Tag Archives: Top Gear Thursday

Top Gear Thursday: Mark Your Calendars for February 4

By staff | Posted on January 24th, 2013

We told you that Season 19 was coming. Now we can tell you when it’s coming:

Top Gear Thursday: BBC Car Website Goes to the Detroit Auto Show

By staff | Posted on January 17th, 2013

The 2014 Corvette Stingray, which Chevrolet debuted on the eve of the Detroit Auto Show. (BBC Autos/General Motors)

BBC Autos is at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Top Gear Thursday: BBC Launches New Car Website

By staff | Posted on January 10th, 2013

The new website BBC Autos takes you behind-the-scenes at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. (BBC Autos)

Great news for all of you Top Gear-heads and car enthusiasts! The BBC is launching a new car site – and its first official day is TODAY!

Top Gear Thursday: Top Ten ‘Top Gear’ Moments of 2012

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on December 27th, 2012

The Stig thanks his lucky stars. (BBC America)

Could we have used the word “top” any more times in that headline? But at least you get the idea: we’re aiming for the top here, and we’ll look at the high points of Top Gear over the past year.

Top Gear Thursday: Don’t Worry, Season 19 is on the Way

By staff | Posted on December 20th, 2012

Never fear, Season 19 is near!

You’ve been reading enticing tidbits here and seeing photos of tantalizing sightings there. One day the guys are in Vegas, on another Jeremy is seen in a futuristic looking car/suit-with-wheels.

Top Gear Thursday: Top Gear Stunt School Revolution 2.0 Hits the Streets

By staff | Posted on December 13th, 2012

The new Top Gear Stunt School Revolution 2.0 is “apptastic,” announced Top Gear UK. It’s got 50 percent more content and action than the previous iteration, and, through Facebook Connect, you can race your friends.

Top Gear Thursday: For Richard Hammond, It Is Rocket Science

By staff | Posted on December 6th, 2012

Richard works on welding rocket parts. (BBC America)

In the season two finale of Richard Hammond’s Crash Course, Richard Hammond is aiming high — 40,000 feet high — by joining scientists to launch an actual rocket from the Mojave Desert.

Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond Demonstrates Animal Magnetism

By staff | Posted on November 29th, 2012

In the pink: Richard attempts to feed flamingos. (BBC America)

Top Gear Brit Richard Hammond may have learned how to speak American, but next week’s Crash Course is all about, as Dr. Doolittle might say, talking with the animals.

Top Gear Thursday: Richard, the Cowboy, Deep in the Heart of Texas

By staff | Posted on November 22nd, 2012

Richard Hammond on a one-horsepower vehicle. (BBC America)

“You can always tell a cowboy, but you can’t tell him much.”

The saying could have come from the old West. Or it could be from the vaudeville circuit.

Top Gear Thursday: Richard’s Career as a Barber – Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

By staff | Posted on November 15th, 2012

Richard and the Levels Barbershop crew: Tony “Tony Touch” Harrison, Enrico "Rico" Charles and Mario David. (BBC America)

Could the two professions of barber and helicopter test pilot be any more different? Aside from the use of the word “blade” and the phrase “take off” (and even that’s stretching it), we couldn’t think of any ...