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The Stig Revealed himself – TopGear

The first episode of the thirteenth season of Top Gear that aired on BBC on Sunday, June 21st, started with a big bang as Jeremy Clarkson unmasked ‘The Stig’ revealing his true identity in front of a live audience. However, whether the mystery has finally been solved is still up for debate – you can’t be certain with these chaps, perhaps it’s another prank from Clarkson and his fellow presenters, who knows. What’s not up for discussion is the marvelous marketing strategy behind Top Gear. But anyway, we not going to spoil the surprise for you – no, it’s not Susan Boyle. Hit the jump to find out the identify of ‘The Stig’ and tell us what you think.

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Forza Motorsport 3: The Race Is On

The race is literally ON! A new preview of Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3 was introduced just recently and now Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360 has injected the market with some serious car-porn-in-motion with new images and a video trailer.

From a reasonable distance, the preview images from Forza Motorsport 3 actually look like “real” cars and not a “video game”. Developer, Turn 10, has set out to turn gamers into car lovers and car lovers into gamers. But maybe the developers have made something that is too “real” and gamers just won’t have it by resorting to arcade style games. Maybe it is the “realness” that will bring the car enthusiasts to the video game world. You will never know until one of the best racing games hits the market.

Forza Motorsport 3, with its 400 cars from 50 manufacturers, 100 tracks and High-Def (HD) at 60 frames per second, it is a major contender for PlayStation’s Polyphony Digital developed Gran Turismo 5. The battle is seriously on and we want to be there when game and car lovers pick their favorite.

Clean! That’s what Forza Motorsport 3 is all about. Check out the images and video below and I am sure you will agree. Oh, tell Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo 5 developers) that they have met their match!

Kumakubo drifting with silvia around the Ebisu circuit

I know many of you that will not understand, then that is completely fine… just watch the video below. The video below is yet another Speedhunters installment showing Kumakubo drifting in a Silvia around the Ebisu circuit, in slow motion. If you don’t know, Kumakubo is a D1 Grand Prix driver and superstar in the world of DRIFTING! Enjoy!

Formula D Long Beach Qualifying Drifting

Jonathan Rosenberger from tunerazine captured some awesome footage of continuous drifts at the Formula D Long Beach Qualifying event. Vehicles included in the video: RX-7, RX-8, Nissan 240, AE86 Corolla, Scion tC, Chevy Corvette, Subaru WRX STI, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Saturn Sky, Nissan 350Z, Lexus IS, Ford Mustang and more.

Minicars made by Honda, Toyota Equals Death Trap or Gas Savings?

Small or Minicar Equals Death Trap or Gas Savings? How about both. Recent frontal crash tests of Minicars made by Toyota, Honda and Daimler AG performed poorly. The test was conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and Smart ForTwo collapsed in the impact of the test conducted. The test consisted of a frontal off-set crash head-on into one of the car makes sister mid-sized cars at about 40 miles per hour. Even with the protection of the airbags the study reviled a considerable amount of injuries to the head and legs of occupants in the smaller car.

Even though you save on gas money you may ultimately put yourself at a greater risk for injury in this type of crash. Spokes persons and management of all three automakers explained that this is a very rare occurrence of an accident in the real world only accounting for less than 1% of crashes. Some may beg to differ with the stats and argue the case that size matters.

Size does matter. It is rather obvious when you put the laws of physics in play especially (God forbid) matching one of these small cars up against a big SUV in an accident.

The 2009 Toyota Yaris gets fuel economy of 29 mpg in the city and 35 on the highway and meets all safety standards and regulations.

The 2009 Honda Fit gets 28 mpg in the city and 35 on the highway and meets all safety standards and regulations.

The Smart ForTwo gets 33 mpg in the city and 41 mpg on the highway and also meets all safety standards and regulations.

So whats the big idea? I will show you by allowing you to watch the video below.

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Muscle Car Exhaust Comparison

What ingredient besides raw torque, raw horse power, a big V8 and American enginuity makes a modern American muscle car complete? The exhaust note for one! You cannot take that away from a new American muscle car or you will just get plain laughed at. Which one sounds the best? I knew you would ask and that’s why we have provided a video (courtesy of Edmunds) of the New 2010 Chevy Camaro SS, Dodge Challenger R/T and 2010 Ford Mustang GT expressing their true colors (red white and blue) through the exhaust pipe! Put that sound in your pipe and smoke it!

Enjoy the video below after the jump and then (post a comment) let us know which one sounds the best!

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