Category Archives: Top Gear

McLaren MP4-12C supposedly laps Top Gear Dunsfold test track in 1:14.118

A forum post on McLaren Life suggests that the McLaren MP4-12C lapped the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in a staggering 1 minute 14.118 seconds: a second faster than the record-holding Ariel Atom 500 V8 track car. Skeptical? So are we.

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Looking back at the past decade in motoring: Part 1

Bugatti Veyron

So then, it’s a new year, but it’s also the dawn of a new decade (Admittedly, it has been for almost two months now, but a series of articles like this takes some time). So we decided to look back into the last decade and talk about some of the big events which happened. It was undoubtedly a great decade for cars, so there’s plenty of stuff to get through. There were also some bad moments though, and we’ll be discussing those as well over the next week or so with a series of articles.

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Video Special – Slow Motion Motorsports

Well, as I haven’t done too much for the blog since I joined in a couple of weeks ago I tough I might be able to pull something off by stitching together some slow-mo videos of various motorsports. After 2 weeks and big technical difficulties, it’s ready. All of it is motorsports except for the Top Gear shots with the Exige, Mustang, Aston & Ferrari. I was inspired by another bloke called Mattzel who some of you might know, has his video featured on TG’s website.

Please note there may be some problems at first due to the fact that the video is still new and click that HQ button!

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Jeremy Clarkson on: The System

I found this on the Top Gear website. It’s an article by Jeremy Clarkson on “The System”. Basically about health and safety. It’s good read, so here it is (Warning: May contain a Top Gear spoiler):

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