Cabbie v sat nav

Posted by Bill Thomas at 3:00PM on Wednesday 23 July, 2008 1 Comment

I created a competition during the week between Len Fox and my Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI Lifer's COMAND satnav system.

You'll see Len starring this Saturday night on BBC4 in a show called 'Cab Driver'...

Lessons in tyre changing

Posted by Piers Ward at 2:40PM on Wednesday 23 July, 2008 1 Comment

Had a bit of a lesson in life the other day - never, ever, under any circumstances, even if your life, wife's life, etc depends on it, fit non-standard wheels and tyres to a car if you're doing long distances.

I was in Spain covering the Spanish Baja - which you'll read about soon in TG magazine - and we'd borrowed a Volkswagen Touareg off VW Spain...

Brit Motor Show review

Posted by Dan Read at 4:00PM on Tuesday 22 July, 2008 5 Comments

So we've had our annual whip around the British Motor Show. And there's been some pretty cool stuff to report.

We've seen global launches from the likes of Vauxhall, Renault, Ford, Honda, Lotus and, unforgettably, the NICE Car Company.

All accompanied by the usual glitz, glamour and dancing girls ...

Top Gear show 6 preview

Posted by Andy Wilman at 10:15AM on Monday 21 July, 2008 31 Comments

Before I get on to the coming week's show, I just want to clear up a bit of housekeeping. Firstly, if the boys on Final Gear are reading this - WE DID NOT DUB A BLOODY V8 ON THE DAIHATSU TERIOS. Promise, chaps.

We like to do our best with the Jerry Bruckheimer noises, but we have our standards...