So the second show of the new series has burst onto your screens and, compared to last week’s show, it hasn’t – fingers crossed – upset anyone. Unless lots of people have decided to complain that it was unusually about cars for once.
But the biggest shock about Sunday’s Top Gear wasn’t the lack of complaints, or that nothing fell over, exploded or crashed through a brick wall. No, it was the sight of Captain Slow being… not slow.
No one was more shocked than Jeremy as the Cadillac CTS-V speared past him with James at the wheel, suddenly gripped with an uncommon love of what he might previously have called ‘ungentlemanly driving’.
So what’s going on here? Well, we reckon two things are to blame. Firstly, his previous mission to max the Bugatti Veyron which we suspect gave him a taste for velocities in excess of the steady 49mph he might normally enjoy in his Panda. And secondly, the day he spent with Jackie Stewart which gave him the instruction and encouragement he needed to unlock the inner speed demon.
But if you thought the sight of a slightly excitable Captain Slow gunning his Caddy was strange and alarming, just wait until next week’s show when James goes to Finland to find out why the locals are so good at motorsport and gets his hands dirty again with some proper wheelsmithery. At this rate we may have to seriously consider changing his nickname…
Great! Best top gear for a long time! Worst part of the week now theought the longest wait till the next top gear!!!
the show was brilliant
what happened with cpt slow ?? – he became cpt speed
cnt wait till nxt week for 2 reasons – its ma b’day + TOP GEAR is on
love ya lads x
TOP GEAR IS SICK WHICH MEANS GOOD AND RICHARD SHOULD GROW EVEN MORE THAN USAL
FANTASIC
cant wait till next week, the best programe EVA untill next week that is!
love you guys, keep up the good work! xxx
Fantastic show!!! Loved it to bits, one day I’ll be at Bonneville too.
Thanks James…you made the show for me!
ace episode, best in a while and not even slightly entertaining, honest officer
Best episode in ages. Excellent television.
also, Captain Slow being fast, awesome, you made the show for me James.
James was actually amazing this week
If anyone does read this (slightest chance in the world)(okay no chance), then tell him he made the show!
I laughed ALOT when Jeremy drove off in the Winnebego with Richard in bed and stuff. Was that set up or where they actually asleep/”on the throne” < haha
Im glad Clarkson clarified the lap time for the GT2!
I was wondering if richard had REALLY bought a challenger and i guess it’s true. Why doesn’t he just keep it and import it over? if he drove through the UK in it he’d be loved by every petrolhead in the country (if not already)!
Or he can donate it to me. I’m not joking – I NEED a Dodge Challenger in my life.
great show. nice apology jezza!!!
Great show, can’t wait till next week, i would buy that Dodge Challenger from top gear any day.
I loved it! The show was great tonight. I love muscle cars!
the show today was wonderful, the selection of the american cars is brilliant! the ZR1 i think is the best America has ever came up with!
cant wait till next sunday!!
I loved the whole show, simply amazing, i laughed so hard, when Jezza drove off in the Winnebego! And when he stole Hammonds car, classic!!!
OH and the hats just put the cherry on the cake!
And James you where amazing even more so than usall.
hahahaaha i laughed so hard, i havnt stoped laughing even now, love you guys cant wait till next week and keep up the good work!
XX
Realy good show this week cant wait for next week hope you are doing a challange liked the lorry one last week.
See ya
Fantastic, fantastic, Fantastic… What more can be said about this weeks Topgear, and Jeremy, James & Richard!
Already cant wait til next week. As always. Fantastic!!!
Plus i loved ur apology Jezza!! I laughed so hard!
The ‘vettes are slowly becoming an obsession for me – must have one!
Great show – one of the better ones for a long time, simply because you didn’t look as though you were trying as hard for laughs (the lorry fire was a bit contrived and naff last week). And even Will Young was funny!
Keep it up
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What price is it for sale? richard hamond
Really great show. Brilliant cars, funny, exciting- and a good interview for once. (BTW I guessed Jezz would make an apology like that then it be about something else!)
richard get the car shiped into the uk
What a show that was, I can’t believe how good that Corvette was!! Or that Capitan Slow liked a muscle car with a huge V8 in the front…
Can’t wait for next week’s show, keep up the good work lads
Horay!!! A car show at last! Way way way better than episode 1, cheers guys : )
Fantastic show, can’t wait ’til next week!!!!!!!!
If i lived in the US (and was old enough to drive) i’d buy the dodge.
Best TG for a while… ok, until next week
“We’ve been ambitious and for once successful”
Quality, more of the same lads.
y didnt hammond keep it its hugely agreaive car to look at and we now what he i slike with important topgear challnge cars(oliver) and the challenger kills that any day anyway im off to watch it on catch up. p.s what qualificatoins do i need to work for topgear mgasine plz tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well what a show! That little Fiat 500, whilst i absolutely hate the styling and i think it looks about as good as a brick, i love its gutsy engine and boy does it go!
The road trip was, in typical Top Gear style, fantastic, i actually think the show was funnier with the boys trying to be factual. That challenger was brilliant!
Keep it up guys and gals, can’t wait for next week!
Absolutely BRILLIANT episode as usual! Top Gear really does make sundays fun. Soz Hammond for not being able to sell your Challenger, still, it was a great episode.
It didn’t have the madness and childishness of last weeks challenge with the lorries, but it was AMAZING!! (As usual)
Keep it up! Top Gear is amazing!!
The show hasnt come on in the USA yet, but how much is Richard want for his the Challenger?
Great show, it was so nice to see more cars!! and also to see the guys less scripted and more natural again…. keep it up!
Jeremy is my HERO – FACT!
that was great, congrats on the speed record, may on those roads, wow, didnt know captain slow had it in him :L
great guys, Clarkson in the Winnebago and puttin hammonds car in the road. great keep it up =]
and i think everyone is going to agree with me here in saying, its not about the cars, its about you 3, you just make it.
Forgive me for posting this here too but I didn’t want those in power (Hi Andy) to miss my praise after last weeks furore.
“Fantastic episode. Great car review. A star in a car who could talk cars and the trio just being petrolheads.
No obvious fakery. No stupid “oh wont this be funny” japes. Petrolheads being petrolheads. And three good friends being good friends, which shone through and made the show far more entertaining that over-scripting could.
Brilliant. Best episode in ages. Make them exactly like this please.”
And if you’re stuck with that Challenger, give me a email.
Fantastic!
I’d go for that Challenger SRT8, but my Mini barely fits in the garage, so a Dodge stands no chance…
Actually if ’twere my own hard earned, I would certainly by a ZR-1, in a proper loud shade of blue. Did you see Jezza drift round that hairpin? It looked smoother going round a corner sideways than normally! The speed and angle was so constant and perfect and- oh god, I need money for one of those!!
But if I can’t get enough money, I think I’ll be fine with the Abarth 500. What insurance group is it?
will young was surprisingly funny. bles him.
the america film was great had me in fits hehe.
but i want a fiat 500 albarth now dammit.
guess i’ll have to live with my panda for a while. oh yes i have a panda….a person under the age of forty does have one…..i have yet to see anyone else in the exclusive club.
