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... GO LIVE Top Gear edition satnav released in Australia this week with his voice providing directions.
The BBC has ruled that the deal would breach the corporation's editorial policy banning endorsements of commercial products.
Under the conflict of interest section of the BBC's editorial guidelines, presenters "must take particular care not to endorse any product or service which could be covered in the programmes on which they work".
The international broadcaster has now struck an agreement that all of their revenue from the deal will go to BBC Children in Need together with a donation from TomTom.
The satnav is now available in Australia for $299 and features "Jeremy Clarkson's soothing, helpful voice".
Some of his quotes include:
* After 700 yards - presumably this car can make it that far - you have reached your destination with the aid of 32 satellites and me. Well done;
* Ahead, keep left, and, if you're not sure which side left is, you really shouldn't be on the road;
* Go around the roundabout, sixth exit, or do what you just usually do; guess blindly and end up on an industrial estate; your choice; and
* Take the motorway; you can't miss it. It's a big lump of tarmac full of caravans and traffic cones.
And presumably when you arrive at your destination Clarkson says: "and on that bombshell it is time to end the show".
Other Top Gear features on the satnav are a "Stig" silent mode, points of interest such as race tracks and race ways, car icons, Top Gear start-up and shut-down screens and speed camera warnings.
The TomTom GO LIVE Top Gear edition GPS also includes free live traffic services for one year, weather reports, local search with Google, hands-free navigation with voice control and hands-free calling via Bluetooth.
