Product Description

If you like the "Top Gear" TV show but you wish it was made of paper and didn't move around so much, this is the answer to your prayers. "The Big Book of Top Gear" is packed full of all the chunky, meaty, sometimes-a-bit-on-fire goodness of the telly programme, with the added bonus that you can read it in the bath. Among other things you'll find: 27 previously unknown facts about the Stig; some of the most powerful cars ever to attack the track; the raunchy story of Richard Hammond's love affair with a small Opel; an essential guide to May-style sheds for the modern gentleman; everything you wanted to know, but never found out, about Top Gear's most exciting trips; and, comprehensive, fully illustrated arguments against both public transport and the humble caravan. Packed with action and all the power you'd expect from the petrol heads at Top Gear, "The Big Book 2009" is the must-have for fans of "Top Gear", from teenagers to granddads and everyone in between.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7916 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Review
'Perfect for fans of the programme and car fanatics alike' --The Sun

About the Author
Richard Porter is script editor for Top Gear, a columnist for Evo magazine and contributing editor for Top Gear magazine. He is author of BBC Books' Crap Cars (2004), and My Dad Had One of Those (2007), which have acheived combined consumer sales of 80,000.

Customer Reviews

POWEEEER!!!
If there was ever any proof needed that you don't need to know the slightest thing about cars in order to enjoy Top Gear, this is it. In fact cars are barely given a mention in this rather chunky, moreish book, and believe me, it's for the best. Rarely does a book make you laugh so hard you cry, but this does it several times.

It's hard to describe what this book is. It's a collection of bits and bobs, really, mostly rambling nonsense and fake-articles, but it's so much more than that. Anyone can see that they're taking the mickey, even poking fun at themselves, and it's clear that this book was as much fun to make as it is to read it.

It's crammed with so much, and is full of little details that make sure you always spot something new every time. Some standout moments for me are the 'Everything can be fixed with a Hammer' article, 'James interviews the Stig', and 'The Power of Literally', but really, there's too many to count, and every page is as stupidly funny as the last.

The front cover says they're 'slightly on fire', but I beg to differ. This is scorching stuff, and will take you twice as long to read as normal because you'll be blinking back tears of laughter.

As Clarkson would say: 'This could...quite possibly....be THE best book...........................................................in the world."

Top gear, Top book
If you watch Top Gear for the laughs, I highly recommend you buy this book. As ever with Top Gear, it's funny, noisy, scurrilous, surreal and slightly about cars. I particularly enjoyed the cut-out-and keep Richard Hammond, JC's exercise plan (don't expect to get fit), a great hairstyle chart so you know what series you are watching on Dave, and a 1970s porn film script featuring James May as a plumber (it's not what you might think!). Oh and there's a priceless re-interpretation of Thunderbirds in a comic strip called Top Gear Rescue. Commencing faterization... Hilarious!

Big book of Top Gear
My husband and I love the show, so I bought this book. I have seen it in the shops as well and it's as daft as the show, making me laugh out loud.