New season of Top Gear

dublinman1990 · 02-02-2020 9:14pm

Who has £2 million for a Speedtail? :eek:

Rossi IRL · 02-02-2020 10:20pm

Another good watchable episode

AMKC · 02-02-2020 10:26pm

I actually think the Speedtail is a very oddly proportioned car and it certainly ain't pretty. In fact its best view was from above looking down on it.

I loved the section with the Dirty Rascal do and the two other great little 4x4s.

Muppet Man · 02-02-2020 11:28pm

AMKC wrote: »

I actually think the Speedtail is a very oddly proportioned car and it certainly ain't pretty. In fact its best view was from above looking down on it.

I loved the section with the Dirty Rascal do and the two other great little 4x4s.

The jimny did surprisingly well!

Krombopulos Michael · 03-02-2020 9:06am

Muppet Man wrote: »

The jimny did surprisingly well!

Seen other reviews on the Jimny which were positive, but Freddy was massive in it. Still, good episode and that F35 is some machine.

AMKC · 03-02-2020 11:13pm

Muppet Man wrote: »

The jimny did surprisingly well!

A great little car off road but not so great on road. The model before it is a great little car too and still loads of them out there. The Duster done well too.

Krombopulos Michael · 10-02-2020 11:51am

So watched last nights episode, and I was honestly a little disappointed as it had great potential.

The firebird falling apart appeared to be preplanned, or they knew the car was a junker and was going to fail some way, hence running it on the drag alone so not to hit someone else.

I really liked the Dart that Chris had, but he could have rev matched it into 1 gear and finished the drive

The VW bus was cool, but not proper american muscle. Surely they could have found something else, like a C10 truck or the likes.

Perhaps they were worried about copying the old crew, but maybe gone to USA itself, buy the muscle cars and do some new challenges.

dublinman1990 · 11-02-2020 7:36pm

Top Gear is moving to BBC One later this year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/top-gear

dastardly00 · 01-03-2020 9:33pm

Absolutely fantastic segment from Chris Harris on Colin McRae winning the World Rally Championship in 1995 in the episode tonight. Spine tingling. Really, really good

01-03-2020 9:36pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Absolutely fantastic segment from Chris Harris on Colin McRae winning the World Rally Championship in 1995 in the episode tonight. Spine tingling. Really, really good

Best thing I’ve seen on the show in years. There’s not much good about the new ladbible version but that was brilliant.

Muppet Man · 01-03-2020 9:49pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Absolutely fantastic segment from Chris Harris on Colin McRae winning the World Rally Championship in 1995 in the episode tonight. Spine tingling. Really, really good

Agreed. Brilliantly produced. the producers of top gear can do “serious” really well. The last time that I can remember they did something similar was on aayrton senna. Equally spine tingling and very respectful.

Gwynplaine · 01-03-2020 10:33pm

Colin McRae piece was brilliant, will definitely watch again. I remember it well. Couldn't watch any of the rest of it.

beertons · 01-03-2020 10:39pm

That was a very good episode. Spine tingling here too.

AMKC · 02-03-2020 2:46pm

That had to be the worst ever episode of Top Gear. Absolute rubbish it was. Most of the other episode's were decent but this was just terrible boring.

Krombopulos Michael · 05-03-2020 10:55am

Finally got around to watching this episode. I enjoyed the Colin McCrea part as use to watch him on the tell back in the day, but the rest of the episode was bland and I was expecting more from the season end.

Over all this series has had some good segments, but no over all brilliant episodes. I do think the 3 lads are getting a good balance between them now, but I still cant take Paddy seriously when he does car review such as the BMW last episode.

flazio · 09-09-2020 6:15pm

New series is nearly ready to go.
And the way they are getting around social distance requirements is nothing short of genius.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE638_EB_WJ/?igshid=79zx6xpyl063

dublinman1990 · 20-09-2020 8:02pm

The new series trailer just appeared a while ago on MOTD Live on BBC One.

Krombopulos Michael · 21-09-2020 8:48am

Looking good. The three lads are doing well on TG now, a proper comradery between them.

Should be good for a laugh anyway.

AMKC · 21-09-2020 11:52am

Is there a date for it on that trailer? I would prefer not to watch the trailer. I want to enjoy the show when it's out.

Krombopulos Michael · 21-09-2020 12:32pm

AMKC wrote: »

Is there a date for it on that trailer? I would prefer not to watch the trailer. I want to enjoy the show when it's out.

From youtube:

Top Gear is back for a brand new series with Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris. Here's a peek at what we've got in store...

