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Fifth Gear: Hope yet for Britain's other car show?

Our heart goes out to the crew at Fifth Gear. It really does. Because it's got to be tough living in the shadow of the BBC show that spawned it. We're talking about Top Gear, of course, and by any other yardstick, Fifth Gear is a fantastic car show. But its popularity has never approached what Clarkson and company enjoy, which has reportedly led to UK's Channel 5 decision to cancel the show. Which is really a shame. All hope may not be lost, however, as reports indicate that Channel 5's decision isn't final just yet. But if it is, the ... Read more →

Trouble in U.K. TelevisionLand: Has Fifth Gear been canceled? Jeremy Korzeniewski

News coming out of the U.K. today suggests that everybody's second-favorite British motoring television show may be facing the axe. According to the Daily Mail, Fifth Gear, which has never quite ...

VIDEO: Tiff Needell and actor John Barrowman crash Subaru rally car on Fifth Gear Noah Joseph

In case Richard Hammond's spectacular jet-car crash wasn't enough to convince you of the inherent dangers of filming British television's top car shows, the presenters of Fifth Gear have given us ...

VIDEO: Fifth Gear pits Ford Focus RS vs. Mitsubishi Evo X Chris Paukert

Yesterday, we showed you Fifth Gear's take on the new Audi R8 V10 - notable more for their footage of the gorgeous blue test car than for much in the way of actual performance driving and ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Needell hints at Veyron 'vert, 5th Gear pegs Audi A5 vs. BMW 335i Chris Shunk

We found a couple great Fifth Gear videos for you from the new season, so we decided to put both into one post. First (above), Vicky Butler-Henderson pits two of the hottest luxury sport coupes, the ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Needell flogs the GT3 RS, Clubsport 2 years ago on Autoblog

Tiff Needell has solidified his place in our minds as the be-all, end-all of motoring show presenters. Sure, Jezza's wit and rhythm is second-to-none, but it wouldn't surprise us to learn that his skills behind the wheel are more a product of clever post-production rather than outright talent. With ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Driver Training with Tiff Needell 3 years ago on Autoblog

Say what you will about Fifth Gear, the highlight of almost every episode is watching Tiff Needell's masterful, yet seemingly effortless, driving technique. In this hour long movie, Tiff takes the time to explain how certain advanced car control skills are performed on a variety of vehicles, ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Lotus Carlton 3 years ago on Autoblog

When Lotus announced earlier this week that its intends to bring three new models to production over the next few years, we began day-dreaming of the myriad of possibilities that may come about. As good as the Elise and Exige are, and as good as the Europa and new Esprit hope to be, some of ...

VIDEO: Perfecting the powerslide 3 years ago on Autoblog

Whether you call it drifting and do it with a Nissan Silvia or powersliding and perform it in a Corvette Z06, maintaining control of your car in a state of extreme oversteer is not an easy thing to do. Miguel sent us a link to this YouTube video in which Tiff Needell, ex-host of the BBC's Top Gear ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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