There have been plenty of rumors, speculation and Web chatter about the American version of Top Gear. Well, I can now lay them to rest. I’ve seen the first three episodes in their entirety. Not just clips or random segments. And with no PR spin. Yep, just sat down with some yogurt-covered pretzels and had my own personal Top Gear USA marathon. Here’s what I took away from it.
There are two ways to look at the new American-based version of Top Gear that premieres on the History Channel November 21. First as an American car show and second as Top Gear … Details
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Production has begun on the U.S. version of the hit British television show “Top Gear,” the History channel announced.
Comedian and car buff Adam Ferrara, champion rally and drift racer Tanner Foust and racing analyst Rutledge Wood will be the hosts of the American spin-off, which is to premiere next month.
Among the guests lined up for the show, which showcases “an offbeat celebration of automobiles and driving,” are … Details
If you ask most automakers who produces some of the most environmentally friendly vehicles, odds are they will begrudgingly admit Toyota is among a relatively short list of leaders in hybrid vehicle production.
But the car that has many other automakers green with envy may not be quite so green after all, at least not if you consider the full life cycle of the car, according to Toyota’s recently released 2009 North America Environmental Report, as reported by Automotive News.
One of the areas discussed in the study was …Â Details
If You Thought the Old GT-R Was Impressive, Stand by To Think Again
Dirk Schoysman is one of those people whose appearance belies his profession. Tall, quietly spoken, gently humorous and perpetually affable, he looks like he should be employed in a thoroughly wholesome occupation. A veterinarian perhaps, or a charity worker. What he absolutely does not look like is the man who, in all probability, knows the Nürburgring Nordschleife better than anyone else alive or dead. When we met him he was about to complete his 19,000th lap of the most terrifying and challenging racetrack on earth, and as that lap measures close to 14 miles, that means he’s driven the distance from the earth to the moon on this track. If there is a better man to introduce me to the 2012 Nissan GT-R, I’ve not met him.
It’s hard to believe it was back in 2007 when the GT-R’s creator Kazutoshi Mizuno first … Details