Dunno why, but it doesn't really do it for me. Yes, it's spectacular from an engineering point of view, but I actually don't think they look all that incredible.
Top Gear
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Last show already? No crazy out of the country adventures this time? Still no testing of the new AMG? No LAF on the Top Gear track? Seemed like they had lowered the budget this time?
MOUTHY Jeremy Clarkson sparked outrage by claiming Muslim women wear kinky G-strings under their burkas.
Jezza, 50, confessed on BBC2’s Top Gear he gets distracted by women in burkas when driving because he knows what undies they wear.
He claimed a woman in a burka “fell head over heels” in front of his taxi in London’s Piccadilly and revealed her “red G-string and stockings”.
But Jeremy’s comments on the show, which featured Tom Cruise, 48, and Cameron Diaz, 37, sparked anger among some of the 6.4million viewers.
And there are even fears he could be targeted by fanatics. Last night Muslim preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed, 52, said: “This shows how much hatred he has for Muslims in general, and Muslim women in particular.
“If he speaks about the honour of Muslim women, it requires Muslim people to respond.
“And if he doesn’t apologise he could face Muslim youth attacking him physically.”
One viewer complained: “Clarkson’s blokish flirtations with taste are getting increasingly questionable.” Another said: “I think Jeremy went too far this time – it was both offensive and disrespectful to Muslim women.”
Family values group Mediawatch said: “He should learn to keep quiet – every time he opens his mouth he upsets someone.”
Jeremy made his comments while discussing the “dangers of summer driving” with co-hosts James May, 47, and Richard Hammond, 40.
Hammond claimed the G-string incident “did not happen”. Jeremy replied: “I promise you, it did happen. The taxi driver will back me up.”
But sceptical May cut in: “Yes you saw it all right – on DVD or pay per view.”
The BBC said it had received seven complaints. Meanwhile Top Gear bosses have denied that the laps Cruise and Diaz completed on the show were fixed.
They took the top two spots on the leaderboard in the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car feature.
Some viewers said it was a fiddle but executive producer Andy Wilman said: “We’re listening to armchair experts who don’t know a thing. The times were accurate.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/146352/TOP-GEAR-BURKA-GAFFE/
Top Gear USA trailer.
i can very much do without that NASCAR guy. and all of Foust's other car shows are teh suck.
the production doesnt seem anywhere near as good as TG UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzBcQ93e6Ns&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzBcQ93e6Ns&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
i can very much do without that NASCAR guy. and all of Foust's other car shows are teh suck.
the production doesnt seem anywhere near as good as TG UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzBcQ93e6Ns&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzBcQ93e6Ns&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
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Best Motoring has some great action footage and great overall comparisons, but i dont go out of my way to watch it like i do Top Gear.
High five and "awesome" - yes its American Top Gear alright.
i dont understand much japanese either
tsuchiya is one of my idols.watched topgear 6th episode recently. I had not so much laugh for a while until now. That's British humor
Would have been good with Carolla. I don't think this combo is going to do it for me though.
The crappy part is this... if this show fails, it will be a decade before another US based high budget car show is given the go.
I did too. I have never laughed so hard in my life. Living in FL they sure got it right. Amazing kahones on those guys!!!!Now, I am hooked. Loved the German one with the double-deckers too!
meh
canceled in a year. where's the old guy who actually owns and knows about these cars?
a year? i give it 5 episodes
Its like a most replica cars. Looks good from distance but once you get close its all wrong.
the Stig/Ben Collins even made it to Yahoo's front page here in the States regarding his new book
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_top_gear
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_top_gear
and the Kia Rio will be the car for the SIARPC
http://jalopnik.com/5638838/top-gear-usas-reasonably+priced-car-is-the-kia-rio
http://jalopnik.com/5638838/top-gear-usas-reasonably+priced-car-is-the-kia-rio
some impressions on first episode
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/19/top-gear-usa-could-just-become-your-second-favorite-automotive-t/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/19/top-gear-usa-could-just-become-your-second-favorite-automotive-t/
At best it's probably 3rd...
1) Original Top Gear
2) Reruns of Original Top Gear
3) This?
Top Gear USA premieres November 21st. hopefully the premiere wont be the series finale
http://jalopnik.com/5669009/
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I dont understand the idea of porting the show to other countries. The show has been so popular thanks to the cast mostly. The idea seems to me almost as stupid as the plans to do a pg-13 hellraiser remake. (yes they are doing it)
yeah but hollywood or whatever no longer hires creative people. Same reason we have an american "office"....stupid.
it failed when 3 other countries tried to do it and i dont doubt this will fail either...especially with the horrible cast.
i mean they do air the previous series about 6 months later, so its not like its not on the air at all. what could be the big deal about airing it when the rest of the world originally gets it?
I'm (im)patiently waiting for this to show up on FinalGear...
the US Top Gear?I'm (im)patiently waiting for this to show up on FinalGear...
the Stig gets interviewed on 60 Minutes on Sunday
http://jalopnik.com/5669896/60-minutes-tries-to-get-the-stig-to-talk
http://jalopnik.com/5669896/60-minutes-tries-to-get-the-stig-to-talk
Not to mention the cheap rip-off shows
Top Gear USA track @ Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County, California
http://jalopnik.com/5672084/top-gear-usa-the-stigs-new-track
http://jalopnik.com/5672084/top-gear-usa-the-stigs-new-track
Top Meh.
ughh....where to even begin.....
-horribly shot
-scenes that were fast forwarded...really???
-stupid "challenges"
-hosts seemed like they had a pole up their ass
-Buzz Aldrin interview was cringe worthy
-"big star...............................in little car"
-stupid track
-horrible introduction to who the Stig is.
-the marker on the lap times. really, you couldnt use a paper cutter to cut it?
-host looking into wrong camera
-two host that know nothing about cars
-Tanner Foust.
now i heard it gets better by the third episode, but is it even going to last that long? the comments on History Channel's FB page was 99.9% negative.
-horribly shot
-scenes that were fast forwarded...really???
-stupid "challenges"
-hosts seemed like they had a pole up their ass
-Buzz Aldrin interview was cringe worthy
-"big star...............................in little car"
-stupid track
-horrible introduction to who the Stig is.
-the marker on the lap times. really, you couldnt use a paper cutter to cut it?
-host looking into wrong camera
-two host that know nothing about cars
-Tanner Foust.
now i heard it gets better by the third episode, but is it even going to last that long? the comments on History Channel's FB page was 99.9% negative.
top gear thread battle!
Are you really surprised after the previews?
like the show, the original is better.
plus i didnt see it
no, but the previews didnt make it out to be that bad
Better, actual grahead hosts required...
Adam Carolla, Dax Sheppard, Christopher Titus. There's 3 guys that love cars, that are all reasonably funny and would work hard to make a show like this live up to it's potential. Keep tanner but put him in a white suit on him and call him the Stig.
Show fixed.
Adam Carolla, Dax Sheppard, Christopher Titus. There's 3 guys that love cars, that are all reasonably funny and would work hard to make a show like this live up to it's potential. Keep tanner but put him in a white suit on him and call him the Stig.
Show fixed.