OK, this might not be news to everyone, but it was to me. Always wondered who he was.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/features/...leb/stig.shtml

 

Judging by the book's cover, that would be the previous Stig, before this current one.

Edit: This validates my hunch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

 

2003?!? Wow, that was an old link I found. Thanks for getting me up-to-date. Tho the wiki entry isn't exactly definitive on the identity of the current stig.

 

The black Stig drown in 2002 or 2003, can't remember. He drove off an aircraft carrier, great episode!

 

Here's another good wiki entry with one of the funniest quotes I've heard in a while regarding the "Star in a resonably-priced car" bit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear

quote:
The two slowest laps on the celebrity list are held by Terry Wogan and the late Richard Whiteley, both of whom were beaten by a completely blind man, Bosnia war veteran Billy Baxter, who wrenched the Liana through the track under nervous directions from Clarkson in the passenger seat.

 

I think this was one of the funniest test drives on Top Gear:

 

I never knew that.

 

thumbs up to the ariel test drive....if u havent watched it yet its in this forum under ariel build up.

 

He's not the STig!

I'm the Stig!!!

 

they have a video of him driving off the carrier on the top gear website.