Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May drive through Berry Springs in Darwin's rural area in a yellow Bentley, a Nissan GTR and a BMW M6.

Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC’s Top Gear team are in the Northern Territory, driving a trio of luxury performance cars.

This video was shot on Tuesday in Berry Springs, in Darwin’s rural area, and shows the hosts driving a bright yellow Bentley Continental, a Nissan GTR and a BMW M3.

They were later seen further south, drag racing at an airstrip near the Territory town of Batchelor.

What exactly they are doing in the Northern Territory remains a mystery, with rumours ranging from racing a convoy of road trains on the open speed limit section of highway near Alice Springs, to recreating the Australian road trip depicted in the British movie The Inbetweeners.

A spokesperson for BBC Worldwide said: “I will not be giving out any details of Top Gear’s forthcoming trip.”

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The NT News has been told that Clarkson was seen disembarking from an early-morning flight from Singapore to Darwin on Monday.

Top Gear Australia’s home page currently features a picture of what appears to be Lasseters Highway near Uluru.

A yellow Bentley had been sitting in the yard of Darwin car dealer Hidden Valley Ford last week, and is believed to be the car now being driven by one of the Top Gear hosts.

The NT News yesterday tried unsuccessfully to get comment about the yellow Bentley from Hidden Valley Ford.

People spoken to in the Kakadu area yesterday said they heard the Top Gear team was expected in the World Heritage-listed national park soon.

Territory Traffic Police said they have not been advised about Top Gear’s visit.

There is speculation that filming in the Territory will involve an attempt by Clarkson and May to overtake a number of road trains somewhere along the 276km open speed section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs.

Clarkson was recently caught on a speed camera driving at more than 100km/h in a 75km/h zone while travelling from his home in North Yorkshire to London.

“Sadly, I was going too quickly,” he said.

His speeding admission came not long after the Top Gear team caused controversy while filming in Argentina by using a numberplate that appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands War.

Clarkson said the numberplate was a coincidence and the program’s producer denied it was a stunt.

He said in a tweet that “thousands” of Argentine locals rounded on his team pelting them with rocks in protest against the numberplate.