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

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 ridiculous-yet-somehow-jealousy-inducing car-antics. Apparently, Jezza bragged that the Jag is such an easy to handle drifter all-star, that he could smash an apple... while wearing flippers. But he's not the only one wearing ridiculous shoes while hammering a big powerful car around a track. The Stig attempts to smash apples in a pair of wellingtons. The ... Read more →

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 ...

Top Gear reports Stig arrested in both Dublin and Mojave Desert Noah Joseph

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 ...

VIDEO: Ultima claims Top Gear track record without show's authorization Jeremy Korzeniewski

Automotive records can be funny things. While everyone seems to be interested in knowing what vehicle is the quickest, fastest, most expensive or rarest, there always seems to be plenty of dissent ...

Forget Waldo, BBC Books coming out with Where's Stig? for kids 3 months ago on Autoblog

Wasted time. All the wasted time we spent as children looking for that ridiculous, bespectacled, striped goon when we could have been seeking out the world's most enigmatic racing driver. As with so many other things, however, future generations need suffer no more thanks to illustrator Rod Hunt and ...

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 ...

Stig's identity voted as Biggest Mystery of the Century 3 months ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/The_Stig_s_Identity_Voted_Biggest_Mystery_of_the_Century'; The assassination of John F. Kennedy? The existence of the Bermuda Triangle? Bah! What Brits really want to know, more than anything else, is the true identity of the Stig. This according to a ...

VIDEO: Stig scam gets you around for free 4 months ago on Autoblog

Here's a fantastic challenge that the Top Gear team didn't think up: if you walked around London dressed as the Stig, how many strangers would let you drive their cars? Aussie comedy show The Chaser's War on Everything went to London to find out, in an attempt to find a cheaper way to travel. ...

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 ...

Comic Relief to auction ridealong with Stig 9 months ago on Autoblog

We still don't know who the White Stig is, and he could be replaced by the Black Stig, the Purple Stig, or the Rainbow Stig pretty soon. But before he goes, you can win a ride with him around the Top Gear test track. Red Nose Day is a fundraising event put on by the British charity Comic Relief, ...

British papers report the Stig is greater than any one man 9 months ago on Autoblog

There have been a whole slew of reports lately on the true identity of Top Gear's "tamed racing driver". Some say he's Lewis Hamilton, while others say he's the late great Graham Hill. Some say he's venerable stunt driver and former racing impresario Ben Collins, while others say he's the ...

Top Gear officially reveals Stig's identity, and he's even more impressive than we thought 10 months ago on Autoblog

Fair warning: This is our third Stig post in about a week, so if you're not a fan of the Top Gear and its Tame Racing Driver, feel free to mosey on down the page. Speculation about the Stig's identity has always been a fun way to pass the time with fellow car buffs. It's one of those secrets that ...

Top Gear's Stig Revealed! 10 months ago on Autoblog

Fans of Top Gear might want to prepare themselves for another Stig death soon. When "Black Stig" Perry McCarthy revealed himself, Clarkson, Hammond and May offed him. Now, according to the UK's Telegraph, the "White Stig" has apparently ended the mystery, revealing himself as 33 year-old Ben ...

"Who is the Stig?" ranks in Top 10 searches on Ask.com 11 months ago on Autoblog

Ask.com is used by millions of people every month, and the top questions range from "Am I pregnant?" to "How much is my car worth?" While those questions seem very generic and obvious, one query takes on an entirely Top Gear feel. No, the question isn't "How can I stop Top Gear USA from ...

The Stig writes riveting review of Nissan GT-R 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've all heard our share of rumors about the true identity of the one called The Stig. But after our childhood notions of the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus were shattered, we prefer to keep the legend of the anonymous test driver from Top Gear alive. So we're not about to claim that ...

Want to watch Top Gear in person? Prepare to wait 21 years 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's no secret that we're big fans of Top Gear, and it's good to hear that we're definitely not alone in loving the world's greatest motoring show. The waiting list to get a first-hand glimpse of the show being produced is an incredible 336k names deep, which translates to about a 21 year wait. ...

Win the lottery? Have Stig take you for a spin 1 year ago on Autoblog

Lottery winners can often have subhuman tendencies, so it's only natural that you'd want to hang out with equally awful subset of humanity, racing drivers. The Stig is a perfect representation of those with abnormally high levels of octane in their blood, and his/its services around Silverstone were ...

The Stig climbs aboard Batman's Tumbler 1 year ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: This picture was actually shot when Batman Begins was released -- in 2005. So don't expect to see the Stig doing his thing in the Tumbler anytime soon. Check out the rest of the pics at Flickr; we're off to drown our disappointment in a pint. We don't have any details on when this happened ...

Be a star in Top Gear's reasonably priced car 1 year ago on Autoblog

Attention all you Top Gear fans out there! While most of us will never be a big enough star to actually appear on the fabled British motor show as one of its "Stars in a reasonably priced car," the Top Gear website has added a virtual chance at fame and glory. Take a crack at the real Top Gear test ...

UPDATE: The Stig NOT revealed... in Belgium? 1 year ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Thanks to a handful of readers, we received the image above showing Schrick and the Stig embodied in separate meat vessels. That means one of two things: Schrick is NOT the Stig or Top Gear employs several Stigs. Certain mysteries aren't meant to be solved, and when it comes to the Stig, ...

NBC working on Top Gear remake for the States 1 year ago on Autoblog

Bionic Woman. Knight Rider. And now....Top Gear? NBC, America's remake network, has ordered a pilot of an Americanized Top Gear. Expect to see all the usual Top Gear conventions, including three presenters; a masked Stig-like driver; a private test track; taping in a hangar before a live audience; ...

Top Gear totally smitten with Nissan GT-R 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/New_Nissan_GT_R_A_Top_Gear_Favorite_2'; The platitudes keep pouring in for the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Bill Thomas from Top Gear produced our favorite write up by far right before Christmas in which he pits the GT-R against its arch nemesis, the Porsche 911 ...

2007 AB Gift Guide: Race the Stig Game 1 year ago on Autoblog

Some say "Top Gear"'s tamed racing driver has always owned Park Place, Boardwalk and Free Parking. Others say he's never been beaten at tic-tac-toe. All we know is that he's called The Stig, and he's got his own board game called Top Gear Race The Stig Game. This electronic game looks ...

Enter the (British) rumormill: Clarkson leaving Top Gear? 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/television/Clarkson_leaving_Top_Gear'; Our new friend from Down Under, KP, dropped us a link to a post in the online edition of Wheels magazine, which asserts that Clarkson may not return to Top Gear for the next season. The report stems from an article in The ...

The (former) Stig Speaks! 3 years ago on Autoblog

There is, arguably, no better show about cars, driving and four-wheeled debauchery then Top Gear. The hosts are open books when it comes to their opinions and personalities, but one member of the team has been veiled in a cloak of secrecy for years. Well, that veil has been lifted and the original, ...

The Stig plays indoors with Toyota's F1 car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Seeing how fast you can drive and stop a 900-horsepower Formula 1 car in an enclosed space sounds like a pretty crazy thing to do, even if said enclosed site is the massive ExCeL in London's Docklands, site of next week's British Motor Show. In the event of a mishap, a wall impact there would ...

Video: Prodrive P2 handles so well, even Clarkson loses his lunch 3 years ago on Autoblog

Alright... so you've openly lusted after the performance envelopes of road-bound rally cars like the Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi EVO IX MR, but you can't get around their frump four-door roots, or their look-at-me aerodynamic addenda. So what's keeping the two firms from building a lighter, more ...






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