A big luxurious taxi
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in Fifth Gear, Porsche | No Comments »That headline sounds less than flattering, but if you watch Vicki Butler-Henderson's Fifth Gear Web TV review of the Porsche Panamera Turbo you will see she loves the thing. I'm still not convinced of the Panamera's styling, outside or inside, but, ...
Breaking news: Fifth Gear is coming back
Friday, January 8th, 2010 Posted in Fifth Gear | No Comments »That's the word on the tweet according to Jonny Smith. You'll remember Jonny has already given us this potential scoop late year. This news follows reports from October last year confirming the show had been axed. Now, it looks as ...
Fifth Gear looks set for 2010 comeback
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear | 6 Comments »According to former Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith, it looks like the other British TV show will be making a comeback in 2010. Smith posted the above tweet on Christmas morning (Australian time) and it makes quite a clear statement ...
Party on, Wayne!
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, News | 1 Comment »Wow! What a totally amazing, excellent discovery! Jonny Smith, former Fifth Gear presenter, is trying to sell his 1975 AMC Pacer. You know the car, it's like the one featured in Wayne's World and, if my memory serves, is the ...
Fifth Gear cancelled - CONFIRMED
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear | 14 Comments »The Mail Online reports that British television show Fifth Gear has been cancelled. The Channel Five program aired its sixteenth season earlier in the year and, according to the Mail report, Fifth Gear failed to rate in the channel’s top ...
Fifth Gear web TV
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear | No Comments »You may recall that in addition to the regular TV show Fifth Gear offers a short and snappy web edition too. Generally hosted by Vicki Butler-Henderson, this is the latest episode—number 10. There's a bit of news at the start ...
VBH drives Volkswagen’s Concept BlueSport roadster
Monday, August 10th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »If you're not a Fifth Gear fan you'll have missed the news that they have revamped their website to now include a fortnightly TV Web Edition. Kind of like the TV show, but without that fool Tim Shaw. It's better ...
Fifth Gear review Mk6 Golf GTI
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, Volkswagen | 3 Comments »On last night's episode of Fifth Gear (16x05) Jonny filed a review for the not so new in Europe, but yet to be released in Australia, Volkswagen Mk6 Golf GTI. Click on the image above to watch the clip at ...
Hot wheels
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear | No Comments »Ever wondered if the Hot Wheels loop the loop you had as a kid was ever possible for real? Well, as this official Fifth Gear behind the scenes clip shows, you need wonder no more—resident Fifth Gear stuntman Steve Truglia ...
Plato philosophical about great save
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, GM, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Fifth Gear's Jason Plato is currently getting about in the BTCC in a reasonably priced car—a Chevrolet Lacetti. Something not so reasonable, though, was the tap up the backside given to him by BMW driver Jonathan Adam at Brands Hatch ...
Fifth Gear drives 2009 Ford Focus RS
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, Ford | 5 Comments »Jason Plato from Fifth Gear has been handed a set of keys to the new Focus RS. It's a pretty wild looking thing, and with 300bhp (225kW) powering the front wheels it sounds like a recipe for disaster. However, thanks ...
Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road - the best in the world?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Fifth Gear | No Comments »Is the tight, twisty and ultra smooth Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in Abu Dhabi the best in the world? In Series 15, Episode 7, Fifth Gear sent Tiff Needell to the middle east and gave him the keys to a ...
Fifth Gear dogfight: Renault Megane R26.R v Caterham CDX
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, Renault | 1 Comment »Renault makes some might fine hot hatchery, and the Megane R26.R has to be up there as one of their best. But surely Renault's latest balls out track special is no match for a raw, lithe and uncompromising Caterham? Join Fifth ...
Fifth Gear dogfight: Volkswagen Scirocco v MINI Cooper S
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, MINI, Volkswagen | 4 Comments »The fifteenth series of Fifth Gear is currently airing in Britain and in this week's show they pitted Volkswagen's stunning Scirocco against the cheeky MINI Cooper S. The cars were tested at the Castle Combe racetrack and Tiff Needell and ...
Ice ice baby
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Fifth Gear, Lamborghini, Random videos | 1 Comment »If you had the keys to a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and access to an ice track, what would you do? Thought so. Here's a clip from series 15 of Fifth Gear with Tiff Needell at the wheel showing us how it ...
