Top Gear (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Top Gear and similar may refer to the following:
- The lowest gear ratioGear ratioThe gear ratio of a gear train is the ratio of the angular velocity of the input gear to the angular velocity of the output gear, also known as the speed ratio of the gear train. The gear ratio can be computed directly from the numbers of teeth of the various gears that engage to form the gear...
(or ordinally, the highest gear) available in the transmission of an automobile
Media
- Two versions of a BBC television series about motoring:
- Top Gear (1977 TV series), the original television series (1977–2001)
- Top Gear (2002 TV series), the second original television series (since 2002)
- Various adaptations of the BBC television series in other countries
- Top Gear AustraliaTop Gear AustraliaTop Gear Australia was an Australian motoring television series based on the BBC series Top Gear.The show premiered on SBS One on 29 September 2008 at 7:30 pm AEST, with its first season consisting of 8 episodes...
, the Australian adaptation of the BBC series - Top Gear RussiaTop Gear RussiaTop Gear Russia was a Russian motoring television series on Ren-TV, based on the British program Top Gear produced by the BBC. It premiered on 22 February 2009.-Presenters:The hosts chosen for Top Gear Russia are:...
, the Russian adaptation of the BBC series - Top Gear China, the Chinese adaptation of the BBC series
- Top Gear (U.S. TV series)Top Gear (U.S. TV series)Top Gear is a motoring television series, based on the BBC series of the same name. The show's presenters are professional racing driver Tanner Foust, actor and comedian Adam Ferrara, and automotive and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. As with the original British version, the show has its own version...
, the U.S. adaptation of the BBC series - Top Gear Germany, the German adaptation of the BBC series
- Top Gear Korea, the Korean adaptation of the BBC series (Airing on August 2011)
- Top Gear (magazine)Top Gear (magazine)Top Gear is an automobile magazine published by BBC Worldwide, and named after the BBC's Top Gear television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £3.95. The major presenters of the television series—Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson—are...
, a British automobile magazine based on the television series - Top Gear (radio show)Top Gear (radio show)Top Gear was originally a short-lived pop music show on the BBC Light Programme in the mid-1960s.- Origin and format :It was one of the Corporation's few attempts to compete with the pirate radio stations and Radio Luxembourg, who had attracted large audiences of young British pop music listeners...
, a now defunct BBC radio programme - Top Gear (Kings Road)Top Gear (Kings Road)Top Gear was a boutique established in the 1960s by James Wedge and Pat Booth on the Kings Road, London. It was an influential shop which Barbara Hulanicki was "most envious of", and acquired a reputation for selling Mod clothing to the "rich and influential"...
, an iconic boutique of the Swinging London era
Video games
- Top Gear (video game)Top Gear (video game)Top Gear , is a 1992 racing video game for the Super NES, published by Kemco and developed by Gremlin Graphics. Not only does it mark first game in the Top Gear racing game franchise, but it is also one of the first racing games to be released on the Super NES...
, a racing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Top Gear 2Top Gear 2Top Gear 2 was the sequel to the 1992 game Top Gear, released on January 1, 1993 for the Super NES, May 24, 1994 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and in 1994 for Amiga...
, a racing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Mega Drive - Top Gear 3000Top Gear 3000Top Gear 3000 was a sequel to the 1993 video game Top Gear 2 for the Super NES...
, a racing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Top Gear RallyTop Gear RallyTop Gear Rally is a rally game for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy Color version was released under the name Top Gear Pocket, although the European release uses the original name. It features five tracks. It has a feature that allows the user to give their virtual...
, a rally game for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance - Top Gear OverdriveTop Gear OverDriveTop Gear Overdrive is a racing game released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and the sequel to Top Gear Rally. This game had support for high-resolution graphics if used with the Expansion Pak and featured music from a band known as Grindstone.-Gameplay:...
, a rally game for the Nintendo 64 - Top Gear Rally 2Top Gear Rally 2Top Gear Rally 2 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 2000, and is a sequel to Top Gear Rally. Like the original Rally, a related game was released for the Game Boy Color as Top Gear Pocket 2, then retitled Top Gear Rally 2 for its European release.-Gameplay:The game's objective...
, a rally game for the Nintendo 64 - Top Gear Hyper Bike, a motorcycle racing game for the Nintendo 64
- Top Gear Dare DevilTop Gear: Dare DevilTop Gear: Dare Devil is a game for the PlayStation 2 that involves driving mostly small, European automobiles around the cities of Rome, London, Tokyo, and San Francisco.-Reception:Top Gear: Dare Devil was received poorly by critics...
, a stunt driving game for the PlayStation 2