Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.
The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.

The team head to the North Pole by car - something never before attempted and something they were going to attempt by two different methods. One team composed of Jezza (Jeremy Clarkson) and Captain Slow (James May) in the car and the other team being Hamster (Richard Hammond), Mattie McNair (one of the world's leading sled-dog explorers and racers) and 10 huskie dogs.
The car (of course) was a Toyota Hilux kitted out with "Cuban Wheels" (as Jeremy called them), heavy duty suspension, a toughened sump-guard and heavy-duty fog-lamps (which turned out to be as useful as Captain Slow attempting a land-speed record). The dogs insisted on urinating on Hammond and fighting amongst themselves, but were definitely up to the job.
Each team would race each other but before they began, the guys were sent to a cold weather training camp to give them an idea of what they'd be facing. A doctor told them what would happen if they forgot to seal their trousers and how to go to the toilet without a polar bear giving them bother but the guys weren't taking him seriously. The next day Jeremy taught Hammond how to ski (despite Hamster's cries of fear) and a man from the British SAS with a distorted face showed Jeremy how cold it could be if he fell through a hole in the ice. Still, the Top Gear crew weren't taking the dangers seriously so legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was brought in to demonstrate how dangerous this region could be.
Eventually though, they were off. With a copious supply of gin, Jezza and Slow blitzed the open ground North of Camp Resolute and left Hamster in their powdered snow in pursuit of the pole. Hammond was the tortoise in this race and fell from his dog-sled with alarming regularity. This was until they reached the legendary 'boulder-fields' - huge lumps of snow and ice that would leave your average semi-detached property cowering in their shadows. As the ice started to crack beneath the wheels of the pickup-truck, the boys started to realize that they should have paid more attention to the warnings they had been given before they set off.
What followed was an adventure that involved Icelandic experts, a "bumper-dumper", James May showing off with a pump-action shotgun, a cracked fuel-tank, broken ice, extreme cold, kite-surfing, inflating tyres with explosive gas, Jeremy forgetting that cold metal will stick to your lips, a pointless game of "I-Spy", and more excitement than you could ever expect from your every-day episode of the world's most popular motoring show.

Everyone has an opinion on bad cars... now it's time to hear the ones that really count--ours...
As it's the worst car in the history of the WORLD, we're on our travels ... to the North of England ... to name and shame the most rubbish car from a manufacturer which, frankly, should have known better. But, it's not all about hateful cars ... Oh no. You have to revel in some good ones to appreciate the stinkers. There's the Ferrari 458 spider, Toyota's GT86 and the £340,000 Lexus LFA rubbing shoulders with a Mercedes SLS.
Our guest driver, The Stig's Yorkshire cousin, puts his whippet to one side and throws a BMW M5 round a gymkhana course before we have a go in a couple of Transatlantic challengers. Things don't go well. We spend treasured leisure time on the golf course continuing our debate. That doesn't go well either. We even put our own cars--past and present--into the reckoning. That ends badly too.
We argue over the great and the awful from Peugeot, Ford, Mahindra, FSO, Alfa Romeo, Rolls Royce, Porsche, Citroen, Saab ... and many more. And we have a special, surprise fate in store for the car we
pick as our biggest loser...
Enjoy... Jeremy Clarkson & James May

你有没有想象过在核子爆炸后或是巨型彗星碰撞后的驾车体验？也许没有人认真思考过。本片将告诉你答案。快来加入Richard Hammond和James May一起体验一场惊心动魄的旅程，你将看到如何在核子冬天的永久黑暗中驾车去上班；在只有两名车手的情况下，如何让赛车运动依然保持原有的激烈和刺激；如何让你的爱车突破最后的审判日的野蛮枪林弹雨；当地球上只剩下一罐汽油时，你会如何驾车出行，等等等等。

James May一直想成为一名宇航员，今年正值阿波罗登月40周年，他采访了三名曾经在月球上行走的宇航员。
更令人惊喜的是，他获得机会乘坐U2高空侦察机游历太空的边缘的宝贵机会。但在这之前他需要经过美国空军的严格培训。他感受了零重力的刺激，也体验了相当于土星V火箭发射时的巨大重力加速度。
最后，他穿上太空服，随着U2飞机来到太空边缘，此时此刻，全世界只有两个人比他更高。

In the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Africa with a simple mission - to find the definitive source of the Nile. Over the years many explorers claim to have already done just that, but the Top Gear trio believe that they can do better by traveling using only grit, ingenuity and three ageing estate cars.

The boys went to Bolivia for a 1000-mile epic journey from the Amazon Rainforest to the Pacific Ocean. For this journey, they have to buy cars that are 4WD (in which the producers recommend) and must be found in the Bolivian second-hand classifieds.

詹姆斯·梅踏上了横穿日本的非凡旅程，从冰冷的北方行至温暖的南方。他会观赏美景、结识本地人、吃拉面，就是为了真正了解“日出之国”。

詹姆斯梅要前往意大利执行一项任务：探究这个伟大国度的历史、文化、风景、工业和人。一个笨手笨脚的中年英国人能找出甜蜜生活的诀窍吗？

《大世界之旅》是“大猩猩”杰瑞米·克拉克森与BBC“不欢而散”后，与“三贱客”中的另两位：“船长”詹姆斯·梅，以及“鼹鼠”理查德·哈蒙德再度聚首，联袂献上的汽车文化主题类节目，由亚马逊投资制作。大世界之旅延续了播出十几年经久不衰享誉全球的“最高档”（Top Gear）的基本风格和框架，但同时针对互联网时代的电视节目做出创新和改革。节目中，三贱客将游历世界各地，试驾各种炫目的汽车，进行各种比赛、测试，同时试图应对节目组提出的各种挑战。

《Top Gear》是英国BBC电视台出品的一档汽车节目,虽然是一个汽车节目,但它相对于平时我们在电视上看到的"汽车杂志"之类的广告或节目有着天堂与地狱之间的差.思维跳跃的编导,好莱坞水平的专业摄影,匪夷所思的试车创意,还有那三个闻名世界的大嘴和一位从不说话的神秘试车手Stig.观看Top Gear,你不仅是在看一个单纯的汽车节目,很多时候更像是在欣赏一部令你热血沸腾的大制作电影

詹姆斯梅不是厨师，而这正是核心问题：即便你不是厉害的厨师也能做出美味佳肴。我们从一位家庭烹饪专家的厨房出发，前往远东、地中海和当地酒吧。他会用唾手可得的食材烹饪出你也可以做出的可口饭菜。而这其中不会添加任何常见的电视烹饪制作套路。

很多事情，就发生在我们身边，我们却浑然不知... 　　这些事情，我们视为理所当然，却不知道其中的道理为何... 　　现在，我们就一起解密发生在身边的各种被我们忽视的奇妙事件~

詹姆斯·梅发现了汽车如何成为普通人日常生活的一部分！