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Ben Collins talks about Top Gear, method acting, and his Volkswagen Transporter on Reddit.

It's a duel between former Stig Ben Collins in an Audi RS 6 Avant and a Parkour runner. Who will win?

BBC's editorial guidelines specifically prohibit presenters from endorsing products that could be used on BBC shows. In other words, there can't be a Top Gear themed TomTom GO Live nav system after all.

Earlier this week, we told you about a new, Top Gear-branded satnav system from TomTom. Unfortunately, someone failed to clear the licensing of Jeremy Clarkson's voice with BBC's editorial staff, and now, TomTom has been forced to cease production of the devices. It's a classic problem of the left...

We admit that we've been critical of TomTom, Garmin, and other aftermarket satnavs. After all, in the age of smartphones and factory-installed telematics systems, dashtop devices can seem as outdated as your grandmother's VCR. But you have to give them props for trying, and TomTom is trying very...

Top Gear's Stig may or may not be the most incredible, alien-talented driver on the planet, depending on the fanboy status of who you're talking to, but the 2012 BMW M5 is a known quantity. Here, the two come together in a tasty bit of teasery goodness, more info of which is detailed on the show's...

If you've ever wondered what it might be like to suddenly stop being the least-known person on the world's best-known automotive TV show, Ben Collins is probably the best person to ask. That’s because he was the man behind the mask--or should we say helmet--of The Stig, Top Gear’s tame...

If you've ever wondered what it might be like to suddenly stop being the least-known person on the world's best-known automotive TV show, Ben Collins has your answer. Apparently it creates a deep desire to race electric cars in an upstart series. At least, that's all we can surmise from Ben...

The BBC's Top Gear is perhaps the most well-recognized and widely-watched motoring program on earth, and the series' dependence on a hired gun that plies the world's best supercars at the show's test track is equally well-known. This hired gun, commonly referred to as the Stig, came to be almost as...

The Need For Speed series of video games/driving simulators was one of the first to bring the thrill you get behind the wheel to the PC and console arena. I remember playing the original game on an ancient IBM as a kid. But the latest generation takes it to a whole new level--and beyond, in this...