This is Jeremy sat in our TG office. He’s about to embark on one of those properly useful consumer tests we sometimes do on Top Gear.
And Richard and James are going to help. Full details at this point are sketchy, but we do know this one’s definitely aimed at viewers with a crisp new driving licence.
The boys needed some office internet time for a bit of cheap car shopping – and the infamous white coat/gold envelope delivery from the producers tells us there’s a challenge or two.
Any other clues? The Mole has seen pictures of wild interior retrims and a bit of camping. Like we said, properly useful consumer stuff.
Top Gear returns on June 21. We’ll continue the countdown tomorrow on Transmission with another Mole preview blog…

I want to know what they’re doing with a gold volvo estate.
Does this mean they’re going to ‘test’ some little superminis for people with a brand new licence?
I’m worried. I switched on Dave the other day and my eyes were scarred by Fifth Gear doing a cheap car test.
I really, really hope you guys aren’t borrowing from them…
is it teh 100 pound car challenge re written?
10 days!
I think it will be Top Gear style interior pimping.
No need to ad more. Dissaster waiting to happen.
can’t wait
Interesting,when will the show launch on our channels in Estonia… hmmm.. maybe next century :/
Its a chav challenge… Its about buying a small car and pimping it so it looks like it belongs in 80s Disco and how slow they can get it by adding silly loud exhausts and Big Alloy wheels that are much more heavy than the standard wheels. lol
Why does the hamster look like he has a 70’s ‘tache
Sorry top gear but I have to download the new season because in Estonia I can see this series maby next year and without the news
top gear is the business end off story,fifth gear me bollocks
It will be interesting to see what they have come up with for the new series, if they’ve got consumer advice aimed at people who’ve just recently passed thier test I’d imagine it would be the best car to buy for your first one. Mine’s a Vauxhall Corsa and I think it’s fab.
Manc Lass.
I see that they’re using Richard’s volvo for this one. That’s awful generous of him…his wife must be driving Oliver today…
http://www.gearite.com
I know what they’re doing. They buy cheap cars and paint stupid slogans on them and drive around the city. Thats all i know now but you can go on the James May Forum for more stuff.
OMG!! they have my stepdads car
:P haha i wonder whats they are going to do with it
Will this series have a feature on people lawfully telling the government to stuff themselves and with legl notice of understanding and claim of rights, followed by notice of estoppel getting ownership of their cars from the DVLA, and lawfully travelling by car without tax or MOT?
http://www.tpuc.org/conte nt/interview-richardharri son-honorable-operat
wow it’d bee cool to see inside the TG office
Is stig hiding in the background? lol
I cannot wait for the new series and what I am looking for most of all is the test which included James May being hand fed pickled onions by some 18 year old looking model !
Hmmm what was all that about ?
Photo in mirror a while ago
can’t wait
Just can’t come around quick enough! really is the best thing on tv. Getting bored of 5th gear already!
I would luv to see the guys doing an interior remodelling challenge, see what they all come up with would be funny tbh a bit like wen clarkson remodelled the interior of a mercedes c class with concrete and a wood burning stove, that was hilarious, if you havnt seen it its a must watch.
SSSOOOOOOO………. glad its back!! ive been watching repeats on Dave for what seems like ages!!
and i refuse to watch Fifth gear… if i do i feel like a traitor! :S
I think TG should do a challenge of Jezza, Hamster and Captain slow each teaching a teen how to drive and pass their test… That would be so funny and great fun. It would clallenge them, their nerves and be great for the learner… talk about be taught by a professional!!
I volunteer first!!
hope someone reads this and takes on my idea! if so …. track me down.
bieng a new driver meself, i can’t wait to see what the boys pull on us!
10 bloody days!!
dont care wot it is, just soooooooooo happy its not a dave repeat
cant wait to see what they do with the volvo. what more can you do to a car? we have had cars in to boats,house,shuttle, whats next a plane? what ever they do with the volvo it will be great. 10 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cna’t wait!!!! im soooooo bored watching 5th gear (wich is s***)8-D
the boys will just cock about and be really entertaining at the same time
by the way 5th gear is poo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just got a new lambo gallardo lp560-4
so happy
Guys, is there a slight possibility you’d do at least ONE show where you actually just test cars? I mean, I loved the shows done a few years back when the main focus was on the cars. And I dont want fifth gear, just top gear like it was in 2003 or something…
i love tg because they are so funny and they are funny live as well
ROCK ON TOP GEAR!!! WOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!
there r very good live.when i saw them afew years ago.
I really hope to see you guys on TV .But don’t forget to show us the new Mercedes SLR Mclaren Stirling Moss
i cant wait to kick back and relax in my lounge to watch the boys take over the world!! i heard that jezza has upset bornmouth
This looks like another cheap car challenge I could be wrong who knows. But I bet what ever they do to that car they will end up catching it on fire.
