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Circus Freaks

Top Gear Australia — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:30:32 +0000

Those Nitro Circus mentalists, led by X Games legend Travis Pastrana, kick-off their Oz tour soon and, if this just-released vid’s anything to go by, they’re training harder then ever. Of course, by training we mean setting up a gigantic ramp in the backyard and seeing who can ride the most ridiculous thing down it. Yep, [...]

Best of the Bowl

Top Gear Australia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:34:27 +0000

Ahh the Super Bowl. It’s 60 minutes of vague and confusing sport interspersed with some highly entertaining advertising. And at $2.6 million – and that’s in US dollars – per 30-second slot, it’d want to be. With advertisers forced to spend such huge sums to score some time, the pressure lands squarely on the agencies to [...]

Gee willikers Batman!

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:27:03 +0000

When we heard a dude in Perth had built a fully functioning replica of that awesome Tumbler from Batman Begins, we knew we had to get TopGear arch villain Isaac Bober on a plane. This isn’t the Batmobile you saw in Batman Begins. But it could be. And we’re not in Gotham City, although… nah, there’s [...]

Let’s help Lara

Top Gear Australia — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:41:05 +0000

Everyone’s favourite…erm, well we’re not sure exactly what it is she does. Anyway, Lara Bingle needs help. And damn it, we’re here for her. As you undoubtedly know already, Lara was left wondering where the bloody hell her $270,000 Aston V8 Vantage was after it was stolen from her Bondi pad. The mysterious disappearance forced us to [...]

TG’s Block Party

Top Gear Australia — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:04:47 +0000

By Andrew Chesterton Gymkhana legend and Top Gear Man of the Year, Ken Block, has finally confirmed he’ll be contesting the WRC this year, so we here at TG.com thought it time we reminded everyone exactly why we love the Blockster so much. Block will be racing “select” WRC rounds, apparently not wanting to go too hard, [...]

Blue Wheeler

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:08:59 +0000

It’s the question every motorist has wondered at some point or other: what exactly is a burnout? And are they legal? At leat, that’s what one Mudgee council worker sacked for a Bathurst-style burnout in his work carpark is wondering, with his case having just appeared before the Industrial Relations Commission. Michael Stevenson was given the flick [...]

Mamma Mia!

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:37:54 +0000

Remember that stunning Lamborghini Gallardo police car the cops in Italy were tooling about in? Well, let’s just say that relationship hasn’t ended well… Honestly, it’s enough to make you cry. See, the car was donated to the police by the manufacturer, meaning there’d be some pretty happy chappies over at Lamborghini HQ this morning. More pics [...]

Rat Rage!

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:54:41 +0000

By Kurt McGuiness Exposing rats to petrol fumes actually makes the little buggers more aggressive, according to reseacrh from Cairo University, leading to claims a trip to the local bowser could be having the same effect on humans. Two groups of rats were tested; one group was exposed to clean air, and the others got a [...]

Block’s new battle

Top Gear Australia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:22:35 +0000

For all those people out there who had the misguided notion that much of Ken Block’s talent was due to the set-up of his WRX, shame on you firstly, and secondly, prepare to be proven wrong. This latest video sees Block and Aussie WRC strar Chris Atkinson thrashing an old Ford Escort [...]

Porsche’s 911 emergency

Top Gear Australia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:22:03 +0000

By Kurt McGuiness Not too many modified 911s on the road, are there? Probably because Porsche aficionados are purists at heart and wouldn’t dare tamper with what they believe to be the ride of the Gods, or maybe it’s because, let’s face it, they’re pretty damn good to begin with. Well one [...]