Block’s new battle

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 4:22 pm on Friday November 20, 2009

For all those people out there who had the misguided notion that much of Ken Block’s talent was due to the set-up of his WRX, shame on you firstly, and secondly, prepare to be proven wrong. This latest video sees Block and Aussie WRC strar Chris Atkinson thrashing an old Ford Escort [...]

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Porsche’s 911 emergency

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 5:22 pm on Wednesday November 18, 2009

By Kurt McGuiness
Not too many modified 911s on the road, are there? Probably because Porsche aficionados are purists at heart and wouldn’t dare tamper with what they believe to be the ride of the Gods, or maybe it’s because, let’s face it, they’re pretty damn good to begin with.

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New video: THAT Veyron crash…

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 11:36 am on Tuesday November 17, 2009

Last week, we showed you a tragic video of a Bugatti Veyron drowning slowly in a Texan lagoon. This video made us sad.

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Oh the humanity!

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 11:09 am on Friday November 13, 2009
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Think you’re having a bad day? Well spare a thought for the poor bloke who tried his hand at a little fly fishing – using his $1.5 million Veyron as a lure.

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iDrive by myself

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 12:45 pm on Thursday October 29, 2009

Are you sick of all those iPhone-wielding super nerds running around gloating that there’s an ‘app’ for everything? Well, we hate to be the bearers of bad news, but they might be right.

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Going postal

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 12:19 pm on Wednesday October 28, 2009
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Imagine this: it is 42 degrees but feels hotter, your skin is melting and you’re wearing thick jeans, a leather jacket and, just to top it off, a ridiculous Evel Knievel outfit. You’re riding a puttering postie bike that couldn’t hit a 100km/h if it was strapped to a missile and cars powered by nothing [...]

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Nissan 370Z

Posted by Tom Ford at 11:06 am on Wednesday October 21, 2009
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The problem with hanging out with maniacs is that they can make you look like you lack spontaneity. OK, so they might be spitting nonsense, smoking crack and trying to rip the faces off passers-by, but at least they aren’t dull.

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Now how did they survive that?

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 10:46 am on Wednesday October 21, 2009

We couldn’t help but notice the news networks were showing the following reel on repeat this morning, and with good reason. Basically, a lucky Russian is jogging across the road when a bus slams into a stationary car, sending both careening over the crossing, missing the man by millimetres. In fact, if he hadn’t kicked [...]

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