BBC Worldwide press release, 10 Jan 2013: "BBC.com has kicked off 2013 by announcing plans to roll out a number of bespoke feature sections to sit alongside the hugely successful BBC Travel and BBC Future. First up is BBC Autos, an entertaining, insightful daily read focused on the passionate side of the motor industry, including design, technology and community. The site will complement and build upon the vast motor industry content offerings from BBC News, BBC Sport and key BBC Worldwide branded sites such as TopGear.com. Brought to you by a stable of writers and photographers, BBC Autos will explore the cultural and technical differences in cars from countries across the world. ... Overseas users will be able to continue their journey and conversations with Autos Editors and other fans via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. ... Over the coming year BBC.com will continue to build on the number of feature sections it offers audiences outside the UK, ensuring they can enjoy a relevant and engaging take on trends across the worlds of culture, business and wellness. The launch of BBC Autos will be supported by Cadillac in North America as the lead advertiser." -- So, apparently, no domestic dissemination in the UK. This is to prevent BBC residents, who pay the BBC license fee, from having to endure advertising on the BBC's international commercial websites. UK readers: can you access BBC Autos?

Meanwhile, "lead advertiser" Cadillac might be interested in this review of one of its products in BBC Autos...

BBC Autos, 10 Jan 2013, Jonathan Schultz: "The strengths of the [Cadillac] ATS ... only make its flaws that much more regrettable. Here was the best chance in two decades not only for Cadillac, but for the United States, to deliver a compact luxury car that could seize a Michigan-size chunk of the market dominated by German and Japanese models. The ATS may only rival those players, where it might have surpassed them. ... Perhaps a mid-cycle refresh in a couple of years will bring forward the segment champion the ATS is so clearly capable of being. Until then, it may merit a very close look, if not a purchase."

BBC Worldwide press release, 11 Jan 2013: "HISTORY announced today that new episodes for Season 3 of the U.S. version of Top Gear will premiere Tuesday, January 29 at 9PM ET/8C. The second season of the critically-acclaimed and popular series broke into the millionaire’s club with 1.1 million Adults 25-54 and 18-49 (+30 and +22 vs. S1, respectively) and is the youngest skewing series on HISTORY. Season Two was seen by nearly 60 million viewers. Top Gear is hosted by comedian Adam Ferrara, champion race car driver Tanner Foust and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. ... Top Gear is a produced for HISTORY by BBC Worldwide Productions and is co-production between HISTORY and BBC Worldwide. ... The U.S. version of Top Gear is currently seen in over 90 countries."