Top Gear Russia premiered last week and we’ve managed to get our hands on a rip, including English subtitles! If you’d like to see what it’s like, you can download it here. Be warned though, the general consensus seems to be that it’s not very good. I personally couldn’t bother watching more than the first segment before I had to turn it off.

If you need help with using the subtitles, read this thread on our forums for help.

This is the final episode of the season. You can get it right here.

The American branch of TopGear.com is currently converting a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel into an eco-friendly car that will get 70 miles per gallon, do 0-60 in less than 7 seconds, and for a total cost of $7,000. Should be quite an interesting project. You can find the first article of what I assume will be many on their site.

This is an update on my previous post.

It turns out that it wasn’t really the show that is getting canceled, it’s the whole radio station in Los Angeles that’s getting canceled. The station, which is currently an FM talk station, is being reformatted as a Top 40′s music station. Cheaper I guess.

Here’s some segments from his show explaining the cancellation.

Adam announces why he is leaving:

Explanation of why the show didn’t work in Los Angeles:

This is kinda-sorta off-topic, but Adam Carolla’s morning radio show has been canceled. As you may know, Adam hosted the pilot of Top Gear America (which may or may not be canceled). I don’t know the full details on his radio show cancellation, but I guess the economy as well as ratings contributed to the demise of the show. Word is Adam will start up a daily podcast soon though.

You can find the episode right here.

I’ll just get right to the point — everyone’s okay and it wasn’t a serious incident. Nothing to worry about. However it’s still worth a little news post here.

On Friday, Jeremy and Richard were in a helicopter flying over Auckland Harbour in New Zealand when a seagull hit the helicopter’s rotor blade. They made an emergency landing nearby and luckily everyone is okay.

[Source: Daily Mail]

The first ever Stig press conference:

[Source: TopGear.com]

Yes this news is from last week, but I haven’t been reading my e-mail too well lately so it slipped between the cracks. Whoops.

During a press conference for Top Gear Live in Australia, Jeremy was asked about the American version of Top Gear and if he thought it was going to be shown in Australia at all. He replied that the show had been “canned” and that us Americans “just don’t get it”. Now he may have just been referring to NBC passing on the show, but it may also be really dead. I’m not sure as Clarkson isn’t usually the most reliable when it comes to these kinds of things.

Anyway, you can see for yourself at 6:30 in:

[Source: carsguide.com.au, thanks to everyone who sent in tips]

You can find it right here.