Top Gear is back - Sunday 27th January

For Forks Sake · 03-02-2013 7:49pm

20:00 Tonight people

Series 19 Episode 2 of 7
DURATION: 1 HOUR

The brand new series of the world's most popular car show continues with an epic road trip across the western side of the United States in three front-engined supercars. With Jeremy Clarkson in a Lexus LFA, Richard Hammond driving the new Dodge Viper and James May choosing the latest Aston Martin Vanquish a glorious soundtrack is guaranteed, as are furious arguments about which is best as the trio head from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and on to Palm Springs. Along the way, the three presenters take in racing circuits, airborne attacks and a race against the police before making a break for the Mexican border with a terrifying penalty for the last car to make it. Meanwhile, back in the studio, legendary Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

kneemos · 03-02-2013 8:10pm

Just watching a Fleetwood Mac hour on Vintage and wondering what had become of them.Guess I'll find out.

Procrastastudy · 03-02-2013 10:08pm

Was a bit meh. Looks like they are stretching things out a bit this season.

Autosport · 03-02-2013 10:16pm

I liked the Viper, disappointed with the Lexus not even a cup holder in it.

Cungi · 03-02-2013 10:17pm

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Poor episode, that Lexus looks like it was put together by Stevie Wonder. Awful looking yoke.

I dunno, i think it looks class but each to their own.
I hate the £340,000 price tag though

CianRyan · 03-02-2013 10:30pm

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Poor episode, that Lexus looks like it was put together by Stevie Wonder. Awful looking yoke.

Almost put you on the ignore list for that snap at the Lexus.

I love it, if I won the lotto I'd be straight out to find one.

Mitch Connor · 03-02-2013 10:48pm

James May certainly wasn't living up to his captain slow name tonight; some of his overtakes even I'd be a little hesitant to try and the missus is always giving out to me!

Big Nasty · 03-02-2013 11:04pm

Cungi wrote: »

I dunno, i think it looks class but each to their own.
I hate the £340,000 price tag though

340k Sterling for a jumped up Toyota!?! :eek::eek::eek:

Mr.Boots · 03-02-2013 11:19pm

Disappointing episode

Cungi · 03-02-2013 11:22pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

340k Sterling for a jumped up Toyota!?! :eek::eek::eek:

$445,000 for the Nurburgring version.

To be fair its not like Lexus fecked a 550bhp V10 into a Celica.
But that kinda money is mental.

Kerrydude1981 · 03-02-2013 11:27pm

Is it repeated during the week lads forgot to set the Sky Box :mad:

kneemos · 03-02-2013 11:33pm

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is it repeated during the week lads forgot to set the Sky Box :mad:

On Saturday I think.

166man · 03-02-2013 11:44pm

That was quite disappointing, the first episode last week was far superior. WTF was up with the selection of cars, the Lexus is a supercar while the others are clearly not.... I dunno, poor episode IMO.

Kerrydude1981 · 03-02-2013 11:48pm

kneemos wrote: »

On Saturday I think.

Cheers dude

Happyman42 · 03-02-2013 11:52pm

Format has gotten really tired, it's all very staged and boring.

Big Nasty · 04-02-2013 12:00am

Happyman42 wrote: »

Format has gotten really tired, it's all very staged and boring.

Ha, ya wanna see the 'live' show.

kneemos · 04-02-2013 12:02am

166man wrote: »

That was quite disappointing, the first episode last week was far superior. WTF was up with the selection of cars, the Lexus is a supercar while the others are clearly not.... I dunno, poor episode IMO.

I thought it was one of the better episodes quite hilarious in parts,Hammond was a bit cringworthy though.

paddy147 · 04-02-2013 12:36am

5th gear is where its at lads.

fletch · 04-02-2013 10:07am

paddy147 wrote: »

5th gear is where its at lads.

Yeh its starting back on Discovery soon...can't wait.

Tea 1000 · 04-02-2013 1:21pm

Autosport wrote: »

I liked the Viper, disappointed with the Lexus not even a cup holder in it.

Bollix to cup holders! If you own an LFA then you should be driving the f**king thing, not drinking tea!!

Jordan5372 · 04-02-2013 1:26pm

Not the best one i have seen, in my opinion there running out of things to do!

A good episode of offroading in 4x4's would be good fun, they have never really done this.

BillJ · 04-02-2013 2:18pm

Jordan5372 wrote: »

Not the best one i have seen, in my opinion there running out of things to do!

A good episode of offroading in 4x4's would be good fun, they have never really done this.

They did the episode where they went through the amazon jungle and across south america in 4x4s, which was a pretty class episode. But yeah they could do another one maybe.

Jordan5372 · 04-02-2013 2:22pm

That was a special. It wasn't really offroad though, not properly.

CianRyan · 04-02-2013 3:11pm

Jordan5372 wrote: »

That was a special. It wasn't really offroad though, not properly.

They weren't on roads and it was taking hours to move meters, I'd call that off roading.

ShadowHearth · 04-02-2013 3:29pm

I wonder when they will show that episode with scooby... Though knowing Top gear Hamonds scooby will catch fire while doing 40 in second gear... :rolleyes:

So then Subaru will be marked as most unrelable car in the world by all Petrolheads...

skibum · 04-02-2013 3:33pm

CianRyan wrote: »

They weren't on roads and it was taking hours to move meters, I'd call that off roading.

