Top Gear UK Reveals the Secret Life of The Stig Through a New Book [w/Video]

If you're a gearhead, you no doubt know The Stig, the mystery man in the white racing suite who appears on Top Gear's television shows with the main host (i.e. Jeremy Clarkson in the original UK series) always using the "Some say" tagline to introduce him to viewers before he tries out a car on the track.

The time has now come for Top Gear to "tell the life story of The Stig", as it claims, through a new book titled "The Stig. The Untold Story", which was written by a journalist who followed our driving hero over the past year.

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Jeremy Clarkson Angry at Top Gear for Breaking Two-Minute Silence in Honor of UK Armed Forces

Proving once again that social media can be a double-edged sword at times, Top Gear UK came under fire when its twitter account, which is run by BBC Worldwide, broke a two-minute silence on Sunday, 11:00am, to honor Britain's war dead.

The show's Twitter page at BBC_TopGear posted a tweet at 11:01am that read:

"Most-watched vid on #TopGear this week? Behind-the-scenes at TG mag’s pan-American race between a Bentley... and a train..."

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Get your Top Gear UK Fix with New 'Worst Car in the World Ever' Preview and Finn Job Interview

So we hear that a select few of our readers [cough, cough] kind of missed seeing Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond in the original Top Gear television series after Simon Cowell and his X-Factor clan forced the BBC to move season 19 to February 2013.

Perhaps we can temporarily fill the void with two fresh videos of the Top Gear gang, the first of which is a 4-minute long teaser of an all-new, never before seen on TV special titled "Top Gear: The Worst Car in the History of the World" that will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital download on Monday, November 19, 2012.

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Top Gear Promotes New Limited Edition Lego Stig Keyring with Stop-Motion Ad

Some say Top Gear is the coolest TV show on planet Earth bar none and the best thing to happen to humanity since sliced bread.

Some also say that JC (Jeremy Clarkson's initials) is an overrated, grossly overpaid and obnoxious bloke who has insulted almost every ethnicity and minority one can think of, and then some, but in spite of all this, he has made a fortune out of being… well, obnoxious (and, obviously, very smart).

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Top Gear Promotes New Limited Edition Lego Stig Keyring with Stop-Motion Ad

Some say Top Gear is the coolest TV show on planet Earth bar none and the best thing to happen to humanity since sliced bread.

Some also say that JC (Jeremy Clarkson's initials) is an overrated, grossly overpaid and obnoxious bloke who has insulted almost every ethnicity and minority one can think of, and then some, but in spite of all this, he has made a fortune out of being… well, obnoxious (and, obviously, very smart).

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ESC Off: Jeremy Clarkson’s “Lapses of Editorial Judgment” Still Yield him More than US$16 Million

When it comes to British motoring journalist and presenter of the Top Gear TV show Jeremy Clarkson, there’s no middle ground: you either love him or hate him; or, most likely, you love to hate him.

Whatever you may think of the man, you have to admit that his controversial comments have been one of the main ingredients that have made Top Gear the world’s most successful car show.

It’s true that JC doesn’t give a dime (though he could afford to…) about political correctness or BBC’s guidelines. In fact, he does have quite a record of “regrettable lapses of editorial judgment”, as the BBC Trust puts it.

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ESC Off: Jeremy Clarkson’s “Lapses of Editorial Judgment” Still Yield him More than US$16 Million

When it comes to British motoring journalist and presenter of the Top Gear TV show Jeremy Clarkson, there’s no middle ground: you either love him or hate him; or, most likely, you love to hate him.

Whatever you may think of the man, you have to admit that his controversial comments have been one of the main ingredients that have made Top Gear the world’s most successful car show.

It’s true that JC doesn’t give a dime (though he could afford to…) about political correctness or BBC’s guidelines. In fact, he does have quite a record of “regrettable lapses of editorial judgment”, as the BBC Trust puts it.

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Top Gear Live Returns to the UK and the Birmingham NEC in October [w/Video]

We won't be able to watch fresh episodes of the Top Gear UK television show until 2013, but British fans will have the opportunity to see presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May along with The Stig in the flesh at the next Top Gear Live taking place at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) from 25-28 October, 2012.

The UK event is a follow up to this past June's Top Gear Live show in Durban, South Africa, where a stunt team successfully completed the world's first ever "double loop-the-loop".

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Top Gear UK Video Teases Speed Week with 24 Performance Cars of 2012

This month's edition of the Top Gear UK Magazine has a special treat for its readers as the publication brought together the 24 most "inspiring" performance cars of the past 12 months at the famous Top Gear track for a hands-on evaluation by Jeremy Clarkson, The Stig and the rest of the TG team.

