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Environmentalists treat Jeremy Clarkson's driveway to a steaming pile of manure

There are many things Top Gear front-man Jeremy Clarkson could be labeled as. Celebrity? Check. Petrolhead? Check. Environmentalist? Um, no. Whenever Clarkson has gotten the chance to get some seat time in what might be construed as an eco-friendly automobile, he always seems to find plenty not to like... and that goes for the Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and even the Tesla Roadster. Climate Rush, the same group that's vehemently opposed to the expansion of London's Heathrow airport, decided to let Clarkson know exactly how they feel ... Read more →

Top Gear US shows us how to perform a TDI engine swap Jeremy Korzeniewski

Top Gear US has struck again with their latest installment in the Project Sipster saga, and this one's a doosey. The TG crew is taking an early '80s VW Rabbit diesel apart and replacing the engine ...

Top Gear America's Project Sipster adds 2003 TDI engine to 1981 Rabbit Sebastian Blanco

Project Sipster is now officially underway. This conversion of a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit into a fast and frugal 70-mpg diesel car is Top Gear America's way of saying hello to the revived eco-car ...

England beats Germany in smart fortwo football soccer match Xavier Navarro

Car football soccer is one of these silly things some people love to do with their wheels, and it's most assuredly quite a show. Add in the excitement of watching a match between two of the best ...

Clarkson explains himself in written Tesla review, loves hydrogen Jeremy Korzeniewski

Just when we thought the whole sordid ordeal was over and done with, Jeremy Clarkson has stirred the pot again, this time in print for his regular column at the Times. We're referring once again ...

Clarkson finally comments on Tesla review 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The internet has been abuzz ever since Top Gear aired an episode where the electric Tesla Roadster was put through its paces. At this point, it's prbably redundant of us to recap the whole story, but we'll do it really quickly anyway. Jeremy Clarkson's review strongly suggested that the ...

Why'd they push that Tesla into the garage? Top Gear responds 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The internet was abuzz after Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson performed the British show's first test of the Tesla Roadster. As expected, the video was full of beautiful images and that distinctly British form of humour. Tesla Motors response to Top Gear's review once again sent the interwebs ...

VIDEO: Top Gear tests the Honda FCX Clarity 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier today, we showed you Top Gear's first test of the Tesla Roadster. In that clip, it was alluded to that there would be something later in the same episode that would render the Roadster completely irrelevant. Here it is: the Honda FCX Clarity, which is also electric but gets its charge ...

VIDEO: Top Gear finally tests the Tesla Roadster 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

"Say goodbye to dial-up and say hello to broad band motoring!" That's the assessment of of Top Gear's chief wordsmith, Jeremy Clarkson, after testing the Tesla Roadster last night on Top Gear. Clarkson pitted the electric Roadster against the car which provided its chassis DNA on the TG test ...

VIDEO: Ford Fiesta, outruns Corvette, assualts beach, and it's green! 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the US we still have a bit more than a year to wait before we get our hands on the new Ford Fiesta. Not the Brits. Our friends at Top Gear have decided to try out a new road test format with the Fiesta as chief gear-head Jeremy Clarkson takes the wheel. It turns out that Clarkson was far ...

Jeremy Clarkson to tackle Tesla Roadster on Top Gear, eventually 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The lead mouth-piece at Top Gear, the incomparable Jeremy Clarkson, has a mixed record when it comes to greener vehicles. He did great with a round trip from London to Edinburgh in an diesel Audi A8, averaging over 33 mpg. However, his more recent encounter with the electric G-Wiz ended less ...

eBay Find of the Day: G-Wiz from Top Gear 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more images of Top Gear's crashed G-Wiz Top Gear has never been kind to the G-Wiz, that electric Quadricycle that's only available across the pond in Europe. In this video, Jeremy Clarkson - star of the U.K. Top Gear shows - definitively proves that a table is a better, faster and ...

VIDEO: Top Gear looks at alternative fuels in 1990 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VIDEO_Top_Gear_looks_at_alternative_fuels_in_1990'; As difficult as it may be to believe, interest in alternative fuel vehicles actually pre-dates the launch of AutoblogGreen a little more than two years ago. Another fact that may be tough to swallow is ...

