I’m sorry but at the end Top Gear was a caracure of Clarkson, Hammond and May trying and failing miserably at being Clarkson, Hammond and May from when they weren’t trying REALLY too hard.

The India Special is my low bar. While last week’s shit challenge hit that level, episode 2 is way better.

#8: They’re doing it like Fifth Gear. There’s probably not enough material or budget to give everyone screen time each episode, but you’ll get a longer feature each time.

I found it interesting that May was like Clarkson with Oz because he kept screwing around while Oz was trying to seriously give a lecture.

One night I couldn’t sleep and flipped to Turner Classic and saw Incubus because “hey look, it’s Shatner”. It was so trippy I wasn’t sure I was awake or asleep.

I wouldn’t call the Vietnam Special recent, it was from 2008. They were at their best at that time.

Bummer for team gummy bear.

When did the 500 become part of a series championship? Wiki seems to tell me up until CART in 1978 it was a singular race with diverse entrants, even counting towards F1 (FIA World Drivers’ Championship) from 1950-1960.

Was the Super Stallion/Sea Dragon retired?

Emerson Fittipaldi drank orange juice (because he owned an orchard or something) and the fans didn’t take it well.

The concorso is awesome just for the setting alone.

I haven’t watched in a long time, but I liked their head-to-head track battles. At least 3 of the presenters know how to drive and 2 cars on track is a more enjoyable comparison than just lap times. Couple of good ones that spring to mind from are the Z4 vs 370Z and Evo vs GT-R.

Matt LeBlanc is really one of the best choices they’ve made. We know Schmidt from 5th Gear, but Matt L can really bring a friendly (see what I did there) aire to the show.

I guess there were also garage queens as well. Perhaps the glasses are rose tinted because it was easier to go racing. No cage, fuel cell, fire system, etc. In place of yesterday’s club racing where a 250 GTO can be seen is today’s track day where there would be a LaFerrari or 488GTB.

Back then cars were cars. Now everything is a collector’s item even when brand new.

Alternatively, “Your doing it wrong.”

Having watched Silverstone and not yet this race, I bet most of the prototype collisions are caused by drivers not being able to see out of their cars. Go back to open top or make a better bubble.

Mamma mia!

Nice article. One of my favorite car chases. I remember the DBS even looked cool all shot up as it was rolling into Siena.

They tried it in 1992, didn’t stick.