Top Gear!

[Langdale Forest]

The new Top Gear series start on Sunday, with 10 episodes, could this be an extra long final series?

[Mark]

The new Top Gear series start on Sunday, with 10 episodes, could this be an extra long final series?

No sign of that at the moment but it is unusually long. I think this time last year it was 7 episodes with two of them being the 'Christmas Special' which we've already had this year.

[Rollo]

*don't read if you haven't watched last episode*

Such a great pun in Australia to their problems with licence plates Nicely done, lads!

Except that you're not likely to offend anyone with monarchist style number plates in Australia; not even if you happen to be his Tonyness who awards Prince Phillip a knighthood on Australia Day.

Re that green Maloo in the mine... I saw one like it with bags of concrete in the back, at a building site earlier in the week. Thanks to GM for killing it forever... I hope that come 2017, you never ever sell a single car in Australia again.

[Rollo]

Also:
How did James import English Stig?
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page4369.asp

Did he get a permit under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989? I'm pretty sure that the Stig is an "Ozone Depleting Substance"

[inimitablestoo]

Quite fun going on the Autocar website immediately after TG's on and seeing what their "Most read" road test is. After episode 1 it was the Renault Twizy, after this week's... was it the Bentley? Was it the 6-series? No... Holden (Vauxhall) Maloo!

[Rollo]

? Was it the 6-series? No... Holden (Vauxhall) Maloo!

June 30, 2017... and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

[driveace]

Will anybody beat Australian Daniel Ricciardo,s time in the "Reasonably priced car " lap of 1.42.2
Lewis did 1.42.9

[Rollo]

Re the Yellow Corvette at the beginning of the episode:
£65,000, 190mph

Compare with the Maloo Ute:
Australian list price:
£40,156, 184mph


Which one would I have? The Maloo. You can't out a cement mixer in the back of the Corvette; ergo, if that's "the best car America can do" then I'm sorry, the American car industry is a sad sad joke.

[steveaki13]

In keeping with a post on another thread about the trio going to amazon.

What do people see the BBC doing with Top Gear? Trying something similar? Going back to how it was way back or try something different again.

[D-Type]

They can't try and do 'more of the same' with different, erm, actors - it would be compared unfavourably with the last trio. The way it was is classed as dull; petrolheads liked it but John Q Public didn't so it didn't get the all important ratings which in turn reflect its saleability. So they simply have to try something different. But what?