HA LOL cant wait !
i really like clarkson and james and james is so funny but im not to sure about hammond
lol you just know it’ll end with one of those white board score topping-up moments and then….miraculously….again st all the data….jezza will have won
This is gna be great!!!
What a start to the end of torture!!!
w0w! this AwEs0mE!
Wooho, cheap car challanges are best! I actually like those more than the races. So fun
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i hope they do something that wwont help the consumer at all and do something absoululty mad because thats what makes top gear top gear
i bet its gonna be some kind of pimpin challenge but knowing jeremy hell propbabl lose this on
james can use a computer, thats a bit modern for him, I thought he would use an old typewriter!!
Is that a sub machine gun by JC?
Consumer advice? yeah right!! probably like when Jezza reviewed that cheap small car and for good measure compared it to the fabulous Ascari A10!! interesting what they’re doing with that volvo all the same,must be some cheap car challenge of sorts .
oh i just passed today. i wonder what ‘useful’ stuff they’ll come up with! can’t wait. Only 10 days!…
Yeah Baby 10 Days, I Cant Wait…
A new Top Gear season! How hard can it be?
why is there a gun on Jezza’s desk??? water pistol by any chance!
I wonder whether Jezza will put an animal on the roof of his car???
anyway cant wait
sounds like this series is goin 2 b awesome (but then again all top gear is awesome lol)
cnt wait till 21st – gune b buzzin
They’ll be typing up the scripts and then go “where is James?” He’ll be lost somewhere. Then Richard will eat some cheese and jeremy will insult someone. Ahhh how I’ve missed Top Gear…
Hi Jeremy,James and Richard
hope you get this email as I couldn’t find an email address for you. Please start you weekly program again as I have to watch the “Australia Top Gear” and I hate it. They do not do you justice it would be better not to have Top Gear till you are ready to start your show again. Please hurry,my husband and I watch your very entertaining show each week and we miss you all
Kind regards Pat and Jenny Butt Moruya NSW Australia.
FINLAND LOVE TOP GEAR!!!
I would love, if they d take another go at an endurance race, like the Britcar they did.(i want to see where the Arse-Biscuit car would finish, if they d take a second go at it, seriously).Or send Jezza Hammond and May on a track day, in one of their own cars, (which they need to modify by themselves,within a week) or have them locked up in a mobile home, while Darth Stigious is driving a Paris-Dakkar route with it. Or race the orient express in Oldtimers.Let them do a workday at a car sales or a Garage.
I also want to see the “Knight VX” on the track, and Lewis Hamilton on a dry and clean one
Test newer Toyotas for their build Quality, and compare them to the Hilux. Do a Horsebox race around a Horse track, try to cross the Himalaya in a Car,or whatever. But pleeeeeeease, don t let me wait so long .Oh wait, i could build a Caterham within the next 10 days.and then die with a smile on my face, without even seeing one Episode of the new series.=P
Or let them build an Armored vehicle, and test, how well that fares.(i smell a DVD in that alone,LOL)Let them have a medieval contest in cars, or design what is,(in their mind) a green vehicle. Soo many ideas,i could plan the next season
can not wait!!
can not wait 9 daysss !!!!!
top gear and fifth gear going head to head -this is gunna be goooooooooooooood!
Saw an amphibious car on fifth gear the other day,but he just drove it on the river… no arguing,laughing,mad conversions,fires,sinking s,jokes,swearing,no fun at all.. BORING OR WHAT!!!!! WELCOME BACK LADS!
Arghh! I can’t believe they moved it to Monday. Sunday was perfect. Not only have I had to wait 6 months like everyone else, I’m gonna have to wait till Tuesday on red button ‘cos I have other commitments on Monday. So unfair.
Van driver is a cock
Thank god the dates confirmed.
Getting fed up of Dave lol.
Can’t wait for the new series!
Hold on someone was actually watching fith gear???
Jesus you must of been bored!!!
But then again 5 are welcome to that format, TG got shot of it for a reason, ITS CRAP!!!
I still remember the new topgear first episode and was hooked but thank god they got rid of that other bloke and got captain slow in instead.
Oh hang on didn’t he max the veyron??? lol.
Anyways I’d love to see how they’re going to top last series.
Oh heres a thought V8 powered mobility scooter haha. (remember the bloody awefull)
*sundaypiledriver* the 21st is a sunday! welcome back boys been a long wait but i am so looking forward to the new series. the challenge should be get a car for £100.00 and spend 500 at halfords and see how much they can sell teh car for.
lidl is the new halford a year ago i saw a huge exuast for a £5 bargin. mabey top gear should buy cars of the web with loads of mods then take them all of do some challanges and see who gets the biggest profit when they sell them.
you can’t compare 5th gear and top gear because they are totally different prograns 5th gear is all about the facts and top gear is about having a laugh .
ps:in a fifth gear episode early this year on one of there tables there was a top gear magazie and top gear used the fifth gear studio shorley they could’t do that without being related in some way.
nice. Hopefully it will be something useful for viewers with a ‘crisp new driving licence’ seeing as I’m not far away from passing my test.