Jordan5372 · 04-02-2013 4:44pm

CianRyan wrote: »

They weren't on roads and it was taking hours to move meters, I'd call that off roading.

you must be a city kinda guy!

CianRyan · 04-02-2013 4:58pm

Jordan5372 wrote: »

you must be a city kinda guy!

Yep, yet how ever dodgy you think the fields around Ireland are, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say The Amazon Rain Forest is a bit less travelled and a lot harder going.

If you're referring to purpous built off road courses they've done that too.
Range rover sport VS a tank and Mitzi Evo VS the British millitary.
They've driven across Africa in small classics, they driven across the far east deserts in small convertibles.
They've even driven around the English country side in a Daihatsu Terios that looked like a fox.
Why are you so reluctant to admit they've gone off road?
Sure ****, they drive to the bloody north pole!

Specials or not, they've done it and I dare say that's a lot more than anyone in this forum has done.

Jordan5372 · 04-02-2013 5:21pm

Dont forget about driving to disco up to the top of the mountain!

Pudsey64 · 05-02-2013 12:19am

kneemos wrote: »

On Saturday I think.

Also on BBC3 at 7pm on Thursday

drumslate · 08-02-2013 3:54pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I wonder when they will show that episode with scooby... Though knowing Top gear Hamonds scooby will catch fire while doing 40 in second gear... :rolleyes:

So then Subaru will be marked as most unrelable car in the world by all Petrolheads...

I'm looking forward to this one as well, looks pretty good

CR 7 · 10-02-2013 9:01pm

They've finally got round to showing off the GT86 tonight.

Autosport · 10-02-2013 9:04pm

GT86 is amazeballs

Edit: Supra

Oh sweet lord i'm in love

flazio · 11-02-2013 12:28am

Question, is this 'New Impreza that's not coming to the UK' not coming to Ireland either, because if it is, it'd boost the Irish motor industry no end.

ofcork · 11-02-2013 6:52pm

They need some new ideas,jeremy racing the lads on a train is the same old thing.

kneemos · 11-02-2013 6:56pm

ofcork wrote: »

They need some new ideas,jeremy racing the lads on a train is the same old thing.

A bloke driving a car is not riviting in fairness.

NUTZZ · 11-02-2013 8:29pm

Top Gear Korea tried a similar stunt to the UK version and it didn't turn out so well;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsoWpTO2qg

ofcork · 11-02-2013 8:31pm

Will take a look at fifth gear tonight to see how it compares.

corktina · 11-02-2013 8:42pm

NUTZZ wrote: »

Top Gear Korea tried a similar stunt to the UK version and it didn't turn out so well;

[Y
That'll give Clarkson some ideas of what to drop on a Morris Marina next!

colm_mcm · 11-02-2013 8:43pm

Those rams continental races are so boring, if I wanted to watch people on a train I'd get the train

drumslate · 12-02-2013 3:37pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Those rams continental races are so boring, if I wanted to watch people on a train I'd get the train

I dunno, I quite like them. It is interesting to see who will win!

lway · 12-02-2013 3:47pm

drumslate wrote: »

I dunno, I quite like them. It is interesting to see who will win!

Except for the fact that James May admitted last season on the show that the endings were fixed. Can you really believe that they have cameras set up all along the route to capture those drive by moments as they happen or that Clarkson is going at flat out speed with the camera Range Rover ahead ?

I'd love to be proven otherwise but the cynic in me says it's pretty much all staged.

ba_barabus · 12-02-2013 5:00pm

lway wrote: »

it's pretty much all staged.

Everything in the show is staged and pre-scripted.

Happyman42 · 12-02-2013 6:17pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Everything in the show is staged and pre-scripted.

That's precisely the problem, it's gone stale or they are stale. The show's dynamic needs turbo charging. What was once unmissable is now very missable.

keithsfleet · 12-02-2013 8:03pm

Was a bit preoccupied on Sunday and the stupid sky box didn't record it.
I've checked the search function but can't see it repeated, can anyone shed some light on when I can catch it again?
Bbc iplayer won't work for me either.

ba_barabus · 12-02-2013 8:08pm

Happyman42 wrote: »

That's precisely the problem, it's gone stale or they are stale. The show's dynamic needs turbo charging. What was once unmissable is now very missable.

The ratings figures tell a different story as far as I'm aware.

It's a car based entertainment show now. Anyone who remembers that it was a car show from years back will always be disappointed as it's not aimed at them.

It'#s not a bad light entertainment show if you view it that way

kneemos · 12-02-2013 8:09pm

keithsfleet wrote: »

Was a bit preoccupied on Sunday and the stupid sky box didn't record it.
I've checked the search function but can't see it repeated, can anyone shed some light on when I can catch it again?
Bbc iplayer won't work for me either.

Saturday.

Big Nasty · 12-02-2013 8:11pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Everything in the show is staged and pre-scripted.

Exactly.

Anyone that's been to Top Gear live will tell you this. The only difference with the show itself is that they have plenty of time to edit it and make it more punchy.

Top Gear is an entertainment show and not a documentary.

alan partridge aha · 12-02-2013 8:58pm

It's been pretty poor this year, bar the race with JC vs the 2 boys, that girl guest driver was brill in fairness too. I do agree they do need to revamp it.

Cungi · 12-02-2013 9:57pm

kneemos wrote: »

A bloke driving a car is not riviting in fairness.

It is when it's a Shelby Mustang GT500. That car makes my pants tingle

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