Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Top Gear Addresses its Critics and Apologizes…Not in Season Premiere


In the season premiere of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson apologized for all the tension caused by the show's Christmas special and announced that from now on, the show would try to be as politically correct as humanly possible.

Clarkson also promised that Top Gear would quit its wild stunts and concentrate on informing its viewers on matters such as fuel consumption, bicycle riding, camshaft operation and trunk space.

Well, that lasted for a little over 20 seconds before the TG trio got back to their usual antics like driving NASCAR racers and maxing out a Lamborghini Aventador, a McLaren MP4-12C and a Noble M600 at the Nardo high speed track in Italy.

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All-New Ford B-MAX: First Official Photo of Small MPV Released Ahead of Geneva


Less than one year after Ford showed the B-MAX study at the Geneva Salon, the Blue Oval unwrapped the final production model of its new entry in the European small MPV segment. The official presentation will once again take place at the Geneva Motor Show this March

The transition from concept to production has not brought any significant changes to the design of the Fiesta-based model, but that was something we expected given that last year's model was more showcar than pure concept.

From the single picture released by Ford, we can see that the production B-MAX lost the chrome grille trim (though we wouldn't be surprised if we saw it on a higher grade model) and gained a set of visible door handles.

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