New series of TOP GEAR Sundays. Series Comments

[corozin 0]

Mk1 Escort Twin Cam

Mk1 Escort RS1600

Mk1 Escort Mexico

Mk1 Escort RS2000

Mk2 Escort RS1800

Mk2 Escort RS1600i

Mk3 Escort Turbo

Mk4 Escort Cosworth

Sierra Cosworth RS500

Sierra Cosworth Sapphire

Mk1 Lotus Cortina

MK2 Lotus Cortina

 

All good cars in their day and believe Mr Clarkson owned an Escort Cosworth at one time :)

 

Add to that list the

GT40

Focus RS

Capri 2.8i

Capri 3.0s

Ford GT

Mustang GT390

Thunderbird

GT Falcon (thanks to Mr Bana for moving that into the sunlight)

 

On a seperate point the observant journos at the Daily Fail have this (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... -fake.html) today. Well done boys for taking 4 days to figure out what everyone else knew instantly when the programme went out on Sunday. Durrrrrrrh !

[Kevin Bacon 5]

A BBC spokesman said: 'As an entertainment programme, Top Gear prides itself on making silly films that don't pretend to represent real life.

 

'Any suggestion it deliberately misled viewers is patently ludicrous.'

 

Quite.

 

People should either watch TG and like it for what it is, or don't watch it. It's quite simple really. Every car forum is full of turn-coats who love the show when it features a car they like, then slag it off when it doesn't!!

Sure, it's more of an entertainment show now, but I personally don't think that's a bad thing :D

If people want techy car information, there's Sky, the Internet, books, DVDs, magazines and, 5th Gear if you're really desperate....with adverts every 10 minutes!

[Wompa 0]

Like James said:

 

"Top Gear is real but not true" or something like that...

[Swompy 0]

I thought tonights TG was rather good, was all most like the old TG

 

Loved the race at the start

[Jim 1]

The airport vehicle race was kinda fun.. but wasn't too keen on the rest. Always hate it when they wreck a new, perfectly fine car - that little Twingo was excellent!

[Supercharged 2]

Tuned in late but that tunnel bit was good - I bet it wasn't actually Clarkson driving though!

[KADVR6 0]

thought tonights episode was great, and who's great idea was it to put Ross Kemp i the back of the Twingo.

[Sonicriot13 0]

was all most like the old TG

 

It was bit TOO much like the old Top Gear. :( They didn't actually do anything they haven't done before. That race series is just a copy of motorhome and bus racing. There was the usual power test that even Clarkson didn't care what the result was, pointless nobody plugging their latest film/book/album, the news, and that Twingo test was just a copy of the Fiesta test. Clarkson just found different ways to destroy this one.

 

Bored now. :(

[KADVR6 0]

dont watch it then!!

[Toad 0]

was all most like the old TG

 

It was bit TOO much like the old Top Gear. :( They didn't actually do anything they haven't done before. That race series is just a copy of motorhome and bus racing. There was the usual power test that even Clarkson didn't care what the result was, pointless nobody plugging their latest film/book/album, the news, and that Twingo test was just a copy of the Fiesta test. Clarkson just found different ways to destroy this one.

 

Bored now. :(

 

Only caught the last 30 mins, but it seemed a lot better than most of the recent episodes.

[mattnorgrove 0]

As ludicrous as ever. Light hearted, funny, and motoring based. Don't know how you could ask any more.

 

Yes, it's been done before, but I can't help but laugh at it.

 

And that Audi Q7? 740 ft/lbs?!? Farkin ell...

[Danny B 0]

how amazing was that TV screen in the Range Rover.....never seen a screen that can show a different image depending on the angle at which you are watching it at......amazing :D

 

for a change I quite liked that episode actually :tongue:

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Yeah that screen was very clever and the sheer pointlessness of the Q7 and MX5 was just comedy :D

 

Hated the Renault Twiglet, best place for it was at the bottom of the ocean :lol:

[Alex_G60_Fanatic 0]

Ross Kemp confused me... :confused4:

[Jonny777 0]

Absolutely fantastic episode.

 

Laughing all the way through. :lol: Some of you need to lighten up.

