Jeremy Clarkson


STUDY: If you're gonna make us pay for a bloke's writing, it bloody well better be Clarkson

We'll admit up front that this news item is minimally car-related, but bear with us. In response to News Corp's Rupert Murdoch's repeated threats to bury all of his content behind a pay-for-it-wall, the UK's Guardian conducted a poll asking readers which online columnists they'd pay for. The not so shocking result: Jeremy Clarkson, number one. Number two is Charlie Brooker, who we've heard of. The next eight? Not so much. But here's the point. Jeremy Clarkson writes about cars. The other day, we were arguing with a burned out (and ... Read more →

VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson drifts a Jaguar XKR Convertible... in flippers Jonny Lieberman

We missed the first part of this skit, as the video you're about to watch isn't from Top Gear, but rather from JC's newest DVD Dual Duel. Still, it does feature the Stig. And some ...

Top Gear: A little history about everybody's favorite TV show Jonny Lieberman

What if the Stig was known as the Gimp? It's doubtful Top Gear's mysterious racing driver – or the show itself – would have proved as enormously popular. Would you walk around in a ...

VIDEO: Top Gear Season 14 returns this Sunday Jonny Lieberman

Guess what boys and girls? Everyone's favorite car-related show is coming back for a fourteenth season! That's fantastic news for gearheads everywhere, especially considering that at the end of ...

UK adventurer challenges Clarkson to cross Sahara in 1937 Austin 7 Ruby Jonny Lieberman

Now we're talking! If there's one thing we're in favor of its pushing cars to their breaking point. See LeMons. But what about pushing cars past their breaking point? Like across Africa? That's ...

VIDEO: Simply the Best - Clarkson shows Ferrari 348 much love on Top Gear circa 1991 27 days ago on Autoblog

The Sixties came back for a while. Then the Seventies returned for an encore performance. Now, even things from the Eighties are coming back into style. But we're praying to everything holy that the Nineties stay far, far behind us. Especially after taking this trip down memory lane to a 1991 ...

Top Gear reports Stig arrested in both Dublin and Mojave Desert 28 days ago on Autoblog

Some say he has a problem with authority. Others say he's actually capable of being in two places at the same time, and getting arrested in both. All we know is that Top Gear is making less sense with every passing day. One of the BBC car show's myriad blogs reports that the enigmatic test ...

STUDY: Jeremy Clarkson has world's best job. In other news, grass is green, sky is blue. 1 month ago on Autoblog

We'll be the first people to admit that we find ourselves in a pretty cool line of work, but if we were offered the chance to swap jobs with any one person in the world, it very well might be with Jeremy Clarkson. Not surprisingly, it turns out we're not alone. According to a survey of over ...

Top Gear faces mounting criticism over costly new stunts. Again. 1 month ago on Autoblog

Top Gear fans greet each new season with more eager glee. Top Gear critics have taken to welcoming each new run with more criticism. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the latest "How dare they!" comes from a Minister of Parliament (MP) and Friends of the Earth, who want to run TG up the flagpole ...

Hammond says Top Gear crew's scariest moment was infamous Southern U.S. episode [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

Seems like forever since we've run a Top Gear post, no? And hey, when the world's most popular car show is on hiatus we tend to get a bit... withdrawn. Because, well, we just love the antics. Like the time Clarkson had a Bugatti Veyron and Hammond was stuck in the back of May's Cessna as they ...

VIDEO: Top Gear Live holding design-your-own-stunt contest 1 month ago on Autoblog

We love Top Gear for a lot of reasons, but we love the British motoring series most for its big-budget creativity. After all, how many shows are going to storm a beach in a Ford Fiesta? And from everything we've seen and heard, Top Gear Live takes the creativity to the next level with its gold ...

Top Gear posse spotted filming with bevy of exotics in Romania 1 month ago on Autoblog

The Top Gear crew is preparing the show's 14th season and they've gone to the home of Vlad the Impaler for some help. Piloting a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder, Aston Martin DBS Volante, and Ferrari California, the production closed down the Transfagarasan Road that climbs over Romania's ...

REPORT: Mos-Def High-Def: Top Gear shooting in 1080p 2 months ago on Autoblog

Regardless of what viewers may think of the opinions of Jeremy Clarkson and his cohorts at Top Gear, no one can argue with the production values. The cinematography is magnificent and even those who couldn't care less about cars find themselves getting sucked into the BBC program's visuals. ...