Roll on Top Gear!!!
I can’t wait till the series 13 in 8 days
ja nur eine Woche, bis neue Top-Ausrüstung
wahoooooooooooooooooo!
thanks to google translate we can translate this for you!
volkswagen said:
yes only a week until new top gear
wahoooooooooooooooooo!!!
top gear 1 week can’t wait its gunna be crazy!
Just read the mag – has some previews of what’s coming up this series.
As for the Volvo? One word. Shagpile. Multicoloured-Shagpile. Wait… that’s two…
It’ll be interesting to see what James thinks a 17 year-old wants in their first car.
‘99 Black 1.9 3d Corolla – stick on 17″ white rally alloys, a noisy exhaust, comedy horn and a woofer in the back…
Sounds good, can’t wait for the new series
You guys are great at properly useful consumer advice, so how about showing the same respect to our presenters and giving them some properly useful hairstyle advice.
Any chance of atleast one of them having mildly cool ahir this series? lol
jezza and hamster r good captain slow magic but lets have a race between v.b.henderson and sabeen schmidt excuse the spelling
I have never ever waited so much for a new series of a TV show!! Argh….1 more week!
Ooh can’t wait – ONE WEEK!!!
Come on!!!!!!
We’re sick of fifth gear!!!!!!
When the latest episode will be aired?
this is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!
:):):):):):)
chamath
Only 6 more days… it is gonna be gr8
I appreciate I may be about to offend some people but it really looks like Jeremy has a photo of James on his desk. I’m all for the love that dare not speak its name but that’s surely a bit obvious?
And yes I know it’s probably the wife…
Probably got a twist in it, like the caravanning episode…..You just got to have the guy in the white lab coat though, cue from Brainiac….
this could be good!…
I’m getting my temps in August and can’t wait to drive. My parents just bought a new RS4 and i want to drive it so bad. I get an old Volvo S70, but it’s better than nothing. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW SERIES!!!
arrrgggghhhh shizal cheese mac potato mini hot air balloon fudge shize arrrrrggggghhhhh its raining. grrrrrrrrrrrr. i cant wait for the new series! fudge is great!
fudge is great!
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the best show on the planet returns…. been an awfully long wait!!!
I think they should all be given £1000 to buy a car and turn it into a drift car and then enter a regional championship or gymkhana type event..
winner gets to crush the others cars with a crane?
A challenge for new drivers is more than over due! I had the shock of my life recently when chatting to some students about their driving tests and what surprises they had once they hit the road for real: really worrying how many of them had no idea of the difference between high and low beam, knew what the two small, powerful lamps low down in the bumper are for and when and where to switch them on and off, know how and where to refill windscreen-washer fluid, and know what traction control is and the practical implications/benefits thereof.
All I know is I’m in no disillusion on how far to stay away from new drivers on the road (especially if they’re right behind me or approaching head on in the dark), and that despite the exorbitant driving school fees my children will not drive until they’ve completed the infamous ‘dad’s driving school’ and mastered the basics of courteous and attentive driving.
Will be interesting to see how Jeremy and the boys deal with these…
THIS WAS FILMED AT MY SCHOOL!!!!!
Am I allowed to reveal?
Is it a coincidence that on june the 21st i have my birthday
An amazing start to the series!
Got to be jezza buying a volvo estate for a 17 yr old lmao
I love Lamborghinis!!!!
-sorry, I just had to sahre this with everyone
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civic type r fn2, thts what i bought after i past a week after my 17th and thers no better car cos its normal wen driving normally then friggin fast wen being a fool
i’m watching you from Italy….yust can’t stop laughing guys and really can’t stop thinking about Richard’s manual wather pump!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaahhhhh it’s aaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazziiii innngggggg
Who else saw the Stig photocopying his helmet (ooh-err) behind the hamster? There were 55 bars of gold bullion on the desk in the background, Capt. Slow had a picture of the Queen on his desk, Jezza one of Will “let’s open a soft furnishings shop” Young and one of a cow for the Hamster??!?!? Down to the packet of pearl drops on Richard’s desk, the boys from TG are well and truly having a laugh with the detail they put into the show! Top stuff, Top Gear! (Can you shout me a couple of tickets for the show so I can jump the online queue please???)
I started watching Top Gear because I caught a bit of a challenge on Dave when flicking through the channels. Then I started to watch it often because I found the challenges pretty awesome. I was watching whole shows at a time and so I began to learn more about cars. And now I adore them. I think they’re brilliant. Well, most of them. Sadly I’m only fourteen and so can’t drive. My friends find me odd because I keep on about Top Gear and cars and so on. Everyone else thinks I’m wierd because I’m a girl who likes cars. But people don’t get that I don’t think like a girl. I can’t help it. I abhor makeup and grooming constantly and like more boyish stuff. But I stray from my point. If it wasn’t for Top Gear, I would still hate cars. And that is just stupid.
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