters nationwide today. However, we already have some details about the next sequel in the hugely-successful series. MUST SEE: Ferrari 599 GTO Crashed By Valet Is A...
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