Posts Tagged ‘The Stig’

VIDEO: Hubinette’s BFG Charger kicks like a mule

Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Pro motor sports may draw immense crowds, but on the boob tube, the football is king. That could be the reason Team Mopar and BFGoodrich utilized the pigskin in its latest TV ad showcasing controlled drifting. Hit the jump to see Samuel Hubinette pilot the Mopar drift Charger to and through a tee'd-......

VIDEO: Top Gear photographer shoots the Challenger SRT8, gives up tricks

Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Click above to view more Andrew Yeadon picsBoth Top Gear the magazine and Top Gear the TV show are known for their extremely high production values, whether it's jaw-dropping photography on the printed page are expertly produced video segments on the boob tube. The magazine recently commissioned a p......

The man behind the mask: Top Gear’s Stig stares back

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
One of the greatest wonders of the modern world is how Top Gear has managed to keep the identity of its tame racing driver, the Stig, secret all this time. The biggest clue yet to his identity surfaced yesterday when a revealing picture was taken of the always-helmeted Stig. Thanks to flash photog......

The Stig: Some say he’s Lewis Hamilton

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The producers of Top Gear have kept the identity of "The Stig" a closely-guarded secret. With such a wide audience and fan base, that's led to endless speculation over the true identity of the show's phantom test driver, and one British celebrity is now claiming he knows who it is. Guests on the sho......

NBC working on Top Gear remake for the States

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Bionic Woman. Knight Rider. And now....Top Gear? NBC, America's remake network, has ordered a pilot of an Americanized Top Gear. Expect to see all the usual Top Gear conventions, including three presenters; a masked Stig-like driver; a private test track; taping in a hangar before a live audience; a......

BMW 330i races around the Top Gear track… without a driver

Sunday, September 30th, 2007
We don't know much about the car or the episode, but Jeremy Clarkson rode around the Top Gear track in a specially prepared BMW 330i, and he didn't touch the controls once. The windshield ribbon reads "BMW Track Trainer," so it could be used to train drivers the right lines without all that pesky le......

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Lewis Hamilton vs the Stig

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Some say that he shaves with a chainsaw, and that he can climb the Eiffel Tower using just his lips. All we know is, he's called The Stig, and on this Sunday's episode of Top Gear he'll be racing F1 rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton on the Top Gear test track. Hamilton, fresh off his second-place fini......

Top Gear could be U.S. bound with British hosts

Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Is The Stig headed to the States? It appears that the wildly popular automotive TV show, Top Gear, could be heading to these shores (again). The BBC and The Sun newspaper have reported that there are again plans to do a Top Gear U.S. version, but this time with current hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard......

Dutch TV interview proves The Stig is indeed human

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Some Dutch TV show visited the Top Gear set recently and interviewed the cast. Well, everybody but Jeremy. But the list of interviewees included THE STIG! Even though the others fail to acknowledge that the Stig is even human, this Sheryl Crow lookalike manages to coax a few words from the test driv......

Top Gear’s COTY Awards… one we actually care about

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Any time there's any mention of how or what a car show on TV should be, we find ourselves invariably praising Top Gear. Cutting insight mixed with hilarious wit, drop-dead gorgeous imagery and a whole lot of fun and passion make it the perfect car show. When Top Gear does a Car Of The Year, we sit u......