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VIDEO: Leno gets a ride in the new McLaren MP4-12C

A month ago, Jay Leno got a glimpse behind the scenes at McLaren, where the late-night talk show host and car nut got a tour of the facility and had a chance to sit in an early version of the company's newest roadcar in the studio. While Jay was on the other side of the pond he even stopped in at Top Gear to do a lap in the Lacetti. Well, apparently he ran a couple of laps in another car while he was at the Top Gear Test Track too. One camo-covered McLaren MP4-12C prototype. After the jump you can view a video of Leno ride along in the ... Read more →

Not digging Top Gear this season? Read this. Dan Roth

Season 14 of Top Gear is nearly finished, and some fans are singing "The Thrill is Gone" where before the tune had been "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." The creators have heard the complaints ...

Justin Timberlake named new Audi "brand ambassador" Jonny Lieberman

All we really want to do at this moment in time is make a never-ending series of N'Sync jokes. But we don't know any. So instead, let's talk about how Audi has just picked Justin Timberlake to be ...

Top Gear crew responds to gay audience kerfuffle by bringing on the Village People. Sort of. Jeremy Korzeniewski

What to Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May all have in common with the Village People? Well, nothing really, except for the fact that all of them were present and accounted for at last ...

Officially Official: Danica Patrick joining NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2010 Chris Paukert

The "Will she, won't she" debate is over – Danica Patrick is headed for closed-wheel racing in 2010. Patrick will race a partial schedule in next year's National Nationwide series in the No. ...

Tiger Woods' Escalade owned by GM, will be fixed and eventually sold 14 days ago on Autoblog

The world's most infamous 2009 Cadillac Escalade, the one Tiger Woods drove into a hydrant and then a tree early in the morning of November 27, is heading to the body shop for repairs. Interestingly enough, the Escalade isn't owned by Tiger Woods – it's part of GM's promotional fleet. ...

VIDEO: Jay Leno gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 14 days ago on Autoblog

Like Jay Leno, many of us Autobloggers are oil-in-the-blood car freaks living in Los Angeles, California. Only thing is, we can't seem to recall Mercedes-Benz dropping off their new gullwinged supercar – the SLS AMG – at our garage. Of course, Leno is an international superstar that ...

VIDEO: TN Senator Corker's daughter carjacked, suspects apprehended via OnStar 15 days ago on Autoblog

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker had this opinion of OnStar a month ago: "Each month I get the bill for OnStar and [I think], 'I don't want to pay this again.'" Then his daughter Julia was carjacked in Washington D.C. last week driving his Chevrolet Tahoe, and having been yanked out of the car by ...

REPORT: BBC says Top Gear doesn't ban gay couples from show audience 16 days ago on Autoblog

Is the BBC discriminating against gay couples? As is often the case, that depends on whom you ask. How so? It seems that Top Gear, the Beeb's ridiculously popular car show, has created a rule stipulating that its audience be made up of 50 percent males and 50 percent females, and at least one ...

Paper: Guy Ritchie wrecks four reasonably-priced cars on Top Gear 17 days ago on Autoblog

When fans tune in to watch (or torrent) tomorrow night's episode of Top Gear, they'll get to see Snatch director Guy Ritchie regale Jezza, Hamster, and Captain Slow with tales of his stint as the program's Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car. According to London's Daily Mirror, which spoke to a ...

Vikings RB Adrian Peterson flagged for going 109 mph 17 days ago on Autoblog

Minnesota Vikings All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson – or "Purple Jesus" as he's known to Vikings fans – is one of the fastest men in the NFL. Turns out, he's also one of the fastest men on a certain suburban Minnesota freeway, where police clocked him and his (model unknown) BMW going ...

VIDEO: Jay Leno drives the Allard J2X MkII 18 days ago on Autoblog

It's not like we need another reason to be sickeningly jealous of Jay Leno, but along comes this video. In it Jay drives perhaps our favorite car from the 2009 LA Auto Show, the hugely lovely and impressive Allard J2X MkII. Only unlike the 500-ish horsepower 5.7-liter Hemi powered J2X MkII we ...

VIDEO: Chrysler ad gets political, advocates for release of Myanmar Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 18 days ago on Autoblog

This is... different. To summarize, a new commercial by Chrysler is agitating for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's (a.k.a. Burma's) pro-democracy leader and lightning rod who has been under one form of house arrest or another for twenty years. The thirty-second spot was originally ...

