Good news from the Top Gear TV office: At crack of dawn this morning our brave boys returned from Vietnam, all completely safe and well and with their limbs still attached.
So, on the basis that no one got slightly killed or lost a leg in an horrific donkey accident, we’re giving the presenters a day or two to get some sleep and then sending them out to work again.
Jeremy, for example, will be making some small effort to show that Top Gear doesn’t only test wildly expensive megacars by driving one of this year’s coolest and most reasonably priced fast hatchbacks.
Meanwhile, James will be going to the other extreme as we force him outside his Captain Slow comfort zone with a day at the track. He doesn’t know what’s in store yet, but it’s sure to make him slightly displeased.
On a happier note, we’ve also got something very special lined up that’ll answer one of Top Gear’s most frequently asked questions.
No, it’s not ‘Who is The Stig?’ We’ve told you before; why do you think you never see him and Nigel Mansell in the same room?
Come to think of it, that’s just because Stig can’t stand Brummies.
Welcome Back Boys…!!!
Yay! More TG, that is never a bad thing.
Nice to have all the lovelies back in one piece.
As for that question, I am stumped, but something may come to me later.
At last,im fed up of watching Bruce Parry bouncing round the bloody Amazon with pygmys bitching about global warming when there’s a new lambo to be screaming round the track. And as for snooker,id rather take Slow and Hamster for a day out on a nothern race track than put up with that pointless ball touching.Anyway WELCOME BACK LADS always a pleasure.
P.S. Is the new EZZY ST better than the orange asbo and has any1 lent you a veyron yet?
Legends
Hope the answer to the frequently asked question is something to do with the neverending wait for tickets
Are they going to be more fairly distributed?
Not a criticism, just a question.
Pleased the guys are back.
How’s Stig going to cope when he get’s to MPH in Birmingham?
Guys have u heaard, jeremys been ina high speed accident :O topgear might be paused… i wish it comes back on still
Top Gear’s most frequently asked question?
That’s gotta be:
HOW HARD CAN IT BE???
Now i have to say i am itching to find out how you answer that one….. Or you just simply put too much puff around the simple matter of them boys solving or rather failing at another dauntingly simple task
DD
What u shud do is send the boys on a rally competition. The Stig driving, May navigating and Clarkson and Hammond at the service
so jezza and captain slow are moving out of their normal comfort zones but what about richard…….whats he up to? glad all are safely back. did richard bring his car back with him again??????????
Yep JC was in an accident. Wrote about it in his column in the saturday Sun news-comic book.
Suggested that everyone should have to endure a high speed crash before obtaining their licence. Knowing the pain would stop dangerous driving he argues.
Also, around the same time, he gave a Cadillac a good review. Perhaps all is not so well…
welcome back boys!
Welcome back lads.
One of Top Gear’s most frequently aked questions? Hmm Is it when is Top Gear Dog coming back? lol okay, maybe not but whatever it is, i’m looking forward to it. 
At last they are back. Seems like its been years. Most frequently asked question. Hmmm
When did Captain Slow last get a hair cut?
Hey you guys!!! Back already! I think that all of this id fantastic, but being in the business, I would suggest to you that you should do some more programs on Motorsport. Such as single seater cars and Sprint/Hillclimb meetings. Just a suggestion.
Top Gear’s most frequently asked question:
“How hard can it be?”
Whats James’ hair like??? And will Lewis Hamilton be back to do another lap around ur DRY track???
If he’s feeling abit scared at the moment with all the Massa thing going on, you guys could always call me….
Sorry, Im not that good at typing, I meant to say “this is fantastic”, sorry again.
Stig can’t stand Brummies? blimey! It could be anyone then!
Oooh, I hate donkey accidents. I always make an ass of myself.
I think the question has something to do with the veyron. They never got to do a lap round the track in one…………..just a thought
‘Bout damn time that we had some decent telly on BBC2 on Sundays, ‘cos no offence but James May’s Big Ideas isn’t really all that big at only 3 episodes.
