Sometimes stuff just shows up here at the Car and Driver offices. Every once in a while one these items, like our web interns, ends up being useful or interesting. Most of this automotive driftwood (excluding the interns) ends up in my office and, while possibly compelling, doesn’t quite fit in the Gearbox section of the magazine. In an effort to share some of the delights (and, eventually, horrors) that clutter my workspace, I present to you Gearbox Surplus.

For our first installment, we have this nice tiny book from Top Gear: Where’s Stig. If this sounds confusing to you, I will offer a brief summary: Top Gear is a hugely popular motoring programme (as they state in Ol’ Blighty) in the United Kingdom that’s rebroadcast here in the United States on BBC America. The Stig is the show’s anonymous, mute test driver clad in a white helmet and white racing suit.

Where’s Stig is in the style of the Where’s Waldo books, with the Stig hidden in twelve different settings based on memorable Top Gear episodes like the presenters’ trips to Vietnam, the Bonneville Salt Flats, and the North Pole. There are also 20 other items to find in each scene, such as Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May; Top Gear Dog; and even a model of the Dacia Sandero. The detailed illustrations take you on a visual tour of the show’s recurring jokes, so if you love Top Gear, then you will probably enjoy Where’s Stig. It should also be noted that the book has photos and not words, which might be exactly what you’re looking for in a book. (And we should warn you that there is some mature-ish content in the book that may make it unsuitable for younger Top Gear fanciers.)

Where’s Stig retails for $16.95 and can be found on the publisher’s website.

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