I’ll give him 50p for the challenger, although that’s probably a bit much in the current climate *looks hopeful*
I’m gonna say I miss the more ‘messing around’ style TG. 10 minutes of ‘I got the car a bit faster than last time I tried’ isn’t that great. Having said that, was still good.
I do prefer the shows with shorter, snappier clips and more action.
Look forward to next week.
Absolutely fantastic! Loved every single minuite of this episode. Last weeks was all for fun and gags, which I enjoyed hugely I might add, but this week we saw the essence of the lads. Being Petrolheads, Annoying the Law but still slipping in the odd laugh! I think that sums up the boys, and that Episode.
Thanks alot guys, keep it up!
Clare
x
Great episode/roadtrip. Even though I’m one of the female non-petrolheads who watches it, I did enjoy the roadtrip including James’ moaning. Was nice to see Cap’n Slow in Cap’n go very fast mode (roll on Zonda v Veyron, I’m absolutely looking forward to that) for a change as well as the boys doing something they enjoy. I hope that James didn’t loose too much money or sleep in that casino. I was sort of on the edge of my seats, hoping during those speed tests.
Oh if Jeremy is reading this; Please leave picking on James out of your road/tracktests thankyou!
Oh yeah, and what about Will Young as a guest? He was surprisingly cool.
I was expecting a manufactured pop star to be a bit Americanised, a bit flash and tooth whitening, and tbh a bit camp. But actually he’s really cool, and that house show did actually sound like it would be a good show. And a good time too.
More guests like him please!
it was fantastic i would like the dodge challenger, but my nissan skyline r34 gt-r is no match for that challenger.
Surprised the hamster isnt keeping the challenger, as soon as they said he brought it I was expecting to see it in the studio with UK plates
Good show!
the best top gear this series, maybe even in the last few years, fantastic. and 176mph thats massive
Damian, I think u mean the SRT8 is no match for the R34. You’re saying your GT-R is better, right (you should be)?
Great show looking forward to the rest!
That Corvette ZR1 is a beast!
The episode was fantastic!
Pity I live in Belgium and can’t really afford Richard’s Dodge or I’d have it right away! I love that car!
With current depreciation, high fuel prices, and the fact I’m 15, I’ll offer a tenner.
Do I get it if no one else bids?
brilliant show. it had everything- a power test for people with a budget, an interesting star in the lacetti, hilarious jokes, and an epic film. ive never liked american cars before but that ZR1…ooo. great show.
Top Job tonight TG Team! You guys are ace!
much better, love it loads…. finally about cars and awesome ones and some awesome driving too… nice drifting who ever it was driving…. simply awesome.
jeremy apology was halarious … everybody in the room looked up from the paper or the laptop to see him apologise (thinking it was about the prostitutes) and then he goes numerous people were dissapointed not to see the gt2 laptop. Good One Jezza
oops sorry i meant laptime
love topgear amazing and captain slow :O
what a legend !
Hmmm. I wonder what someone will bet Hammond to wear during next week’s news then!
How much does Hammond want for the Challenger? Ha ha. I have a friend who just totaled his and needs a new one.
Haven’t seen the ep yet. Sometimes I wish I lived in the UK.
Great Episode, but clearly trying to give the struggling American car industry a leg-up
Fab show as usual – and what about James on those roads!! Go Captain Slow – Fab!
I thought Will Young was a really good guest too – it seemed that a lot of people were doubting how good he would be.
Id love to buy Richards car – I did expect him to bring it over here like Oliver, but I’ll buy it and bring it here instead!!
Has anyone seen him in the new morrisons ad yet – very dishy!!
A great show indeed! Fantastic soundtrack as well…. Setting off those car alarms was utter Brilliance!
Great apology as well
On to next week!
Excellent as ever! The apology, the co-incidental music on the car radios, Stig in the Fiat 500, all lovely and marvellous!
Bring on next week!
i ll join Dutchie in brillinace for setting of those car alams on….and add that “effects of global warming….15000 years ago” got me L O L as well!
on the negative side….indeed, watching guys trying to improve speed for 10min…with mild-or none major improvements to the cars is in TG style “kind off dull…”
Loved the show Cpt Slow has gone power crazy more of the same.
That was a hell of show…if only, IF only, it were entertaining!
When do those cars go on sale in the UK?
great episode
anyway could anyone tell where i can find the piano music that is played when jc talks about the fiat…not in the end but when he talks about what is annoying him. thx
Anyone know what the morse code spelt out this week?
Top Show
Plus I got my 5 seconds of fame wiyh my 170 Challenger RT!!
http://s132.photobucket.c om/albums/q17/cudacamino/ top%20gear/?start=all
email pinvice@aol.com
i think i speak for litterally nobody when i say how horrified i was to see james may gambling and all three of you speeding!
apologise now!
hehe
Was James on drugs during the filming of that?
I can’t believe he over took Jereny, lol.
great show…
And that idea about doing an interior design show with Will Young… DO IT!!
ParisPeach said: “y didnt hammond keep it its hugely agreaive car to look at and we now what he i slike with important topgear challnge cars(oliver) and the challenger kills that any day anyway im off to watch it on catch up. p.s what qualificatoins do i need to work for topgear mgasine plz tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Perhaps the ability to write coherantly in what I assume is your first language.
Cracking show tonight guys – best Top Gear for a very long time.
Love This Series Of Top Gear…
I Just Love The Corvette ZR1 That Jeremy Drove It’s Top Of My List
Can’t Wait For Next Week, Keep Up The Good Work Lads
loved the show-one of the best yet!
excellent episode, and i’m glad to see jeremy apologised for his mistake which nearly got him fired, burning the GT2’s times could have ended his career if he didn’t apologise!
Brilliant!
And now we must find out the laptime of the 3 cars on the show today, and that means handing it to our tame racing driver,
Some say that Joe Biden was Obama’s running mate simply because he couldn’t find him
and he once went to the Dragon’s Dent proposing Tottenham Hotspur, the producers ended up censoring the entire thing and dubted it worthless to watch, just like Hotspurs themselves
all we know is, he’s called the Stig
Its a good thing JC didnt sleep wif the GT2 and gloated bout it on the show! It would of been funny to hear but, could you imagine the complaints? LOL!!!
Some say that Arsenal fans are bitter and that Spurs, like Top Gear, made a great come back! All we know….. lol!
what i show lads brilliant cnt wait till nxt week
SO Hammond is now selling that challenger?
Ok…
Anybody notice, that all three of them went to america with Clarkson in the Chevy, Hammond in a Dodge and Captain Slow in a Cadillac. Why what cars did they have last time in America? I think Clarkson had a Chevy, Hammond had a Dodge and May had the Caddy. Was that planned???
Another fantastic episode. I’m with James May hating that Fiat 500. Don’t like them at all. Didn’t like James Cadallac very much, Jeremys Corvette was a beauty but Richards Dodge. Well I quite liked that
I’d like an american muscle car and those American Government with their visa’s. Idiots 
Being stopped by the police twice was funny especially after setting all the car alarms off. Fantastic episode all round and loving Top Gear for it’s factual and not entertaining manner in delivering us a car report….
Good show, but the interview with whatsisface – why?
