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Credit goes to hamsterhammond on YouTube for the video.

Top Gear Season 14 Teaser Commercial originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 7 November 2009 at 09:30 GMT.

I’ll be doing a rundown of stuff that’s coming in another blog, but first we must take care of some very important housekeeping, because for this series only, we’re moving to 9pm on November 15. We had no choice really: X Factor on at the same time with the Results Show, Cowell on storming form, the whole nation glued – we know when to bravely bugger off and wait until the storm passes.

I’ve updated the counter to reflect the new air time.

EDIT: Counter fixed for DST as well.

Top Gear Moving To 9PM For Season 14 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 5 November 2009 at 22:00 GMT.

Q: RT @TopGearBabe: With so many fabulous adventures under his belt so far… are there any achievable dreams left unfulfilled for James?
A: Oh god, yes. I’d like to go to the Moon and I’d like to be able to make a risotto.

Q: RT @beckstar2: please ask James May what book he would take to a desert island
A: The Haynes Manual for the Honda CB 754

Q: RT @ChicklitBlog: If you could put a car into a time capsule for future generations to marvel at, which would it be and why?
A: Crikey, that’s a good question. I think the Ford Escort Mark 1, it’s what cars are meant to be.

Q: RT @maxtortheone: Please ask James May what impressions [removed due to spoilers, see forums for question] left him when he visited a couple of months ago!
A: It was much prettier than we expected, a very hospitable country. Lots of dogs.

Q: RT @LindenChase: What did James think of [removed] (where he’s just been filming with TopGear)? How bad was his vertigo?
A: The thing I remember most about [removed] is the dust, I don’t like dust. It gets in the air vents.
A: My vertigo is pretty bad everywhere, even up a 5 storey building, so in parts of [removed] it was very bad.

Q: RT @Intheskieswith: Does James May have a favourite novel or author?
A: When I was 18 I read Free Fall by William Golding and thought ‘this is about me, it’s going to change my life’ but that’s probably rubbish
A: I also like Cecil Lewis’s Sagittarius Rising. If you want something erudite and easy to read, Car Fever is an excellent book.

James May Does Q&A On Twitter originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 3 November 2009 at 09:23 GMT.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s Latest DVD On Sale In The UK originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 3 November 2009 at 06:00 GMT.

Rumor is that Shane Warne is being talked to to host the show as well as Jeremy Clarkson, although I have no idea how that would work.

We’ll let you know as the news comes in and thanks to everyone who sent in tips.

Top Gear Australia Changing Channels And Hosts? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 20 October 2009 at 21:00 GMT.

• London, Earls Court 5-8 Nov 2009
• Birmingham, NEC 12-15 Nov 2009
• Dublin, RDS Simmonscourt 3-6 Dec 2009
• Amsterdam, tbc 21-24 Jan 2010
• Cape Town, The Grand Arena at Grand West 28-31 Jan 2010
• Johannesburg, Coca Cola Dome 4-7 Feb 2010
• Sydney, Acer Arena 11-14 Feb 2010
• Auckland, ASB Showgrounds 18-21 2010
• Hong Kong, tbc

If one is anywhere near you, I’d recommend looking into attending. I’ve never been myself (nearest one is on the opposite side of the world from me), but from the photos and videos I’ve seen from previous years, it looks to be quite a spectacle.

Top Gear Live 2009/2010 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 9 October 2009 at 06:40 GMT.

Top Gear Back November 15th? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 22 September 2009 at 23:43 GMT.

That means all the races, supercars sliding from left to right of your telly screens and the boys’ comedic adventure, all in crystal clarity.

As Jeremy said a few weeks’ back, filming is well underway on Series 14 and if all goes to plan it’ll be on your screens by mid-November.

We’ll be doing our best to provide 700MB (SD), 720p, and 1080p rips for each episode. The HD rips will likely take a bit longer to release though, so don’t expect them as quickly as we release the current resolution rips.

Top Gear Is Finally Going High Definition! originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 22 September 2009 at 22:43 GMT.

As always, if you don’t wish to download the entire season, see our FAQ for details on how to selectively download certain files from within a torrent.

Top Gear Season 13 Torrent originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 17 September 2009 at 07:34 GMT.

• Richard and James hitting their head on the camera mount from their Royal Mail race
• Jeremy and his Spanish co-driver attempting to communicate during the classic car rally
• James attempting to hide his frustration with his co-driver and her inability to read a map during the classic car rally
• James’ full song about the VW Scirocco for his TV commercial

UPDATE: I forgot that I have a Greasemonkey script in my browser that removes the region blocking from the TopGear.com videos. You can find YouTube versions of the videos in this forum post.

Outtakes From Top Gear Season 13 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 7 September 2009 at 00:14 GMT.

