Top Gear Filming with not one but THREE Bugatti Veyron loaners in the UAE
Photoshoot goes into Top Gear
ABU DHABI - Psst, buddy, can you spare me a sports car? Yes, evidently, three of them. This weekend Top Gear, the UK-based car magazine, which is in the country for a photo shoot, sent out an urgent request for an unusual car, the million-dollar Bugatti Veyron.
It was hoping for one. Instead, it was offered three of the vehicles, which cost more than Dhs 4.4 million (USD $1.2m) each. “No other place in the world could we have found three Bugattis in a span of 48 hours,” said a relieved Charlie Turner, the creative director for the magazine.
The cars were tracked down by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and belong to local owners who wish to remain anonymous. Built by Volkswagen, the 1,000-horsepower vehicle can reach 255 MPH (407 KPH). One car in the shoot, a gleaming aluminium-bodied model, is one of only five in the world.
The Corniche area and Jabel Hafeet were briefly closed off for the shoot, which featured the Stig, Top Gear’s mysterious, overall-clad driver. Top Gear, paired with a BBC television show of the same name, sells more than a million copies a month.
Well here we are folks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Top Gear UK’s favorite and definitely my favorite TV show and magazine is filming with THREE Bugatti Veyrons. The BBC show’s crew was jaw droppingly surprised to find all 3 loaner Bugatti Veyrons. The team racecar driver THE STIG was also there. All the Veyrons were heading to the Marina Mall in downtown Abu Dhabi. Transport Officers had to close several roads for the photoshoot.
Oh almost forgot, part of the shoot was on top of the Jabel Hafeet mountains, and the amazing roads leading upto and through it. Boy, would this be a helluva fun joyride! 
More Pics of the this superb driving road - HERE.
Lastly, there is also a rumor going around that there was a Koenigsegg CCX spotted during the photoshoot. So will they do some sort of a race with THE STIG, involving the 3 Veryons & the CCX?? Anybody’s guess but I defnitely cannot wait for the 11th season of this show to get started here shortly this summer. 
Oh and I really hope they get something with the US version up and going, too bad Jay Leno refused to host it.
If you somehow don’t know about this show, read up on the WIKI or check some classic Top Gear previous posts: #1, #2, #3, #4, etc
awesome
haha nice man thanx for the heads up dam i love this show!!!
you rock
not really a fan of the bugatis.
the front grilles look like a bloody urinal!
i am gay
so fcuk my sh1t already
photos.cx
So is there a link for the show or is this just a news post?!?!
“RLSLOG Rules.”
And by “link” I meant download link (not a Top Gear website link)
(tryin to be funny here)
sorry about that folks, should be all fixed now.
@austrALIEN - just a newspost for now. i will ofc be updating with releases as soon as the much awaited 11th season kicks off with its usual frills and thrills.
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you guys still rule - Joe Mama
w00t pics!!
The pompous and insufferable Clarkson, the Hamster and that other looney… always been a mystery to me how anyone can bear this grating trio. I’ll stick (haha) with 5th Gear. At least VBH is fucI{able
I already seen a real bugatty veyron when i went to Exeter 2 years ago, this car is awesome
Overprice
and ugly..
that’s why they
don’t sell too many of
this car
Unbelievable!!!!! TG RULESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@12..
mwhahah i have driven 1.. or been driven in 1 actually..
that thing is a freaking rocket..
@16: If you haven’t got anything better to do then don’t post your rubbish comments, keep your opinion to yourself man. It’s not a car that you find alot because this is not it’s market segemnt.
I saw one on the parkway just the other day, I almost ran into a car looking at it.
Can’t wait for the new series. Top Gear deffo pwns 5th Gear all over the shop.
P.S. Jay Leno is a scatmuncher. Don’t let him defile the name of “Top Gear” with his obese, pimply, doritos-shilling arse…
Anyone calling this car ugly needs to share their drugs and stop hording them. Simply stunning. Even this non-car enthusiast will download this one.
wow!
that’s cool! I hear they’re doing a Japanese special as well. kinda like the Top Gear American special and the one in Africa, but this time they’re in Japan!
found some more pics so updated the post
I love this show. I’m so glad i get to watch it in the US.
It must be nice to be able to a million dollars on a car. what do these people do to get that much money. I know investing in the right stocks can help but only to a point.
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Quality looks sweet. Post it, rlslog. Don’t be slow.
i guess clarkson has been here before, clips from his prev show back in the 80/90s?
part 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=gn2UxkVd0hM
part 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=CYyzrx3-AAo
part 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtjCXlIGstY
I’m glad you all enjoyed looking at my cars.
sigh… just delete my comment, don’t edit it…
How much $ does it need to repair a scratch on it?
They do have some pretty good ideas lined up for this season.
megaupload links plz………….
i use dat der celltech!
@Sp4rkR4t - whts the scoop? whts lined up for this season?
great, oh and f*ck dubai wasteland of humanity
Top gear comes back some time after June 15th on TV maybe 22nd June because they film the audience bits slightly before that and tickets are being sold for the 18th.
