Automobiles

If the loud-mouthed petrol heads from Top Gear don't rev your motor, the more sweet-natured Robert Llewellyn may be more your cup of tea. With his green auto series Fully Charged the former Red Dwarf actor celebrates electric cars. That other mob would probably rubbish him, but there's more than simply tree-hugging here.

Roman Mica serves up a slightly more serious alternative to Top Gear USA with his car review series The Fast Lane Car. While it’s far from hard-hitting, the emphasis is on honest car analysis rather than causing chaos. This is a car show made for car lovers rather than members of the general public looking for a few laughs.

There's plenty of high octane fun at GT Channel, one of the most respected auto channels on the World Wide Web. Its mix of motorsports footage and car reviews help to satisfy serious rev heads. A new episode is added to the channel most days to keep fans coming back.

Ryan Douthit and his team of co-hosts puts the latest cars through their paces in the automobiles series Driving Sports TV. Episodes also touch on what's happening in the world of motorsports, but car reviews are the real focus here. The posting schedule is a bit erratic, but we're never left waiting too long for the next installment.

Chris Duke offers an alternative to all those car DIY programs which use expensive tools and gear no one owns with Motorz TV. This automobile series is really accessible, with simple instructions for installing aftermarket accessories and performing basic car maintenance. Its incessant use of zees gets a bit annoying, but that's a minor quibble with a quality program.

Eric Cook is Eric the Car Guy, an auto-mechanic from Pennsylvania who's bringing his car focused world online. The channel isn't very pretty and its production values are on the low side, but there's some great information for wannabe mechanics. I wouldn't suggest any amateurs tinker around under the bonnet, but at least they'll be better equipped after watching these clips!

George J. Notaras celebrates all aspects of car culture with his web series MotoMan. The acceptance of all kinds of cars is refreshing. MotoMan isn't all about the power or luxury. He knows that not everyone can afford the latest, greatest innovations or the fastest set of wheels, and so he test drives his fair share of cheap and cheerful cars too.

The This Week In team looks to offer a one stop shop for automobile enthusiasts with the weekly series This Week in Cars. Its diverse interest in cars, which covers both motorsports and the car industry, is both its strength and its weakness. At least with half an hour to play with we don't feel like the hosts skim over any one area.

The larrikins from Top Gear bring their best bits to the web in the Top Gear Video Clips channel. There are more than 150 video clips from seasons one to twelve, which should help to eat plenty of time for car enthusiasts. It's disappointing to see a lack of really recent clips, but when there's so much here it's difficult to be too critical.

Vette Garage is a car series made by Corvette enthusiasts, for Corvette enthusiasts. As I'm not even a car lover much of the language in this series left me scratching my head, but the energy of the people profiled is infectious. In another series the jargon may have been a negative, but I have a feeling its fans are happy to be spoken to on the right level.