It’s the review all fans and owners of the BMW 1M have been waiting for. And, expecting the BBC lawyers to shut down this YouTube link any moment now, you’d better make sure you watch it soon. [Thanks to Matt for the tip]

A quick reminder to all that Top Gear, Season 17, returns to BBC2 this Sunday. If you’d like to see what’s coming up there’s a couple of 30 second promos after the break. Or you can take as long as you like checking out this picture gallery on the Top Gear website. That’s where we [...]

With Season 17 of Top Gear set to premiere on UK screens on 26 June BBC2 are now promoting the new series. Here’s a short 30 second preview and based on that we can’t wait to see the McLaren MP4-12C given the Top Gear treatment. We also wonder if the Monaco gendarmes noticed Bernie’s seatbelt [...]

Earlier this week an interview with James May was published by The Telegraph in the UK. It mostly centred on his TV show Man Lab, but right at the end he made a few comments about Top Gear which we gather created some fuss over in Blighty. “Well I think it can probably last a [...]

According to Final Gear, Season 17 of Top Gear will premiere on BB2 on Sunday 26 June. The series will run for six episodes, with the season finale expected to air on Sunday 31 July. The BBC2 program guide doesn’t confirm the launch date just yet, but we should know for sure in a week [...]

First filed: 18 May According to the latest issue of the Dutch edition of Top Gear magazine Season 17 is due to air on BBC2 from Sunday 12 June (see below). Meanwhile, Top Gear Australia has recently been recording its studio pieces for the next series which will be due to air on Channel 9 [...]

UPDATE 9 June: Top Gear, Series 17 is due to start on 26 June. Jeremy Clarkson and James May were recently spotted at the University of Lincoln chasing some free electricity. Filming a segment for the upcoming Season 17 of Top Gear the lads were caught out while driving across the UK using a Nissan [...]

Andy Wilman, Top Gear’s Executive Producer, has taken the unusual step of publicly responding to Tesla’s legal challenge with an entry on the Top Gear Transmission blog. Importantly, he addresses the allegation that Top Gear had prepared its verdict on the car before filming for their review began. Last week Tesla issued a writ against [...]

Cast your mind back to December 2008. That’s when Jeremy Clarkson reviewed the electric-powered Tesla Roadster on Top Gear. Generally speaking, he praised the Tesla for its rapid pace, but was very critical about the time it would take to re-charge the battery when it went flat. And it is the subject of the battery [...]

Further to yesterday’s post reporting on Jeremy Clarkson’s V8 Supercar experience with Craig Lowndes; this is why there is a piece of roll cage behind the windscreen. Check out the second video after the break for more detail on the events leading to this extraordinary escape.

Jeremy Clarkson and James May are in Australia for their Top Gear Live tour and to welcome them down under Craig Lowndes took them for a bit of a drive. The promo event took place at the Holden Driving Centre in Norwell, Queensland. Clarkson was also granted some time of his own behind the wheel [...]

First filed 15 January 2011. Top Gear Season 16 fires up on UK screens next weekend (Sunday 23 January). We’ve already told you about some of the cars that will be featured, now you can click below for a look at some of the hi-jinks. [via Top Gear] UPDATE 19 January: You can now view [...]

Season 16 of Top Gear is scheduled to premiere on BBC2 on Sunday 23 January. The Top Gear website has just published a preview of what we can expect to see in the upcoming series [click here to watch]. While the Pagani Zonda R, Ferrari 599 GTO and Ariel Atom 500 V8 will be great [...]

Here’s one story we had hoped we wouldn’t need to tell. Audi has no plans to build an immediate successor to its almighty RS4. AUSmotive heard this information several months ago, too, but we were hoping we were being led down the garden path. Despite earlier rumours to the contrary, it appears we weren’t. Supposedly [...]

Earlier in the month we brought you the news that Top Gear will be running two Christmas specials—the first on Tuesday 21 December, followed by another on Sunday 26 December. The BBC, via YouTube, now gives us a second preview of the two episodes. You can check it out after the break. [Thanks to Richard [...]