Top Gear 2016 Official TV show thread *contains spoilers*

Top Gear 2016 Official TV show thread *contains spoilers*

Author
Discussion

AreOut

3,658 posts

163 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
quotequote all

Rich_W

12,548 posts

214 months

Saturday 1st October 2016
quotequote all
http://jalopnik.com/heres-what-happened-at-the-gra...

Journalist goes to live taping of Grand Tour launch.

Interesting read.

p1stonhead

25,818 posts

169 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
The Grand Tour Trailer

Christ their budget just have been mental.

biggrin

https://youtu.be/kLtpcxtk4HI

E65Ross

35,218 posts

214 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
p1stonhead said:
The Grand Tour Trailer

Christ their budget just have been mental.

biggrin

https://youtu.be/kLtpcxtk4HI
I'm really looking forward to this. I do miss the old TG!

Pesty

42,655 posts

258 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
Look awesome. Finally something worth watching and genuinely looking forward to each week.


That Aston? At the end wow.

durbster

10,352 posts

224 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
Pesty said:
Look awesome. Finally something worth watching and genuinely looking forward to each week.


That Aston? At the end wow.
Aston... oops. I thought it was the new Mazda rotary concept (which would have been amazing).

paperbag

Pesty

42,655 posts

258 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
durbster said:
Aston... oops. I thought it was the new Mazda rotary concept (which would have been amazing).

paperbag
Might be I don't know what it was. Just guessed at Aston. Probably some limited edition track only 10million pound thing.

Jordan210

4,546 posts

185 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
Pesty said:
Might be I don't know what it was. Just guessed at Aston. Probably some limited edition track only 10million pound thing.
Aston Martin Vulcan

Track only around 1.8 Million when new

https://www.astonmartin.com/en/vulcan

George111

6,930 posts

253 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all

shakotan

10,736 posts

198 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
I visited Galpin Auto Sports last week (fans of US Pimp My Ride may remember them as the guys that took over from West Cost Customs).

They are making a limited edition run of custom 2017 Mustangs for Iacocca, one of which had just been returned by the GT crew from filming in the California Desert. It was absolutely filthy, dust everywhere, luckily the paintwork was saved because the GT crew wanted it to be wrapped in blue because they wanted Red, White and Blue cars for the trio.

E65Ross

35,218 posts

214 months

Friday 7th October 2016
quotequote all
anonymous said:
[redacted]
I'm not so sure, I actually quite enjoyed the earlier series. Some of the reviews on things like the Koenigsegg, Phantom, the "how far can you drive in a Jag XJ before getting bored" etc were all better than the newer series (CE, MLB etc) managed IMO.

r11co

6,244 posts

232 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
Just as an aside, seeing as he has extricated himself after royally cocking the whole thing up as predicted, but guess who Chris Evans had as a guest on his radio show this morning (again)?

Gordon fking Ramsay!

There are literally millions of interesting people on the planet, but on Planet Evans there's only his little circle of sleb mates I guess.

LDM

372 posts

129 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
r11co said:
Just as an aside, seeing as he has extricated himself after royally cocking the whole thing up as predicted, but guess who Chris Evans had as a guest on his radio show this morning (again)?

Gordon fking Ramsay!

There are literally millions of interesting people on the planet, but on Planet Evans there's only his little circle of sleb mates I guess.
He is in danger of becoming as boring and predictable as some of the whingers on here!

suffolk009

5,522 posts

167 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
r11co said:
Just as an aside, seeing as he has extricated himself after royally cocking the whole thing up as predicted, but guess who Chris Evans had as a guest on his radio show this morning (again)?

Gordon fking Ramsay!

There are literally millions of interesting people on the planet, but on Planet Evans there's only his little circle of sleb mates I guess.
Maybe Sharlene Spiterri and Seasick Steve had other things on today.

ApOrbital

10,027 posts

120 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
Seasick Steve is playing in london fri sat night.

Europa1

10,923 posts

190 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
r11co said:
Just as an aside, seeing as he has extricated himself after royally cocking the whole thing up as predicted, but guess who Chris Evans had as a guest on his radio show this morning (again)?

Gordon fking Ramsay!

There are literally millions of interesting people on the planet, but on Planet Evans there's only his little circle of sleb mates I guess.
Did Ramsey mention that he is getting a Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta?

suffolk009

5,522 posts

167 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
Europa1 said:
Did Ramsey mention that he is getting a Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta?
Is he?

I turned it off after he started talking about his homes in London, LA and how he's "urgh, finally got permission to build" in Cornwall.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

102 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
Heads up for a "challenge" they are filming for next season, based on a request through another forum I frequent

They want to know if anyone has a car with 500,000 miles, ie, has driven to the moon and back, and so they are keen to buy three cars with that many miles, and then the challenge is to see which one of them gets the furthest across Europe.

Edited by Shakermaker on Friday 21st October 16:19

Europa1

10,923 posts

190 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
suffolk009 said:
Europa1 said:
Did Ramsey mention that he is getting a Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta?
Is he?

I turned it off after he started talking about his homes in London, LA and how he's "urgh, finally got permission to build" in Cornwall.
He is. He brought out the presentation box with the key in it when he was on Top Gear. That particular interview was particularly cringeworthy for its air of "aren't we and our celebrity friends all living fabulous lives".

AreOut

3,658 posts

163 months

Friday 14th October 2016
quotequote all
Shakermaker said:
Heads up for a "challenge" they are filming for next season, based on a request through another forum I frequent

They want to know if anyone has a car with 500,000 miles, ie, has driven to the moon and back, and so they are keen to buy three cars with that many miles, and then the challenge is to see which one of them gets the furthest across Europe.
any properly maintained petrol Honda with manual gearbox will outlive them