Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson dies

Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died.

The Leicester-born motoring writer joined the BBC successful 1991 to co-host the archetypal Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson.

The 68-year-old died connected Saturday pursuing a abbreviated conflict with lung cancer, his household said.

In a statement, they described him arsenic a "true nationalist treasure" who "brought the joyousness of motoring, from combustion to electric, into our surviving rooms".

"He helped signifier the archetypal Top Gear arsenic 1 of its archetypal hosts, moving alongside Jeremy Clarkson and the squad who took the pioneering amusement global," the connection said.

"He went connected to beforehand Fifth Gear and inactive holds the dubious honour of Strictly Come Dancing's lowest people successful history.

"Through his FairFuel campaign, Quentin saved UK consumers a luck by helping to frost substance duty. Over £100bn successful caller taxation was prevented by the campaign, a existent user triumph by a existent user champion.

"He besides created and presented much-loved programmes specified arsenic Britain's Worst Drivers and The Car's the Star."

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