James May

James May Drives The Vauxhall Insignia VXR

July 15, 2010

The Vauxhall Insignia is actually a very reasonable performance car for the money, pumping out 325bhp to four wheels, meaning assured grip, poise and power. 0-60 is achieved in a very respectable 5.5 seconds. Here, James May tests out the car, whilst taking a special guest for a spin with him.

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Ever Been Pulled Over?

March 8, 2010

In the words of James May, have you ever been pulled over by the ‘rozzers’? This isn’t a full article, but more of a straw poll so that we can compare and contrast. For my money, the last dealing was with my ‘off’ when on my motorbike. One of them was fine and polite, the [...]

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Top Gear Coming To An End?

December 22, 2009

I read today that it’s possible that Top Gear is coming to an end. Were the worst to happen and it left our screen, I’d be genuinely gutted. It is more inventive, more entertaining and perhaps more insightful than 90% of other TV on at the moment. It’s also not a soap, ‘reality TV’, self [...]

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Top Gear’s V8 Rocking Chair

December 6, 2009

This is one of my favourite clips from Top Gear – even though it doesn’t actually feature a car! It does though have a 6.2 litre V8 Corvette engine that powers a rocking chair. Absolute madness, but brilliant. Still, for my money, nothing has eclipsed the Rocket Robin that sadly didn’t get to space but [...]

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Pagani Zonda F & Bugatti Veyron

July 23, 2009

Here, James May is driving one of my favourite cars of all time. It’s the Pagani Zonda F. Whilst the Veyron may have mullered it in a straight line, the Zonda demonstrates the advantage of having a lightweight car around a track – managing an ultimately faster time. Laugh whilst May spins the car, but [...]

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Mika Hakkinen Teaches James May To Really Drive

June 30, 2009

Racing legend Mika Hakkinen teaches Captain Slow to drive.  Naturally, he shows off exactly what Finnish car control is, whilst James May actually does manage to come up good when he does a bit of racing.  Well, better than he normally does anyway…

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smart Football – I Know You Want A Go

February 13, 2009

Image courtesy of Motor Mode UK – vehicle wrapping specialists. Echoing the same rivalry on the pitch as we expect from them on-screen, Top Gear’s Richard Hammond took to the playing field against fellow presenter James May, to lead England against sporting rivals Germany in a thrilling game of Car Football. With the smart cars [...]

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Top Gear Returns Tonight

June 22, 2008

If you’re reading this blog then you probably have watched Top Gear before, even if you’re not an avid watcher like me.  You may well then be happy to know that the series, after a nice break, has returned back to our televisions tonight to appear on BBC 2 at 8PM.  Get it bookmarked/Sky +’ed [...]

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