Topgear Ben Collins/Stig Book Sales Appeal

[Revolver]

After the revelation (after years of the suspicion) that Ben Collins is the stig, he may have to appeal to people to buy his book! .

Ok, if your a fan of Top Gear, or if you've just heard the news, & for those who may not know, it has been revealed awhile ago that Ben Collins is the popular Top Gear Mystery Racing driver called "The Stig" (The white one). This was brought about by Collins wanting to write a book on his career, & involment on the show. Now while it is widely speculated that he was the main driver to play "The Stig", but not the only one, (due to personal & other racing commitments) Collins Decided to blow his cover by publishing his book.

I think this (apart from being a tell-all show boat to say " look at me, im the stig, oh & here is the rest of my driving career") is a major mistake for Collins. Why? Because he has just killed the one thing he had going for him. Yes I know that Clarky, Hampster, & Captain slow have capitalised on the success of the shows popualrity by publishing books of their own, however, I reckon Collins could have too, kept his job, his legendary status, & made money as writing books as "The stig".

I mean seriously, what (if your a TG follower) sounds more appealing?

"The man in the white suit" by Ben Collins

or

"The inside line" by The Stig (Yes, THAT Stig)


If he really wanted to cash in on the stig character, he could have brought out a few books himself as "The Stig" on differing topics, like "the stigs guide to racing", or something like that.... Or commenting on the shows achievements, successes, & myths... Could have been funny from the man who never talked.. Sure, the BBC own the rights to the stig, & would have wanted a slice of the pie, but I think there was more money & status to be made out of 7 books as the stig, rather than one or two as "Ben Collins" - The man who was the stig. He could have then quit the show after making said monies, then wrote a book as him being the stig, & said that "I have resigned from the show a year ago" to keep the mystery of who is the stig going. Instead now he has alot of hardcore fans angeredat the fact that he went ahead & blew the characters appeal away.

So just like the bloke who revealed himself to be the black stig, Collins is out of a job, & while there are people who will buy his book regardless of him revealing himself, I think he could of had a bigger slice of the pie as "TS". Collins did mention that part of the reason why he published a book, was due to the fact that the other presenters had cashed in on the show.

I wonder if they will "kill" the white stig off. Same as there was a black stig way back in the day, but after he went ahead & revealed himself to be the stig, he too was axed from the show. The storey being when TG got him to drag race a jet fighter on a aircraft carrier in the stripped out NOS fed 2 door Jaguar they had built to race every supercar at the time. However he couldnt stop the car in time & went *splash* into the drink....

Some say he survived & needs to drink bleach to live, hence why his suit is white...