Top Gear Series 29... coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer

AMKC · 25-09-2020 1:22pm

Just checked up on Top Gear.Com. it's back on Sunday week so the 4th of October.

dublinman1990 · 04-10-2020 9:03pm

That was a great 1st episode. Pity about the strummed herring though.

Krombopulos Michael · 05-10-2020 8:03am

dublinman1990 wrote: »

That was a great 1st episode. Pity about the strummed herring though.

Good Episode. I know the 24hr thing was done by hamster and may back in the day, but this was a nice change to the challenge and the clambering between the motors was funny.

Solid start and looking forward to the next one.

AMKC · 12-10-2020 10:55am

The latest episode was brilliant and actually very funny too. I still get it hard to understand there accents sometimes but that was a great episode one of the best in fact. Its repeated at 12.10am on BBC One NI on Wednesday morning if you missed it or did not record it for anyone wanting to see it.

Krombopulos Michael · 12-10-2020 11:27pm

AMKC wrote: »

The latest episode was brilliant and actually very funny too. I still get it hard to understand there accents sometimes but that was a great episode one of the best in fact. Its repeated at 12.10am on BBC One NI on Wednesday morning if you missed it or did not record it for anyone wanting to see it.

Good episode and once again Freddie has no fear.

AMKC · 13-10-2020 12:09am

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

Good episode and once again Freddie has no fear.

Which one is Freddie lol. I have to say I get them mixed up very easy. I thought Rory was the one with all the experience at driving fast and would be driving the Jag XJ220 fast not whoever did. Rory had the RS Focus and Paddy the Porsche with Flintoff in the Maserati am I right?

13-10-2020 7:24am

AMKC wrote: »

Which one is Freddie lol. I have to say I get them mixed up very easy. I thought Rory was the one with all the experience at driving fast and would be driving the Jag XJ220 fast not whoever did. Rory had the RS Focus and Paddy the Porsche with Flintoff in the Maserati am I right?

He’s the fairer haired and, most importantly, the most banterrific one of the two of them.

Lolle06 · 13-10-2020 7:34am

AMKC wrote: »

Which one is Freddie lol. I have to say I get them mixed up very easy. I thought Rory was the one with all the experience at driving fast and would be driving the Jag XJ220 fast not whoever did. Rory had the RS Focus and Paddy the Porsche with Flintoff in the Maserati am I right?

Rory is not a presenter on (at least on the main) Top Gear show anymore.
You mean Chris Harris. He drove the Focus.

Harika · 20-10-2020 8:52am

I loved it when they handed the rental cars back, I wonder how much the guy was in as he was between relaxed and actually pissed the longer it took and more damage was revealed.

Tzardine · 20-10-2020 8:58am

Harika wrote: »

I loved it when they handed the rental cars back, I wonder how much the guy was in as he was between relaxed and actually pissed the longer it took and more damage was revealed.

He was totally in. Everything is fully scripted. And they probably did a few takes of the scene.

I doubt the cars were rentals at all. Most likely bought privately and the rental company played along.

Decent episode all the same.

Clareman · 20-10-2020 9:05am

Great few episodes, once you realise that everything is scripted, anyone on camera has agreed to be on it and everything has been setup in advance by the producers and just go with it it's great, for example if 3 lads from the BBC with a full camera crew are going to rock up to a car rental place do you think they aren't going to get the best cars possible? Bit like when Clarkson and May did that stupid New Zealand episode that was pretty much an hour long ad for Hertz or someone.

The 3 lads get on well together, they each on their little part to play and are going with it, I've enjoyed the first 3 episodes so far, even in the best days of TG it strange to get 3 good episodes in a row. Sunday evenings are BBC1 nights now with TG and that Hugh Laurie drama on afterwards.

AMKC · 20-10-2020 11:06am

Clareman wrote: »

Great few episodes, once you realise that everything is scripted, anyone on camera has agreed to be on it and everything has been setup in advance by the producers and just go with it it's great, for example if 3 lads from the BBC with a full camera crew are going to rock up to a car rental place do you think they aren't going to get the best cars possible? Bit like when Clarkson and May did that stupid New Zealand episode that was pretty much an hour long ad for Hertz or someone.

The 3 lads get on well together, they each on their little part to play and are going with it, I've enjoyed the first 3 episodes so far, even in the best days of TG it strange to get 3 good episodes in a row. Sunday evenings are BBC1 nights now with TG and that Hugh Laurie drama on afterwards.

