There is definitely going to be a new Stig.
If you haven’t already heard, the Stig’s identity has actually been revealed as Ben Collins. I didn’t write any blog posts about it when all the hoopla was going on because I honestly didn’t want to know the identity of the Stig, so I didn’t follow it. But it’s next to impossible to shelter yourself from Top Gear news. I don’t know why Ben Collins decided to out himself as the Stig, but he has and it has cost him the best job in the entire world. Stupid, Ben. Just stupid.
Obviously the show can’t go on when everyone knows who the Stig is, so the Top Gear crew is currently seeking their new Stig. Jeremy Clarkson has come up with the idea of having a “Stig Farm” where stigs are cultivated on mass. And since Ben Collins (or a man playing him in Stig form) will likely be killed off once the new season begins, the new Stig will have to dawn a different colour.
Hardcore Top Gear fans that have been following the show since it’s old format (like me) will remember that even before white Stig there was black Stig who met his untimely death once he got his identity revealed as well. Judging by the picture, a new coloured Stig is likely.
Which colour do you like? I’m thinking blue, but having a pink Stig would be quite hilarious.
[The Sun]