A guy at work told me about a few things that these guys have done, so I decided to record some shows from the BBC channel. I am not huge into vehicles, but the challenges these guys do are quite entertaining and they do a good job of playing off each other for humor.

I also heard that they are trying an American version, but who knows if that will have the same charm.

I've been meaning to watch this

I watched about half of the Xmas special where they drive from Iraq to Bethlehem

I think they're all on surf the channel

Top Gear is huge here, and seems to be among US celebrities too, quite a few have been on it doing the 'celebrity in the midpriced car' bit. it's a fun show and they get up to fun stuff.

i fucking love this show. I've been following it since the 12th season(they've just started the 16th). Evidently the current host setup wasn't always so and before that, the show was quite dull. Clarkson actually is part owner of the company that produces the show, hence why he gets to drive the best cars all the time and has made the show as entertaining as it is now.

and for reference, Captain Slow is James May, Hamster is Richard Hammond(the short one) and Jezza is Jeremy Clarkson(the tall one).

They've done some pretty funny shit over the years and always manage to fuck it all up, which is the genius of it all. Best of all, they don't care who they piss off. I think that could be the reason that the US version isn't doing that well, they're shy to get after the car companies if they make a crap product(at least from the little I've seen of it)

Here's a few of my fav clips


my folks were in tears after watching these 3 fuckup a camping outing






another great feature is the Celebrity in a Reasonably prices car(Leno stole the bit from them)
Actors, musicians etc, mostly non US citizens, get into a compact and do a lap. You wouldn't believe how intense everyday mildly mannered people are and want to beat a certain person.
Here was a good rivalry between Jay Kay (who is fiercely competitive when it comes to this little car) and Simon Cowell




and more recently, they've got a new reasonably priced car(everytime they get a new car, the previous times are erased)


and on and on. They've got a youtube channel if you wanna get acquainted with some of the older vids.

oh, and of course, they've got
The Stig.

the one where they drive through the southern USA with slogans painted on their cars was the best.

I've never seen their cameramen bail on them that fast.

season 16 ep. 5's Celebrity in a Reasonably priced Car:

BBC Top Gear is the shit. I've seen every episode, my favorite is Season 10 Episode 4, the Africa/sand flats episode. Hilarious.

Finally watched a full ep of the US Top Gear.

The Good: They're test track has many more twists and turns.

The bad: Everything else on the show.

I dont think my mid life crisis will be quite so entertaining.

i liked the bolivia one

my favorite is still the episode where they argue about where the best road in the world is. they eventually decide on Switzerland/Italy...awesome ep

Yeah, that's top 5 for sure.

shiat, season 17's already started!!

I find two of these guys irritating but they get to do cool stuff.

i love this show. they aired it on some random cable channel here a few years ago but then stopped. Netflix has a bunch of seasons on their streaming service now so i've been getting caught up.

The Vietnam episode where they all have to ride shitty motorcycles for 8 days is brilliant.

Just downloaded an episode. WTF? Just a big car commercial

What episode did you get?

Despite all the humorous trappings, at it's core it's still a car show in which they test and review cars.

First episode from season 17