Jeremy Clarkson launches social media platform for car addicts

Image: drivetribeDRIVETRIBE is now live. LONDON — Remember hearing about the online motoring community that The Grand Tour and Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May were planning earlier this year? Well, it's finally here. DRIVETRIBE, a sort of website/app/social media platform hybrid, went live on Monday. You then interact with the program by commenting, reposting or "bumping" (the Drivetribe version of a favourite or an upvote). Image: drivetribe Here are the tribes I've joined so far. The site's still very new, but after a 30-minute tour it looks like fun. “The internet is brilliant," Clarkson said in a press release sent to Mashable. "You can watch Pandas sneezing and find out when it’s high water in the Easter Islands. "But until DRIVETRIBE came along, there’s never been a one- stop-shop for people who like cars.” Here's the trailer for DRIVETRIBE.

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DRIVETRIBE is now live.
DRIVETRIBE is now live.

LONDON — Remember hearing about the online motoring community that The Grand Tour and Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May were planning earlier this year?

Well, it’s finally here.

DRIVETRIBE, a sort of website/app/social media platform hybrid, went live on Monday.

The basic idea is that you sign in through Facebook and start by joining six “Tribes” -(“Hammond’s Foby Jockeys,” and “Dogs in cars,” for instance) which then gives you access to a range of different content. You then interact with the program by commenting, reposting or “bumping” (the Drivetribe version of a favourite or…

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