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Mon
2
Aug

Video: Top Gear and the Ferrari 458 Italia. What are you waiting for?


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Top Gear reviews the Ferrari 458 Italia – Click above to watch video after the jump

Jeremy Clarkson has got his hands on a Ferrari 458 Italia, and his particular take on the coupe involves a comparison to the venerable 308, a drag race with James May’s personal F430, Clarkson opening his heart to flappy paddles, a “humiliation” and of course, a lap with The Stig. All that and more is a click away, so follow the jump to get watching. Hat tip to Tyler!

[Source: BBC via YouTube]

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Mon
26
Oct

Clarkson shows Ferrari 348 much love on Top Gear circa 1991


7bc1f12742errari Clarkson shows Ferrari 348 much love on Top Gear circa 1991
The Sixties came back for a while. Then the Seventies returned for an encore performance. Now, even things from the Eighties are coming back into style. But we’re praying to everything holy that the Nineties stay far, far behind us. Especially after taking this trip down memory lane to a 1991 episode of Top Gear.

Yes, in case you were wondering, Jeremy Clarkson was hosting the BBC car show even back then, having started in 1988. And yes, his Brit-fro was even bigger then, even when juxtaposed against his big-shouldered, blinged-out biker jacket and high-top sneakers.

As if to foreshadow how far Top Gear has come over the past couple of decades, Clarkson (Sideshow Bob wig and all) climbs behind the wheel of a Ferrari 348 – widely remembered as a low point in Maranello’s history – and loved it. Hindsight being 20/20 and all, we did manage to extract one juicy nugget of Clarkson perspective that stands the test of time: namely, that driving a 160mph sportscar around town at 30 is every bit as justifiable as driving a four-seater by yourself. We’ll just edit out the Tina Turner soundtrack the next time we pull that one out of the mental Rolodex.

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Fri
23
Oct

Ultima claims Top Gear track record without show’s authorization


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Automotive records can be funny things. While everyone seems to be interested in knowing what vehicle is the quickest, fastest, most expensive or rarest, there always seems to be plenty of dissent when one automaker claims its product takes the coveted prize away from another. Such is the case with the Ultima GTR720.

There’s no doubting that both the Ferrari FXX and the Ultima GTR are fast cars. Which car is actually faster around a race track, though, is currently up for debate. The track in question is the Dunsfold aerodrome circuit, better known to many as the Top Gear test track. Not long ago, the crew from TG invited one Stig impersonator by the name of Michael Schumacher in the super high-test Ferrari racer to take a lap around its circuit, and the tame racing driver managed to set a new record at one minute 10.7 seconds.

Here’s where the mine-is-bigger-than-yours part comes in. Ultima reportedly contacted Top Gear to let them know its car could go ’round the track faster than the aforementioned Prancing Horse, but the show apparently never responded. Taking matters into its own hands, then, Ultima borrowed the track for itself and is claiming to have completed a lap in one minute 9.9 seconds – less than one full tick quicker than the Ferrari, but quicker nonetheless. Plus, Ultima says, the GTR720 was both cheaper and fully road legal while the

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Sat
16
Aug

BBC: Porsche GT3 v Ferrari Car Review- Top Gear


Track days with Jeremy Clarkson and the Porsche GT3 and Ferrari 360. Considering Clarkson’s love of Ferraris, can the Porsche GT3 impress him on the track day

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Thu
31
May

Top Gear – Ferrari FXX Ultimate lap – BBC


www.topgear.com Watch a piece of history – the ultimate lap in the ultimate car driven by one of the world’s greatest drivers. Get the full story and more pictures at TopGear.com from the BBC

http://www.youtube.com/v/QcEj2F24puQ?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata

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