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Where: ASB Showgrounds, 217 Greenlane West, Auckland

Event listed by: Rebecca Chappell

Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Greg Murphy.

Coming to Auckland ONLY! Tickets are now on sale.

For the first time in New Zealand, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will present Top Gear Live, the most spectacular LIVE motoring theatre show in the universe in Auckland ONLY! And joining them on stage will be New Zealand’s most well-known motor-racing personality, NZV8 driver, Greg Murphy.
Top Gear Live features breath-taking stunts, amazing special effects and blockbusting driving sequences with some of the world’s best precision drivers. This experience is one car enthusiasts won’t forget.

Top Gear Live combines an action-packed 75 minute live version of the internationally acclaimed and multi award-winning BBC TV series Top Gear (showing on Prime in New Zealand). Fans can join Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond with their irreverent approach to motoring and humour, awesome super cars, crazy stunts and the smell of burning rubber. Top Gear Live is set to take live theatre to a ground breaking new level. Or crash attempting it.

“We’ve turned your motoring television show into the most spectacular motoring theatre show in the universe. We’ll be taking all the best bits of Top Gear, and ambitiously attempting them live in our action arena.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Show times:
Thursday 12 February - 6.30pm
Friday 13 February - 5.00pm and 8.00pm
Saturday 14 February - 11.00am, 2.00pm, 5.00pm and 8.00pm
Sunday 15 February - 11.00am, 2.00pm and 5.00pm

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Michael Turner 4 years ago

Photos from Top Gear. Love the show. Now addicted to posting photos.
Corinna Thorburn 4 years ago

What a lovely surprise to get your email. I look forward to seeing Top Gear.
Thanks :)
Corinna
Content Editor 4 years ago

Wow! You guys have had some close calls alright!
The winner of the double pass is Corina Thorburn.
Drive safe!
Gina
dally01 4 years ago

2 weeks ago heading south on the motorway by Tristram turnoff travelling in outside lane at approx 100km/hr. A sheet of plywood came hurtling across the median barrier from the northbound lane. All I could do was duck as it hit the windscreen. To my amazement the plywood disintegrated on impact but the windscreen was intact and as I shakenly pulled across to the roadside to inspect the damage all I found were a few scratches on the bonnet and roof. There were pieces of wood littering the Motorway and traffic continued in both directions as if nothing had happened. I had no idea where the wood came from. I hopped back in the car and carried on over the Harbour Bridge thinking to myself that maybe Volvo's are as safe as they say they are - not even a flying sheet of plywood can shatter the windscreen. I went out and bought a Lotto ticket - unfortunately that wasn't so lucky.
Linda Jordan 4 years ago

Driving with my daughter in the car a vehicle, without registration or warrant, needed to stop on wet roads so they used our car as their brakes and slammed into us on the same side my daughter was sitting. They told us the car had no warrant as it also had no brakes!
Alan Hardy 4 years ago

Was very recent. Driving over Takaka Hill heading to Golden Bay. This is a very steep, narrow, winding road. Anyone who has driven this road will know what an 'interesting' drive this is. I was heading uphill when I pulled into a slow vehicle lane to let one car pass. As I indicated and pulled back onto the road I noticed a car barrelling at a high speed towards me (behind me) from around a corner. I had just enough time to think to myself that he would have to stop very quickly as there was a truck heading downhill towards the both of us. Well apparently he didn't or couldn't stop in time and he amazingly managed to squeeze his car between myself and the truck. It was just lucky that it was a small model car, what I do know is that luck was on my side that day. I was bracing myself for an accident! I didn't think there was any way it was going to be anything but a crash!! This was the closest call I have ever had in my many years driving.
Melanie Whitburn 4 years ago

Driving in the rain, went around a corner a little to fast, slid sideways down the road, ended up right next to a fence but no damage! Was scary lucky no one coming the other way. Made me drive more carefully in the wet.
Carolyn Russell 4 years ago

Early 80's - pillion on a Kawasaki 750 modified with a hard tail back end - no suspension small bible seat to perch on. Came over the top of the Rimutakas heading to the Tin Hut. Too wide on a tight sweeping corner rode the gravel around the outside of the corner catching my knee on each fencepost as we struggled to stay upright. Tank slapped through the next corner and came to a stop - partner says kept it up eh!!?? Getting off the bike at the Hut to find I couldnt weightbear but no breaks --entire leg was black for weeks
Julie Hollamby 4 years ago

Closest call was driving through the Matata straights from gisborne on my way to see my hsband in auckland after working an eight hour shift starting at midnight the night before and falling asleep at the wheel, only to be woken up by a truck honking his horn at me. AirNZ made good money from me after that. I was also 4 months pregnant. Stupid idea to drive then. What we do for love...
Jonathan Persson 4 years ago

