Top Gear Series 22 Sightings & Spoilers
The Top Gear team have been spotted out and about in various locations around the world as they film segments for Series 22. At this stage we should see the first episode go to air in early 2015 ? and until I get a confirmed date, I?m taking a stab in the dark and suggesting that it could be January 25th! I?ll update you all as soon as the date is confirmed.
EDIT:Top Gear will return December 27th!
Below is a list of what I?ve found out about Series 22 so far, and I?ll update this post with new sightings as they come to hand.
Last sighting: 24th November 2014.
For those of you who need a spoiler warning: Top Gear Series 22 Spoilers are below!
Top Gear to drive the Hennessey VelociRaptor in Canada
It has been reported that Top Gear will be visiting theOkanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, in late November. They will apparently be shooting highway footage of the Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV in the South Okanagan and Boundary Regions. Unfortunately no other information is available at this time.
Update 24th November:Top Gear were spotted in Vancouver last week as they continued filming for Series 22. They were spotted with a yellow Hennessey VelociRaptor, a seemingly normal Ford F150 and a Chevrolet Silverado.
Later in the week they were spotted in the city of Trail, where they were stranded for several hours due to flight delays.
Top Gear in Darwin, Australia
It has been reported on Twitter that Jeremy, Richard, James and the Top Gear film crew all touched down in Darwin, Australia on October 20th.
Update 22nd October:The boys have been spotted driving in Darwin?s rural area, with a bright yellow Bentley Continental, a Nissan GTR and BMW M6. They were later seen further south, drag racing at an airstrip near the Territory town of Batchelor. What exactly they are doing remains a mystery, but we?ve got our fingers crossed that it is some kind of epic roadtrip from Darwin to Adelaide ? which would include a 286km stretch of the Stuart Highway which has no posted speed limit. There are also rumors that they will be filming at the Pine Creek open pit mine on Wednesday.
Update 23rd October:Jeremy confirmed on Twitter that they?ll be in Perth by next week, and then posted this rather cryptic photo of him driving on a road with fire on both sides.
James May testing the new Porsche 911 Turbo S
As the title suggests, photos have emerged on Twitter of James May testing the new Porsche 911 Turbo S at the Top Gear Test Track.
Top Gear inArgentina to film a new Epic Roadtrip
Several sources in Argentina have confirmed that Jeremy, Richard, James and the entire Top Gear team are set to arrive in Argentina to film their next epic roadtrip. Theyre set to drive along the local Route 40, linking Bariloche to Ushuaia ? a distance of serveral hundred miles and a journey which Google Maps cannot calculate! A hotel in Negro already has rooms booked on behalf of the three hosts and itis estimated that the journey will start on Friday.It would take almost two weeks to get to Ushuaia. A local paparazzo has snapped photos of the three classic cars which will be used? a Porsche 928 GT, a Lotus Esprit V8 and a Ford Mustang Mach 1.All three are right-hand-drive and were carrying spare tyres.
and here they are!
Update 20th September The Argentinian special is shaping up to be one of the most papped events of the season, as more photos have emerged of the roadtrip getting underway. James went with the Lotus, Richard in the Mustang and Jeremy in the Porsche.
This roadtrip ended badly.
Top Gear trio caught driving homemade ambulances
On July 30th the Top Gear team were seen driving 3 interesting looking homemade ambulances near Shepherd?s Bush, London.
The aftermath The owner of Lydd Car Breakers salvage yard has gone on record saying that he provided the cars for this segment ? some 25 vehicles in total. ?They rang us out of the blue and asked to collect 25 cars. They had been asked to design ambulances, and some of the cars they used are just shells now. It?s incredible.?
Jeremy is testing the BMW i8 Hybrid
Pretty self explanatory ? a video has surfaced on YouTube showing Jeremy getting into the new BMW i8 hybrid. Unfortunately the video stops before we can ?hear? it, though one would assume it probably rolled away silently?
Jeremy and the i8 were later seen on the Yorkshire Coast.
Top Gear filming in St Petersburg, Russia
Top Gear has been caught filming what looks like a race segment in St Petersburg, Russia.According to bystanders who witnessed the shooting, James drove an electric Renault, Richard used a bicycle and Jeremy apparently traveled by boat. Sound familiar?
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