The interview segments feel like they’re getting longer and longer, or maybe just less and less interesting.
Today’s was about 7 minutes – guys, it only needs to be long enough for me to make a cup of tea, any longer and it’s quite difficult to ignore.
Loved seeing the 500 Abarth…great little car, I have been saving to buy the little beast for quite a while with little luck…Thank you to all the stupid bankers out there…so it really cheered me up that it got such a great review! Can’t wait for next week!
PS. Perhaps if ye combined all the money gained by the boys from bets then ye could afford to put a proper engine in that heap bolts! You would be fighting off the buyers with a stick!
I agree with C-Dub^^^^….Ever heard the “phrase less is more”?
That, Was The Best episode i think i have ever seen, due to the conversations about Minis, and Beautiful looking cars with amazing sounding V8’s.
Drifting that ‘vette was also just Pure Class.
james may passing jeremy out.
thats suspiciusly weird
Best episode since the Japan race i think. But maybe thats because i like Japan as well as TG
. But im really looking forward to the rest of the series, they really make sundays special.
If you can manage to think one up, id really enjoy seeing another TG transcontinental race, maybe Jeremy’s Mercedes CLK Black vs. Hammond and May on a combo of trains, planes and boats. first one to some deserty country. with camels or something.
amazing brilliant fantastic
cant think of anymore words bit thick
Wow !!!!!!! tht was briiillllllllllllllliiiii iiiiaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn ttttt!!!!!!!!!
although…..
WHERE THE HELL WAS AMERICAN STIG!!!!!!!!!
I loved Jeremy’s apology for last week. I love his attitude to a load of complete lunacy this country is coming to if people can’t even take a joke
Well, he should have seen it coming. What Richard should have done is rent it and buy a huge amount of insurance on it.
Ship the car to the UK, as you did with Oliver. Register and SVA it, put a rear foglight on and realign the headlights.
Put it on a UK based arm of an online auction site that rhymes with eday, would raise a tidy amount.
Good episode loved the vette! is it just me or is the news section of the show and the poor jokes getting more cheesy??? Thankyou for the GT2 lap time! 997 turbo time?
Jeremy, please test Daewoo Tico 0.8
Great TV Show… can’t wait,… 164 hours to go …
As an American, I have to say that the comments from James’s new friends in the casino were painful as hell to watch. And yet they perfectly demonstrated the cold hard reality of life in America today.
Cheers, to the first cat up at the top.
Loved it! During the salt flat races, I found myself cheering you guys on, really hoping you’d reach your targets! I was also cringing, thinking that some tires were going to explode. The attempts at being factual were, in fact, highly entertaining (sorry, U.S. govt.) and the police incidents were awesome! Can’t wait for next week!
James overtaking never seen it and probably will never see it again
Very funny this week in a FACTUAL way NOT ENTERTAINING
KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome stuff –
so when do we get to see May lighting up the rear tyres in a pre-news power-test ?
can’t wait!
Nick
The Corvette is AWESOME, and I WANT THAT CADILLAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spectacular episode.
Spot on description of Reno. “It’s like Las Vegas, but worse…” very funny.
Oh, and the scene of them doing burnouts (that’s what they’re called in the rural US) in the middle of the highway was freaking AWESOME!!
It had me cracking up….driving a new Cadillac into the ditch…priceless
I wasnt expecting much from this episode, which is why I was quite pleasantly surprised by it. Good episode, although I always get up and go raiding the fridge when the guest comes on, hoping to find the segment has finished by the time I’m back.
Any way nice piece on the 500 abarth, and kudos on the american muscle car ‘factual and not one bit entertaining’ article. Oh and thanks very much for the 911 GT2 lap time.
James was simply fantastic! Huge smile on my face.
That was an amazing episode. best ive seen in a while. Bravo boys. well done
Why not accidentally sit in a cafe with the Dodge Challenger unlocked outside (like they did in the film) and let it be stolen by someone…. That way you can claim the insurance money and everyone’s happy.
i know who the stig is …….
ben c _ _ _ _ _ _
great show as always.. pity you had to cut out some parts due to US censorship….
anychance they will be released in TG.com for us to watch anyway? esp the car chase between Jezza and James..
The antidote to last week’s rubbish episode. Thanks!
I’ve got a ‘95 3000GT SL in less-than-mint condition that’d I’d be happy to do a swap for/with. 98k, 3.0 V6, auto, black paint, full leather.
- location is Houston, TX, if you’re interested (which I really think you should be). Yeah? Deal?
The show was great guys, and very enter… wait, no, factual. It was factual.
*phew, close one*
I’ll buy the car. How do I find out about it?
This is what Top Gear is all about, great cars, great filming, awesome presenters… loads of fun.
Brilliant!.
Oh and, by the way, i think it’s time to dump the SIARPC segment, it’s just rubbish.
by far, the best “factual” program in the world!!!
Congrats and thanks for entertaining us every time!!!
The main thing about this episode was….balance. There’s just enough car talk (the Abarth) and lust for speed (The Salt Flats) on one side, balanced by just the right amount of cocking around on the other.
And folks, someone should have told the boys that Vegas and Reno are two of the WORST places to horse around in, if you’re trying to cause havoc on the streets. The cops in BOTH places are very, very, rigid, just as the security guards in the casinos are. They want NO trouble to spoil the gamblers’ attention to the fruit salad and/or cards in front of them.
As far as Clarkson saying the US has produced three cars that are ready for the civilized world (assuming that means England), I’m afraid he’s wrong again. All three are too large, too thirsty and just too flashy. But I’ll tell you one thing…over here they’re a hoot to have and I’d kill to have any of them.
I’ll buy it. You should know where to find me.
Ray Wert @ Jalopnik.com
Best show that top gear has ever done! And since I live in southern california, and I am an American, I was piticually particular happy to see them drive the best that US can offer in places which I have been to before. And having said that I live close to where you are selling that Challenger, How Much Richard Hammond? email Cadetexastrisscientia@gma il.com
Best show in ages! It was the best and funniest in ages because you boys didn’t try so hard. Great American road trip.
Glad you boys liked our cars.
Great episode. I’m a “Yank,” over here in the Colonies, so I must ambitiously search the internet before the BBC removes every post of the show from YouTube. Not cool. C’mon guys, show some love.
Awsome episode, really entertaining…. oh, i mean INFORMATIVE
one complaint: WHY THE HELL WEREN’T ANY OF THE CARS BROUGHT BACK FOR THE STIG TO TRASH?!?!?
THE STIG NOT TESTING THESE BEASTS WAS A HUGE LET DOWN.
THE ZR1 AND THE V WOULD HAVE MADE IT HIGH ON THE TRACK TIMES BOARD. HOW HIGH? WE’LL NEVER KNOW.
One of my favorite eps ever I believe (or it will be after I re-watch it tomorrow I’m sure). What a great job–LOVED the Fiat in the beginning. Makes me want a muscle car even more….and makes me want to take it to I-50…
Wish I could afford the Challenger.
Someone, please poste the episode at youtube please!
Welcome to my hometown, TopGear. I hope that you all enjoyed your trip in San Francisco.
taking any offer’s under 10,000 usd?
