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![1280-TopGear](https://img.money.com/2015/07/1280-topgear.jpg)

The Orangutan, Hamster and Captain Slow are back, but on the web only. After Jeremy Clarkson's contract was not renewed — [he allegedly punch a producer while on a shoot](https://time.com/3757668/jeremy-clarkson-fired-top-gear/) — and his co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond decided not to renew theirs, a bidding war begun among ITV, Netflix, Amazon, and a few others. Ultimately, Amazon won, announcing it on Twitter. The show won't be called *Top Gear*, but it will be led by former *Top Gear* executive producer Andy Wilman.

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Wilman [told the Radio Times](http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-30/former-top-gear-producer-andy-wilman-on-his-new-car-show-with-clarkson-and-co-no-ones-telling-us-what-we-can-and-cant-do) the team would start working on the new show as soon as they're back from their summer holiday. The show is scheduled to debut online next year.

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