Environmentalists treat Jeremy Clarkson's lawn driveway to steaming pile of manure 2 months ago on Autoblog

There are many things Top Gear front-man Jeremy Clarkson could be labeled as. Celebrity? Check. Petrolhead? Check. Environmentalist? Um, no. Whenever Clarkson has gotten the chance to get some seat time in what might be construed as an eco-friendly automobile, he always seems to find plenty not ...

Remember that 'No Women on Top Gear' thing? Forget it. Hammond wants Angelina 2 months ago on Autoblog

Last month, Jeremy Clarkson said that introducing a female host to Top Gear "would be a disaster." The relative youngster among the Top Gear crew, Richard Hammond, isn't so sure he'd call it a disaster, depending on the female in question. Hammond's opinion is that old fogies Clarkson and May ...

Richard Hammond says Top Gear to go out on a surprise high 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's not pretty to watch once-popular shows and their stars drag things on years beyond their relevance. Everything that's hot, hip, and new right now -- the media creations that set tongues wagging -- they're all headed for their respective versions of Vegas Elvis. Even Top Gear, regarded by many ...

REPORT: Jeremy Clarkson against female Top Gear host, calls audience members 'oafs' 2 months ago on Autoblog

Top Gear chief oaf (read: presenter) Jeremy Clarkson is no stranger to controversy when he speaks. In fact, he rather seems to thrive on it, which undoubtedly is a big part of the appeal of the show. Earlier this week, he spouted off again apparently in an attempt to irritate (or bemuse) women ...

Stig and the boys immortalized in bricks as Top Gear makes it to Legoland 3 months ago on Autoblog

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Top_Gear_Immortalized_in_Legoland_w_pic'; Another Saturday, another LEGO car story. This time, the little Danish bricks have been used to immortalize the presenters from our favorite automotive television show, Top Gear. In honor of the show naming the ...

VIDEO: Mock VW ad from Jeremy Clarkson draws criticism 3 months ago on Autoblog

Jeremy Clarkson's humor tends to either amuse or horrify. Some contend the dead-pan Brit occasionally goes too far with his comedic stylings, but overall, we prefer Clarkson just the way he is and don't mind his occasional pot-shots. After all, Top Gear is an entertainment show, and while he ...

eBay find of the Day: Clarkson's Cheap Car Challenge Mitsubishi Starion [w/VIDEO] 3 months ago on Autoblog

Oh, yes. Think back to when you first really fell in love with Top Gear. For this author, it was actually the Cheap Porsche Challenge. But it may as well have been the Cheap Coupes That Aren't Porsches Challenge that came later. To refresh your memory a bit, May shows up in a hopeless smoking ...

BREAKING: Top Gear not dead [w/VIDEO] 3 months ago on Autoblog

Internet rumors are a funny thing. Back during the last presidential campaign, 10% of voters polled thought Barack Obama was a Muslim... until his campaign staffers came out and denied he was a Muslim. Then 14% of us thought he was a Muslim. And you can see the same thing happening with another ...

No. 5 celebrity that U.K. men most want to have a date with: The Top Gear crew? 3 months ago on Autoblog

No, really. At least according to Madbid.com, a British auction site (£1,000 cash for £8.06) that arranges celebrity auctions for charity. First, which celebrity topped the list? The sultry, three-kinds of sexy Megan Fox, of course. Second place was British singer/soccer wife Cheryl ...

VIDEO: Jay Leno drives the Reasonably Priced Car 3 months ago on Autoblog

Last week we saw AC/DC's Brian Johnson on Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment and for the first time ever the consensus was, "no need to fast forward." Now, we're not going to say that the former Tonight Show host and pistonhead extraordinaire Jay Leno is as mesmerizingly fun as ...

VIDEO: Young Jezza? Jeremy Clarkson gets his gangsta rap on... sort of. 3 months ago on Autoblog

We don't have to tell you that we're big fans of Top Gear, and lucky for us, most of you are, too. We've seen the show's star, Jeremy Clarkson, do plenty of things ranging from clever to wonky in the name of entertainment, but what we haven't yet witnessed was a Clarkson rap. Until now. ...

