top gear

[Larry e30]

Top Gear is nothing without Clarkson, Hammond and May.....

+1

[NC325iC]

on the american topic, i watched the episode where they tested the new vette, who in fucks sake designed that thing with fucking leaf springs? i actually felt a little embarassed

[NOMAD]

Ummm, are you serious?

Haven't been around many Vettes have you? They've always been transverse leaf spring and have kept up with the most potent track machines for decades. Still winning LeMans and GT races everywhere. Crazy design, but you can't argue with a winner.

[Ryan Stewart]

They actually liked the Vette on top gear. Problem is there are only abotu 4-5 cars in the US worth testing. We never get the cool shit.

Also, back on the mention of advertising. One reason Top Gear can shit all over a car or a company is because they are publicly funded, tax dollars fund the BBC. That means they dont have to worry about BMW not sponsoring them because they think their cars are ugly.

[VacMan]

The episodes on BBC America are chopped up to allow for more commercials. Watch a downloaded version back to back with one on BBC America and you'll see a ton of stuff missing like post-drive reviews and most of the arguments after they all do something together.

I download them as they show and watch them on TV when I want to see a rerun.

[thectrlguy]

Excellent point.

Not to mention doing an american version would be lame as fuck. Woohoo, driving a mustang through Utah!

[joshh]

on the american topic, i watched the episode where they tested the new vette, who in fucks sake designed that thing with fucking leaf springs? i actually felt a little embarassed

And that's exactly what's wrong with those idiots. They also beat up on the Viper. But yet both out perform most of what comes out of Europe. Specially for their very cheap cost.

These fools are showmen not people you should be listening to for what is good or bad in a car.

[Ryan Stewart]

And that's exactly what's wrong with those idiots. They also beat up on the Viper. But yet both out perform most of what comes out of Europe. Specially for their very cheap cost.

These fools are showmen not people you should be listening to for what is good or bad in a car.

Apparently you watched those shows through the glasses of an american auto worker or a redneck who hates people with accents.

Clarkson finished the story about the viper with "I love this car" and with the Vette he actually chose it as his favorite american supercar. With the Z06 version he spent 8 minutes saying how epic it was and how he couldnt tell why a Ferrari costs so much and then spent one minute saying the Z06 was horrible on the streets and you were better off getting the regular vette for that. Then proceeded to call it a "giant killer" on the track.

Im sorry but lauding a car for 8 minutes and spending one minute on its foilbles is not "tearing it apart."

The closest they do is making fun of the stupid shit like the warning about child seats in the back seat of the viper or that the doorsills catch on fire. As if those somehow werent actual facts.

[thectrlguy]

Exactly, TOP GEAR FUCKING ROCKS!

The closest they do is making fun of the stupid shit like the warning about child seats in the back seat of the viper or that the doorsills catch on fire. As if those somehow werent actual facts.

[VacMan]

I actually enjoy their take on Americans. If we can't laugh about ourselves we're taking ourselves way too seriously. And by and large, most US cars aren't exciting enough to do a 30 second blurb of, much less a whole show.

In the episode where they come to the US and travel through the south, the Stig's American Cousin was hilarious. So were the actual events when they painted each other's cars with slogans.

[Scotaku]

on the american topic, i watched the episode where they tested the new vette, who in fucks sake designed that thing with fucking leaf springs? i actually felt a little embarassed

Gets the job done. Can quite easily be adjusted for different tracks and conditions. Puts what weight you have to carry nice and low toward the center of gravity.

Tell you what, just watch some LeMans coverage this weekend and pay attention to the GT1 leaders. Like Audi pwns P1, GT1 is Corvette's bitch.

[apathy]

http://www.finalgear.com/

:)

[Nic01101011]

Sort of related, and hilarious:

http://www.break.com/index/very-polite-race-car-driver-crashes.html

[TDE30]

Top Gear is a great (perhaps one of the best) comedy show.

Fifth Gear is a better driving show.

[joshh]

Apparently you watched those shows through the glasses of an american auto worker or a redneck who hates people with accents.

Clarkson finished the story about the viper with "I love this car" and with the Vette he actually chose it as his favorite american supercar. With the Z06 version he spent 8 minutes saying how epic it was and how he couldnt tell why a Ferrari costs so much and then spent one minute saying the Z06 was horrible on the streets and you were better off getting the regular vette for that. Then proceeded to call it a "giant killer" on the track.

Im sorry but lauding a car for 8 minutes and spending one minute on its foilbles is not "tearing it apart."

The closest they do is making fun of the stupid shit like the warning about child seats in the back seat of the viper or that the doorsills catch on fire. As if those somehow werent actual facts.

You obviously didn't see the same one I saw...
The one where he's in America at I believe Willow Springs...he has very little if anything good to say about either car.
He's full of shit and is totally inconsistent with his evaluations of cars.

The show sucks balls.