Stop and think about it…James May OVERTAKES Jeremy Clarkson, while the latter is driving a lighter and more powerful car and then — pay close attention to this — STAYS ahead of Clarkson.
God bless whosoever invented the Internet that us benighted Americans could see the episode sometime before June of 2011.
Not that I’m interested in muscle cars, but I could be talked into the Hammondmobile. Pity it’s an automatic.
Still, best show in epochs.
P.S. Am I being hopelessly American in not having the slightest idea what the controversy over Episode 1 was all about?
I’d love to buy a Challenger, especially in Hemi Orange!!!! But alas, they are too expensive. Heck, I only paid $40,000 for my 2 bed/2 bath house with an in ground pool! I don’t think I would pay more for a car than I did for my house!
As for the episode, I loved it. It’s nice to see James is now starting to have some fun behind the wheel too! After all, that’s what cars with ridiculous power and ridiculous price tags are all about.
Hi Joke from post 119, you could check out the other posts in this blog to see what the furore is all about.
Congrats, TG Team. Looks like good ol’ Top Gear is back in business. Lovely episode, great music and great fun. Many thanks! God, I love this “factual” programme.
Thanks to the internet indeed!! otherwise we (the rest of the world) would not have been able to watch such a great show!
Congratulations are in order for Andy Willman, Clarkson, May (who was indeed great) and Hammond!
Cheers all the way from Mexico
Great episode, another American here who enjoyed the road trip segment. I’d buy the challenger if I had any money. Never heard of Will Young but he was a cool guy, very funny. Keep it up folks!
The show was brilliant and I can’t wait till the next one.
Top Gear road trips are the best.
I can’t believe that the zr1 wasn’t tested around the top gear track! How can you say that a car has enzo like performance and then not put it up ro the ultimate test?
Please Top Gear, for the love of motoring, send that vette around the track in an upcoming episode.
Dare I say this is shaping up to be the best series of Top Gear ever???
mint show guys cant wait till next week
i will buy the challenger
Really loved the show, but it made me a bit homesick… as honeymoontrip we did the old route 66 in a mustang cabrio and well, we both missed that time yesterday.
Maybe now I would change the mustang for the dodge…
Feels to me like the Dodge shoudl be the prize for some competition this series – would let all petrol heads have a shot at owning it…..
Wow. That was a completely amazing episode. I didn’t like any of the cars on it before i watched it, but now I want all of them. Except I still think the cadillac is ugly. I laughed at that episode more than I have ever laughed at an episode of Top Gear. And that’s saying something! If the Vietnam adventure is half as good as this episode was, this could become my new favorite season.
one of the funniest moments was when Captain Slow over took jeremy
Richard … get a haircut
Someone please tell me that I didn’t imagine this exchange when James hit his lowest ebb…
Bloke in casino: “Are you John Lennon or somethin’?”
James: “Yes.”
Bloke in casino: “Well man you’re part of the best band I ever heard.”
ROTFLMAO
Loved the show gents. It was pure gold entertain… I mean, factually fascinating. James really MADE this episode his own. I still can’t believe he laid elevenses on the ‘lonliest road in america’.
James: “What if someone sees us?”
Brilliant.
you mean Richard didn’t bring the dodge home with him?
Why not import the car over here and keep/sell in england
That’s a change.
did richard hammond actually buy the Dodge Challenger
Congratulations on the ‘factualness’ of the road trip! James’ complaining about the caddy had me in stitches.
Jeremy’s apology was priceless!! and after the silk jacket and, um, whatever that was that James was wearing, I can’t wait to see what Richard will be wearing for the news next week.
Oh, and I never thought I’d be saying this but…Blimey! Way to go James!!! Captain Slow – I think not!!
I am a tapeworm!
Great show! (as always)
Ok, i’ll bid $10k for it
Captain slow was a legend. He’s much better when people don’t keep ‘accidentally’ crashing into him.
Clarkson drifting round those mountain roads was awesome!
Any chance of the STIG wearing a dodgy jacket for a bet?
great show, so “factual”. keep the car richard!!! and don’t get your hair cut!
jezza’s apology was priceless and as for captain slow – wow! was he on drugs?????
You 3 know how to put a show on! By the way that challenger was just too good, nice to know you put the yanks cops in the show. GR8!!
It is a documentary, not some fooling around show. Brilliant, jeremy!
I wouldn’t mind buying the Challenger… but I only have $500… somehow… I don’t think that’s enough.
cracking show, absolutley brilliant.
clarksons apology had me in stitches and the dodge was gorgeous. i want it. i’ll give ya £20,000 for it and that includes importing it. haha.
WOW!!!
It was brilliant, a real treat for us petrol heads; the sound of those V8’s Mmmmm.
To be quite honest I even enjoyed the Will Young interview, and I wasn’t expecting that!
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, for Sunday night.
Why doesn’t Hammond just keep the Challenger for himself! I mean he brought Oliver back from Africa!!!!!
genuinely how much is the charge up for, im uk based and the shipping charge wouldnt be to much,
please let me know
Jeremy Clarkson & Richard Hammond have my man babys
Sorry james 
Jezza and co keep up the good work and please please keep pissing off the do-gooders and politicaly correct idiots.
Jezza your the funniest person on tv. Bought your new dvd the other day its fantastic mate.
Clarksons apology was brilliant really funny glad to see that he didnt give in (which he wouldnt) to the thousands of idiots who complained about a (JOKE)
Fantastic episode as always: rock on, Captain Speed!
When can we expect the Young/Clarkson Doing Up Surrey show on our screens?
absolutely wonderful, been looking forward to seeing the muscle cars all week, great country, great cars, great funnies…..superb….just promise us guys that you will do a special on the camaro when it comes out too puleeeeeese
Absolutely fantastic show, the American cops are a bit too sensitive, jees lighten up!!!
Love the burn outs particularly cpt speed haha!!!
Long live the ‘Vette!!!
Richard, by the way my missus says ‘what on earth are doing with your hair?”
There was only one problem with the Challenger, or more to the point, Hammond.
He should have mentioned the RT is a hell of alot cheaper and the SRT8 and RT are available with a 6-speed manual and LSD. Because that challenger is a gorgeous car, and those two bits of important information make it even more appealing!!
I sat in awe through the entire episode. It had my favourite things, American muscle and the boys. I had to completely agree with the Muscle thing.. its the symbolism.. the noise of the engine *pulse races again* seriously.. import the Challenger over!! And get me a Gt500 KR 2008 whilst your at it!
May the next episode come quickly!!
the show was funny last night lol
brum brum
great show lad’s best one in a while
Have you been secretly putting pro plus into his coffee? Captin slow has found the throttle!!
After seeing that episode i now want to buy a Muscle car just to go around setting peoples car alarms off!!!
im glad jeremy finally told us the GT2’s time – ma dad thought he was goin 2 apoligize for the lorry drivers jokes but nope – the lorry drivers jokes were ace
i hope james doesn’t go back to being cpt slow -
when hes not cpt slow it makes the show better – its was good watchin him speed infront of jezza
i wonder if the morse code geeks were watchin again last nite – wonder wat they sed this time ???????????????
