Category Archives: Top Gear

Top Gear Thursday: Fast, Furious and British – Great London Car Chases

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on May 23rd, 2013

We don’t usually associate the city of London with car chases, but that may change with the release of Fast & Furious 6 this week.

Top Gear Thursday: (Vin) Diesel-Powered Cast of ‘Fast & Furious 6’ Talks Cars

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on May 16th, 2013

Vin Diesel in 'Fast and Furious 6' (Universal)

“Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important,” Vin Diesel told TopGear.com about Fast & Furious 6.

Top Gear Thursday: It’s Springtime for ‘James May’s Man Lab’ Christmas Special

By staff | Posted on May 9th, 2013

It may not be Christmas in July for James May, but it’s Christmas in *May* for James May’s Man Lab.

Top Gear Thursday: Can James May Avenge England’s World Cup Defeat?

By staff | Posted on May 2nd, 2013

They said it couldn’t be done: no way could James May make a penalty kick (yes, we’re talking soccer, folks) in front of 20,000 screaming German fans. And to add to the pressure, James took the penalty at the exact spot where ...

Top Gear Thursday: Lady Gaga is Reported ‘Gearhead,’ Tom Cruise Hangs with May and the Stig

By staff | Posted on April 25th, 2013

Lady Gaga performing in New York City in January of last year. (Evan Agostini/AP Images)

Lady Gaga has been eagerly watching boxed sets of Top Gear as she recovers from hip surgery, reports The Sun.

Top Gear Thursday: James May Mans Up for ‘Man Lab’

By staff | Posted on April 18th, 2013

James May is on a mission. In his show James May’s Man Lab, he is striving to do nothing less than to revive our spirit of invention.

Top Gear Thursday: Jeremy, James and Richard – and Phineas and Ferb!

By staff | Posted on April 11th, 2013

Richard Hammond, center, flanked by cutouts of Phineas, right, and Ferb, left. (Disney)

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.

Top Gear Thursday: Don’t Joke About Highway Closures in Holland (Especially if You’re a Cop)

By staff | Posted on April 4th, 2013

The A2 superhighway linking Amsterdam to Utrecht in the Netherlands. Notice the windmill on the right. (aswchris/YouTube)

Who says cops don’t have a sense of humor? A Dutch policeman thought it would be a great April Fool’s Day joke to announce that a major highway between the country’s capital Amsterdam and the city of Utrecht would be closed.

Top Gear Thursday: Comedy Duo Write a Song About Jeremy Clarkson

By staff | Posted on March 28th, 2013

Still from 'The Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear Song' (Hawkeye and Windy)

“You buy a bag of peanuts in this town, you get a song written about you,” said Orson Welles as the title character of Citizen Kane.

Top Gear Thursday: Africa Trip Revives Subaru Impreza’s Popularity

By staff | Posted on March 21st, 2013

Richard Hammond drives his Subaru Impreza in Africa. (BBC America)

Last week, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond rewrote the annals of exploration in their search for the source of the Nile and there are indications that they also changed the way Britons perceive estate cars (station ...