Top Gear America will be returning to the airwaves on July 24th and they need in-studio audiences for their tapings. Unlike the British version which films their studio bits the Wednesday before the airing, Top Gear America films them all in a row. This year’s episodes will be filmed July 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, and 17th in Irvine, California at El Toro.

If 18 or older and you’d like to attempt to get tickets to be in the audience, head on over to their ticket website. Good luck!

Here’s a trailer for the previously mentioned Top Gear South Korea. Not too much to see, but I still thought I’d post it anyway.

Top Gear is much better to watch in high definition. Enjoy!

A 1080i (or possibly a 1080p) TS download is a ways off.

Top Gear is back! High definition will follow later (no known ETA at this time).

EDIT: High definition soon!

Executive producer Andy Wilman gives a preview on Sunday’s episode of Top Gear in the latest post on the Top Gear Transmission blog. It contains spoilers obviously, so you’ve been warned.

Word is that ads are now running on the on the History channel that say Top Gear US will be back in one month — July 24th.

UPDATE: This is confirmed. I’ve now personally seen the ad that is running.

Fifth Gear didn’t air last week due to cricket, but it did air today.

Top Gear is catching on in the Asia markets. First there was Top Gear China (apparently known as “Zui Gaodong”) and now various news organizations are reporting that there will be a Top Gear South Korea too.

The show will be hosted by former professional racing driver Kim Jin-Pyo, car and bike enthusiast Kim Kap-Soo, and celebrity racing circuit member Yeon Jung-Hoon. Planned for an August premiere on a channel called XTM, the 13 episodes will feature their own Stig and challenges such as a race against the KTX bullet train and a journey from Seoul to the port city of Busan.

In addition to some preview pictures posted over on TopGear.com, a second TV commercial started airing a few days ago:

Just 5 days to go!

In order to keep torrents healthier over the long run, we retire our individual episode torrents and replace them with a single full season torrent. It’s a lot easier to seed one torrent than it is six or seven torrents and it also makes it easier for people to download the season’s episodes.

Season 14 of Top Gear from the end of 2009 (yes, long overdue) is now available as one torrent in standard definition, 720p high definition, and 1080i high definition. Enjoy and please help others by seeding (uploading) a bit!