1 week before my wedding i hit some oil on the road and spun the car into the bank. the car hit the front end, spun hit the back end, spun again and hit the front again and then bounced in the middle of the road. the car was written off just in time for the wedding
Stephanie Murgatroyd 4 years ago

In 3rd form my mum was taking me and my best friend to school as she usually did on her working days when we found we where following our school bus we caught on the days mum didn't take us and came to an intersection. The bus went through and mum looked to the right saw nothing was coming and pulled out, next thing we knew we were up the back of the bus with every one looking out the bus window at us!!! And to make things worse when the driver got of to check we were okay he saw the uniforms and offered to take us the rest of the way to school!!!!
Collin Reremoana 4 years ago

Me and a work buddy driving in our work Van down south bound in heavy peaked traffic in the inside lane.Whacked into a back of a slow moving vehicle behind,bounced all the way too the outer lane,without hitting anyone else.My buddy reaches for a hairbrush?!Gotta look Cool if we are getting BUSTED!!!!!!!!!!
lilgeknight 4 years ago

Coming from the straight, half decent roads in blighty, then driving on the windy, gravel roads in N.Z was more than just a culture shock.....I drove myself to auck from huntly on the back roads of meremere, in a 1972 Toyota Corola...Wicked, all was going well til, i lost complete crontol of the car and made a quick desision to head into the back rather than go over..Alas did my first 360* and landed on the roof, Pinched myself that i was still alive, kicked the door open, sat on the side of the road and waited for help...as a women does. Farmer casually drives up in his 4x4, and said "i though that was a trailer that had gone over, well guess you had better by yourself a lotto ticket tonight girlie"! I helped him push the car back on its all fours, with every panel dented, only lost a tank of gas, and proceded to drive the trusty old toyota around the south island, to be acknowledged as a local in every town we stopped-for goodness sake who would have thought the car would make it!!!!
Nad nz 4 years ago

It was about 12 years ago...17 years old...Sneaking away for the weekend...Cruising home from Hahei beach in Coromandel at 4 in the morning, through all the amazing twisty windy roads cliff edged roads, Taking my brilliant orange '86 Toyota Starlet (1st car) in to the shop for a service the next morning to find out that my front axle was completely rusted through, holding together by about 1/2 cm of metal. Someone was looking after me! I could have been waiting for Santa at the bottom of a cliff! Lesson Learned.
Vincent 4 years ago

I informed a girlfriend that I was leaving NZ for my big OE. It happened the day after I had my travel injections and my arm was so sore she offered to drive - and she did - into an oncoming car! The real bummer was my car was a right-off and I was planning to use the money from its sale for my trip. But fortune was on my side. It so happened my sister's brother-in-law was appointed the accessor and he gave me a way better payout than I would ever had got in a sale. This was the start of a truly great Big OE!
Vanessa 4 years ago

Most 'hair-raising' moment - was when a BMW decided to run a orange/ red light at the corner of Ladies Mile and Peache Parade. It was raining and the roads were incredibly greasy. I had just purchased my Nissan Maxima and had right of way as I was travelling along Ladies Mile. Mr BMW took a right hand turn right in front of me - to this day I have no idea how I missed him but the ABS breaks worked at treat!
SusieW 4 years ago

frankly any day driving on the Auckland Motorway is a hair raising experience. I'd only bore you with all the details of near misses!
Ollie Mollie 4 years ago

One scorcher my parents went sailing for the day, so my friend and I, aged 13, took the 1954 Ford van for a spin to buy some gum. Congratulating ourselves on our brazen disregard for parental rule, we chugged up the steep hill to the 4Square, admiring the ocean through the heat haze. Horrified, we spotted the olds rowing ashore, home early! On that steep, winding, single-lane, cliff-top road, all courage and self-taught driving expertise deserted us. We stalled, bunny-hopped, gear crunched (curse floor-shift), hauled on the non-powered wheel, sweated unattractively, uttered foul words, finally to achieve a 13-point turn. Back down the hill as fast as the old girl could manage, jerked into parking spot, keys flung on the bench, and butts greeted by the couch. Shortly after, mum eye-balled me through the ranchslider, one hand resting on the hot bonnet. I wished like heck I had some gum to chew on. Then she gazed up at the sun quizzically, shook her head, and went to put the oars away.
hayden 4 years ago

this is just 4 us do not tell police lol.few years ago when i lived up north a.k.a(drift captial)i tried drifting out in the country coming up towars this snake hill i pumped the clutch swang the arse out got it drifting side wayz.all is good until the car wants to swing the other way.and all i can see is the bank coming towards me then bang.car does 1 slow motion roll.
Jo Campbell 4 years ago

