Mazda Thrillseekers: Buffalo Racing

Carrying on with their crazy-but-brilliant thrillseeking theme, here are the guys from Mazda showing us the art of buffalo racing. I'm not sure I'd jump on the back of a large stampeding animal with big horns, but I'm sure it is quite an adrenalin rush!



What's the most thrilling animal you've ridden? Personally, I haven't even done any horse-riding, though I have ridden an elephant. Only once. And it was very docile. Certainly not stampeding.

Top Gear Outtakes

In which James May tries (and fails) to be clever:



More outtakes here, in which James May cooks breakfast on a volcano.

Condor Gliding

Continuing on their theme of thrilling things, Mazda have released this video showing a (very brave!) person condor gliding. I must say the view must be amazing, but I'm not sure I'd be courageous enough to try it!

Top Ten Driving Roads

In celebration of Mazda's new Zoom Zoom Weekends campaign, here are some beautiful roads I've found on my travels around the Interweb; none of them are ones I've travelled myself, apart from the first one.

1. The Dalveen Pass, which is incredibly beautiful, especially in the early evening:

2. The Yungas Road in Bolivia, a.k.a. Top Gear's 'death road'...

...home to That Terrifying Moment With Clarkson:



3. Sticking with the Top Gear theme; the Stelvio Pass:

...on which the boys drive a Lambo, a Porsche and an Aston:



4. I have no idea where this one is, but it looks like so much fun!

5. As does this one:

6. Australia's Great Ocean Road, running along the coast of Australia for over 150 miles:

7. The Transfagarasan Highway in Romania:

8. This one. No idea where it is, but it's lovely:

9. This one, because it's beautiful and looks so calm:

10. The Loneliest Road in America; like most petrolheads, I fantasise about roaring down it in a Bugatti:

What are your ultimate driving roads?

Noble M600

I once came across one of these, of all places, outside a newsagent's shop at 5.30 in the morning in one of those nowhere towns very few people have heard of. I wandered out of the shop with my milk or chocolate or whatever I'd been buying, and stopped dead when I saw a large blue beauty parked right in front of me. On a double-yellow line, of course. Then a guy wandered nonchalantly up to it, got in and roared away. Since then, I have wondered why the Noble doesn't get more attention. Up close, they are beautiful and they sound divine (though probably not to the residents who don't get up quite so early).

Here's Clarkson testing the M600:

Venom GT

Remember a while ago I blogged about the Hennessey Venom GT? Well now Top Gear has the official images. Here are a few found on their website:

*purrs*

And here's a video taster:



I do like the sound of a sports car engine with my coffee in the morning.