I actually thought the latest episode was crap. A pity as I was really looking forward to what they were going to do in the Suzuki Jimny when I seen in it the Top Gear highlights on the first episode.
As for the family cars that was just pathetic but then its Top Gear. Still if it was me I would have the Lamborghini over the dull, ugly, boring Audi.
As for the Top Gear episode that was in New Zealand with Jeremy and go I enjoyed that episode a lot. It was much better than the latest crappy episode. The two episodes before do were much better. I only hope the next two episodes are better.

Harika · 20-10-2020 1:58pm

Tzardine wrote: »

He was totally in. Everything is fully scripted. And they probably did a few takes of the scene.

I doubt the cars were rentals at all. Most likely bought privately and the rental company played along.

Decent episode all the same.

Stupid me lol
Like it in general but miss some diversity in segments. Would love some test of car of people as they did before. Or challenges only one does like Harris in this Baja race, Rory with Sabine around the Nordschleife.

Luckycharm · 28-10-2020 6:02pm

Harika wrote: »

Stupid me lol
Like it in general but miss some diversity in segments. Would love some test of car of people as they did before. Or challenges only one does like Harris in this Baja race, Rory with Sabine around the Nordschleife.

Covid put paid to that for this season

fryup · 15-03-2021 11:11pm

hello anyone out there???????? in this forum

first episode of new series was good and its moved over to BBC 1

Muppet Man · 15-03-2021 11:15pm

Ya. Liked it. Lamborghini was predictably awesome and pointless. Loved the sitting on each others laps. Flintoffs ass in paddy's face was brilliant. Love how they are gelling better now.

fryup · 15-03-2021 11:39pm

yes i'm warming to them too....although i think McGuinness exaggerates his northern accent too much

AMKC · 16-03-2021 12:12pm

Muppet Man wrote: »

Ya. Liked it. Lamborghini was predictably awesome and pointless. Loved the sitting on each others laps. Flintoffs ass in paddy's face was brilliant. Love how they are gelling better now.

That's the one part of it I did not like. It was just utterly stupid and I had no idea who was who.
I did enjoy the rest of it about there Dads Dads cars do and was so happy to see the winner at the end was the one you would have least expected to win. That Lamborghini believe it or not us sold out already but yes its pointless but beautiful too.

Edit: I started a new thread for this season of Top Gear in the Television Forum. Maybe a moderator might move it to this thread.

flazio · 17-03-2021 9:30am

Sad news this morning.
Ruhe in Frieden
https://twitter.com/nuerburgring/status/1372095748515434503?s=19

Muppet Man · 17-03-2021 10:44am

Wow... that's terrible news. Very very Sad news

AMKC · 17-03-2021 1:08pm

flazio wrote: »

Sad news this morning.
Ruhe in Frieden
https://twitter.com/nuerburgring/status/1372095748515434503?s=19

Awe no way. Awe that's sad. She was always great cricket on Top Gear. I thought she would have made a great Top Gear presenter. I wonder what it was that got her in the end. Anyone any idea what age she was?

cdeb · 17-03-2021 1:10pm

51 per wikipedia

AMKC · 17-03-2021 2:49pm

cdeb wrote: »

51 per wikipedia

Yep that's right. Only half a life lived. I think she could have drove a Formula 1 car with ease. Such a pity she never got the chance.

Autosport · 17-03-2021 6:16pm

Very sad news and so young as well.

Larbre34 · 17-03-2021 7:00pm

I did think when she made her most recent TG appearance early last year that she looked quite gaunt. I just put it down to aging, but we know now she had been in treatment since 2017.

Very sad news, a joyful and talented woman, gone too young.

Tzardine · 17-03-2021 7:28pm

Sabine was an absolute legend. First and still the only female winner of the Nurburgring. To say she was handy behind the wheel is an understatement.

I would say she was one of the most recognized racing drivers in the world. Most petrol heads would know who she was if shown a picture of her. How many would be able to name the drivers on the F1 grid other than the obvious ones.

Seemed to be universally respected by anybody that had any dealings with her.

Harika · 17-03-2021 9:37pm

That's sad, I loved her appearances.

dublinman1990 · 17-03-2021 11:36pm

I'm lost for words. 51 is no age. I enjoyed her appearances on Top Gear over the years. RIP.

AMKC · 18-03-2021 1:12pm

I hope Top Gear on Sunday has a section dedicated to her.

fryup · 18-03-2021 2:12pm

her reaction to Clarkson's Nuremburg lap

"ten minutes?? pfft i could do that in a van"

RIP

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