What is the reasonably priced car on Top Gear?

There have been four reasonably priced cars: the Suzuki Liana, Chevrolet Lacetti, Kia Cee'd and a Vauxhall Astra. In Series 23, a new version of this segment was introduced, titled "Stars in a Rallycross Car".

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What happened to the Top Gear Suzuki Liana?

After 2005, Liana replaced by Chevrolet Lacetti modifications is nearly exact same. Only for celebrities. Liana continues to use for Formula One drivers before Clarkson departure in the end of Series 22 later following by his co-presenters.

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What is the old people friendly car in Top Gear?

The Rover James was a modified Fiat Multipla designed and built by Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond specifically for elderly people. It was featured in the fifth episode of Top Gear's nineteeth series as part of a film in which Hammond and Clarkson attempt to build the perfect car for old people.

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How much does it cost to have an episode of Top Gear?

That's nearly $7 million per episode. Amazon is making a huge bet that the Top Gear guys will be a success for them. With a reported $250 million budget for the entire Clarkson, Hammond, and May series, this is believed to be Amazon's biggest investment into original content yet.

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What car is Jeremy Clarkson driving?

Clarkson doesn't just drive the Range Rover on a regular basis, but he also insists there be a fleet of them when he is filming any motoring show.

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What's Jeremy Clarkson's Favourite car?

In 2014 we asked Jeremy Jeremy Clarkson what his favourite car of all time was. He told us it was the Lexus LFA, which he'd driven just two years earlier. In 2023, he says, his favourite car of all time hasn't changed. “I still haven't driving anything which makes my thing tingle quite as much as that did,” he told us.

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Do Clarkson Hammond and May actually drive the cars?

Back in Top Gear, when they did drive reviews on the test track, some of the additional footage was done with professional drivers. This was simply to fill in the driving montages and to save time. But for the “challenges” and road stories, they did all the driving themselves.

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How much does the Stig get paid?

It's little wonder that now The Stig wants to cash in on his own celebrity status. he has only ever been paid a flat fee of somewhere between £5,000 and £10,000 per episode - a pittance compared with Clarkson, who is reported to make about £2 million a year.

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How much does Jeremy Clarkson get paid per episode of Clarkson's farm?

Although that statistic was the up-front cost to bring back the three amigos, Jeremy is reportedly paid £833,000 an episode and an annual salary of £10 million.

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How much are Clarkson Hammond and May paid?

£7.2 million

Reported annual salary for each of the co-presenters Hammond and May, which works out at £600,000 an episode – a distinct improvement on the £500,000 a year they were each said to earn on Top Gear.

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What did Top Gear decide was the worst car in the world?

Winner. The winner of Top Gear's Worst Car in the History of the World is the Lexus SC 430. Once they announced it, they delivered the car to Richard Hammond and stole his 1960's Ford Mustang as a joke.

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What is the most beautiful road Top Gear?

Transfagarasan Mountain Road, Romania

One of our favorite roads in Europe is Transfagarasan Highway in Romania. Many might recognize this as the road Jeremy Clarkson said to be "The world's best road" in one Top Gear episode (S14E01), dropping the fabulous Stelvio Pass from first to second place.

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What car did Top Gear try to destroy?

Any fan of Britain's Top Gear show would have seen the episode in which the highly opinionated Jeremy Clarkson tried to destroy a Toyota Hilux by setting it on fire, sinking it in the ocean, smashing it into a tree and dropping it from the top of a skyscraper.

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Why doesn't Jeremy Clarkson do Top Gear anymore?

Since Clarkson's controversial Top Gear sacking in 2015 for punching a producer, The Grand Tour has become one of Amazon Original's best performing series. On the show, returning this month, the trio carry over their successful style.

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Who was the fastest on Top Gear?

The fastest non-professional driver was Ellen MacArthur. Unlike most contenders she made no comments to the camera during her lap. She completed the lap in 1 minute 46.7 seconds, beating Jimmy Carr by 0.2 seconds. The current fastest professional driver in the Liana is Daniel Ricciardo with 1:42.2.

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What was the fastest car around the Top Gear track?

Top Gear Track lap times
  1. Caparo T1. The Stig. 1:10.60. 583 / 575.
  2. Ferrari SF90 Stradale. The Stig. 1:11.30. ...
  3. Ferrari 488 Pista. The Stig. 1:12.70. ...
  4. Ultima GTR 720. unknown. 1:12.80. ...
  5. Dallara Stradale Spider. The Stig. 1:12.80. ...
  6. Porsche 911 GT2 RS (991) The Stig. 1:13.40. ...
  7. McLaren 675LT. The Stig. 1:13.70. ...
  8. Pagani Huayra. The Stig. 1:13.80.

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Has Jeremy Clarkson made a profit on his farm?

In the final episode of the first series, he sat down to tot up the numbers, and discovered he had made a grand total of just £144 profit. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

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How much is Jeremy Clarkson worth 2023?

But, after amassing a personal fortune worth well over £50million, the veteran journalist could choose to step away from the spotlight altogether and retreat to a simpler life.

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How much did Amazon pay Clarkson?

Well, according to the Financial Times, the answer is a whopping $250 million (£160 million). To put that in context, that's not far off the BBC's typical total annual expenditure on 'talent' across all its services, which a few years ago was at £200 million.

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Why did Stig quit Top Gear?

Why aren't you stig anymore? (MrStarkiller1233) Great job but i decided to leave because after 8 years the game was up in terms of keeping it secret. The BBC had leaked my name to the Radio Times and the tabloids ran varous stories, so i handed in my notice.

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Who was faster than The Stig?

After Rubens Barrichello became the first person to beat the Stig's time (coming in at 1:44.3), the show repeatedly referred to a jealous rivalry between the Stig and Barrichello. Sebastian Vettel then further beat this time by posting a time of 1:44.0.

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Who was the Australian Stig?

Cam McConville was a regular Supercars racer and the anonymous driver 'The Stig' on Top Gear Australia.

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How staged is Grand Tour?

The Grand Tour's executive producer has admitted that the series is actually "very" loosely scripted. While the show follows the casual nature of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's shenanigans on the road, some have wondered how spontaneous things are.

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Did Top Gear actually build a bridge?

In October 2013 the cast and crew of the British television show Top Gear constructed a bridge over the Kok as part of their Burma Special. The bridge was originally planned to be built over the River Kwai, but the River Fang which flows into the Kok was chosen "accidentally".

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What happens to Top Gear cars after the show?

Some cars are now in a museum, while the hosts own others. However, not every vehicle used in the show got saved. Three such cars are the BMW 528i Touring, Subaru WRX, and Volvo 850 R from 2013's Africa Special.

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