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BMW 760Li “The Choice”[VIDEO Inside]

Feb 16

Posted by Insider in BMW, Top Gear, Video

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Freshly starched shirt collars and cuffs reflect in the taught lines of BMW’s 7 series flagship sedan. As if not luxurious and exclusive enough, the Individual series takes your driving experience to a whole new level. Yes, cuff links are required. And yes, James, your days as a chauffeur are numbered.

Among the enhancements the Individual series has to offer are additional color selections, infinite color selections, actually, as well as choice of materials. Leather and trim is hand picked and matched by your eyes, and no one else’s.

Would you like bright pink seatbelts? It can be done. What about the texture of this leather or the luster of that trim? That can be taken care of too. One of our greatest luxuries is choice, and choices are endless within the scope of BMW’s Individual series.

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Top Gear Vietnam Special Bikes

Feb 8

Posted by Insider in Top Gear

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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 in just eight days. The two machines, a 1967 Piaggio Vespa 150cc VBC Super and a 1973 Honda 50cc Chaly, are currently displayed in the museum’s World of Top Gear exhibition.

The three presenters started their adventures in Saigon and they were each given 15 million Vietnamese dong to buy vehicles. Equalling to only £600, the money were not enough to purchase a car. The Top Gear team therefore decided to buy motorcycles: May a 50cc Honda Club, Hammond a Russian-built 125cc Minsk and Clarkson a Piaggio Vespa.

The Honda Chaly is painted in the distinctive Stars ‘n Stripes livery of the ‘Captain America’ Harley-Davidson chopper, ridden by Peter Fonda in the iconic 1969 movie, Easy Rider. The bike had also been fitted with an iPod audio system continuously playing Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’.

So far, the Vespa and the Honda Chaley have been on display at the Saigon Scooter Centre in ‘as last used’ unrestored condition. They now form part if the line-up of Top Gear vehicles currently showcased at the National Motor Museum.

Visitors to the exhibition can also experience the Top Gear ‘Enormodrome’ which aims to recreate the feel of the Top Gear studio. They can also watch an exclusive video presentation from behind-the-scenes at the Top Gear HQ with Jeremy, Richard and James, as well as the Cool Wall and Celebrity ‘Lap Time’ boards.

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Button Lost to Hamilton in Top Gear Test

Dec 23

Posted by Insider in Mclaren, Top Gear

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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 another on a track to compete for 1st place, they were given the chance to lap for the fastest time (in different days) during the famous BBC show Top Gear.

While Hamilton’s test happened a couple of years ago - during his very first season in Formula One and before he became world champion for the Woking based team - Jenson Button’s rolled off earlier this month.

However, the reigning world champion failed to top Ham’s time around the Top Gear-selected track, as he eventually crossed the finish line some two-tenths of a second slower than his new teammate (who stopped the clock at 1:44.9). The results didn’t seem to bump Button too much, as he admitted he is still eager to challenge Ham for the upper hand at McLaren.

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Two Top Gear Awards For Skoda

Dec 11

Posted by Insider in Awards, Top Gear

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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 managed to get the “Luxury Car of the Year” award, while Yeti was named “Family Car of the Year.”

While the Czechs were probably out celebrating their success, Conor McNicholas, the magazine’s editor explained why the Yeti has won: “The Yeti has been an instant hit with the Top Gear magazine office,” he said.

“We love the styling, the handling, the quality, the space, the clever touches and yes, the name. If you’re looking for a family car it should be top of your list to check out, simple as that. The Yeti feels like part of the Top Gear family.“

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

Dec 6

Posted by Insider in Awards, Ferrari, Top Gear

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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 important award, Top Gear’s Car of the Year 2009 was handed out to Ferrari’s new model, the 458 Italia.

In electing the Ferrari 458 Italia as their “Supercar of the Year”, BBC Top Gear Magazine said that this car has established “the new benchmark in getting from A to B as rapidly as possible.” They also described the 570-hp V8-engined berlinetta as “a game-changing car.”  Read the rest of this entry »

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Lotus Evora Gets Top Gear Sports Car of the Year

Dec 4

Posted by Insider in Awards, Lotus, Top Gear

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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 more than 350 million viewers worldwide and a lot of readers of the magazine.

Just like most auto franchises, Top Gear has an annually award ceremony dedicated to cars. Having this much viewers, you can understand that the Top Gear awards are about as important as Christmas. Automakers want to get some attention and this year Lotus got a lot, as the Evora model won Top Gear’s Sports Car of the Year Award.

“It’s pretty, quintessentially British, fast and handles like a dream. Evora takes Lotus to a new place in terms of quality but more importantly delivers a sports car rush that puts other marques to shame,” said Conor McNicholas, Editor of BBC Top Gear magazine.

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Again, Stig arrested in both Dublin and Mojave Desert

Oct 25

Posted by Insider in Top Gear

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Some say he has a problem with authority. Others say he’s actually capable of being in two places at the same time, and getting arrested in both. All we know is that Top Gear is making less sense with every passing day.

One of the BBC car show’s myriad blogs reports that the enigmatic test driver known to all as The Stig was “sensationally” arrested by police in Dublin for some unknown incident, possibly involving assault on a “hairy biker” or a swan. Not much else was said, other than that the arresting Garda officer was friendly and that the program’s live action show is set to visit the Irish city in December.

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Jeremy Clarkson has world’s best job

Oct 23

Posted by Fatty in Top Gear

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Who are you most envious of? The usual suspects are of course the celebrities and the world leaders but did you think about the TV star (Jeremy Clarkson) who gets paid to drive sports cars? If you did, then take comfort in the fact that there are many of you. In a survey conducted by Shell and Auto Express, it was revealed that one in three respondents said they were envious of TV stars who get paid to look rich and glamorous.

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The Stig gets Arrested??

Oct 18

Posted by Insider in Top Gear

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Top Gear is a production of the illustrious BBC but can you really trust their news reporting? The British broadcaster’s most popular show has reported that The Stig has been arrested.

Yes, the mystery race driver who is the standard by which Top Gear notches lap times for the models it tests has had a run-in with the Irish police, known as the Garda.

According to the Top Gear story, eyewitnesses reported seeing the Stig being “politely” removed from his vehicle and taken into police custody. An onlookers is quoted as saying: “I didn’t see what happened exactly but it was probably really bad. Maybe he punched a swan or tried to push one of the Hairy Bikers into the river. Again.”

Though various reports as to his true identity have emerged in the past, most fans of the show would probably like the Stig to simply stay the Stig - and definitely not see him unmasked and in prison.

And with a lede like this: “the Stig has been SENSATIONALLY ARRESTED by a FRIENDLY POLICEMAN following an ALLEGED INCIDENT of some kind.”

…there is quite likely some serious tongue-in-cheek action going on here. It even sounds like Jeremy Clarkson’s own voice.

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Vauxhall VXR8 n Holden HSV Maloo pick-up [VIDEO Inside]

Aug 12

Posted by Insider in Top Gear

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Okay, so the guys at Top Gear can’t pronounce Bathurst, but this is one funny video. Who in Europe is going to understand Australian V8 supercar sedans and the legendary Bathurst 1000? Here’s a few things you might get about this Holden VXR8 Bathurst edition: it does 0-100 in 4.6 seconds, has a V8 turbo charged, supercharged engine and with 45,000 pounds there’s “limitless vulgarity”.

This is not a businessman’s car, believe me. In fact, it’s like the sophisticated look for Aussie men from the country, or who aspire to country. And if you’re a real farmer, you might want to try the HSV VE Maloo R8 “ute”. Otherwise known as a “pick-up” but we’re in Australia, not the US.

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