Here’s something for the proper Top Gear fan — our executive producer Andy Wilman at the Edinburgh Festival talking about the telly show.

It was a Five Live interview with newsreader (and former Star in a Reasonably Priced Car) Kate Silverton, covering searching topics such as secrets to the success of the show and why men like sheds.

At 13 minutes, it’s a decently long interview and is worth listening to. You can download the interview or stream it here:

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Andy Wilman Interviewed On The Radio originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 1 September 2009 at 22:31 GMT.

It was picked up by various websites, including Jalopnik. Well, turns out it was all a hoax as a sort of going away present from the TopGear.com American editorial staff before they got let go. Pretty damn good (but not perfect) hoax if you ask me.

You can read more about how they did it at the NY Times and Jalopnik.

Well done guys.

Porsche Shooting Brake Hoax By TopGear.com America originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 14 August 2009 at 11:26 GMT.

Top Gear’s American Site Moves To BBCAmerica.com originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 10 August 2009 at 21:27 GMT.

Not to be outdone, Top Gear Australia host Steve Pizzati rolled his race car two and a half times in a race on Sunday. Luckily he was fine as well though.

Drive more carefully, guys. lol

Hammond And TG.Au Host Steve Pizzati Both Wreck Their Cars originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 10 August 2009 at 06:14 GMT.

However things really started to pick up in 1988 when Clarkson and his hair joined the show:

Sadly not many rips of old Top Gear exist, although we do have some on our forums. Don’t go in expecting the current format of Top Gear though as you’ll be disappointed.

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Old Top Gear originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 6 August 2009 at 19:51 GMT.

Props to Dean Evans for the link.

Clarkson’s Cheap Car Challenge Mitsubishi Starion On eBay originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 3 August 2009 at 21:09 GMT.

Remember that episode of I’m Alan Partridge in which Norfolk’s favourite light broadcaster makes a ‘humourous intro to a song’ which accidentally suggests that the Queen is dead, something he later realises has ‘been taken a bit too literally by one or two listeners… and a newspaper’.

Something similar seems to have happened after the poignant Aston Martin film that closed the current series of Top Gear.

The Twitterers (or, if you’re David Cameron, the Twatterers) have gone nuts with speculation that Jeremy was not forecasting the end of V12 wonders like the Aston; he was prophesising the demise of Top Gear itself.

So, just to clear up once and for all, Top Gear is NOT DEAD. Unless it went in the night and has yet to be discovered by the maid…

Ha! Not really. See you in November.

Now please stop making threads on our forums asking if Top Gear is dead. It’s really annoying.

Top Gear Is NOT DEAD, Stop Over-Analyzing originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 3 August 2009 at 17:47 GMT.

Top Gear 13×07 Out Now, Last Of The Season Sadly originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 2 August 2009 at 20:19 GMT.

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Thanks to shellygrrl who posted it on our forums earlier this week (I was on vacation, otherwise I would have posted it earlier).

Jeremy Clarkson Beatbox originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 1 August 2009 at 23:46 GMT.

Top Gear 13×06 Now Available originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 26 July 2009 at 20:24 GMT.

Top Gear 13×05 Now Available originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 19 July 2009 at 20:31 GMT.

And before you ask, this Top Gear in HD was a one-time thing. It was the only episode of Top Gear to ever be broadcast in HD sadly.

Top Gear Polar Special In 1080p Available Once Again originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 16 July 2009 at 22:18 GMT.

Top Gear 13×04 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 12 July 2009 at 20:25 GMT.

Avoid Jalopnik Once Again, They Have Top Gear Spoilers originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 8 July 2009 at 18:53 GMT.

Recently the BBC’s head of HD for one of their production companies posted on the BBC Internet Blog asking for feedback on why you’d like to see Top Gear in HD:

I know that many of you are frequently frustrated about the programmes not in HD. Along with the sports events we don’t currently screen, you often raise Top Gear as a show you believe would benefit from being in HD.

I wanted to ask you:

What it is about Top Gear that means you really want to watch it in HD?

What are the qualities which you identify as particularly suitable for HD?

Can you let me know – ideally in one short sentence – either through comments here or by emailing me at danielle.nagler@bbc.co.uk? I want to understand what you see in SD shows that you believe gives them added value in HD, not least because it is really helpful in evaluating new HD programme opportunities that cross my desk.

So if you’re a BBC license holder (i.e. a UK resident) and would like to see Top Gear aired in HD, please consider posting in the comments area of that blog or by e-mailing her directly. However as I pointed out by bolding a bit of her post, please keep it short. I doubt she wants to read through thousands of long e-mails. ;)

Help Convince The BBC To Broadcast Top Gear In HD originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 6 July 2009 at 04:03 GMT.