Fresh off of their earning the “Most watched factual television program” record from Guinness and Clarkson’s riveting and tear-jerking speech regarding said win, the folks at BBC decided it was time to reward the Top Gear->ke1860 boys with a new contract. So now we get another three years of hearing James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson talk about and beat the living crap out of cars.

On top of renewing the boys, BBC also bought out the remaining 50-percent share of Bedder 6, the company that Clarkson and Top Gear producer, Andy Wilman, own. Bedder 6 also happens to own the commercial rights to Top Gear, so not only does the BBC now have its hosts locked up for three years, but sole ownership of the entire series indefinitely.

Part of the deal the trio signed requires heavier global promotion of the show, so you can expect more Top Gear shenanigans going on in random parts of the world. Top Gear fans are getting everything they ever wanted: more Clarkson, Mays, and Hammond, more global Top Gear promotion, and indefinite Top Gear airing all in one quick swipe of a pen.

Congrats to the Clarkson and his cohorts, and we look forward to seeing more of them.

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