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The Top Gear Awards are annually presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

2002[]

Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Mazda 6
  • Nomination: Mini Cooper S
  • Nomination: Audi RS6
  • Winner: Range Rover

Most Pointless Car[]

  • Nomination: Mercedes Maybach
  • Nomination: Rover 75 Long Wheelbase
  • Winner: Ford Fusion

Weirdest Renault[]

  • Nomination: Renault Vel Satis
  • Nomination: Renault Megane
  • Nomination: Renault Avantime
  • Winner: Nissan Micra

Surely you Don't Need the Money[]

2003[]

Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Volvo XC90
  • Nomination: Mazda RX8
  • Winner: Rolls Royce Phantom

Nigel Mansell Trophy for the Dullest Grand Prix Driver[]

  • Nomination: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
  • Nomination: David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
  • Winner: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)

Ugliest Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Daewoo Tacuma
  • Nomination: Reliant Robin
  • Nomination: Mercedes Vaneo
  • None of these won because Jeremy picked the range of BMW cars: "If I had to pick just one, and it's very difficult, I will probably go for the X3 which is the new small version of the X5 except of course, its exactly the same size as the X5."

Most Fun Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Porsche 911 GT3
  • Nomination: Renault Clio V6
  • Winner: Vauxhall VX220 Turbo

Enemy of the State:[]

Winner: Richard Brunstrom (Chief Constable of North Wales 2001-2009)

Surprise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Mazda RX8
  • Nomination: Vauxhall Signum
  • Winner: the size of James' knob (Jaguar XJ6)

Fastest Celebrity Around the Track[]

  • Winner: Simon Cowell

2004[]

Comedy Handling Award[]

  • Nomination: Perodua Kenari
  • Nomination: Toyota Prius
  • Winner: Smart ForTwo

Surprise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Ferrari 612
  • Nomination: Ariel Atom
  • Winner: Vauxhall Monaro

Worst Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: BMW X3
  • Nomination: Rover CityRover
  • Winner: Hyundai Accent

Best Noise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Mercedes SLR
  • Nomination: Porsche Carrera GT
  • Winner: Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale

Golden Cock of the Year[]

  • Nomination: James May's botched interview
  • Nomination: Richard Hammond forgetting to bring car whilst shooting a car review
  • Winner: Jeremy Clarkson leaving the Land Rover on top of a mountain and went home with the keys

Best Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Jaguar S-Type diesel
  • Nomination: Subaru Legacy Spec-B
  • Winner: Volkswagen Golf GTI

Money No Object[]

  • Nomination: Ferrari Enzo
  • Nomination: Land Rover Discovery
  • Winner: Aston Martin DB9

2005[]

Surprise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Honda Civic
  • Nomination: Nissan Murano
  • Winner: Audi RS4

Ugliest Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Ssangyong Kyron
  • Nomination: Ssangyong Rodius
  • Nomination: Ssangyong Musso
  • Winner: BMW 3 Series

Best Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Ferrari F430
  • Nomination: BMW M5
  • Winner: Bugatti Veyron

Best Noise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Ferrari F430
  • Nomination: Mercedes CLS 55
  • Winner: Aston Martin V8 Vantage

George Michael Award for the Most Ill-Advised Piece of Facial Hair in Motorsport[]

  • Nomination: Jenson Button
  • Nomination: David Coulthard (Red Bull)
  • Winner: Fernando Alonso (Renault)

Gas Guzzler of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Range Rover Sport
  • Nomination: Bugatti Veyron
  • Nomination: Hemel Hempstead
  • Winner: Ford GT

Best German of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Dr. Ulrich Bez
  • Nomination: Dr. Ferdinand Piech
  • Winner: Sabine Schmitz

Driver of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Fernando Alonso
  • Nomination: Valentino Rossi
  • Winner: Ellen MacArthur

Golden Cock of the Year[]

Winner: James May (he wet himself from coming back from the toilet though he claims it was the splash back from the tap)

Coolest Car of the Year[]

Winner: Porsche 911 (Changed to Aston Martin V8 Vantage because of Clarkson's "Prime Opinion" with the audience, which resulted in Hammond eating the piece of card saying that the Porsche 911 had won.)

2007[]

Lifetime Achievement Award[]

  • Nomination: Ken Livingstone
  • Nomination: Ken Livingstone
  • Nomination: Ken Livingstone
  • Winner: Traffic Wombles

Ugliest Car of the Year[]

  • Winner: Mini Cooper Clubman

There were no other nominations.