(we dnt care wat people say, strictly’s still crap) lol
Has anyone heard the latest – the Stig’s Morse code last week spelt out Strictly Come Dancing is Crap!! (the results show apparently clashes with TG – but we wouldnt know that would we as we are watching TG!!) Go Stig!!!
Loved Jeremy’s apology last night and the fact that he was overtaken by Captain Slow!!!
Richard – as I have said beofre, KEEP THE HAIR JUST HOW IT IS!!! (I particularly like it in the Morrisons ad…..;) )
can i come to top gear but iam only 15
thanx
Back to form there lads!!
The Fiat 500 is a cracking little car and it’s nice to hear Jezza confirm my own thoughts that it’s better than the BMW Mini. Only an idiot would think otherwise tbh.
Didn’t care for the Will Young bit, he’s not funny, big or clever. A true Z list celeb.
The American road trip was very good. I didn’t think they would be able ot make much of the Bonnyville Salt Flats but them aiming for a target speed was a great idea. Also the sight of James driving fast and over taking Jezza along with him crashing whilst driving in a straight line had me in fits
Well done team Top Gear.
I wish to make a complaint about the gratuitous and offensive spectacle of James’ Shirt and Snake?/plastic? jacket. My son loves top gear so I had to cover his eyes in case his dress sense was corrupted forever.
Whata Great Show, But Is It Me Or Do Hammond And May Look The Same, Lol Sameish Jacket And Crazy Hair. I Want That ZR1!!
can top gear please come and live in my house? it would make my life most excellent.
gud show. thers all this tlk about cheap cars and the credit crunch. I’m looking for a rangerover sport diesel , with 22” alloys and the cheapest i can find is around £23-24k , and the retailers say they are not dropping the prices because they can still sell it.
Away what’s going on
Another great show as per standard with top gear.
Its what sundays are made for!?
Awesome show!!
And good to see that finally the americans have managed to make proper sports cars!!
Oh and Cheers Jeremy for clarifying the GT2’s time!
It rocked dudes
love last night episode the best thing was jeremy apologising for last week and giving the time for the gt2, that was class. what was james wearing though it hurt my eyes .
GO JAMES GO!!!
That CTS-V is an awsome car.
But I still want a Lambo
last nights show was brilliant. PLEASE keep it up will make me the happiest tele viewer ever.
MY DAD OWN A SRT8 CHALLENGER AND HE CAN DO BURN OUT. WELL BETTER THAN HAMMOND
THERE GREAT
the show was good last night but hammond was rubbish at doing burnouts i can do bigger ones on my bike lol
I KNOW WHO THE STIG IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best episode for quite a while chaps- i absolutley adored it!
Gorgeously filmed as ever and actually about cars- a welcomed change!
And quite a lovely shot of Mr Hammond in bed aswell.
Kirsten x
i hate clarkson
Captain X-slow !!!!
loved clarkson’s joke about the GT2/lorry gaff.
genius.
lol last nights show was awesome. Especially Jeremy driving the winnebago round XD
Why hasn’t Richard ever been made Heat Magazine’s Torso of the week yet? From what i saw on last nights episode, he should be
Loved the “Eeyore May” nickname lol
Great Show, cant wait for next week now.
unfortunately missed the first 10 Minutes of the show (sodding Powercuts) but will definately be watching the repeat on tuesday or wednesday, whenever it is
Great show last night, brilliant US factual documentary! I loved Jezza flirting with Will Young….. Has he got in touch with his feminine side?
Looking forward to seeing what Hammond is wearing “For a bet” next week!
James is going to test jokamiesluokka!! In Norway we have a similar sport called bilcross!! I know everything about it!!! Its a cheap car sport were they are mostly using Volvos and beetles (?)!!!
Ok, who the hell was that guy on Sunday night and what have you done with Captian Slow?!?!?
hehe.
Loved every minute of that. James as always fab! Jezza, good apology. Richard – PLEASE GET YOUR HAIR CUT!
I want that Challenger!
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Agree, the Challenger is a very very good looking car.
As this was a “factaul” documentary would TG like to show us factual footage of James being taught how to control a car when the wheels are spinning? That was so factualling interesting I practically fell off the sofa trying to absorb the information and not because I was ROFLMAO
James really made the show for me and loved the bit at the end We’ve been ambitious and for once successful”
Another good show guys, who says you can’t be factual and fun! (Apart from the Yanks) ;o)
James finally releasing his inner speed demon?
About bloody time is what I say, I’m looking forward to seeing what he’ll be doing next week.
The muscle cars were great and I especially liked the bit in the Winabego, I was laughing so much my sides ached seems poor James is always caught out when he’s on the dunny..
Manc Lass
Nice to see some American cars that can go around corners without scraping their door handles on the ground …
Last week got a bunch of laughs (as did the last trip to the USA), but I’m glad that Top Gear returned to form this week. The show is at its best when I watch the boys doing something and think, “Man, I wish I could do that, and if I did, I’d remember it for the rest of my life.” Burning up semi trailers and smashing pianos stacked on porn would be funny for a few days (and maybe a few stories), but a couple years ago I drove an RX-7 on the Salt Flats, and I can genuinely say it was one of the best days of my life.
Liking Captain not so slow! But Captain Slow don’t go for good!
Totally unentertaining and factual 
Absolutely class show guys thanks
James you made the show! (well i had to say it)
When “James” drove the Aston agaisnt the Germans, it’s an Ironic nickname “captain Slow”, perhaps we should call Hammond “Gorilla” or Jeremy “Twinkle Toes” just to keep the theme going?
Anyway, I agree with What James has said before, there is a time and place for fast driving.
Absolutely fantastic episode – one of the best!
And James overtaking Jezza was brilliant.
Go James!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
XX
was it just me or was jeremy giving the cops the 1 finger salute when he was getting a talking to for his “foot slipping off the clutch”.
was brilliant show and nice apology to the twits that are too easily offended!! hammond may need to become the new captain slow!!he is looking more and more like james by the day!!
Brilliant show lads! Even the interview was enter … factual.
This was a beaut of a show. Much better then last week. I appreciate mucking about just as much as the next guy, but it left me wanting for a show like yesterdays. I was so glad for James finally coming to grips with his inner petrolhead. Seeing him enjoy that road in that car made me feel like it was me there. I would have loved to drive there.
9/10 Well cut!
favorite bit was when cpt slow went fast but did richard realy buy that challenger??
Was thinking of a challenge for the stig and come up with the shummy and stig taxi challenge,
obviously u cant have them both racing around the autobahns but how abouts the nurburgring? have them racing around the ring in black taxis’ should be entertaining? what do you think
So now he has the worst shirt choice and the fastest man on top gear! I wonder who the stig really is then…
SG-Bugatti @ #121. OK, I went and looked to see what the uproar was all about and I was…underwhelmed.
P.S. I guess the car has been sold, as the post to which all of these comments have been attached has changed substantially. Not sour-graping here, but I don’t feel that terrible, as it WAS an automatic.
