Top Gear switches to Nine
October 23, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News, Top Gear
This week’s report didn’t seem bogus after all, the Nine Network has taken the motoring show Top Gear from SBS as confirmed by news reports today.
Channel Nine has made a deal with BBC Worldwide Australia which includes British and Australian versions of the show.
Nine’s chief executive David Gyngell said the Top Gear agreement was a [...]
Top Gear Australia Shane Warne & Jeremy Clarkson on Nine
October 21, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News, Top Gear
Update: BBC worldwide spokeswoman says the report regarding Clarkson and Warne hosting Top Gear Australia is “Utter nonsense”.
Update: SBS Australia says “we are negotiating with BBC Worldwide who own the rights”.
Original Report:
Australia cricket legend Shane Warne is rumored to be the new co-host of a new series of Top Gear Australia. The show which currently [...]
Top Gear Live World Tour 2009/2010 premieres
September 29, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Car News, Top Gear
Clarkson, Hammond and May are set to return to the stage, having today officially launched this year’s Top Gear Live World Tour from London’s Royal Geographical Society in true style; suspended below a hot air balloon.
In preparation for their latest tour, which will play to over 340,000 Top Gear fans worldwide, the crew have been [...]
Top Gear to end on surprise high
September 7, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Car News, Random News, Top Gear
According to Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, the most popular motoring program of all time will finish its run much like any regular episode when the series eventually winds up.
Mr Hammond said that he and his co-presenters, James May and Jeremy Clarkson, have each discussed how the show should finish and believe that ending the [...]
Video: Top Gear drives supercharged VXR8 and Maloo
The latest instalment of Top Gear has had a uniquely Australian twist with Richard Hammond taking the wheel of not only the supercharged VXR8 Bathurst S but also the Maloo.
As an added bonus, both cars have also been handed over to the Stig to settle once and for all which is fastest – the sedan [...]
Video: Ken Block meets Top Gear
July 6, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Car News, Subaru, Top Gear, Videos
The Ken Block gymkhana films have become the stuff of internet legend thanks to the unique mix of incredible driving and even more impressive cinematography.
Now he has teamed up with the crew from Top Gear for his latest video with the one and only James May riding shotgun while Block tears through a not-so-abandoned airport.
Top Gear Australia Season 2 finale preview
June 24, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Car News, Top Gear
Just as Top Gear in the UK starts off its new series, our own home-grown version is set to come to a climactic close with the final episode of the second season due to air next Monday.
In the finale, Steve claims his prize for beating James in the mobility scooter race by reviewing the iconic [...]
Top Gear’s Stig revealed!
June 22, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Car News, Top Gear, Videos
British television program Top Gear has done something none of us could have expected for its first show of the series – and it’s good, really good.
But to maintain a thin veil of secrecy we will warn you now, do not read on unless you want to know the true identity of the Stig. This [...]
Video: Top Gear Season 13 teaser
June 16, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Car News, Top Gear, Videos
Top Gear is set to return to screens in the UK from June 21 and the boys – quite literally – have put together a sneak preview of what we can expect from their new season.
On first impressions there seems to be more of the much-loved shenanigans which have defined the show, with May racing [...]
Top Gear Australia audience sign-up open
March 9, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car News, Top Gear
Registration to be part of the studio audience for series two of Top Gear Australia has opened today, with the first episode set to air on May 11.
This new season marks the return of James Morrison to Australian motoring television, as he leads the new local ensemble following Charlie Cox’s withdrawal from the show.
Top Gear Live
February 4, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Car News, Ferrari, Lotus, Sports Cars, Top Gear
Top Gear Live arrived in Australia today, with Clarkson and the Hamster in the driver’s seat .