Worst Car of the Year[]

  • Winner: G-Wiz

Worst Dressed Presenter on Top Gear[]

  • Nomination: Richard Hammond's shorts in the London Race
  • Nomination: Richard Hammond's Spandau Ballet tribute coat
  • Winner: Jeremy Clarkson's drysuit

(Though afterwards Jeremy shows James May in the Aston Martin wearing nothing, this doesn't count as he isn't technically dressed at all)

Best Noise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Ascari A10
  • Nomination: Aston Martin DBS
  • Nomination: The tunnel in the Italian Riviera
  • Winner: Richard Hammond shouting “Oliver"

Driver of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Jennifer Saunders
  • Nomination: Lawrence Dallaglio
  • Winner: Simon Cowell

Car of the Year[]

  • Winner: Subaru Legacy Outback/Ford Mondeo

2008[]

Noise of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Mercedes CLK Black
  • Nomination: Ferrari Scuderia
  • Nomination: Alfa Romeo 8C
  • Winner: Will Young's new single

John Sergeant Award for the Best Celebrity Dance[]

  • Winner: Jay Kay

Fastest Celebrity Lap[]

  • Winner: Jay Kay

Most Painful Injury to a Motoring-Related Body Part[]

  • Nomination: Jeremy Clarkson's neck
  • Nomination: Jeremy Clarkson's neck
  • Nomination: Jeremy Clarkson's ear
  • Winner: Max Mosley's bottom

Most Embarrassing Flirting on Television[]

  • Nomination: James May: "Hello."
  • Nomination: Jeremy Clarkson: "You're American? You can't be, you're nowhere near fat enough!"
  • Winner: (Jeremy Clarkson interviewing Will Young) "Who here would like to see Richard Hammond strangled on television?"

Car of the Year[]

  • Nomination: Nissan GT-R
  • Nomination: Ford Fiesta
  • Nomination: Fiat 500 Abarth
  • Winner: Caterham R500

2009[]

Injury Of The Year[]

  • Nomination: Richard Hammond in the Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust porm
  • Nomination: Jeremy Clarkson making paintball art
  • Nomination: James May on a gangplank in Bolivia
  • Winner: Richard Hammond and James May in the Porsche Panamera (Outtake)

The Worst Car In The World Award (Extended Cut)[]

This did not appear in the final cut - only as a DVD extra.

  • Nomination: Peugeot 5008
  • Nomination: Peugeot 3008
  • Nomination: Peugeot 207
  • Nomination: Peugeot 308
  • Nomination: Peugeot 407
  • Nomination: Peugeot 607
  • Nomination: Peugeot 4007
  • Winner: BMW 5-Series GT

Patience In The Workplace Award (Extended Cut)[]

This did not appear in the final cut - only as a DVD extra.

  • Nomination: Jeremy keeping reasonably cool whilst the Range Rover filming car got into the back of shot
  • Nomination: The presenter's reactions to the director chatting on the walkie-talkies whilst trying to do a piece to camera
  • Winner: Richard swearing and shouting repeatedly to a walkie-talkie

Appliance Of The Year Award (Extended Cut)[]

This did not appear in the final cut - only as a DVD extra.

  • Nomination: Bosch SMS 69L Dishwasher
  • Nomination: Zanussi ZWD 14791-W1 Washer Dryer
  • Nomination: Hotpoint S536W Single Electric Oven
  • Winner: Toyota iQ

Best Face Pulled Whilst In The Passenger Seat Of The Year (Extended Cut)[]

This did not appear in the final cut - only as a DVD extra.

  • Nomination: Madison Welch while riding with James May
  • Nomination: A dog while riding with James May
  • Nomination: James May while riding with Ken Block
  • Winner: Tiff Needell while riding with John Barrowman

Fastest Celebrity Lap[]

  • Winner: Brian Johnson of AC/DC

Car Of The Year[]

  • Nomination: Volkswagen Polo
  • Nomination: Kia Cee'd
  • Nomination: Suzuki Alto
  • Winner: Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni

Forklift Truck Driver Of The Year[]

This did not appear in the DVD extra Extended Cut.

  • Nomination: A forklift truck enters a room and falls over the edge of a ledge
  • Winner: A forklift truck drives into some shelves and knocks a whole warehouse of them over, burying himself and another forklift in boxes

Golden Cock Of The Year[]

  • Nomination: James May
  • Nomination: Richard Hammond
  • Winner: The Stig

Car Of The Decade[]

  • Nomination: BMW Mini
  • Nomination: Pagani Zonda
  • Nomination: Range Rover TDV8
  • Nomination: Rolls Royce Phantom
  • Winner: Bugatti Veyron
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