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Big brother wants to watch you drive

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:49:06 +0000

Your car could soon be allowed to spy on you – and dob you into the police if you break the law. The technology exists and governments are now deciding whether or not to make it law. Big brother is already watching you. And we don’t mean the rubbish TV show – we mean those [...]

Nissan’s baby GT-R takes on supercars

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:25:39 +0000

Nissan has confirmed it will build the Juke-R in limited numbers, a version of the Juke hatchback implanted with the innards of its GT-R supercar. If you haven’t read much about the Juke-R, it’s Nissan’s family-friendly hatchback, but with the GT-R’s engine and running gear. It sounds crazy, because it is: a family hatchback with [...]

Nico Rosberg explains bizarre F1 seating position

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:24:57 +0000

Say you’re in your loungeroom, you lie down on the floor in front of your lounge. With your bum on the floor, lift your legs up onto the lounge, and then try to lift your back up, like you’re doing a sit-up. Hold it right there. It’s about as comfortable as a beanbag full of [...]

Will the Google car kill driving?

Dylan Campbell — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:37:08 +0000

Google is tipping money into developing cars that drive themselves. You might be worried that driving is dying. Don’t be. It’s actually terrific news. I was driving my car yesterday. Windows down, radio roaring, my hands connected to the front wheels through the steering wheel, my feet connected to the engine and brakes through the [...]

Urus: looks weird, sounds weird, but I like it

Dylan Campbell — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:42:32 +0000

It’s with love, hate and a little bit of vomit that we’ve come to know Lamborghini’s brand new four-wheel-drive/SUV/off-road-but-not-really behemoth. Revealed at the Beijing Auto Show just hours ago, it has caused at least 64 arguments in the TopGear office, and that’s just this morning. On our Facebook page, some of our beloved fans have [...]

In the mood for a giggle? Watch this

Top Gear Australia — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:28:18 +0000

For reasons best known to himself, Argentinean teen Alexis discovered he could make a Lamborghini V10 engine sound. With his mouth and a beer can. Friggin’ hell this is weird. TG Top Tip: Old mate loves a chat. Skip to 5:28. And careful at the start, there’s a naughty word in the video. Oh but [...]

Is driving a form of meditation?

Dylan Campbell — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:35:12 +0000

I’m about to do something that will have some of you scratching your beards, and some of you gurgling in disagreement. That’s fine, it’s only my opinion. You may post yours below, and I’ll read and reply to each one. I’m going to compare two apparently opposite things: driving and meditation. I am obsessed with [...]

Turn your Skoda Yeti into a ridiculous caravan

Top Gear Australia — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:17:58 +0000

Ah, internet. We really can’t imagine a world without you. Just how did civilisation survive 14,000 years without Facebook and hilarious cat pictures? Take the below gem, for example, which we stumbled upon while roaming the blissful digital expanse. We’ve watched it a few times now and we’re still not sure if it’s real or [...]

Official post-show debrief

Top Gear Australia — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:30:02 +0000

So there you go! Episode one of season 18 just finished on TV. So let us discuss! What did we think? Well, we might work for TopGear, but we all were TG fans once. And we reckon it was quite good! We’ve heard a lot of people saying TG isn’t as good as it used [...]

TopGear’s India Special: The whole episode

Top Gear Australia — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:26:35 +0000

If you missed TopGear’s India special on TV the other night, here is the entire episode. TopGear’s new India special has come and gone on the TV. Hopefully, you saw it. If you were a smidge unlucky, you didn’t. But this is not grounds for stressing. If you saw it, click here to join the [...]