According to the magazine, the 24 sports cars have a combined output of 9,267hp, ranging from the 120hp Morgan 3 Wheeler to the 691hp (700PS) Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, and a joint vale of £2,205,864 (equal to US$3,445,935 or €2,805,908 at today's exchange rates).

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Top Gear Stunt Team Successfully Completes World's First Ever Double Loop-The-Loop

Delivering on their promise, the Top Gear Live stunt team succeeded in setting a new world record by becoming the first to complete a double loop-the-loop on four wheels during the Top Gear festival in Durban, South Africa, this past weekend. Read more »

Top Gear Live Stunt Team to Attempt Record Breaking Double Loop-The-Loop Feat in South Africa

The traveling version of the famed Top Gear TV show, which has entertained some 1.2 million viewers in 17 cities around the world over the past years, is almost here, as the next Top Gear Live Festival will take place in the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, from June 16 to 17.

For this year's event, the producers of the show have prepared numerous stunts that will culminate with the Top Gear Live stunt team aiming for a further World Record by attempting to successfully complete a double loop-the-loop feat with a single seater buggy.

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Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Challenges an F-16 Fighting Falcon to a Drag Race

Pitting an exotic sports car against a jet fighter to see which one is the fastest on the tarmac, is something that has been done before by - you guessed it, the chaps over at the original Top Gear when they brought together a Bugatti Veyron and the Euro Fighter back in 2007.

Nevertheless, this is a challenge you never get tired of seeing, especially when you have new opponents.

So who is the perpetrator this time? It's Danish auto magazine Bilmagasinet, which wanted to see if the new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 could beat an F-16 Fighting Falcon on an airstrip.

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Man Erects Jeremy Clarkson Scarecrow in Front of His House to Slow Traffic

A Northumberland village man named Christopher Hodgkinson has set up a creepy looking scarecrow of sorts dressed as a police officer with a printed version of Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson as his face and a…hairdryer as a speed gun, right in front of his house to deter drivers from speeding! Read more »

Jeremy Clarkson Says No New Top Gear for 2012, will be Back in 2013

Bad news for those of us expecting to watch the original Top Gear on our tellies as Jeremy Clarkson has confirmed the rumors that there will be no more episodes of the show this year.

"There's a rumour in internet land that there will be no more Top Gears this year. I'm afraid that apart from an Xmas special, it's true," Clarkson wrote on his Twitter account.

On the bright side, Top Gear, which also features Richard Hammond and James May, will return with new episodes in January of 2013.

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Top Gear USA Tries to Outsmart a Cobra Attack Chopper with a Dodge Viper

The American accent version of BBC's Top Gear television show has shared a video on YouTube from the debut episode of the first season starring Tanner Foust, who has proved to be the most charismatic of the three presenters, and Rutledge "Al" Wood.

Foust and co-driver Wood try to outwit a Cobra attack helicopter driving the last and soon-to-be replaced, Dodge Viper SRT through a small Southern town.

You can catch a glimpse of the video after the break and if you wish, you can also leave us a comment on what you think about the show up until now.

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Tesla Fails Again in its Libel Suit Against Top Gear for Roadster Test

Back in December of 2008, Top Gear tested the Tesla Roadster. The Elise-based electric sports car was panned on almost every respect, from its abysmal range and overheating engine to the failed brakes.

Last March, Tesla filed a libel suit against BBC’s TV car show, claiming that the whole test was “staged” and demanded that the channel stop airing the episode while also asking for a compensation for damages.

After its first court case was dismissed in October of 2011, Tesla modified its lawsuit and gave it another shot. Unfortunately for Tesla, the lawsuit was dismissed by Mr Justice Tugendhat.

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Jeremy Clarkson Voted as Worst Driving Partner in British Poll

Top Gear may be getting viewers' thumbs up when it comes to watching the show, but one of its hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, got a thumbs down when it came to choosing a celebrity co-driver for a 4x4 adventure, according to new research by Continental Tyres.

The outspoken TV presenter was rated as the worst person to share a 4x4 drive across the Sahara Desert in the poll of 2,000 motorists. Clarkson was followed closely by media persona and former model Katie Price and Prime Minister David Cameron who finished third.

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Top Gear Blows a Caravan for its 10 Millionth Facebook Fan, Plus Sneak Preview of Season 18

As promised, Top Gear blew up a caravan in celebration of the 10 millionth "like" on its Facebook page. The…honor of destroying the mobile home was given to none other than The Stig himself who played around with a yellow-colored Vauxhall VXR8 GTS (aka the Holden Commodore-based HSV GTS) before pushing the lever.

You can view the video for yourself right after the break where you'll also find a new gallery of teaser pictures from Top Gear Season 18 that returns to the telly this Sunday, January 29.

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