Top Gear Back for Season 11

Top Gear in Abu Dhabi

Top Gear US not cancelled

By Frank de Leeuw van Weenen
May 21, 2008 11:53 AM
Filed Under: Movies

Top Gear gets most car enthusiast's hearts racing, and has been doing so ever since they started with the series in 1977. Needless to say that the world is glad that Jeremy, James, Richard, The Stig and cohorts didn't call it quits a few seasons ago, since they originally planned to stop when they reached their peak after the relaunch in 2002 but we can assure them that their peak is still to come.

Maybe season eleven will be that peak? The Top Gear team had a brainstorm session and have been kind enough to reveal a few of their ideas. First the bad news, the big films will be shorter but will feature more punk rock. There will be a German Top Gear episode with the return of Sabine and the Audi RS6 versus a suicidal skier. The 'usual' Top Gear face-offs like the EVO X versus the Impreza and a big film where a mega car will take on a mega opponent in Japan. Mega Jeremy vs Godzilla anyone?

Good news for the US too, (Top) Gear may not have been as cancelled as most thought. NBC has returned a short description back onto its pages and a few stubborn rumors surfaced about the Gear pilot episode. This pilot has probably been shot at the El Toro airfield in California, but NBC is still quiet on the topic.

So what else will Top Gear bring this season? How about a face-off between the Koenigsegg CCX and three (yes THREE) Bugatti Veyron's in the deserts around Abu Dhabi. The whole thing came about at a photo shoot which turned into a filming when Top Gear magazine asked for a donor Veyron and were offered three models. What went on in this neck of the woods is unknown, so all we can do is wait patiently for season 11 to air.

Source: Releaselog and Jalopnik

Comments

jamaicandude
May 21, 2008 12:22 PM
I can hardly wait. Top Gear is the funniest show ever.

kattanh3
May 21, 2008 12:59 PM
hotness... 3 out of the 15 Vyrons known to be in the Emarites :D

Bristol411S3
May 21, 2008 1:16 PM
I also know that they all have to buy Alfa Romeos (Clarkson has always said you cannot be a petrolhead and not have owned an Alfa) and compare them. I think Clarkson buys an Alfa 75, May has a late model GTV. They were seen in Cambridgeshire in them on Monday.

C-KING
May 21, 2008 1:40 PM
deeem that red Veyron looks so HOT.

the new season possibly starts on June 22nd.

BabyMilo
May 21, 2008 1:48 PM
TOPGEAR IS THE BEST EVER!!! its only abit of a shame that we r watching like the 2004 season in au :( ive like already seen thm

Xanavi23
May 21, 2008 3:10 PM
I really hope they make Top Gear US...it cant touch the original of course but still. If they're smart they'll secure Tim Allen...he has great taste in cars as well as a huge garage and he knows his stuff.

C-KING
May 21, 2008 4:52 PM
Adam Carolla and Tanner Foust are 2 of TG US hosts, but who is going to be the nr3?

I dont think they have that much money to get Tim Allen.

Get_real
May 21, 2008 6:52 PM
It won't have Jeremy Clarkson, so it should be better...

Cootje
May 22, 2008 12:20 AM
Sorry to say people, but the Bugatti Veyron is the most ugly sports car, drawn by someone with the same designer level as a monkey. It is just another VW crap car.

atleast500hp
May 22, 2008 1:59 AM
Obviously you haven't read about the high level of R&D which went into creating the shape to be perfect aerodynamically. If VW wanted to make a "good-looking" sports car, they could've, just like Lambo, Ferrari, AMG etc. The Veyron is about "looks", it's about going where no other vehicle manufacturer has gone before. Besides, I reckon it looks alright....

Cootje
May 22, 2008 11:34 AM
A sport car never should weigh almost 1900 kg. And sticking to aerodynamics is the worst start to design a car. Even a child good draw a better looking car than a Veyron. This car is an abuse to the Italian sport car history.

Bristol411S3
May 22, 2008 2:15 PM
Veyron knocking is so tedious. Any bozo can produce a 1000bhp car and probably a few more can make it look good. Try then giving it Golf like driveability and VW levels of integrity and reliability. You cannot deny it is a masterpiece, although I would prefer an F1.

_M7_
May 22, 2008 1:11 AM
nop...not just another, its the expensive beatle ever made XD

Schizo0223
May 22, 2008 4:02 AM
Good! I can start wearing my "I am the Stig" T-shirt around the house again...

AbuDhabi
May 22, 2008 9:00 AM
WOOW ..!!

I think the 3 bugatti for one OWENR ? from the royal family in ABUDHABI ..

The_woo_factor
May 22, 2008 12:55 PM
now now now...why are we bagging the Veyron? It is a masterpiece....

Nownever1811
May 23, 2008 6:42 AM
ohhhhhh~~~God~~~~,the crazy is back

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