Top Gear Three Wise Men cars off to Beaulieu

The Top Gear Three Wise Men Cars are now on display at Beaulieu

The three cars used in the Top Gear ‘Three Wise Men’ Christmas Special are already on display at the World of Top Gear exhibition at Beaulieu

That didn’t take long.

Despite the Top Gear Christmas ‘Three Wise men’ Road trip only airing on the Beeb yesterday – and the whole Top Gear Iraq to Bethlehem episode only being filmed in October – it’s been revealed that the cars that starred in the Christmas Special have already found their way off to the World of Top Gear exhibition at Beaulieu.

The whole ‘World of Top Gear’ at Beaulieu is a ‘must-see’ for the proper Top Gear anorak, with everything from a recreation of the Top Gear Studio – including the Cool Wall – to a collection of cars from some of Top Gear’s most ambitious challenges over the years.

To that c0llection is now added the three cars from the 2010 Christmas Special. There’s Jeremy’s Mazda MX-5 with its ‘Joseph’ paint job and complete with bullet holes. But there’s no hubble-bubble pipe – that fell off.

James May’s BMW Z3 – with camouflage paint job but no ‘frankincense’ – joins Jeremy’s MX-5 as does the Hamster’s Fiat Barchetta along with bits of Bedouin tent out back.

Stephen Munn, Commercial Director at the National Motor Museum, said:

“We like to keep the exhibition as up to date as we possibly can and what could be better than for fans to see the show on TV and then the cars just a few days later.”

If you fancy a trip down to the New Forest to escape the ‘festivities’ and take a look at World of Top Gear it’s open every day from 10.00am – 5.00 pm.

Oddly – considering its the ‘National Motor Museum’ – you’ll get 20% off the ticket price if you arrive by public transport or on a bike.