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ohmylookwhatyouvedone: EPICNESS

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:05:50 -0400

ohmylookwhatyouvedone:

EPICNESS

bbcamerica: We’re airing Season 2 of James May’s Man Lab...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:04:00 -0400

bbcamerica:

We’re airing Season 2 of James May’s Man Lab starting Monday, April 15 at 10/9c on BBC America

Jeremy, James and Richard – and Phineas and Ferb! Top Gear may...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:46:55 -0400

Jeremy, James and Richard – and Phineas and Ferb!

Top Gear may be the most-watched factual program in the entire world, but you know the show has really made it when its hosts are asked to make a guest appearance on the animated show Phineas and Ferb.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will voice the characters of car race commentators in an upcoming episode of the Disney kids show called “Live and Let Drive.”

“I couldn’t say yes quickly enough. I did Phineas and Ferb as a way of impressing my children. They think I’ve done something cool for once!” Hammond said, according to a Press Association story.

“Impressing my girls as a bloke off a car show is impossible. They are not impressed by fancy cars or motorcycles or me flying a helicopter or any of the things I like doing,” explained the Hamster. ”They have grown up with having a dad on the telly, it has always been the case for them, so there’s little novelty in it for them, but when it’s a show that they watch independently of my being in it and then I crop up on it, that’s much cooler.”

Richard will also do a guest spot on the spin-off Take Two With Phineas and Ferb.

"I know full well that most people hate it. Cyclists. Socialists. Ramblers. And even petrolheads...."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:00:45 -0400

“I know full well that most people hate it. Cyclists. Socialists. Ramblers. And even petrolheads. They tell jokes that involve hedgehogs and wonder out loud why anyone would want to drive about in a car that seems to revel in its size and its consumption. And it’s true. When you are in a Range Rover, you can arrange your face with a great deal of care and attention to detail, but, no matter what expression you choose, you will appear to be sneering at people alongside you at the lights. You can’t help it. They’re the little people. And you’re up there, with the gods.”

- Jeremy on: the Range Rover

TOP GEAR Africa Special: Car + River Raft Crossing! March 18 BBC...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:15:44 -0400

TOP GEAR Africa Special: Car + River Raft Crossing! March 18 BBC AMERICA

JEREMY, RICHARD and JAMES are in Africa with a simple mission: to find the definitive source of the Nile.

Over the years many explorers claim to have already done just that, but the TOP GEAR trio believe that they can do better by traveling further and faster than any exploration team in history using only grit, ingenuity… and three aging estate cars.

But you know it’s never a good sign when JEREMY is praying (even if it is for the raft to flip over with RICHARD & JAMES on-board!) and RICHARD’s already squealing in fear…

Watch the US Premiere MONDAY MARCH 18 at 9/8c only on BBC AMERICA.

Student renders Alfa build this ‘6C’ supercar. Should Alfa...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:14:57 -0500

Student renders Alfa build this ‘6C’ supercar. Should Alfa build it?

It is in fact, a design study by a chap called Alex Imnadze, a student of the highly regarded IED Torino (who were 2005 winners of the Ferrari World Design Contest and runners up in 2011), and proud fan of Alfa and Pininfarina’s rich design heritage.

He says he cooked up this rendering - which is no way real at all, unless you’re in The Matrix - as a competitor for the new Chevrolet Corvette; “an Italian muscle car, if it’s possible to say”, he tells us.

And it certainly looks striking. Front-engined (no word, probably the 450bhp 4.7-litre V8), rear-wheel-drive and with hints of the Alfa Romeo Montreal at the front, together with snippets of the rather delectable Alfa 2uettottanta concept, the gorgeous 8C and of course, the original Alfa Romeo 6C. Shame there’s no whisper of the bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful Alfa 33 Stradale, but we’ve always got the upcoming 4C for that.

Have a click through the pictures and let us know: reckon Alfa should build something like this 6C?

It’s the new Volkswagen Golf GTI! Prepare your tartan tea...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:06:56 -0500

It’s the new Volkswagen Golf GTI!

Prepare your tartan tea flasks and ready your specially embroidered ‘16v’ jackets: this…is the brand new Volkswagen Golf GTI.

And it is brand new. This new GTI sits on the spangly new Mk VII platform; a platform that consists of many Lego-spec parts that can be rearranged to make up to 10 million VW Group models in the coming years.

To this Mk VII chassis - or Modularer Querbaukasten (MQB) - Volkswagen has bolted on a 2.0-litre turbocharged TSI petrol engine that is such a teacher’s pet, it already conforms to the EU-6 emission standards that come into place next year. Apple polisher.

But you don’t care about emissions as much as you care about poweeerrr. To this end, the ‘standard’ new VW Golf GTI produces 217bhp and 258lb ft of torque, which is sufficient to propel the GTI’s 1,351kg heft from 0-62mph in 6.5 seconds (a tenth quicker than before) and on to a top speed of 152mph.