James may is an absoulte legend and his nickname should be james stig haha. james may is the stig
great show guys keep it up
has any1 got a suspicion that captain slow may of been a stig in his past life, or even now
As close to perfect an episode of Top Gear as I’ve seen in a long time. Proper car content (both the 500 review and the road trip), a genuinely entertaining SIARPC – and I have no idea who Will Young is – great filming, the blokes doing what they do best without the hindrance of such heavy scripting… beautiful filming, a properly involving finale to the film. Top Gear – Ambitious AND Successful! Who’d have thought it? I could go on, but I fear if I do, nobody will be able to get their head through the hangar door on Wednesday, which would be bad.
Best show for a long time guys, I love the US and muscle cars so it was always gonna be a good one, but you really did excel yourselves!
I want that Challenger!
still remember that james may the stig in a db9rs at the final race of the britain vs. germany last season? we all thought the boys were cheating…. now we gotta think over again…
telly 26 hope u are happy now
James May IS THE STIG!
Just like inthe previous seasons last episode… where james ‘dressed’ up lookin glike the stig.. he actually is the stig!!!
and richard hammond looking alarmingly like james may with the floppy hair and all..
Loved Captain Fantastic all the way through the show, what a bloke.
Really looking forward to see James’ Finnish escapade the coming week. As well as (as the trend goes) what would Hammond be sporting in the news section (maybe he’ll cover the mop on his head with a silk hoodie, who knows. Lol.). Well done, TG, hope to see another great episode the coming week.
he was quick
Go James! Bloody amazing to see him do that!:D
i would like to see james do a lap in the reasonably priced car to see if he is quicker then jezza? after that display in the caddy you never know
the show last knight was awsome keep it up lads!! from ur biggest fan EVER!!!!!!!!
Everything about it was brilliant!
The Fiat review was great, the road trip was hilarious (even though it wasn’t suppose to be!) and Will Young was so sweet, I can see that interior design programme on the tv!
Top Gear IS the best show in the world!!!
Excelent show as ever. very factual and not at-all entertaining.
and Will Young’s a petrolhead. who’da thought eh? and Jezza seems to be more in touch with his inner Lawrence-Lewellyn-Bowen than I suspect anyone outside of the TG inner-sanctum – and his family – would ever have guessed. what’s next? Captain slow driving fast? oh wait… he did.
also laughed so hard when Jeremy started driving about in the winebago while the other two were… otherwise occupied. in a factual way of course.
By the way.. did my eyes decieve me, or was the little 500 above an Elise on the power-board? amused me that did.
anyways, great show again. can’t wait for next week.
lol funny answer back when asked to issue and appolgy Jeremy, you treat the PC Do gooders with the right attitude.
- James May going faster than Jeremy
- Hammond being a “secret American”
- TG praising American cars
It’s the end of the world! haha
Epic show guys, as always. Keep being very “factual”. Ambitious and successful indeed.
PS: Damn Dodge for giving the Challenger an automatic gearbox!
how did james do 164 mph
LOVED topgear on sunday as usual
keep it up guys. Thankyou sooooo much for doing the review on the Fiat, loved it and now even my Mum wants one 
DEF. the car for me. Also well done for being captain crazy james !
Loves xx
Go for it James: time to play the bagpipes and leave the other two standing. We know you can…
Excellent programme, all of you. (And tell the Daily Moan et al to s*d off and moan about something else.)
one word to describe last night show ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!! ok maybe two words then to describe it.Can’t wait until next week
great show, May really let his hair down hehe next week should be great, Cpt Slow hmmm maybe Stig is a better nickname hehe
James. Daniel. May.
That was hot.
Best episode of the series so far (Yes, I know there have been two). James’ burnout was sheer brilliance.
We Got On American Radio
great show as always but i gotta say it just wasnt as funny as last week i loved last week cud watch it agen an agen widout gettin bored and gotta say this wk show great apology clarkson that was well funny may was funny aswell and loved hammonds car
Thanks guys for a great show
Nice job, Captain Pace/Go/Speedy or what ever your new nickname will be…
Can’t wait for next week or the episode where you’re all in Vietnam… are we going to wait long for that episode?
great show as always but i gotta say it just wasnt as funny as last week i loved last week cud watch it agen 10 times widout gettin bored and gotta say this wk show great apology clarkson that was well funny may was funny aswell and loved hammonds car stig was great as always
Per Jeremy re: the ZR1, “This car is a masterpiece!”
Love them all! I’d give my right bullock for the ZR1.
Again, and I’m sure you’re pretty bored of hearing this by now, well done for another great show!
But I’m afraid that I have to agree with James on this – the Caddy did look pretty dull. The styling was rubbish and the interior didn’t look like anything special. And, let’s face it, since Cadillac produced the terribly unsuccessful Cimarron in ‘82 most Caddies have been quite ugly (the Allanté, the Brougham and the ‘96 Deville to name a few).
Out of all three, I’d much rather have the Challenger mainly because it’s the only one which retains its “muscle car” characteristics, looking mean and hunkered down, the small headlights hidden away in the grill and the infamous racing stripes along the hood and roof. Ok, so it might be made of plastic but at least its made of good quality plastic unlike JC’s Corvette…
Looking forward to seeing what they trio will be up to next week!
I was so freaked out last night, I don’t think the real Captain Slow left that toilet last week, im thinking he’s a mysterious clone…
Please get the ZR1 in Stig’s hands on the track.
Matt. Obviously you’ve never sat inside (or driven) the Cadillac. The interior is beautiful, and pictures don’t do the styling justice. It’s magnificent.
The show was great !!!!!!!!!!!
Get out of the ditch! Three witty ,talented presenters who can be hilarious with a running gag (usually at each others expense) do not need to drag the bottom of ‘easy humor’ (ie blatant sexual references and innuendo)to get a laugh! Come on guys, use your talent well, make us laugh, show us cars, meet your challenges…we love it all…but don’t drag us off course! Stay on the tarmac and out of the gutter!
Why is the show more and more focusing on the characters of the presenters? There’s no need to keep mentioning that James May is slow or not slow, or that Jeremy likes power or not. Their characters speak for themselves, that is what I like about the show.
Top Gear was brilliant last nite as usual
wats up with james goin fast – wen he took over jeremy it was classic
and james wearin tht jacket 4 a bet, 1st jeremy now james – it will b richard nxt
keep the good work up lads
One word Epic!!!!
That was actually one word
Has the car sold already…? It looked a bit ’salty’ to me.
go on captain slow
o sorry thats not right is it
go on captain fast
no way
Absolutely LOVE the ZR1! The hands down best Supercar value on the planet.
Please get the Corvette ZR1 on the track. Could it get the fastest time ever? It did at the Nürburgring.
what’s gotten into Captain Slow? if he goes any faster he’ll soon replace my beloved Stig! GREAT SHOW! i love top gear more than my boyfriend and sadly he knows that. Stig is my first love! i kinda like the vette…
Great show guys…
Oh, and to the sad person who asked what the morse code said when Stig was driving the Fiat…
I’m even sadder and actually rewound the tape to check…
“I voted Ross Perot”
and
“I smell cats”
Hmmmm…. Is the Stig getting any help for this sort of thing… Or should I be getting help for actually bothering to decode it?
legends, just legends
great factual trip
james was the best last night by a mile but i still think clarkson is the best overall i reckon clarkson buys one of them lamboghinis from the first week they are absolutley gorgeous if i only had the money i would buy one
Captain Slow being fast, awesome, you made the show really good James. can’t wait untill next weeks show.
will you let me have a go round the tracl in your chevorlet lacetti i could beat jimmy carrs time o problem my wife thinks hammond is a puppy dog with those big brown eyes but she fancys you jeremy she says your like the bfg
graet show lads best evr u cudnt of made it any better
keep up captain slow u deserved 2 get some payback on jezza!!!!