Anyhow, good job that they’re back. I fully agree with Wolves Rule’s comment, It really does mean that all who aren’t brummies could well be the stig
Oh hell with it, i’ll just admit it. I’m the stig okay. It’s me! Stig = Me, Me = Stig. Enough said. And I never take my helmet off. It was glued to my head as a kid, I’ve grown into it and theres no way back now.
welcome bk lads
Hmm… any hints who’s the Stig? LOL.
Good to have you back, TG Team!
Can we have Top Gear Dog back please?? Yes… I know she’s scared of cars and James, but hey, give her some hypnotherapy or something…
To Wolves rule
Too rite i have to take a dog with me everytime i go just so it can interpret all their high pitch whining
I look forward to seeing the new season. I’m glad all three of them made it back safely. There are so many questions to choose from, Mole. Which one did you have in mind? (My question
)
Yeah I agree Top Gear Dog should come back she was a great asset to the show!!!!
Can’t wait for the new season. Heads up boys, the fans are coming!
vic
hope you all enjoyed ‘Nam. Enjoy your R & R, looks like you’r going to need it, what with the new series and MPH tour.
Good To hear they still have limbs The Boys Are Back In TOWN =D
Good, good
Until then I’ll just have to watch the clarkson island sketch.
sorry that didn’t work watch it on youtube http://uk.youtube.com/wat ch?v=DMuO-8S_0Wg
Yay, thanks Moley. Glad the boys have returned will all limbs intact and also that none of them killed each other either. I hope that they had a nice time there. So James is doing another track day then. I take it he wont be being tutored by a Scottish Lady this time
. Still looking forward to the new series. I need something to entertain me now that Big Ideas has finished. Oh well spose I’ll have to make due with the endless Dave repeats. But still some Top Gear is better than no Top Gear at all.
Most frequently asked question – what does Jeremy REALLY drive:
http://www.autotrader.co. uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/48 065.html
Who is the Stig?
:p
woot cant wait! 2nd of nov!
:D:D
BRING LEWIS HAMILTON TO THE STUDIO AGAIN PLEASE
plz dont delay the start date because of JC’s crash. put the old man in a chair and get him some pain meds, and let the show go on.
glad to hear everyone’s back safely
The most frequently asked question…?
What DID Jeremy find on the internet?
Has Richard really had his teeth whitened?
Has James finally heard when the Dacia Sandero will be launched…?
Great to have the lads back in top shape!
Can’t wait for the new series, I think we’re in for a lot of wonderful surprises!
And I can think of a dictionary sized list of questions that would be interested to know the answer too!
Fabulous work all!!
Yes! Good to have the boys back!
Can’t wait until the 2nd of September!
Keep up the work lads!
To SG Bugatti – here’s some ideas on who the stig is – http://www.autotrader.co. uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURE S/TRACKSIDE/38936.html
Personally I hope they don’t reveal who he (or she is) – it would ruin the mystery (obviously)
Besides, I agree with Justin Lee Collins – it’s Nigel Havers
hope you had fun in Nam. I can’t wait to see what speed machine Jasmes is driving. I’m not sure what it will do for his new hair style
Hooray our heroes are back!!!!
Poor James – a track day :/
How cruel ar the production team putting him through that one!!!
Lots of Love Janey Xx Xx Xx
Hurry up and come back on the screens, I can’t watch anymore Dave re-runs. How about a longer run this time?
I really do hope the veyron is back to destroy the Gumpert Apollo’s time.
Also, they just said james was going to a track that isn’t nessecarily a track day, it could just be a TG track car review/powertest.
is Jeremy ever gonna lose a race?
yey new series cant wait
STIG U BETTER APOLOGISE CUZ I AM A BRUMMIE!!! WELL … SORT OF!
Welcome back boys
its going 2 b good seein james doin a power test on the track (for once)
the more i hear about this new series the more torture it is waitin for it 2 start
whats richard goin 2 be doin after hes had a day or so off ??
