October 2011
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The Top Gear Top 40 - #45 Parkour vs. Peugeot
On Monday, November 28th at 8pm/7c, BBC America will air the first of two Top Gear specials: the Top Gear Top 40 Challenges as chosen by you. Relive some of the most outrageous, the most ambitious and the most unreal auto stunts Jeremy, James and Richard have ever done. As a ramp up to the grand televised premiere, we’re showing you...
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Explaining Top Gear to a friend.
Friend: Top Gear? I've never seen it.
Me: It's brilliant. It's supposed to be about cars, but it's not. Well, it is, but they do ridiculous things with them when they're not actually being some version of educational.
Friend: Nice.
Me: Definitely. And, it's British. So, automatic win.
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It is hugely exciting to power-slide a Ferrari 458 around a corner. Much more...
– Jeremy Clarkson on: fragile supercars
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Does it matter, then - and I keep being told that it does - that no one can mend...
– James May on why it’s ok that nobody knows how to fix their own car anymore.
So what do you think? Do we not know how to fix our cars anymore because cars are better? Does it allow us to concentrate on better things? Or are we too dependent on the Jiffy Lube-Industrial Complex?
Read the...
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Raising the Speed Limit- A Good Fix or Playing...
Not everyone loves to race around in their cars, although some of us (and probably most of us, if you’re following the TG Tumblr) do, and in England they might just make our wishes come true by raising the speed limit from 70mph to 80mph. That ten mile per hour increase would be meant to ease congestion and increase gas efficiency, the theory being less cars would be idling in traffic...
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Obviously, some of my left wing friends are driving around in small diesel...
– James May (via Car Fever)
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One Stop Motors.com: Say Goodbye to Mazda's RX-8 →
onestopmotors:
If you’re a sports car lover, odds are you’ve at least heard of Mazda’s RX-8. It’s a sleek sportster with a hybridized mixture of power and Mazda’s trademark look. According to Autoweek.com, Mazda has called it quits on their production of the RX-8 brand vehicle. The auto manufacturer recently…
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Some say...
vouslavaisdit:
He has propellers for arms, and that he is the one solely responsible.. for the extinction of the panther.
They call him The Stig!
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Before heading to India, Jeremy filmed in France for a new Top Gear DVD (due out November 7th). Here’s an exclusive clip with Paul Ricard in the South of France.