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Top Gear spends Christmas in the Middle East - Click above to view high-res image gallery
The three wise
-asses-men of
Top Gear were handed a new challenge for their 2010 holiday special: Travel 1,200 miles west to Bethlehem, driving through northern Iraq, Syria and a few other Middle Eastern countries and deliver gold, frankincense and myrrh to a newborn in a manger. Easy enough, right? But what vehicles to take?
The producers required each host to pic a compact convertible, so Clarkson went with the reasonable choice - a
Mazda MX-5 Miata - featuring his "car of many colors" paint scheme. Just like Joseph. Hammond goes with a
Fiat Barchetta fitted with a Bedouin tent while James May decides to go with something German and outfits a
BMW Z3 for desert duty.
Their journey was filled with the typical Top Gear-tomfoolery including
James May knocking himself unconscious. The
entire escapade can be viewed online... for now, but in the meantime, check out all three vehicles in the gallery below.
[Source: Top Gear]
Continue reading Get a high-res look at the other stars of the Top Gear holiday special
Get a high-res look at the other stars of the Top Gear holiday special originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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After dropping in on
New York City earlier this month, the
Top Gear UK crew decided to travel somewhere slightly less dangerous for their next challenge: Israel. The cars, including a hookah-equipped MX-5, look remarkably Bedouin.
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Denislav Shishev's an 18-year-old Bulgarian who probably does more before breakfast that you do all week. In 2009 he took a wrecked
BMW M Coupe and put in a 530-hp BMW V10. Now he races it professionally.
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Denislav Shishev's an 18-year-old Bulgarian who probably does more before breakfast that you do all week. In 2009 he took a wrecked
BMW M Coupe and put in a 530-hp BMW V10. Now he races it professionally.
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, BMW
American automakers have long struggled to export U.S. made vehicles to overseas markets.
BMW, on the other hand, has apparently had no such problem. After 15 years of building cars and SUVs in Spartanburg, South Carolina the company has now shipped over one million cars to overseas markets. That's nearly two-thirds of all of the production from the plant.
When the Spartanburg plant first opened in 1994, it only built 3 series sedans. Within a couple of years, the Z3 roadster was added, followed by the original
X5. Ever since the 3 was dropped from the South Carolina production schedule, the plant has been the sole worldwide source for each of the vehicles it has built - a list including the Z3 and first generation
Z4. Spartanburg currently builds the X5 and
X6. Late this year, an expansion of the plant will bring production of the new second generation
X3.
[Source: BMW]
Continue reading BMW exports over one million vehicles from South Carolina factory
BMW exports over one million vehicles from South Carolina factory originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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