Got it up before Viper could blink.. get it here.

lol, whoops, forgot it was Monday! -Viper

An informed source has let me know that filming for Top Gear will resume on January 24th (they film the studio bits the week before it airs) which means that Top Gear will be back on January 28th, not the 21st as earlier speculated. Yes, that means one additional week until we get to see our beloved Top Gear, but as I’m sure you all know, it’ll sure be worth it.

Also, for those who hadn’t heard, a special on Richard’s crash will air before Top Gear returns (I believe the assumption is the week before and not immediately before), so that means the 21st. That may be why Clarkson had said the third week of January, but I’m only guessing.

Jeremy had previously mentioned that Top Gear would probably be back in January, but until now basically, we didn’t know when in January Top Gear would be back. Well, now we do!

We’ll let you know when we get more confirmation or if anything changes, but the outlook is good!

In an exclusive announcement, we’ve been told that Paddy Hopkirk’s Mini Cooper from season 5 of Top Gear has finally been restored!

It had been previously reported that there was a huge fiasco where the garage charged to restore it tried to rip off the BBC, so the BBC wouldn’t pay them and as a result, the garage refused to let go of the car. While that was never confirmed, it does sound like a reasonable explanation.

Regardless though, this is good news for all of wondering what happened to the car and who wanted to see the final project as we’ll probably be seeing it in this upcoming series. Word is that it looks “fantastic”. Woo hoo!

Sorry for the late release. I had been mistakenly informed that no Fifth Gear aired today, so I wasn’t at my PC.