FACTS FACTS FACTS, Richard where is your Dodge Challenger ?
Jezza and Co, Do tell more about being on the radio…
Captin Slow what happened. to tell the truth i think that the stig may be captin slow. remeber in belgium when we fought the germans??? how come we didnt see any shots of the captin when the stig was racing round the track
i just forget to add. will young for a gay siger he was suprisnily ungay.
when will the house progeamme with him and jezza start
i will put it on sky+ seris link and keep along with all the episodes of tg
That was the most factual and boring show you guys have ever done. Really. I was not at all entertained, but very much informed. Really. You missed one fact though, the highlight of your normally less factual format: what’s going on with the Dacia Sandero?
Thank you, lads. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
After last week’s episode, which was so awful and utterly contemptuous of its audience that it made me want to harm myself, I was a little worried about the direction of this series. It looked like Series 8-9 redux. Then, as in the previous three series, you pulled an absolute classic out of your arse and made me a believer once more. Some hyperactive stylistic idiocy notwithstanding, it was a reminder of why I fell in love with this show in the first place: it was a love letter to the automobile. It was our three heroes experiencing the best of what cars can give us, and expressing it in such a way as to make us feel as though we’ve experienced it, too.
After blasting you for the horrible swing away from cars and towards pseudo-sitcom reality “entertainment” last week, at the expense of your longest-suffering and most loyal fans, it’s only fair that I take the time to tell just what an extraordinary job you did with this week’s episode. Keep it up, lads. And from a long-suffering petrolhead nostalgic for the pre-Series 8 days…thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I believe it was referenced to the top gear theme song (in the form of “Jessica” by Allman Brothers – I think) being aired on American radio in the film.
Post 259 is referenced to Post 254.
captain slow is a legend lol
latest show was epic
cant wait for next week
Great show really awesome!!!
Can’t wait til next week!!!
Sundays Top Gear was fantastic!! I found it really funny when Jeremy did a practice run in their Winnebego, with Hammond still in bed. I was crying with laughter!
Btw, Hammond’s Dodge Challenger is hot
xxxxx
OMG, its out!
James May is the Stig!!!!!
:O :O
AMAZING AND PURELY FACTUALL
James was a legend!!
I think James is one of the type who builds up energy, and then lets it blast out in short stints!
Brilliant Episode, best in a while.
Can’t wait for next week!
Top gear was quality on sunday hope this series lasts 4ever lol
GO CAPTAIN SLOW! What a guy, its nice to see jezza being overtaken for a change. Well done James keep up the good work.
JEZZA SAYS R U LISTENING FERRARI!!!!!!!!! HAVE 2 SAY LOVED THE ZR1 AND SLOW OR THE STIG BUT STIG DOESN’T HAVE A TUMMY AS THE SIZE OF SLOW. STILL RECKON WATCH OUT FOR THE GTR V-SPEC.
jes, jes, jes… James May comes to Suomi (Finland) to see Mika Häkkinen I suppose…
Face it we just are great in motorsport.
James, you are the best Car show presenter! I really like the way you are thinking about cars, I think the best was your first film, the Bentley, for the price of a mondeo! You should have more films on the show, and don’t let yourself down! GO GO GO and forever GO Captain Slow!!! You are my favourite!!!
hey yo cpt slow. you should be called “The Fast Gentleman”. you where the star of the show. epic episode lads
xx Race
Must say, this is now one of my favourite episodes. I was amazed at how far you can drive from your key! That was hilarious. And when… well I was about to list basically the whole contents of the show, so to shorten it I was amazed by all of it. Amazing.
my name is James.
In case the US State Department reads this, I would like to say that I was not entertained in any way.
Thank you.
Keep it up, boys!
By the way guys, hope no one gives you any problems about clipping those colonial yellow lines when drifting the ‘vette.
Extremely factual television! It was not entertaining in the slightest
Note to everyone: If you ever get pulled over by the 5 0 just tell the officer “My foot slipped off the clutch”….
WOOO! top gear is back to being a car show!! with proper road testing and no obviously planned ‘entertainment’ keep up the awesome work lads, can’t wait till next week’s episode.
WOOOOO
GO CAPTAIN FAST!!
you where the STAR of the show!
Go Captain Slow! For once that pubed-haired green-toothed fatso was taught a lesson(I meant Jeremy incase you hadn’t already guessed). The look on Jezza’s face! Someone from Top Gear please put a video of it on the InterWeb.
Captin slow … quick wat nxt clarkson being less anoying …? Nah but it came as a shock. Is he ill or someting? Or was that not the real May? …
stop the star in a resnobly priced car it is boring
this was one of the best episodes in a long time, american cars have seriously improved, i wouldn’t mind having any of the three on display last night.
jeremy has guts, making the joke about last weeks complaints, one of the funniest top gear jokes
James May, you’re my hero! Staying up all night gambling in Reno – good man! Hope you either won a decent amount or broke even. Can’t count how many times I’ve done the same when I was still living in Vegas. You were awesome in the mountains of Nevada, awesome getting the one-up on Jeremy about his Merc, and awesome on the salt flats. That was a great tour of the southwest, which is (besides Boston and New York City), my fave region of America. You’re the greatest, James! Love always from Maureen
Isn’t The Stig really Capt Slow in disguise? Remember the UK vs German war in Belgium, anyone?
Anyways, boys can you please help the 3 lame ducks hosting the Aussie version of Top Gear. I want a year round of Top Gear – not just 6 episodes of a show about cars and then 6 episodes of Top Gear.
last nights show was amazing. Clarkson i saw you at blackpool on the night the illuminations were switched on.
Can I just say, it was awesome hearing Hell March on TV, took me back to my Red Alert days as a kid!
Great show!!!!
I loved all of the cars in this show!
the challenger is my favourite… Hopefully they get a shot of the challenger srt10, it has an 8.4L V10 engine from the Viper SRT10!!! stunning!!
best show on tv
captin slow AKA THE STIG
is it me or is james getting cooler every week?
I’m so proud of James May, I knew he had it in him!
and he’s definately noy gay btw
This show was totally amazing!!! Thumbs up, team. Too bad it is not available on iTunes right after being aired…
loved last night’s show; James way to go!!! Put Jeremy in his place more often please, he does deserve it!!
But, James you hair was distinctly lighter… I do hope it was the studio lights and you have not resorted to the unmanly trend of dying it…
I see Hammond’s wig is still in residence.
Thank God, Jeremy did not apologise for the “lorry driver” remarks otherwise where would all this PC nonsense end…
I don’t know if it because the this weeks show incorporated genuine good looking muscle cars that we can all afford, or because the guys really bounced off each other in this episode, but I came away thinking that this was the best Top Gear I’ve ever seen (and thats quite a few!). They managed to incorporate a lot of laughs into a program which was about cars and not stunts. As far as programs go, it could not get any better. Long may it continue!