Top Gear’s most asked question ??
hmmmmm…… thats a hard 1 (not)
HOW HARD CAN IT BE ??
he boys r going 2 be doin another challenge arnt they ???
good to hear the boys are abck safe and sound. is the most asked question…. whens jeremy going to be PM and how fast can the bugatti veyron get round the track
I have a very infrequently asked question. could Richard’s Landie cut it against a Bowler with how much he’s spent on it?
though I suspect it’s a Veyron round the track. Typical though, just before a faster Veyron is released.
or… is it… How fast will the Dacia Sandero go round the track? (actually, that would be a perfect third reasonably priced car)
or maybe who’s faster? Stig or Hamilton?
Rocca I think you’re be right (I misread that) and James is probably finally doing a track test since the only time I’ve seen him on his own around the track has been when he conposed the theme tune from engine notes and also when Black Stig took him around in the old Jag. That will be a refreshing change and if so I am so looking forward to see that. So if James does do a track test then will he get to do his first Stig intro then?
So it looks like Captain (not so) slow and Jezza are doing a role reversal then. Excellent 8).
Roll on series 12.
If this was 2010, i’d guess that May’s power test would be that Lambo Estoque. It’s fast enough for the track, yet is sensible and practical enough for the Captain. A match made in heaven?
Mole from Outside
TG are filming a piece this Friday about the Fiat 500 Abarth in which they are using and original car to compare against. PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE NOT USING AN ORIGINAL ABARTH 595 ESSE-ESSE – BUT A FIAT 600 VARIANT. Now, I might be as thick as a whale omellette, but surely anyone who’s anyone who knows anything about cars will notice that this is not right!
Come on TG – use the real McCoy – you know there must be a car available!
i dont care who the stig is abously he is a person and a race driver
evrybody just enjoy the show
hahahaha!! god that end bit was funny!
Adrian that question was answered 2 series ago and stig was
I would have thought the most asked question would be…”How do I get their job?”
BOO! anyway, YAY new series, i cant believe dave is showing so many repeats theyv done each episode lyk 20 times now… je suis BORED of the old ones (ish) and i will hibernate until november 2nd. ^-^
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it died… its meant to say POWER! in big letters… but they change the font… sorry ppl ^-^
could u review Ford Mustang Giugiaro Concept
Top Gear Guys your bacon is saved… Avis are now hiring out Veyrons LOL.
the question is… will tg FINALLLY be in HD this series? Come on beeb, get it sorted! Lots of shiny cars in glorious HD can only be a good thing! The Polar Special looked great in HD, so let’s do the regular series that way too….
Hiya TG team! I’m not giving out my name on the internet cause’ that could be dangerous, but I’m 10 years old and have been watching TG since I was 6, I am more than confident that TG is the best show ever in the history of time in the universe! If you don’t think that a 10 year old could be car-smart, quiz me! I read TG mag every month, check out TG online often, and of course, have watched every episode of new top gear to date! But I have a problem, As I recently moved from Birmingham to Hong Kong, I have to use NOW TV, which doesn’t show new top gear weekly! It would have been fine if I could have resorted to BBC i-player to watch it, but its not available in HK! If you know can youtell me how to watch new TG weekly in HK, please hurry before I die of TG withdrawal!
ROCK ON GUYS!
Itl be nice to see some new TG,
ive been watchin all the eppisodes again.
the big Q?…
What did jeremy find on the net….
ben collins is the stig!
Re: “At crack of dawn this morning our brave boys returned from Vietnam”
Hey it’s Dawn here – will you keep my crack out of it please?
Yey! I can’t wait to see their road trip on the telly!
good work on beating the germans last series but now what will come and also make sure clarkson brings a assult rifle
WHOOOHOOOO TOP GEAR RULES
Come on guys, organise another challenge! they’re sooo much fun to watch!