VIDEO: Hells Bells! AC/DC's Brian Johnson is seriously quick in the Top Gear Reasonably Priced Car 3 months ago on Autoblog

You gotta love Brian Johnson. Plucked from (relative) obscurity by AC/DC in 1980 to replace Bon Scott (R.I.P.), Johnson and the band then recorded Back in Black, the second most successful album in history, just behind Thriller by What's His Face. Johnson – who maybe stands five feet ...

Top Gear to recreate the Italian Job Mini sewer chase scene in Belfast? 4 months ago on Autoblog

It's been six years since director F. Gary Gray assembled an all-star cast including Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham and Donald Sutherland to recreate the Michael Caine classic The Italian Job. And though the remake bore little resemblance to the original, the one part ...

Top Gear draws fire for 'glorifying' 210 MPH ticket. Only it's a fake. [w/VIDEO] 4 months ago on Autoblog

ESPN sports columnist Bill Simmons proposed a 72-hour reportage moratorium for the web – that way, news could be vetted before was broadcast to the entire universe. Had that been in effect, the story of Orange County resident Philip Robert Odegard might not have ended up on Top Gear and ...

Sandra Bullock: "I live for Top Gear" 4 months ago on Autoblog

When Sandra Bullock married motorcycle builder and former Monster Garage host Jessie James, we were a bit surprised. After all, how many Hollywood mega stars marry glorified mechanics? Now comes news from the California Chronicle that Ms. Bullock is a big Top Gear fan, adding "I love Top Gear. I ...

VIDEO: Top Gear takes on the Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black Series 4 months ago on Autoblog

When Jeremy Clarkson has the keys to a 660 hp supercar, you know you're in for a heck of a ride. The affable BBC host took the reigns of twin-turbo V12-powered Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series, and we're pretty sure the Top Gear team needed to change its rather expensive tires at some time ...

Jeremy Clarkson upsets Scouts, Catholic Church with Skoda commentary 4 months ago on Autoblog

What do you get when you mix Clarkson, May, a Skoda, and the Catholic church? Controversy, of course. During a review of the Skoda Scout, May and Clarkson engaged in a bit of banter that mingled scouts -- as in Boy Scouts -- the church, and inappropriate touching. And when you "have a dig at two ...

VIDEO: Schumacher's Ferrari FXX blitzes the Top Gear test track 5 months ago on Autoblog

Alright, so whether you've seen it already or not, most of the enthusiast world is aware that Top Gear has revealed its mystery "tame racing driver" as none other than F1 maestro Michael Schumacher. That unhelmeting came as part of the new season's first show which aired in the U.K. on Sunday, ...

REPORT: The Stig is to be unmasked unhelmeted on tonight's Top Gear! 5 months ago on Autoblog

Jeremy Clarkson has written that some time after the new season of Top Gear begins tonight at 8 p.m. on British televisions, "Stig barges into the studio and in an atmosphere that you could cut with a knife removes his helmet." Ostensibly, that means we'll finally learn the identity of the ...

VIDEO: Top Gear teases new season in childish fashion 5 months ago on Autoblog

Season 13 of Top Gear is just around the corner, and the crew isn't wasting any opportunity to build buzz before the Sunday, June 21 air date of the first episode. Perhaps in a nod to the BBC's much-publicized pay cuts or the franchise's new children's magazine, the video above doesn't really ...

Gambon Street? Project reportedly afoot to turn Top Gear test track into housing development 5 months ago on Autoblog

Come on, England: Leave Top Gear alone. We know they can make a lot of noise and take away air time from your precious Antiques Roadshow, but deep down inside you know you love them as much as we do. And don't try to deny it: the ratings don't lie. So isn't it about time everyone just leave Jeremy ...

Top Gear Preview: Clarkson and company destroy Mitsubishi Evo on army base 5 months ago on Autoblog

The automotive enthusiast world is waiting with bated breath to see what the chaps at Top Gear have up their clever sleeves for season 13. So far, we know that TG will be cutting back on the fancy a bit, as the wildly popular British car show has been handed a substantial budget cut. One ...

Top Gear episodes now available on Xbox Live Marketplace 5 months ago on Autoblog

Here around Autoblog's virtual offices, there are few things on which we love to spend our down time more than watching Top Gear and playing on our Xbox 360. So it comes as a special bit of parenthetical news that the hit British BBC show has now become available directly on the Xbox Live ...

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