Once back when I was 15 (I had my restricted license) - I was driving back from my mums boyfriends in my mums car, and my sister and her boyfriend were driving in her boyfriends car - so anyway we are coming from the shore towards town and just after the harbour bridge I am trying to show of going fast - as we took that first big corner I lost control of the car and it started wobbling over 3 lanes - luckily I managed to get the car under control - and luckily there were no other cars on the road beside me - very embarrasing as my sister was behind me, but also extremely lucky to not have crashed and died!
Alison Price 4 years ago

Waiting to turn right into a parking area, and hearing a piercing screaming of brakes not far behind me as a driver was deciding whether to go around me to the left or overtake me, but at such a speed that there was no way stopping was an option. I froze and experienced the longest and most chilling few seconds of my life as the upcoming car clipped my bumper and veered off the road. That sound still chills me to the bone.
Anne Pinkham 4 years ago

Was driving toward the East Cape lighthouse late one night cruising a good 80km on metal then I hit newly laid 2inch chip while turning a tight courner, I went into a drift and somehow came out of it. Made my heart pound as being a woman and noone had no idea where I was, the night could have become dodgy. Got to see the sun rise on a clear beautiful morning, worth the fright.
K telford 4 years ago

me and my father were driving the St John health shuttle one day on our way up north and it was marked with "ST JOHN AMBULANCE" written all over it, so it wasn't like we were in any normal vehicle. We were coming up to a passing lane that was right on a cliff (with a long drop!!!) and a Toyota Sprinter decided to try to pass as many cars as he could and just as the lanes merged he decided to go for us too. We barely managed to stay on the road and the jerk put his foot down and weaved his way further down the road. We were expecting to have to pull (being St John Vokunteer's you kinda have too, especially when your in a marked vehicle) over a few Km's away to help him out of a crash. Luckily it appeared no-one got into his way for the rest of the drive!
sai m 4 years ago

man there were a few!!but i think the worst was when i dint see an oncoming car at a 'weird' trafic light intersection in the city. the car nearly hit my passenger but stopped just in time, screeching to a stop!phew!!
Marie Stocks 4 years ago

My husband and I had just been to the local drive-thru in our Datsun 120y – we then proceeded to head for the exit to the mall.
My husband drove towards the ramp in the carpark – and not realising how fast he was actually travelling - the car hit the ramp and launched into the air.
Well it was like a San Francisco Cop chase – All four wheels off the ground – luckily the car arrived back to the ground straight and we were both fine –the burgers on the other hand didn’t make it.
Gemma Lane 4 years ago

I drive a Toyota Caldina (not a small vehicle by anyone's standards. Perhaps to an American). But a car managed to miss me in his mirror checking and nearly hit me while changing lanes on the harbour bridge.
Kristy Dekker 4 years ago

I was a pillion passenger on a motorbike (Ducati) travelling down the motorway in Auckland. A car pulled over to change into our lane without seeing us there and nearly took us out!! There was a truck and trailer unit right behind us and I knew I was NOT going to go off the back of that bike! After taking evasive action to avoid a nasty accident I ended up off the seat of the bike and almost off the side. I was basically holding on to my husbands left shoulder in order to avoid falling and managed to get back on the bike. It was too close!! But I knew I'd die if I let go. We did manage to catch the driver up and gave him THE FINGER signal, along with a guy on another bike who we didn't even know but saw the whole thing. Yes I did go back on the bike again!
232856 4 years ago

I drove my logging truck over the kaimais and as i was coming down the matamata side the brakes failed and i hit the bank on one side and went across the road and over the edge down through the bush. i opened the door to jump out and saw the top of the trees and decided to stay inside the cab. came to rest on a ledge. was taken to hospital with just a minor cuts. the truck was pulled up with a crane and all was well. but ever since that day back in the seventies (when trucks were much slower) i have never forgotten how lucky i was.
Manu B 4 years ago

it was an early morning as we pulled out of our site at a special far north campground..... the windscreen and windows were all fogged up and visibility was severely limited..... time was short and the glass was too cold to clear by hand so we pressed on, barely able to see the swishing wipers two feet in front of us ..... the Mitsi Sigma Station wagon accelerated relentlessly along the gravel track ..... we approached a hair pin bend traveling at a startling 5km/hr ...... unbelievably my jedi-like reactions deserted me that morning and we didn't make the bend, in what felt like slow motion the car slid into the drain and gently came to rest. Thankfully there were like ten of us in the car so we pushed her out, found a towel to clear the windows and carried on ... no one was harmed in this incident.
Richard P 4 years ago

when I was blindsided by a motorcycle and had to slam on the brakes and move into the other lane (oncoming traffic lane). Excaped - just)
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