Top Gear is a phenomenon. The three presenters' collective and infectious enthusiasm for all things automotive, and the on-screen dynamic between ultra-competitive Clarkson, painstakingly pedantic May, and Hammond caught between the two, is television gold and has turned a niche-interest BBC2 programme into family entertainment with viewing figures regularly hitting over 6m.

And now The Big Book of Top Gear, which will be an annual publication, combines in one irresistible package all the elements of show that make it so popular: an unashamed petrol-head need for speed; a bit of Boy's Own adventure; special features based around each presenter plus essential automotive stats and details for the hardcore motoring nuts and much much more.

Equally delightful for teenagers and their great-grandparents, The Big Book of Top Gear will be the must-have Christmas present for 2008.