The Stig
Some say...
Some say he's a CIA experiment gone wrong, and that his blood smells of Root Beer. All we know is, he's called The Stig.
Things you may not know. Stig facts
FPO Rollover the Green Lights on Stig to reveal secret information
- He has a swivelling
head - When he blinks, you can hear a noise like a camera shutter
- No one knows what the LEDs on his neck mean
- These aren't gloves; his hands really look like this
- You need to squirt this bit with WD40 every six months (or every 5,000 miles, whichever is sooner)
- He can only digest meat. And rocks
- His buttocks are the same spec as the tiles on the bottom of the Space Shuttle
- He has a group of freckles in the shape of Sir Jackie Stewart
- Both his hearts have variable valve timing
- One of his knees seems to attract cats
- One of his legs is hydraulic
- When he walks his feet make a sort of wah-wah guitar noise
- This bit bends the wrong way
The Stigs Top 51 Cars
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Clio V6
Rear seats replaced with an engine. Prone to oversteer.
Rated: 3
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Ferrari 512 BB LM
See every other LM car entry that came before this.
Rated: 6
CCX v Stig
Watch now. Koenigsegg's mentalist CCX hypercar tries to kill the Stig on our track
Watch nowElise mentality
JC drives a Lotus Elise badly on the track, then lets the Stig drive it well
Watch nowRenault F1
Watch now. The Stig tries to get Renault’s F1 car around our test track in under a minute
Watch nowThe Stig status:
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Bach
The world of The Stig
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The Stig is convinced that the clouds are following him.
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In 2001, the Stig launched a short-lived range of men’s toiletries, including a deodorant boasting 'The great smell of pork'. It was described by GQ magazine as ‘upsetting’.
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From May 1989 until January 1990, the Stig lived exclusively on cheese. As a result, he went slightly yellow for a bit.
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The tiny Argentinian village of Casco Blanco holds an annual Fiesta del Stigos, a three-day long festival during which all the villagers gorge on meat, refuse to speak and attempt to over-steer their mules around a specially laid-out course.
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The Stig thinks that Star Wars is a documentary.
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If you knew what the Stig knows, you’d wake up screaming.
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The Stig is one of the world’s leading authorities on steam irons.
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Every 27 April, the children of Arjemökk in northern Sweden celebrate Besätta Av Vitt Dag, or ‘Man Of White Day’, a quaint tradition in which the young folk of the town will share Stig-related chocolates, sweets and pornographic magazines.
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The Stig’s ears are not where you would expect them to be.
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In parts of northwest China, the Stig is known as ‘Pang woo cheung', which translates as 'Silent man, good at drive'.
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Only seven people have looked the Stig straight in the eyes. They are all dead now.
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Every time someone uses the word ‘mincemeat’, the Stig gets 25p.
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In 1986, the Stig invented a new sort of tree. It never caught on.
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Filming of the seventh series of Top Gear was delayed because the Stig kept being attacked by a goose.
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The Stig still claims that he invented Blu-Tack, even though everyone knows he is lying.
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In Thailand, it is an offence to construct a building in the shape of the Stig. Fortunately, this is a really stupid idea anyway, and no one has ever tried.
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The Stig has seen every single episode of 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls at least eight times.
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When the Stig has finished lapping a car, the driver’s seat smells of hot Bovril.
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In 1998, the Stig was given his own chat show on Moroccan television. It lasted for just 59 episodes and was described by one local critic as ‘extremely confusing’.
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