This Veyrons thing was for the magazineonly.
FACT “In a drag race you could let the McLaren get to 120mph before setting off in the Veyron. And you’d still get to 200mph first.”
I can’t wait to watch Clarkson again. Check out his Rail Crossings bit on youtube, it’s hilarious! By the way, has Hamster ever gotten taller?
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hey look! in the second picture! its half of daft punk! halft punk!
awesome..
cant wait for this to air!
@41
Its the STIG, not a “Halft Punk”, u musta never watched the show to think of Daft Punk before thinking of the LEGEND himself.. he even has a facebook appreciation group.. go the STIG
haha i totally thought daft punk too, but what do i know? after all im a yank
I do IT work a museum in Los Angeles. We have one there. I’ve been able to drive it once. When not driving the car daily you have to plug it in to keep the computer running. If the car loses power you have to pay $3,300 for someone to come out and reboot the computer. You can look for a blue and silver one on the 405 and 101 freeways around midnight to 4am once a month here in LA. I like the key between the drivers side door and the seat that you have to turn if you want to do 255mph. the tire also only last for 3000 miles and the rims need replacing at 6000 miles.
An american Yop Gear - oh dear… you guys havent the charisma to do a motorsports show as well as Clarkson - the brits have a history with motorsport and on an international level - americans drive BIG heavy vehicles - enough said.
If your in the SoCal and would like to see it up close and personal check this link out
http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?DocID=902&CalendarID=645
nha your sadly stereotyping
It would be nice to finally get a proper match-up between the Veyron and the CCX. Volkswagen is refusing the Koenigsegg team to pick up on the challenge and test the CCX on their 5,5 mile straight track. The “record” is therefore grosely misleading since the CCX had to set it’s record on a oval.
The new biofuel CCXR Edition will however smoke it regardless and is reported of doing 260+ MPH in Koenigsegg’s unofficial testing.
The Koneigsegg CCXR Edition presented by Christian von Koenigsegg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPPALNYcQk
The Topgear test of the CCX:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2VwtZbJb4&feature=related
And with the “Topgear wing” (actually an option ever since Koenigseggs first car. The team was nice enough to ablige the goons at Topgear, but the problem was actually Topgear not setting the suspension from top speed performance to handling performance):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMzBzDRiDkg&feature=related
Clarkson is an absolute wanker btw. Your typical tabloid bs:er with a total disregard of accuracy.
FFS! Still no rapidshare links….
The real reason VW sold so few of these cars isn’t because of a lack of market segment (the originals sold out v quickly) but because they lost $4 million on everyone sold. The cost $5 million to make. The whole exercise was a publicity stunt/PR exercise, they were never out to make money.
Thats why we all have to pay to much for our oil so they can have lots of over priced cars to play with
@nha…I agree with asdf, you are stereotyping. Would if help if I said a drove a Geo Metro?
As for a US Version of Top Gear, I’m siding with nha. If this (possible USTG host testing a car):
http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/04/22/short-video-of-adam-carolla-behind-the-wheel/
is any indication of what US Top Gear is bringing to the airwaves, I’m chucking my television out of the window. The bg music is so benign, there’s no exhaust roars, wheelspin, smoke or even tire squeal! About as entertaining as watching grass grow…
ahem…
http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear/top-gear-filming-in-uae-turns-out-to-be-the-magazine-but-3-veyrons-27292/
(only for the magazin NOT for the series)
Top Gear isn’t about facts, it’s about entertainment. If you want to watch people dribble about boot space and fuel consumption, watch 5th Gear. If you want to watch people dribble about powerrrrr and do stupid stunts with insane cars, watch Top Gear.
Don’t compare the two, as they are different shows. Don’t like one? Don’t watch it. And don’t try to dissuade others by posting rubbish.
Live and let live is my motto!
Whats the CCX doing over there. Is it going to be a CCX Vs. Veyron!!
top gear are clueless as our martin.
They are a blight on the uk market
top gear is class end of story!
The Stig is Damon Hill. Well, it may not be anymore but it DEFINITELY was at one point a couple of years ago. How do I know? Because I saw it with my own eyes.
Top Gear is one of THE best shows on British TV.
Clarkson, Hammond and May are very entertaining to watch. Even if you don’t know much about cars or you aren’t much of an enthusiast, it’s definitely worth a watch.
Can’t wait for the new season.
i live in vegas and i saw one about a week ago, it was flying and behind it was one of those new audi’s, they could have been racing, but the audi wasnt even close. my boy works at the palms where jordan has a house and heard he had one, so it could of been him. i could be totally off, but someone told me the new lexus there working on will beat this, maybe not in top overall speed, but in everything else. and to ever said they dont sell many of these, i was at a dealership here in vegas that does all supercars and high end luxery, he told me that they were all pre-ordered by celebrities and basketball players, cause it has more room than most supercars so they fit, and the few that made it to a dealerships were gettin marking up like 30%.
Clarkson is the don!! have grown up with and been watching top gear since the 80’s, best show on earth!!
