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Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson’s Supercar Showdown trailer

Filed under: Videos
In addition to hosting the world’s most popular car show, authoring a library of books and writing regular columns for a variety of magazines and newspapers, celebrity automotive journalist Jeremy Clarkson has turned out a tall stack of DVD specials.
The video after the jump is a trailer of his latest video, called Supercar […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

VIDEO: Top Gear Outtakes

Filed under: Videos
Do you like outtake reels? Who doesn’t! Do you like Top Gear? Well, if you’re the kind of person who reads Autoblog, then chances are you do. In that case, have we got the video for you!
After the jump you’ll find six minutes’ worth of your favorite telemotive personalities (that’s right, we just […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Go your Own Way: Ultima GTR beats Top Gear lap record by 4½ seconds

Filed under: Motorsports, Euro, Supercars

Ultima, one of several dozen independent British sportscar companies and makers of the GTR, could only take so much rejection. The cottage automaker claims it offered its road-legal race-car to the producers at BBC’s hit TV show Top Gear several times, only to be repeatedly refused. So Ultima took things into […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Caparo T1 disqualified after taking Top Gear lap record

Filed under: Supercars

Performance figures don’t give an accurate picture of just how well a car performs overall. A given car may be the fastest to sixty, but that doesn’t mean it has the highest top speed, tightest cornering or sharpest brakes. Lap times around a given track paint a more accurate, comprehensive picture of a […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Brabus builds its own Exelero, hits 205 mph at Nardo

Filed under: Aftermarket, Sedans/Saloons, Maybach, MINI, Brabus
Click on the images to view in high-speed and high-resolution
Remember the Maybach Exelero? The ultra-premium marque from Merceceds-Benz built it almost two years ago as a high-speed test vehicle based on its Maybach 57 luxury sedan, but unfortunately never offered production versions to the public. To the rescue comes […]

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