Jay Z vandalizing 2011 Jaguar XJ for 'On to the Next One' video? 18 days ago on Autoblog

On Wednesday night, as part of the run-up to the LA Auto Show, Jaguar held a sizable soiree at SoCal's Milk Studios to show off its latest wares to the public and press, with a heavy focus on its 2011 XJ flagship. With the British automaker's latest model taking center stage, Mike O'Driscoll, ...

Fifth Gear: Hope yet for Britain's other car show? 19 days ago on Autoblog

Our heart goes out to the crew at Fifth Gear. It really does. Because it's got to be tough living in the shadow of the BBC show that spawned it. We're talking about Top Gear, of course, and by any other yardstick, Fifth Gear is a fantastic car show. But its popularity has never approached what ...

Royal Scam? UK license plate "D1ANA" expected to fetch £100,000 at COYS auction 21 days ago on Autoblog

Coys of Kensington will be hosting a True Greats auction on December 1, and among the items for sale will be an MG service manual (Lot 1), a Corvette poster (Lot 61), and some pre-WWII driving gauntlets (Lot 81). Oh, and there'll also be the matter of Lot 142, a number plate reading "D1ANA" expected ...

2011 Audi A8 revealed amidst the stars at Design Miami 2009 22 days ago on Autoblog

We've just returned from the Audi A8 world premiere here at Miami's star-studded Design Week, and we've got a slew of images of the new range-topping sedan. More evolutionary than revolutionary in style, the new wundersedan is nevertheless an impressive looking piece with the visual charisma to ...

Top Gear builds Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust, an ER-EV to answer the Chevy Volt 27 days ago on Autoblog

Many electric vehicle fans out there are constantly complaining about how long it's taking automakers to bring plug-in vehicles to market. We've had commenters on this site claim that automakers should be able to bring EVs to the street in six months. Apparently even six months is too long for ...

Next in line to get irked by Jeremy Clarkson? The Romanian government [w/VIDEO] 28 days ago on Autoblog

Another day, another country that hates Jeremy Clarkson's guts. Or at least, another country that is seeking an apology from the Top Gear host for his no doubt rude, but no doubter funny comments about said country. In this case, it's the former Iron Curtain nation of Romania. Seems that during ...

STUDY: If you're gonna make us pay for a bloke's writing, it bloody well better be Clarkson 1 month ago on Autoblog

We'll admit up front that this news item is minimally car-related, but bear with us. In response to News Corp's Rupert Murdoch's repeated threats to bury all of his content behind a pay-for-it-wall, the UK's Guardian conducted a poll asking readers which online columnists they'd pay for. The not ...

John Surtees pilots electric Ginetta G50EV through Channel Tunnel 1 month ago on Autoblog

Electric cars have been around for over 100 years, and Britain's Beaujolais Burlington Run has been going on for 37. The Channel Tunnel between the UK and France (a.k.a. "The Chunnel") turns 15 this year. On Tuesday, motor racing legend John Surtees added a bit of history to all three items by ...

VIDEO: Jay Leno does the electric Tango 1 month ago on Autoblog

Jay Leno likes him some electric Tango. No, not the new dance craze all the kids are talking texting about, but rather the oddly-narrow but very quick two-seater from Commuter Cars. Now, regular Autobloggreen readers have seen the Tango before, posing beside George Clooney or perhaps drag ...

New reality series Family Armor combines vehicle bulletproofing and Mormons 1 month ago on Autoblog

We're not precisely sure how to treat this one, so we're going to go ahead and use the "jump in with both feet" method. TLC is launching a new reality show called Family Armor that follows the exploits of two Mormon brothers-in-law that build bulletproof cars for a living. That doesn't sounds so ...

VIDEO: Taylor Swift on the scourge that is bad parent drivers 1 month ago on Autoblog

Allow us to make a couple admissions. It's our opinion that with the notable exception of Celebrity Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny since Belushi. Before she got upstaged by an apparently off-his-meds Kanye West, we thought Taylor Swift was a dry cleaner. That said, it's ...