Read all of the good news at TopGear.com

Top Gear drives the Peugeot Onyx concept car. Remember this from...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:01:03 -0500

Top Gear drives the Peugeot Onyx concept car.

Remember this from last night’s Top Gear? Piers Ward has got behind the wheel.

Read all about it at TopGear.com

Alfa hints at upcoming saloon This is a concept car built in...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:20:01 -0500

Alfa hints at upcoming saloon

This is a concept car built in collaboration between Alfa Romeo’s Styling Centre and the European Design Institute in Turin. It’s named after your great aunt, it has four doors, and it’s what the manufacturer says is an “international challenge”, which roughly translates as “other people, mostly the Chinese, are buying a lot of cars at the moment, and we don’t have anything to sell them.”

And this is what the students have come up with. The Gloria is 4,700mm long, 1,920mm wide and 1,320mm tall, riding on a wheelbase of 2,900 mm. So it’s certainly got the dimensions to carry four in comfort. And it’s uncannily similar to the sort of proportions the company’ll be looking to when it builds the Giulia, a new model, which is planned for launch in 2015.

Of course, the first Alfa to make it to US shores will be the gorgeous 4C.

BBC Top Gear

Amy Macdonald Is a Proper Petrolhead - Top Gear Scottish...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:52:00 -0500

Amy Macdonald Is a Proper Petrolhead - Top Gear

Scottish singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald has owned three different Audi R8s, a Ferrari 458, and a Bentley Continental GT.

She also got behind the wheel as the ‘Star in the Reasonably Priced Car’ in last night’s episode of Top Gear.

justjezza: The magic appearing Jezza! We’re watching...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:07:08 -0500

justjezza:

The magic appearing Jezza!

We’re watching Jeremy’s review of the Ferrari F430 on BBC America right now.

lifelinesss: Jeremy is testing cars↳ Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:00:33 -0500

lifelinesss:

Jeremy is testing cars
↳ Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster | S18 - E02

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:01:13 -0500

rhoye: The Viper Top Gear 19x02

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:00:54 -0500

rhoye:

The Viper

Top Gear 19x02

Hammond drives the icons: Shelby Cobra Few people ever see an...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:40:45 -0500

Hammond drives the icons: Shelby Cobra

Few people ever see an original Shelby Cobra, fewer still get to drive one… must be Richard’s lucky day.

Click through for the entire gallery

snuffleupagus-gifs: 19x02 introduction The U.S. premiere of...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:40:18 -0500

snuffleupagus-gifs:

19x02 introduction

The U.S. premiere of Top Gear Season 19, Episode 2 is tonight at 9/8c on BBC America.

snuffleupagus-gifs: Top Gear - Series 19 Opening

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:37:55 -0500

snuffleupagus-gifs:

Top Gear - Series 19 Opening

Meet the 700bhp Chevy Camaro Believe it or not, that...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:25:00 -0500

Meet the 700bhp Chevy Camaro

Believe it or not, that monstrously bloated Chevrolet Camaro in the picture above has been built for a children’s movie; an animated, children’s movie.

Despite sporting a front setup that looks like its pint has just been spilled all over its face, the mad Chevy is a promotional tool for an upcoming DreamWorks movie called Turbo. It follows the adventures of a snail who dreams of becoming a racing driver. Geddit? A snail! As a racing driver!

Adorable premise, you’ll agree. Sadly, the underlying premise of this Camaro - which we’re assured is “instrumental in transforming him [the snail] into a racer” - is anything but adorable. If you look closely, you’ll spot the ‘ZL1’ badges, indicating this thing sports a 6.2-litre supercharged V8; the same V8 that sits inside a Corvette ZR1.

Deets at TopGear.com

Mick Fleetwood: Spilling Band Secrets on tonight’s TOP...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:20:23 -0500

Mick Fleetwood: Spilling Band Secrets on tonight’s TOP GEAR (BBC America)

Legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac’s drummer MICK FLEETWOOD is getting behind the wheel as the ‘Star in the Reasonably Priced Car’ in an all new episode of TOP GEAR *** premiering MON FEB 11 at 9/8c *** only on BBC AMERICA.

But before he slides in and floors the pedal, he’s spilling some juicy band secrets about the making of classic album ‘Rumors’ (one of Jezza’s “absolute, all-time favorite albums!”) and all the years of conflict & drama among the group. “Are you starting to feel even vaguely sorry for me?”

PLUS, get a first listen at the songs JEREMY, RICHARD & JAMES would write - for each other! - as the TOP GEAR band…

lauracaskey: Great minds think alike while watching Richard...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:28:46 -0500

lauracaskey:

Great minds think alike while watching Richard Hammond on Top Gear. My friend Rachel and I obviously think alike.

Well nobody will argue with that.

Except, perhaps, James and Jeremy.