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Top Gear Australia to premiere on 29 September

Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | No Comments »

Ladies and gentlemen start your televisions! SBS has announced a premiere date for the Australian production of Top Gear—7:30pm Monday 29 September. Series 1 will run for 8 episodes. Many fans of the original UK version of Top Gear remain skeptical ...

Top Gear Australia audience call

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 1 Comment »

The debut of Top Gear Australia is getting closer by the day. So much so that SBS has started an audience call for Series 1. If you are over 18, can easily get yourself to Top Gear Australia's Sydney studio ...

Top Gear tea break - Porsche Carrera GT

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Top Gear | No Comments »

Here at AUSmotive we love Top Gear and we love nice cars. Very nice cars. To celebrate the recent arrival of the official Top Gear YouTube channel here is a Top Gear tea break. Set aside a few minutes—7 minutes ...

Shift into Top Gear on YouTube

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 2 Comments »

Our favourite television show now has an official YouTube presence. Epic! Thing is though, this will be excellent when you need a helping hand to get your motoring related fix across the line. Watch the intro clip above explaining what ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 6

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | 2 Comments »

The final episode of Series 11 already! Yes, I'm afraid that's it for a few more months. The show kicked off with James May testing a couple of Japanese oddities from well known manufacturer Mitsuoka. Hmm, fair enough. Richard Hammond ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 5

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Top Gear | No Comments »

Jeremy Clarkson couldn't get enough of the Nissan GT-R so he kicked off Series 11, Episode 5 by showing us all why the beefy R35 is proving to be a pain in the neck for the big German bahnstormers (see ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 4

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | 1 Comment »

This week's episode of Top Gear saw Jeremy Clarkson make a bold claim. He reckons the Alfa Romeo 8C is "the best looking car ever made". I disagree. Sure, the side profile is stunning, but I just can't see much ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 3

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | No Comments »

In this week's episode of Top Gear the lads set out on a £1000 Alfa Romeo Challenge. Jeremy buys a 75, May gets himself a four-cylinder GTV and the Hamster rolls up in a 2-litre Spider. Well, not literally rolls ...

Top Gear Polar G’n'T causes unnecessary PMT

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 1 Comment »

In a sign of further proof, if it were needed, that a professional wowser's idea of entertainment is watching their own fingernails grow Jeremy Clarkson and James May have come under fire from the BBC's independent watchdog over a light ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 2

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Mercedes Benz, Top Gear | No Comments »

Episode 2 of Top Gear's Series 11 aired in the UK last night and the show closed with this great clip of Jeremy Clarkson behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK Black Edition. The episode began with a comparison ...

Top Gear Australia magazine - now on sale

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 1 Comment »

BBC Magazines, the publishers of Top Gear magazine, have done a deal with Australian Consolidated Press to bring an Australian version of the mag to our newsstands. Edited by Ewan Page, the launch issue is on sale now. Looks like ...

Top Gear - Be a star in a reasonably priced car

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | No Comments »

Ever wondered how fast you could go around the Top Gear test track in their reasonably priced car? Why don't you check out their website and have a go! The current record is 1:44.4—it's safe to say I won't be ...

Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 1

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | 2 Comments »

Joy to the world—Top Gear is back! With talk of new Australian and US versions in production, I guess there is now a need to specify just which Top Gear is being referred to. Of course, it is the original ...

Top Gear Series 11 premieres this Sunday

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | No Comments »

Just in case you had forgotten, the latest series of the original Top Gear—Series 11—airs in the UK this Sunday 22 June. Stay tuned for highlights and more updates. In the meantime, enjoy this teaser.

Top Gear Australia to start filming in July

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | No Comments »

Top Gear Australia's new presenters—Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati—will be breaking the ice on set this July when filming of their debut eight-part series kicks off. In a recent interview with UK staple The Times, Matt Campbell, SBS ...