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McLaren Speedtail vs. F-35 Jet Could Be the New Coolest Top Gear Drag Race
McLaren Speedtail vs. F-35 Jet Could Be the New Coolest Top Gear Drag Race

3 Feb 2020, 21:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Bugatti: We're not interested in making high-speed cars, they're pointless. McLaren and Top Gear: Hold my beer, I've got this covered

 
Top Gear Returns With Craziest Stunt: Freddie Flintoff Doing a Car Bungee Jump
Top Gear Returns With Craziest Stunt: Freddie Flintoff Doing a Car Bungee Jump

27 Jan 2020, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In the name of science, the team had Freddie jump off a bridge in a ‘90s Rover Metro, to help him achieve 0-60 mph in under two seconds

 
“Fracas” Hotel Throws Party to Commemorate Clarkson Getting Fired From Top Gear
“Fracas” Hotel Throws Party to Commemorate Clarkson Getting Fired From Top Gear

18 Jan 2020, 16:57 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The Simonstone Hall Hotel has been cashing in from Jeremy Clarkson's unfortunate “fracas” every year by hosting steak night that commemorates the event

 
Top Gear Gets Up Close & Personal With the 2021 McLaren Elva
Top Gear Gets Up Close & Personal With the 2021 McLaren Elva

24 Dec 2019, 17:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2021 McLaren Elva isn't your regular open-top cruise, but a Senna-twinned supercar with 1960s styling and no windscreen whatsoever

 
Top Gear Awards Hot Hatch of the Year Title to Ford Focus ST
Top Gear Awards Hot Hatch of the Year Title to Ford Focus ST

5 Dec 2019, 15:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Ford Focus ST may be Top Gear's hot hatchback of the year, but how come the British magazine crowned Renault as manufacturer of the year?

 
Top Gear's Porsche Taycan vs Tesla Model S Drag Race Could Be Full of Faults
Top Gear's Porsche Taycan vs Tesla Model S Drag Race Could Be Full of Faults

2 Nov 2019, 19:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / All this is actually hurting the Porsche Taycan, as people should actually be learning how it can do drag races repeatedly with no visible loss in performance

 
Can Chris Harris Smash the C63 and M3 in a Tesla Model 3 Drag Race?
Can Chris Harris Smash the C63 and M3 in a Tesla Model 3 Drag Race?

28 Oct 2019, 19:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It all started with a tweet from Elon Musk saying the Model 3 "...will beat anything in its class on the track." Of course, Tesla wasn't counting on Top Gear ma

 
Audi SQ2 and Cupra Ateca Drag Race Golf R and AMG A35: Hot Hatchs vs. Crossovers
Audi SQ2 and Cupra Ateca Drag Race Golf R and AMG A35: Hot Hatchs vs. Crossovers

16 Aug 2019, 18:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You've got two crossovers which way at least 50kg more going up against two hot hatchbacks, and the outcome isn't what you'd expect

 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Drag Races Mercedes-AMG GT With Surprising Results
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Drag Races Mercedes-AMG GT With Surprising Results

28 Jul 2019, 17:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 4-liter V8 isn't the only thing these two share. Mercedes also borrowed a lot of interior components to the relatively small Aston Martin business

 
Suzuki Jimny Drag Races Mercedes-AMG G63 Towing a Jimny
Suzuki Jimny Drag Races Mercedes-AMG G63 Towing a Jimny

26 Jul 2019, 19:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hello, Mercedes-Benz? Yeah. Top Gear here. We want one of your super-expensive G63 AMG models. Why? A race. Yeah, nothing fast, just the Suzuki Jimny

 
Chris Harris Doesn't Like Toyota Supra, Says It's too BMW
Chris Harris Doesn't Like Toyota Supra, Says It's too BMW

17 Jul 2019, 19:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's worth noting that the Supra GR has more power than claimed and just lapped the Top Gear test track faster than a Lambo Murcielago

 
Tesla Model 3 Performance Drag Races European Sports Sedans, Germany Wins
Tesla Model 3 Performance Drag Races European Sports Sedans, Germany Wins

24 Jun 2019, 14:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Off the line, the Model 3 Performance is ridiculously quick. But towards the end of the 1/4-mile run, the Mercedes-AMG C 63 S is faster

 
Lamborghini Urus Drag Races AMG GT 63S and G63, Epic Obliteration Follows
Lamborghini Urus Drag Races AMG GT 63S and G63, Epic Obliteration Follows

8 Jun 2019, 14:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Urus is, for lack of a better description, the Lamborghini of SUVs. And apparently, that's also enough to take down the AMG 4-door

 
Lotus Exige Cup 430 Wins Drag Race Against RS5 and Cayman GTS, Costs a Lot
Lotus Exige Cup 430 Wins Drag Race Against RS5 and Cayman GTS, Costs a Lot

9 May 2019, 21:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The special Lotus sports car with a big wing and carbon costs as much as the RS5 and Cayman GTS combined, but is only slightly faster in a drag race

 
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Tuned M5, Outcome is Predictable
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Tuned M5, Outcome is Predictable

20 Apr 2019, 15:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The car with more power is faster, right? Well, not always. Adding too much turbo boost can leave a V8 without any low-end pulling power

 
Chris Harris Quickly Reviews Normal Cars, Spits at Sight of SUVs
Chris Harris Quickly Reviews Normal Cars, Spits at Sight of SUVs

14 Mar 2019, 17:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's nice to know that Top Gear still hates SUVs. Other insults include the Renault Twingo being colored like gonorrhea. Auch!

 
Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV vs. Mercedes-AMG GLC 63: Brutal 1,000 HP Drag Race
Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV vs. Mercedes-AMG GLC 63: Brutal 1,000 HP Drag Race

22 Feb 2019, 21:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The two SUVs have the same power. While the AMG is 20kg heavier, the Alfa makes a bit less torque due to it having two fewer cylinders

 
Chris Harris Races Business Stig: BMW M5 vs. Mercedes-AMG E63
Chris Harris Races Business Stig: BMW M5 vs. Mercedes-AMG E63

21 Feb 2019, 19:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This is not regular Stig; this is Business Stig, and he invented "get your ducks in a row," before which ducks were all over the place

 
Ferrari GTC4Lusso vs. Porsche Panamera Extreme Brake Test Almost Ends in Crash
Ferrari GTC4Lusso vs. Porsche Panamera Extreme Brake Test Almost Ends in Crash

14 Feb 2019, 21:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's cool to see a new twist on the popular drag racing scene, but it could have ended in a costly and embarrassing crash for the Porsche

 
Ford Fiesta ST Drag Races MINI Cooper S, Destruction Is Absolute
Ford Fiesta ST Drag Races MINI Cooper S, Destruction Is Absolute

9 Feb 2019, 12:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We'd call this loss "humiliating." It's not about the Fiesta ST having 8 extra horsepower, but about making better use of what's available