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Commodore v Mazda3? You can bet on it

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:14:23 +0000

An Australian betting agency is giving punters the chance to bet on which car they think will top the sales charts in 2012. Have you ever wanted to place a bet on: What time the sun will rise two months from now? The sex of a newborn child? How many footballists will be charged with [...]

Will.I.Am – the newest car manufacturer

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:52:44 +0000

Not content with foisting the horror that is the Black Eyed Peas on society, over-punctuator will.i.am has seen fit to kick off his own car brand. Named IAMAUTO, (follow the etymology there, kids) the new Los Angeles-based manufacturer’s first car (above) is apparently based on Chrysler architecture. So, it’ll most probably be a lot like [...]

Holden shown the ‘Dore

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:53:33 +0000

Australia love you 3 times, Mazda In patriotically damaging, yet sort of inevitable news, the Holden Commodore has lost its spot atop Australia’s best-seller list. In equally inevitable news, it was shoved off the throne by a Japanese hatchback. Not the Toyota Corolla though; as well as it sells, (especially through fleet and rental car [...]

TopGear’s 10 Top Tips for Christmas Driving

Top Gear Australia — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:42:14 +0000

Christmas is a merry time for all. It also turns normal road users into blood-thirsty lunatics. Here’s TG’s 10 Top Tips for driving this Christmas time. 1. Tyres are very important. Always make sure they’re still attached to your car before setting off. Other good things to check are the presence of an engine and [...]

Hurry! Top Gear Live tix running out!

Top Gear Australia — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:46:35 +0000

LAST REMAINING TICKETS JUST RELEASED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOWS! Due to overwhelming demand new seats have been added for the Friday and Saturday shows – be quick don’t miss out. BOOK NOW What do you get if you take a couple of English chaps called Jeremy and James, an Aussie bloke called Shane and [...]

We need you, Melbournites!

Tim Robson — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:01:30 +0000

Do you live in Melbourne? Do you need a cab ride on Thursday? Do you need a special BMW M3 Top Gear special cab ride on Thursday? Lucky that, because we will have, for one day only, a BMW M3 Top Gear special taxi cruising the inner ‘burbs of Melbourne this Thursday! If you’re in [...]

Watch a Ford SUV being built – from Lego…

Tim Robson — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:31:03 +0000

Were you a Lego kid? I sure was; in fact, I still vividly remember the day when I scored my first Lego steering wheel assembly and my first set of slick tyres. Even though Lego’s marketing has become much more slick and almost mercenary in its obsolescence marketing approach, I still take great delight in [...]

Espresso to go: coffee car sets records

Tim Robson — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:10:36 +0000

At TG Towers, we’re pretty fond of the odd dark, rich, hot slightly foamed brew ‘o black. So to see someone combining our two loves – cars and coffee – can only be the greatest thing ever. The inventor is a man called Martin Bacon – oh, the breakfasty irony – who was commissioned by [...]

NFL coach sells car to cook for $20

Top Gear Australia — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:26:13 +0000

Humanity. This will restore your faith in it: during his last day as a coach for US NFL club the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ray Horton surprised a petrolhead cook at the team’s cafeteria by selling him his ’99 Mercedes SL500 (similar to the one depicted here) for $20. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the cook, [...]

Quite possibly the biggest car jump fail ever

Tim Robson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:28:47 +0000

The year is 1995, the place is Romania, and the stage is set for a pair of… well, let’s just call them idiots line themselves up in a raspy old Dacia 1300 to hit a 20-metre tall ramp to achieve something that’s still not quite clear in my head. Was there a landing ramp? Um, [...]