Top Gear: A little history about everybody's favorite TV show 1 month ago on Autoblog

What if the Stig was known as the Gimp? It's doubtful Top Gear's mysterious racing driver – or the show itself – would have proved as enormously popular. Would you walk around in a shirt proclaiming, "I Am The Gimp?" Doubtful, but if Jeremy Clarkson and the show's producer Andy ...

First Petty's Garage Challenger heading to Barrett-Jackson 1 month ago on Autoblog

And with this official decree, let it be known that one custom 2009 Dodge Challenger, painted in a very familiar and regal blue shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder in Arizona in the year of our lord, 2010. The vehicle in question shall serve as a rolling tribute to Richard the 43rd. ...

VIDEO: Top Gear Season 14 returns this Sunday 1 month ago on Autoblog

Guess what boys and girls? Everyone's favorite car-related show is coming back for a fourteenth season! That's fantastic news for gearheads everywhere, especially considering that at the end of last season there was some speculation that Top Gear wouldn't be coming back at all. But of course, ...

VIDEO: Jay Leno drives the 1970 Hotchkis E-Max Challenger 1 month ago on Autoblog

Well, well, well -- look who's jumping on our Hotchkis bandwagon. It's none other than Jay Leno behind the wheel of the 1970 Hotchkis E-Max Challenger! What a wonderful beast of an automobile. To refresh your memory a bit, the suspension gurus at Hotchkis wanted to build a classic muscle car ...

Triumph and TAG Heuer honor Steve McQueen with special Bonneville 1 month ago on Autoblog

Triumph and TAG Heuer have joined forces to create a one-of-a-kind Bonneville Heuer motorcycle. Inspired by Steve McQueen and the Porsche 917 K that the famous actor, racer and motorcycle rider piloted in the classic film Le Mans, the Bonneville Heuer is painted up in the classic Gulf Oil blue ...

ESPN: Danica Patrick close to two-year NASCAR Nationwide deal 1 month ago on Autoblog

Rumors of IndyCar's Danica Patrick dipping a toe into the stock car racing pool have been swirling for months, but a new report suggests that an end to the rumors is near. ESPN says that Patrick is on the verge of signing a NASCAR Nationwide Series contract with JR Motorsports, the operation ...

Autoblog Podcast #151: With Eddie Alterman of Car and Driver 1 month ago on Autoblog

Abuelsamid, Lieberman, Roth and Shunk. Sounds like a law firm, but it's this week's podcast crew. Car and Driver editor-in-chief Eddie Alterman bravely wades into the pool and joins us for Episode #151 of the Autoblog Podcast, as well. We spend a goodly amount of time going over what's in ...

SEMA 2009: Jay Leno Camaro a pre-emptive strike against EcoBoost 'Stang 1 month ago on Autoblog

What do you get the guy who has everything? For SEMA 2009, GM decided to go with the less-is-more approach and built Jay Leno his own special Camaro... with less. Less cylinders at any rate, as this V6 special more than makes up for its lack of firing pots by adding a pair of turbochargers. ...

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien welcomes 2010 Taurus SHO tonight! 1 month ago on Autoblog

If Jay Leno were a Ferrari McLaren F1, Conan O'Brien would be a Ford Taurus SHO. Now hold on, that's not an insult to Conan, who just took over Jay's hosting duties on The Tonight Show. It's an actual fact: Jay owns a McLaren F1 and Conan drives a 1992 Ford Taurus SHO. Conan's SHO has appeared ...

First shot of A-Team cast released, GMC van included [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

The A-Team was a pop culture phenomenon of the Eighties on par with Knight Rider and The Dukes of Hazard. And since Hannibal, B.A., Face and Murdoch hold a special place in the hearts and minds of Gen-Xers, it was only a matter of time before the super-fake action show hit the silver screen. ...

2009 Race of Champions heads to Beijing 1 month ago on Autoblog

Most of this year's major motorsport series are winding to a close. Champions are being crowned. Teams are preparing for next year. You know what that means: it's time for the Race of Champions. The international event has been held for the past twenty years, and it always offers a real ...

REPORT: ESPN analyst suspended over "inappropriate" comment about racer Montoya 1 month ago on Autoblog

Bob Griese, ESPN analyst and two-time Superbowl winning quarterback with the Miami Dolphins, has been suspended for one week following an inappropriate comment he made during a live college football broadcast last Saturday. After showing a graphic of the top five drivers currently vying for the ...

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Autoblog Podcast #157: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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