[yacobwood 0]

Ross Kemp confused me... :confused4:

 

that was the most random funniest thing ever!! :lol:

[The_Dude 0]

Ross Kemp confused me... :confused4:

 

that was the most random funniest thing ever!! :lol:

 

Yeah, I think I missed the bit where he explained why he was in the boot so it confused the hell out of me for a frew minutes! Funny tho. :D

 

As for all these naysayers saying they are repeating themselves...well it is the 13th season you know, they have done well over 100 programmes, you try coming up with something new and exciting for an hour every week.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

As for all these naysayers saying they are repeating themselves...well it is the 13th season you know, they have done well over 100 programmes, you try coming up with something new and exciting for an hour every week.

 

Funny how the "bored now"s keep watching it though, just like I keep seeing McDonald's cartons in the back of my mate's car, who's been on a 'diet' for the past year. "not eating this schitt any more". Yeah, right :lol:

[The_Dude 0]

how amazing was that TV screen in the Range Rover.....never seen a screen that can show a different image depending on the angle at which you are watching it at......amazing :D

 

for a change I quite liked that episode actually :tongue:

 

But I bet you had those moving picture/holgoram jobbies as a kid. Its got to be the same principle.

 

As for all these naysayers saying they are repeating themselves...well it is the 13th season you know, they have done well over 100 programmes, you try coming up with something new and exciting for an hour every week.

 

Funny how the "bored now"s keep watching it though, just like I keep seeing McDonald's cartons in the back of my mate's car, who's been on a 'diet' for the past year. "not eating this schitt any more". Yeah, right :lol:

 

Hit the nail on the head there Mr H.

[corozin 0]

I see the TG team resorted to repeating thier old jokes all over again.

 

Segment about improbable racing with BTCC drivers crashing into each other... check

Segment with stupid 4x4s raced against each other.... check

Segment with spoof 'serious' review of a shit car no-one's interested in... check

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car now featuring monosyllibic Z-list celeb.... check

 

I'm worried they're out of ideas. This was a programme full of repeats of old ones. The poof joke was about the only original gag in the whole hour.

 

Part of the problem is that because TG gets strong ratings they're under pressure to produce 2x series a year and there just isn't enough material to make that many programmes. I had the programme on - sure - but I wasn't sitting watching every second with glee. I watched it in the hope that a good bit would come up and because the alternative was f**king X-factor (and I've almost worn out my copy of Forza3)

[Sonicriot13 0]

As for all these naysayers saying they are repeating themselves...well it is the 13th season you know, they have done well over 100 programmes, you try coming up with something new and exciting for an hour every week.

 

Funny how the "bored now"s keep watching it though, just like I keep seeing McDonald's cartons in the back of my mate's car, who's been on a 'diet' for the past year. "not eating this schitt any more". Yeah, right :lol:

 

I said I was bored. I didn't say I was gonna stop watching it! :lol:

 

It's still better than anything else on TV. But if they're just going to do the same thing over and over again even you guys will get bored at some point. They can't carry on forever and everything has a shelf life.

[culshaw 1]

i went to the mima exhibiton and im from nottingham, fuck you clarkson

[biggrim 0]

I thought Sundays was one of the best so far. Was literally rolling about the floor when DC hit Jezza in the peas with the F1 paintball gun! I was also quite impressed with the Noble M600 too. Looked much better than in all the pictures I've seen and sounded amazing. Also, not too slow round the track. Worth £200k? Not convinced but then it doesn't matter to me cause I've not got £200 to spend on a car at the moment.

[Jim 1]

Enjoyed that 1 and a bit hour special in South America. Most Top Gear 'specials' look like a great laugh, but I had to say that I really didn't envy them in the rainforest or on that frankly appaling awful "death road". I'm sure there was some kind of setup for the bit with Clarkson passing that white landcruiser right on the edge, but either way, it was enough to make me squirm uncomfortably in my seat! Awful!!

[aide 0]

yep actually really enjoyed that episode, had a few hammy moments but they were countered by some genuinely funny incidents

 

cant believe that death road :shock: truly frightening, and acting or not JC looked very worried