VIDEO: The opposite of hypermiling - BMW M3 vs Toyota Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After evaluating supercars to see which could go furthest on a gallon of gasoline, the crew of Top Gear decided to try again. What they apparently set out to do was demonstrate the impact of driving behavior on fuel economy. All hypermiling enthusiasts will gladly expound on how modifying your ...

VIDEO: Top Gear say "Bah, Humbug!" to hypermiling, finds most efficient supercar 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With the new series of Top Gear having started recently over in England, the team decided that it was again time to look at fuel economy. A few years back, the show made the round trip from London to Edinburgh and back in an Audi A8 TDI on a single tankful of diesel fuel. Now, with fuel prices ...

Top gear drives the Smart ED, isn't terribly impressed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We can think of a few electric cars which have gotten less-than-stellar reviews, probably deservedly so. The first reviewer that we know of to tackle the smart ED, though, was rather in favor of the diminutive electric machine, enjoying the 60 mile-per-hour top speed and 72-mile range. Top Gear, ...

Funniest Top Gear video EVER! (Jeremy Clarkson in the Peel P50) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In what is easily the funniest car review Top Gear has ever done, the above video shows Jeremy Clarkson trying out the Peel P50, the smallest production car in the world. I don't want to give away too much but when I saw someone else in the elevator, I could not stop laughing. Below the fold is a ...

Video: Jeremy Clarkson says 4X4 = uncool, bad sex? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the video above, Jeremy Clarkson, host of the popular English car show Top Gear, removes all the four by fours from the cool part of the Top Gear cool board. His reason? Cars are all about getting women and socialist women, who he claims are better in bed, don't like four by fours. Here are his ...

Video: Jeremy Clarkson says Porsche 911 Turbo cleans LA's air 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the video above, Jeremy Clarkson, host of Top Gear, says the Porsche 911 Turbo cleans the air in polluted cities like LA. While, I have seen concept cars that can clean the air, I seriously doubt any existing car, especially the Porsche 911 Turbo, emits exhaust that is cleaner than air, even air ...

Video: Jeremy Clarkson reviews G-Wiz 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold is a video of Jeremy Clarkson, of the TV show Top Gear, reviewing the all electric G-Wiz. The review of the G-Wiz starts at 2 minutes 45 seconds after Jeremy makes fun of French sport cars. Highlights from the review of the G-Wiz include a race between the G-Wiz and a table, which ...

Video: Jason vs. the Think electric car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Many TV shows about cars have embraced the fact cars are becoming greener. Not Top Gear. In the video below the fold, Top Gear challenges the Think electric car to a race with a guy named Jason. I won't spoil the ending but I will say I don't think what happens is representative of the Think's ...

G-Wiz takes on Jeremy Clarkson 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson wrote a rather scathing review of the G-Wiz electric vehicle sold in Europe and popular in London. Clarkson is not one to hold back his opinion, which we respect - even when we disagree, and hold back he did not. He hated the G-Wiz and cited its' lackluster ...

VIDEO: Top Gear takes on British green driving guidelines 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Jeremy Clarkson and his team at the BBC car show Top Gear did a green episode. One of the segments had co-host Richard Hammond evaluating a Saab 9-3 while trying to follow the British government's guidelines for greener driving. Of course Jeremy and Richard take on green driving in their usual ...

Top Gear video: how to mess up a perfectly good kayak 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

How do you take a completely carbon free form of transportation and mess it all up? By strapping a jet engine onto a kayak, and then proceeding to race it against a 4X4 Land Rover... thing! Richard Hammond from Top Gear says that the kayak is rubbish without an engine. The inventor of the machine ...

At 62mpg, Fiat Punto is Australia's fuel-efficient leader 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Fiat Punto with the 1.3-liter turbo diesel engine was already the leading fuel-economy king in Australia. Now it's available with the DuaLogic transmission. The Punto JTD DuaLogic makes its debut at the Australian International Motor Show and will be seen with its classic forefather, the Fiat ...

YouTube video of GM's HyWire in action 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

GM's hydrogen-powered HyWire is not your typical car. All controls are in the steering "wheel" and the chassis is easily changeable. It's only a concept car, but the BBC Prime show Top Gear took the only HyWire in existence for a bit of a test drive recently. The test drive is kind of cool to watch ...


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