Season 1 of Top Gear Australia just finished and I have to say that in summary the much criticized trio actually did quite a good job. I only missed one episode when traveling but thanks to the Tubes here’s the rather cool scene where Warren goes diving with great whites in a Mini Moke:

The story with the cats continues on corolla.com.au:

• The One Velociraptor Per Child project wants to adequately educate every kid on this planet
• KickApps - social media apps on demand for your site
• Blogs influence purchases more than social networks
• US car sales are stuck in the toilet
• Download Greg Verdino’s free ebook 4 & 20 Blog Posts
• Aussies, have your say on the future of the ABC and make sure you check out the discussion paper Towards a Digital Future
• Dell case study by social media tracking tool Radian6: Free range marketing
• Now available: The data behind Razorfish’s digital consumer study
• Time’s 50 Best Inventions 2008
• Firefox surpasses 20% worldwide market share
• Fail: Microsoft’s Facebook millions paid back with Google election map
• Guy Kawasaki’s new book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition is now available
• Study: LinkedIn users rich (but still annoying)
• Watch CNN live and full-screen with VLC
• Top 15 trend questions (and answers)
• Young adults turn to MySpace for movie information
• Turn your favorite feeds into a personal magazine with Tabbloid
• This time Yahoo really wants Microsoft to buy them
• Photos of a python having a cockatoo for dinner
• Last but not least: support Francine and her 5 husbands, a viral campaign for coolcapitals.com

Gentlemen, start your torrents. TG is back and it’s looking way more exciting than what the skinny carbon copy is currently doing down under. Also pay a visit to their new Transmission blog where users discuss the episodes through the comments. Of course also worth having a read again of the Stig’s epic post in the predecessor.

Created by Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney and currently on air.

Cruel revenge that would have hurt the poor cat but I still hat to laugh.

What a load of crap. Proof that CGI is no guarantee for a good ad.