I wanna a gleaming aluminium-bodied model =D
Street.Kings.R5.XVid-BaLD is out now
hottest vw bug i ever seen
day after day, half of you sound like school girls yappin about drama, why do you argue in blog comments?
@ 60
and pink elephants with polka dot wings flew over Heathrow
its true i saw it with my own eyes
In 2003, The Stig released his autobiography entitled Flat Out, Flat Broke, in which he spoke openly about his time in Formula 1. Whilst the book was well received, The Stig unfortunately let slip his real identity and a stunned world discovered that the man behind the helmet was in fact… Perry McCarthy!!
@37 “This Veyrons thing was for the magazineonly.”
Thank you for the information, I was already looking for the torrent before reading this.. ..should read first in the article too, before “veyron” and “top gear” so those of us who get a hard on with those, would not waste valuable time trying to find the torrent
http://www.crash.net/feature_view.asp?cid=26&id=6611
crap show, worst show from england
@ 16… umm theres a pretty big waiting line for those cars
I own one of those cars. I don’t like it though. It’s kind of like a Mac. Overpriced and can’t do nearly as much.
So umm, rapidshare links?
I find this show is pretty good, all the negative comments aside
any RS links ?
I like most of the ones I have downloaded (last couple of seasons).
They do go overboard, with some of the comments, and while overall the US trip was ok, they went overboard in trying to “rial” the locals actually getting more than they bargained for.
The commentary about N.O was dead on, and really had the guys at a loss, when you think about the time that had passed and what most other countries would have done in that amount of time (IE: torn EVERYTHING down right away so re-building could start)
Kind of sucks this is magazine only, since I do not like paying $15 for one UK magazine
ID rather buy a F1 or MClaren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_c6-euAkdU
the real deal
Europe and America made such this cars to consume a lot of fuel then they complaint the oil price .
remember war of Iraq BUSH burn it for oil but the oil price just get higher and higher .
Clarkson may be a whanker, but he earns millions of quid a year.
And he gets to play with (and break) lots of flash cars!
Still think that he’s a fool?
I see our 4+ dollar a gallon gas money is being put to good use. They say the Saudi Royal family is our friend, let’s see how long that freindship lasts when that oil runs out and they don’t need our money.
here’s a situation. you’re offered to win a bugatti veyron, but you have to pass a challenge. in front of you is a large-size cigar cutter. you must slice off your penis, and then with a drywall-saw remove your balls. only after this you will be given a bran-new veyron. deal, or no deal ?
@69 - Perry McCarthy was The Stig for a while, in fact he was the original Stig. Since then numerous other drivers have been the “Tame racing driver”. IIRC The Stig in black coveralls = Perry; all others have worn white. Chances are you already know this, since you referenced the book; but just passing it along for others who might not.
Looking forwards to new shows when they come out. Just wish BBCA would show CURRENT shows vs. ones that are 6+ months old. Oh well, better than nothing.
clarkson is god .
check out my clarkson tv :
http://www.veoh.com/channels/Clarksontv
so still no rapidshare links…
rs? im parched here…
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Good to see people at Dubai are still spending wisely all the money they get from me paying fuel to drive my small 1.6 liter Peugeot 206 with 80hp. I hope I’m still alive the day oil stops being useful and arabs end up with not much more than sand and some fruit.
These cars are owned by one person from the royal family. His first Buggati was the full red one and it was in London this summer. Then he bought the full chrome and his last one is the full white and the picture of the three bugatti’s in the garage is actually his personal garage where he has alot of exotics. I always see the cars in the petrol station next to my house.
@82 artg Arab’s don’t need your money . you how need their oil and you wish to get it for free to .
@89 spiff when oil stops you well have to use cart with mule and if you are lucky you will use bicycle it’s better for you to safe your money and sell your car if you don’t like fuel price .
3 Volkswagen Beetles ^^
link to other photos or the show / film
@80 shreif .. get over the war already dude..
As for the whole oil thing, majority of American oil comes from South America.. Belize.. only about 20% is from Middle East (if I recall correctly).
And we prefer S.A. crude because its much thicker than the M.E oil… we’ve refineries set up to utilize the thick crude and can actually get more bang for our buck with South America’s oil vs the Middle Eastern oil…
stuff it dude, everyones tired of hearing conspiracy thearies and blames…
As for the Bugatti .. beautiful car, but seems much like a trophy wife tbh… High maintanence and a savings account sucker! and the return? not much there to hand back.
They sound sweet, and look nice.. We’ve had them up here in Carmel a few times… but stilll
I am ok with the Corvette Z06… 505hp and a fraction of the cost… Still turns heads, still sounds sweet..(personally been 151mph in it) and you have a bit of cash left over in the savings account to buy your date a movie (not popcorn tho!)
–>but all this is coming from a lil’ chick… so I suppose I’ve too much estrogen to intrude on the chest bashing party here LOL
HOT!!!
Gimmie 3…….
Top Gear’s filming is free for those that have tickets. There is a web site address that you can send an email to for said tickets. But be warned the waiting list is like 18 months.
James May is my hero,
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