Christmas is boring. It is a brain-frazzling monotony of hopeless X-Factor number ones, inexplicably stripy homemade knitwear and Brussel sprouts.
Thankfully, Top Gear is here to save your life from this gaseous onslaught. We have a new book. It is a big book. It is a lot like the The Big Book Of Top Gear, only it’s called Top Gear Christmas.
It is a lavishly appointed tome of veritable Top Gear treats, including our roundup of the fastest things around the world, Santa vs Stig, Richard Hammond’s ultimate Christmas wishlist, and everyone’s favourite moustachioed 70s crime-fighting trio… The Interceptors.
It’s available at all reputable bookstores and Internets, and probably some not-so-reputable bookstores and Internets. Though we advise you to purchase said tome from somewhere reputable, lest you be inadvertently sold Bill Oddie’s How To Watch Wildlife.

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Mercedes SLS AMG commented on this article
Thursday November 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Going to get that, looks good
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Zak commented on this article
Thursday November 17, 2011 at 7:15 pm
This seems quite good I might have a full a full view into that
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gogmorgo commented on this article
Thursday November 17, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Wow, you weren’t kidding! Even Amazon.CA has it!
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Moo loves Jeremy commented on this article
Thursday November 17, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I got the book at TGL – Properly funny!
Also TGL was amazing!
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Killer commented on this article
Saturday November 19, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Top Gear Christmas special is just awseome especially when jezza stalls coming off the plane.
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tony12345 commented on this article
Thursday November 24, 2011 at 9:08 pm
when dose the new top gear star
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Salome commented on this article
Tuesday November 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm
just got the book from amazon, it’s really funny
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alexfred commented on this article
Sunday December 4, 2011 at 1:04 am
That looks funny and cool!
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Team Hammond commented on this article
Sunday December 4, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Woop! Cant wait for chirstmas because hopefjully this will be waiting under the tree for me!
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LoveTopGearLove commented on this article
Friday December 16, 2011 at 2:57 pm
If I am going to chose betvin Santa and Stig, I would chose the Stig. And that is because Stig is a real person and Santa is not. And Stig is pretty amsing when it comes to drive the cars fastest as possible.
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top gear luver commented on this article
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 7:22 pm
I got this book for free wen i went to top gear live
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top gear luver commented on this article
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 7:23 pm
by the way Hmmond is awesome who agrees
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top gear luver commented on this article
Tuesday December 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Come on he is but he has a BAD TASTE ON CARS I meen come on A PORSCHE
ASTON MARTIN R THE BEST GO ASTONS
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Angiiie commented on this article
Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 3:57 pm
@top gear luver – i agree, Hammond♥ is aaaaaaaawesome!
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the book’s brilliant! i would even buy it in summer (I know, bad joke)
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Friday October 5, 2012 at 1:06 am
Things are going swimmingly.
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