Awesome Top Gear

For the Top Gear at the Movies special, Richard Hammond took on paintball-wielding baddies on rooftops, bikes, cars and a helicopter – first in a BMW 1M, and then a Porsche Carrera R. Looks fun, but if those were real bullets, he’d be toast.

Google took its Street View cars to the Top Gear test track in the UK. Just head to Google Maps and you can take a tour of the famous track, with The Stig harassing escorting you until you go across the line.

A recent string of railway crossing accidents in the UK gave Top Gear an excuse to create a tongue-in-cheek advisory, highlighted by a train ramming into a car. Humor aside, you really don’t want to be in that situation folks.

In case you missed last season’s Top Gear, here’s a priceless bit, in which Jeremy and Richard have built a special vehicle designed just for the elderly. Think of it as the Jitterbug of cars. At least it pleased its target audience.

Top Gear’s mystery man hops on a very special Honda lawnmower – modded with a VTR 1000cc motorcycle engine – to take it on the track and crank it up to a whopping 130mph. And yes, it still cuts grass.

Can a rally-spec Å koda driven by former pro WRC driver Toni Gardemeister beat Yves Rossy and his one-of-a-kind jetsuit in a rally race? One of the highlights from last season’s Top Gear.

Jezza and Captain Slow return to BBC America on 2/25/13 with this silly business – a rugby match played with hatchbacks and crossovers – with the Stig as ref. Maybe the Hamster is inside the ball?

BBC was kind enough to upload part of a skit from the first episode of Top Gear’s latest season that made fun of compact cars. Behold: Jeremy Clarkson’s hybrid death trap, the P45.

In real life, the Hamster survived a 288mph jet car crash, so he should have no problem being put through the ringer as a Hollywood stuntman for the new season of BBC America’s Crash Course.

Some say that he is biologically related to all the “blue” people who appeared in Avatar… All we know is that The Stig finally has his own LEGO minifig – UK shipping addresses only though :sadface.

Tune in to BBC America on Monday 10/22, and be treated to a special episode of Top Gear, featuring some of the trios most epic failures of all time, including our favorite – the rolling Reliant Robin.

Check out the conclusion of Top Gear’s sandblast challenge, putting luxurious rear-wheel drive cars to the test on a wet, sandy beach. Turns out it’s about as easy to drive on sand as a sheet of ice.

Jeremy Clarkson, Captain Slow and the Hamster head to the beach to see how a BMW 6 series, a Porsche 911 and a Jaguar XKR handle in the wet and dusty environment. Part two coming soon.

The Hamster heads to the States to learn to drive America’s largest and most dangerous vehicles, including an MIA2 Abrams tank, a two-ton wrecking ball, and the world’s most powerful fire engine.

The guys usually use their powers for good, but this time they get to play with some heavy equipment, and TRY to tear down a house. Here’s a bit of the ending if you’re curious how it turns out.

The Top Gear guys leave the pavement and hit the rails, as they take their ridiculous car-powered trains (and distinguished passengers) on a ride down the tracks. Catch part two for the grand finale.

Richard Hammond and James May tap into Top Gear‘s bottomless coffers to recreate some of the most memorable car stunts and scenes from movies. Available on DVD & Blu-ray (Region-free!)

Forza 4 has a virtual car showroom, with an audio tour by none other than Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson. Here he talks about a special ride, one of the most iconic fictional vehicles… in the world.

(NSFW: Language) After their thrilling landing in Iraq, the Top Gear guys learn the hard way that the Middle Eastern desert is no place for roadsters, nor is it very appropriate for BBC hosts.

Top Gear scares the crap out of the gang, strapping them and their ragtops in the back of a cargo plane for a lovely view of the ground. And that’s not the most dangerous thing about their trip.

The Top Gear guys get behind the wheel of the ferociously fast and featherweight Caparo T1 race car, loaded with a 575-hp engine – double the horsepower per ton of the Bugatti Veyron.

The crew stage a robbery, then try to escape from the cops in a Rolls-Royce Ghost and a Mercedes S65 AMG through the Albanian mountains. Switchbacks frazzle, but the straights are pure win.

Another user-uploaded video of Gran Turismo 5, this time featuring the game’s introduction to the world-famous test track. We hope we can race as the Stig, because we sure won’t win against him.