Clarkson: No plans to end Top Gear (From Swindon Advertiser)

Clarkson: No plans to end Top Gear

12:09pm Monday 28th September 2009

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Jeremy Clarkson has said there are no plans to stop making Top Gear.

Speaking at the launch of Top Gear's Live World Tour, the BBC motor programme presenter said they were having too much fun to consider stopping.

He said: "We would stop doing Top Gear when we didn't enjoy making it any more, but, at the moment, it is just the most fantastic fun you can have."

Referring to himself and his co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, Clarkson said: "We were sitting in a hotel the three of us the other morning, a sort of businessmen's hotel surrounded by businessmen with ties on and with their laptops and we just thought 'they're not going to be driving a Ferrari up a mountain today, we are so unbelievably lucky to do what we do.' Why would we dream of stopping it?"

The worldwide appeal of the programme is something that still surprises Clarkson.

He said: "I'm startled about Top Gear's popularity outside of the UK, even in countries where, as far as I can tell, it isn't on television, like America.

"We just came back this morning from Romania and I'm not exaggerating when I say thousands of people walked up a mountain just because they thought they might see Richard Hammond's elbow sticking out of a Ferrari."

The world tour will include flaming rally cars, underground street racing and stunt driving led by The Stig.

The first show is at London's Earl's Court from November 5-8 and tickets are available now.

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