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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.

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.

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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.

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]

Helicopter Carrying Clarkson And Hammond Hits Seagull originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 16 February 2009 at 01:13 GMT.

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:

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

Clarkson Says Top Gear America “Canned” originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 11 February 2009 at 11:20 GMT.

It seems that the Telegraph was wrong in their recent article. TopGear.com has come out to officially reveal that the Stig is none of other than dead legendary racer Graham Hill! Turns out his death in the 1970’s was actually faked and he’s been hiding out in a bush ever since.

They also revealed that the chairman of crisis-hit Royal Bank of Scotland, Sir Tom McKillop as well as Barack Obama have also taken turns portraying the Stig.

Most shocking of all though is a scandal that has surfaced in which Clarkson has been exposed as a big liar after claiming that the Stig had magnetic knees. Turns out it isn’t true according to a smart scientist. Shame on you Clarkson for lying to us all.

TopGear.com Reveals The Stig Is Actually Graham Hill originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 22 January 2009 at 14:01 GMT.

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Video Of The Top Gear UK Trio On 60 Minutes Australia originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 26 November 2008 at 04:39 GMT.

Here’s a short trailer for it:

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Jeremy Clarkson’s New DVD “Thriller” On Sale November 3rd originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 13 October 2008 at 10:31 GMT.

He suffered minor injuries to his legs, hand and back in the head-on collision during filming for the BBC show.

Clarkson, 48, said: “My right index finger looked like a burst sausage, my left shin was fatter than my thigh and my back felt like someone had driven over it with a pile-driver.”

The Mirror also has a quote though from Jeremy’s wife: “My husband is fine”. Whew.

Thanks to diti for the tip.

Clarkson In Head-On Accident During Filming, He’s Just Fine Though originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 12 October 2008 at 11:04 GMT.

We thought long and hard about the request to make Jeremy Clarkson the Prime Minister and in the end we put our thoughts down in a short film on YouTube. You can take a look here

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Thanks to everyone that sent in tips!

British PM’s Office Responds To “Clarkson For PM” Petition originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 20 August 2008 at 00:05 GMT.

Stig In The Nissan GT-R — How Fast Will He Go? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 20 July 2008 at 20:26 GMT.

During our race to Oslo, the poor cameraman in the back of the tracking car had to pee in a bottle. We do not stop.

In the Ferrari versus plane race to Verbier, I actually overtook the tracking car, leaving me with nothing but the on board mini cams. I was that desperate to get there first.

And we get back to be accused of fakery by some internet dweeb. It makes my effing teeth itch with rage.

Of course, once the race is run and the result in the bag, the camera crews stay behind to pick up the shots needed to make the whole thing work on television. The details. The icing. But that doesn’t affect the outcome.

And apparently Sunday’s race is “the best film we’ve ever made.” Sunday cannot get here quick enough.

Clarkson Defends Big Race Outcomes originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 11 July 2008 at 23:43 GMT.

Top Gear “Confirmed” For June 22nd originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 2 June 2008 at 01:38 GMT.

Top Gear is screened all over the world, from remote Himalayan villages to the bullet-ridden boulevards of Lebanon. It is a genuine, bona fide export success. But in the US it is watched only by half a handful of expats who diligently follow BBC America, and a few torrentists on the interweb.

A great read as usual.

Clarkson On The Callaway Corvette C6 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 20 April 2008 at 07:28 GMT.

The last sentence of the article though is what’s really important:

Oh and just in case you think these are the ramblings of a senile old man who thinks he could have been Michael Schumacher if he’d been given the chance, consider this: James May aka, Captain Slow, agrees with every word. Next year, I suspect we may be back.

I hope so because last year’s episode was epic.

Top Gear To Be At Silverstone For Britcar 24 Again Next Year? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sun, 17 February 2008 at 07:42 GMT.

Back in November, two computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million UK residents went missing. Clarkson though was unconvinced that all of the hype over the ordeal was justified, so to prove a point, he published his personal banking account numbers in one of his recent newspaper columns.

Unsurprisingly, someone took those numbers and stole some money from his account by setting up a reoccurring donation of £500 a month to the British Diabetic Association, a legitimate charity.

Back in November, the Government lost two computer discs containing half the population’s bank details.

Everyone worked themselves into a right old lather about the mistake but I argued we should all calm down because the details in question are to be found on every cheque we hand out every day to every Tom, Dick and cash and carry.

To hammer the point home I even printed my own bank account number and sort code.

And guess what? I opened my bank statement this morning to find out that someone has set up a direct debit which automatically takes £500 from my account.

The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again.

I was wrong and I have been punished for my mistake.

Oh Jeremy. Tsk tsk.

[Sources: The Daily Mail, BBC News, Telegraph]

Clarkson Prints Bank Details, Unsurprisingly Gets Money Stolen originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 8 January 2008 at 09:50 GMT.

I wasn’t even remotely bothered when the swarm of children first approached. I figured they were fans of Top Gear and wanted to know about Richard Hammond’s head. But no. What they wanted to know most of all was if I had any security.

I asked them politely to leave me alone. I walked away. I even walked away a bit more. But they kept coming. And so, figuring that attack was probably the best form of defence, I grabbed the ringleader by his hoodie, lifted him off the ground and explained, firmly, that it’d be best if he went back to his tenement.

You can read the full account in Clarkson’s latest Times column.

Jeremy Harassed Outside Daughter’s Birthday Party originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 5 December 2007 at 23:22 GMT.

Ben saw his hero, test driver The Stig, pull some jaw-dropping stunts in a £350,000 Ascari A10 supercar and £160,000 Aston Martin DBS at BBC2’s Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

[Source: The Sun]

Top Gear Welcomes Paraplegic Soldier To Studio originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 22 November 2007 at 10:31 GMT.

Clarkson’s New DVD “Supercar Showdown” Out Today originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 5 November 2007 at 06:48 GMT.

Top Gear won a National Television Award Wednesday night for the second year in a row. Congratulations to the whole Top Gear crew and presenters! Well done!

Here’s a video (with really loud audio, be careful) of them winning:

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Jeremy also won a “Special Recognition Award”, a lifetime achievement award kind of thing. Here’s some footage of that:

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Top Gear Wins National Television Award originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 05:29 GMT.

Clarkson’s Rendezvous originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Wed, 24 October 2007 at 13:09 GMT.

Richard’s autobiography, entitled “On the Edge“, was co-written with his wife Mindy. It details his 288 MPH crash last year and his recovery from the accident. There’s also a really funny video preview of the book by Richard at Amazon.co.uk.

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Jeremy’s book, “Don’t Stop Me Now“, contains his latest collection of columns as well as a ton of other random stuff.

Lastly, James May’s 20th Century accompanies his recent television series which covered various inventions and discoveries made over the past century.

[Via TopGear.com]

New Books From The Boys originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 11 October 2007 at 10:43 GMT.

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Trailer For Clarkson’s New DVD: Supercar Showdown originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Thu, 4 October 2007 at 11:22 GMT.