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The Stig's Identity Revealed... NOT
The Stig's Identity Revealed... NOT

22 Jul 2010, 06:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive world has always had its fair share of mysteries ever since the first car started rolling. Over the last seven years, one of this mysteries has been the identity of the Stig, the Top ...

 
Top Gear Live Sweepstakes for MPH 2010
Top Gear Live Sweepstakes for MPH 2010

24 May 2010, 14:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A prize draw available for all ticket holders of this year’s MPH The Prestige & Performance Motor Show in London and Birmingham was announced today. Scheduled to be held in November 2010, ...

 
McLaren Boss Describes the Bugatti Veyron as "Pig Ugly"
McLaren Boss Describes the Bugatti Veyron as "Pig Ugly"

13 Apr 2010, 07:34 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / McLaren Automotive CEO, Ron Dennis, had some interesting words about the Bugatti Veyron when interviewed by the Arabian Business magazine. The legendary F1 supercar maker's boss let the world k...

 
Fifth Gear is Back
Fifth Gear is Back

23 Mar 2010, 17:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen, the world’s No. 2 car show, Fifth Gear, is back! As you know, the TV show was killed last year, when Channel Five decided that its ratings had reached a point that was w...

 
Top Gear Vietnam Special Bikes Join Museum Exhibition
Top Gear Vietnam Special Bikes Join Museum Exhibition

8 Feb 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The National Motor Museum recently purchased two motorcycles featured in the 2008 Top Gear Vietnam Special, when Clarkson, May and Hammond were challenged to travel the entire length of the country ...

 
The Stig Spotted at Loch Ness Lake - Google Street View
The Stig Spotted at Loch Ness Lake - Google Street View

25 Jan 2010, 21:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As his true identity remains unknown, like most of his life, many people say many things about Top Gear's "tame racing driver", the Stig. Very few of them are true. Actually we don�...

 
Drive to the North Pole in a Toyota Hilux
Drive to the North Pole in a Toyota Hilux

18 Jan 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After in 2007 Tops Gear's Jeremy Clarkson took a Toyota Hilux to the Magnetic North Pole, making the truck in the process the first car to achieve such a fit, Reykjavik-based Arctic Trucks is o...

 
Jay Leno Rides in the Pre-Production McLaren MP4-12C
Jay Leno Rides in the Pre-Production McLaren MP4-12C

30 Dec 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jay Leno participated in a series of pre-production tests of the supercar world’s new gem, the McLaren MP4-12C. The editors at Auto Express followed him at the Dunsfold track in Surrey, UK...

 
Button Beaten by Hamilton in Top Gear Test
Button Beaten by Hamilton in Top Gear Test

23 Dec 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button has lost his first head-to-head confrontation with his new teammate and future rival Lewis Hamilton since he joined McLaren Mercedes team. Although the two were not put one alongside a...

 
Richard Hammond Buys Two Cars for His 40th Birthday
Richard Hammond Buys Two Cars for His 40th Birthday

21 Dec 2009, 16:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Richard Hammond, one of Top Gear's hosts, recently celebrated his 40th birthday and decided it was the perfect moment to buy himself two exclusive supercars. He therefore bought himself a class...

 
Skoda Gets Two Top Gear Awards
Skoda Gets Two Top Gear Awards

11 Dec 2009, 12:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Skoda seems to be moving up in the world - from the image standpoint - as two of its models were awarded by Top Gear, one of the most important auto publications in the world. The Skoda Superb mana...

 
Ferrari 458 Italia Gets Top Gear’s Car of the Year Award
Ferrari 458 Italia Gets Top Gear’s Car of the Year Award

4 Dec 2009, 11:27 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After announcing the Lotus Evora is Top Gear’s Sports Car of the Year 2009, everyone got interested in finding out the winners of the rest of the categories. It seems that this year, the most ...

 
Lotus Evora Gets Top Gear Sports Car of the Year 2009
Lotus Evora Gets Top Gear Sports Car of the Year 2009

3 Dec 2009, 14:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As most car fanatics know, Top Gear is one of the most important television series and magazines about cars. The men behind this show have achieved incredible success, as it is believed that it has ...

 
Caterham R500 Confirmed for Top Gear Live World Tour
Caterham R500 Confirmed for Top Gear Live World Tour

22 Oct 2009, 08:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After it has achieved the fifth fastest time on Top Gear’s Lap board, overtaking even the 25-times more expensive Bugatti Veyron and embarrassing several other supercars, the Caterham Superli...

 
Top Gear Team Made of LEGO
Top Gear Team Made of LEGO

27 Aug 2009, 07:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Over the years, LEGO has gained so much popularity among its fans that it has expanded its range to thousands of sets themed around a variety of topics. Batman, Prince of Persia, Harry Potter or Sta...

 
Top Gear’s Richard Hammond Crashes a Morgan AeroMax
Top Gear’s Richard Hammond Crashes a Morgan AeroMax

11 Aug 2009, 12:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After many sleepless nights he had to wait before picking it up, Richard Hammond, one of Top Gear's hosts, crashed his Morgan AeroMax into the back of a Nissan in Gloucestershire, UK. Fortunate...

 
Clarkson’s Ex-Mitsubishi Starion Sold for Just $4,050
Clarkson’s Ex-Mitsubishi Starion Sold for Just $4,050

10 Aug 2009, 09:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It starred in one of the most popular episodes of BBC Top Gear and was driven flat out at Millbrook by the Stig, setting the fastest time on the famous hill route. The car that we are talking about ...

 
Insane Stunts, Ken Block and James May Race Ricky Carmichael
Insane Stunts, Ken Block and James May Race Ricky Carmichael

6 Jul 2009, 12:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / We must admit that last weekend’s Top Gear show really left us speechless, with all those stunts that Ken Block and Ricky Carmichael put up together. Well, it was also a plane involved at some...

 
Celebrity MINI, Last Driven by The Stig, Auctioned at Goodwood
Celebrity MINI, Last Driven by The Stig, Auctioned at Goodwood

3 Jul 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At today’s debut of this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, a British Forces Foundation’s autographed by celebrities MINI will be auctioned for charity, with the help of Bonhams au...

 
I Pronounce You, Top Gear’s Wedding Crashers!
I Pronounce You, Top Gear’s Wedding Crashers!

19 May 2009, 14:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / How would you feel if on your wedding day you get a surprise visit from Top Gear’s hosts, Jeremy Clarkson and James May? Is it excitement, shock or fury? Well, we guess Mark and Angela McCole ...