As fond as Jeremy Clarkson may be of describing Richard Hammond as a girly boy, the Hamster’s manicured styling and trendy haircuts - or even James May’s flowing locks - might not be enough to get the Top Gear trio through its latest run-in with the show’s detractors.

A new bill has been introduced in [...]

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If you’ve got an even ten minutes up your sleeve and you can handle the bad hair, this oldy-but-a-goody video of Jeremy Clarkson dropping into Japan to investigate its car enthusiast scene offers a great look at the striking contrasts between the car scene of Japan and that of the outside world.

Of course, with the [...]

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Some say, it don’t matter if they’re black or white, as long as they can drive fast and shrug off a 25 percent pay cut. All we know is, they are both called The Stig…

The higher paid folks behind Top Gear, including Clarkson himself, are apparently taking 25 percent pay cuts, but that doesn’t appear [...]

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Following on from last year’s reports that Top Gear UK’s Season 13 budget would be cut, Clarkson himself is now reportedly in the bean-counter’s cross hairs.

UK’s Daily Mail reports that Clarkson brings in an estimated £2,000,000 annually (around AUD $4.4 million) but could see this figure drop by as much as £500,000 (AUD $1.1 million).

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The identity of The Stig has been a hotly-debated topic of late and now Top Gear’s own Jeremy Clarkson has waded into the controversy. You just know things are starting to get serious, and likely to turn completely stupid, when Clarkson gets involved.

Clarkson has now used his column in British publication The Sun to poke fun at [...]

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First it was the automakers themselves, then automotive parts manufacturers, then the auto financing industry. Now even the automotive entertainment industry is taking a financial hit, with the BBC announcing budget cuts to the eternally-popular Top Gear series.

Does this mean that we won’t be seeing as many supercar vs man/plane/boat/train/blimp races in 2009? Will Clarkson, [...]

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As we followed the weekly Australian series of Top Gear earlier this year, it became apparent (through the comments left by readers) that the seemingly purposeless abuse of some test vehicles was not considered a joke. It started in episode one with Charlie launching a Toyota RAV4 V6 over a sand dune, stoving in the [...]

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Episode six of the Australian Top Gear franchise aired last night and if the ratings are anything to go by, the Aussie show’s star could well be on the rise. Now, it’s not unusual for ratings to bounce around a bit for new shows, before they eventually settle into a pattern, but 200,000 more viewers [...]

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Eric Bana has announced that he’s working on a documentary-style feature film that explores people’s passions for their hobbies and interests. Love the Beast will not be exclusively car-oriented, but will focus heavily on passions of the automotive kind. Given Bana’s 25-year love affair with his own Ford XB GT Coupe, the Targa contestant will feature prominently in the [...]

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As I write this the fourth episode of Top Gear’s local franchise has finished.

This week, Steve thrashed the HSV W427 around Lang Lang (although Charlie seemed to think it was a Holden creation).

Warren trekked through the bush with a rather subdued Aboriginal tracker named Diesel, taking on the TRD HiLux and its satellite navigation system. [...]

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According to the UK’s Daily Mirror, Jeremy Clarkson has added more injuries to his Monaro-generated bad back, with a crash while filming Top Gear. While exact details of the incident are in short supply, it is believed to be the Top Gear presenter’s first serious crash in 31 years.

In typical Clarkson style his descriptions of [...]

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British comedian Harry Enfield and friends have pulled out what might be our favourite comedy sketch for 2008: Clarkson Island.

What is Clarkson Island, exactly?  It’s an island off the coast of England, shaped oddly like an Aston Martin or similar, populated almost exclusively by Jeremy Clarksons.

Available in a wide variety of types, but all sharing [...]

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