BLOODY GREAT EPISODE GUYS!!! ONE OF THE BEST TOP GEAR EPISODES EVER. KEEP IT UP GUYS!
im also starting to suspect that james may be the stig…
when is season 12 coming out?
LOVE the ZR1 and the Caddy!!! The baddest saloon and super car on planet earth.
The Yank’s are cranking out some amazing cars. You should have tried to get a Viper ACR for the road trip, which recently beat the ZR1’s Nurburgring lap time.
Please get the Stig in them soon.
I agree with the sudden surge of captain not so slow anymore being spectacular and the best thing on top gear so far,but it would have been so much better if we could have seen the whole of that scene though!Hope to see it in the outtakes very soon,because it needs to be shown and put as “Top Gears’ History”!So,PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE,since your website isn’t just about factuality,put the whole of that scene somewhere we could all share this proud moment of sudden change in the life of captain slow!
In the expectancy of seeing it very soon on here,I’ll enjoy watching you guys having some factual fun!
Stephane!
I live in usa and can only see replays, that was until I found a web site that has some shows on it including Sundays, I will not watch the american version of Top Gear there is no way you can replace these 3, Sundays show was one of the best so far, I wonder how much their speeding tickets were for lol.
Ed said… Please get the Stig in soon, they should include the Stig in more of those Challenges and take 3 different cars tests when those 3 go out on one, scramble his voice make him sound like Darth Vador or some one evil.
I think James can really drive well and go really fast. Maybe it’s just him being a gentleman or I don’t know just want to go fast at the right moment in time. If you may remember that where they took 3 supercars to France. Where James was really hammering it on those twisty roads
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James “Captain Slow” was absolutly awesome! He made the show! I’d like to see more driving like that from him.
i actually going to enjoy that nickname change, i have a good imagination about that james may as a captain something opposite.
Really outstanding show! Truly Epic.
Hey,
Nice Episode on sunday the cars were the best especially the Dodge Challenger what richard was driving and the corvette was alright what jeremy was driving and caption slows cars was rubbish.
(No Affence)
Hiya i really like top gear its very nice indeed ;]
Im sorry officer my foot silped of the cluch.
I always had a soft spot for the Capt. Even tho, or maybe because, he doesn’t give the impression of being any kind of petrol head… Nice to see him ratify my weakness for once : )
that was another brilliant episode, can’t wait for the next one. captain slow is a legend! i want that vette,even if it is made from plastic!
That adventure was thier best ever in new cars. and third overall after their first trip to the US #1 and thier africa adventure #2.Equal with Britsh Leylan adventure
I wish we had cars like that in Egypt.
I have just watched it at youtube and i thougth it was fake!! The captain must be seriously ill or something.
auggh!!!! why isn’t it on BBC America! we saved you from the germans twice and you won’t show us your telly shows in our country?!!!!??????????
Go Jaaames Go Jaaaaames Go Jaaaaames !
Give Captain Power and Hamsta a mouth full of dust to swallow! Jiiiiiiihhaaaaaaaa
Why does Jeremy always push on the back of a Vette’s rear bumper and proclaim that it’s flimsy?
It’s designed that way to absorb low speed rear impacts (backing into something, or a car bumping in to it) and not receive damage.
Doesn’t he understand?
No credit for the actual car, then? I love Top Gear, but a day going by without some silly nationalism rearing its head would be refreshing.
best show in a long time,
had a thought if you lads are reading….. book Christopher Walken for the star. please it would be epic
factual my butt that was awesome
well done captain slow you have found some speed
i am 14 jezza why are you not happy with breaking the salts records well done
i dont care if jezza said those things about lorry drivers its in his script i am also bored and now i have found something to do i am in school
james are you on drugs
i love the challenger its better than the others i seen ollies comment see if his dad can bring the challenger down and around the top ger track
Brilliant, well done James!
Couldn’t stop laughing at the look on Mr clarckson’s face when James over took him in a mad fit of power!!! lol!!
James you made the show, can’t wait to see what happen’s in this sunday’s ep!
I’ll be at MPH live on sunday in Birmingham, so will have to watch it on BBC Iplayer when I get home!
There! That’ll wipe that smirk of Jezza’s face! It was pure delight to see James enjoying himself so much! And finally changing his mind about his car. Thank goodness he didn’t win that hideous quad in the casino…
Go ahead trailblazer you!
julian comment 63 – the music was composed by Ludovico Einaudi. Once you listen to one of his albums (I recommend Divenire), you will see how many TV programs these days use his music. The bloke must be loaded with all the royalties!!!
In addition, the show was quality this week. The stuff with the lorries (while funny) was a bit Ant and Dec Saturday night takeaway type stuff because, while they were trying to highlight how difficult it was to be a lorry driver, they know absolutely nothing about them which just made it see like a gimmick. The road trips are always really funny and this one was no exception. What got into May!?! Overtaking?? Never thought I’d see the day. I’m surprised Jeremy never pointed out the Fiat 500 beat the Lotus Elise; that’s some car. And what is it with some of the people they meet? Do the cameras just attract the strangest people in the world? “Are you John Lennon?”, what sort of question is that.
So funny. Roll on Sunday.
Everybody who lives outside England, search for Corvette ZR1, Cadillac CTS-V & Challenger Test Drive. Part 1/4 on youtube.
Brilliant show, as always, but now that Captain Slow has proved he can be ‘quite fast’, HOW ABOUT HIM HAVING A GO OF THE TOP GEAR TEST TRACK????
Let him do a turn round it, see if he can beat Jezza’s time of 1 min 50 secs. I BET HE CAN!!!
Luv u guys, ur the best. xxxxxx
I find May very attractive… I wonder why?
Topgear is the best programe ever and when i saw may over take jezza i was in shock, great show lads…
Best TG in ages!
This series of Top Gear has been great so far! Though how could you miss out the Dacio Sandero in last sunday’s news section of the show? how will all of the Top Gear Fans cope with not hearing anymore about the Car?
haha
to carentusiast…
thank you for the utoob links. I’m about to break my long standing rule of not utoobing current TG episodes just so I can watch James pass brillohead. Way to get after it James!!
well done james captin slow……
more like captin go fast or captin stiggy
lol also Jermey had the balls to piss off all the PC do-gooders who wanted an appolgy as they have no sense of humor. we need more people like him then the country would be so much o a better place.
WOW topgear we actually really good dis week lyk always!!! keep up da good work boys…
Excellent to see James driving like a speed demon.
Please take care when doing so.
i cant wait to see the nxt ep.
I didnt think James would do that in a million years!!!!!!
stupid americans not allowing top gear to be entertaining! but this is an excellent show
ps when is the next special?
More ZR1’s on future shows please! What an awesome machine. I’m in love.
Meathead (Post 338) It’s a joke! They’re obviously not serious.
Jezza loves the ZR1. The other models (C6 and Z06) are fantastic too.
I love top gear!! Its the best show on the BBC and i think james may is lovely!!! lol xxx
WOW
TOPGEAR just gets betta every day nothing can beat it
and i also fink tht v8 muscle is the way forward great show guys keep up the good work
PS the humber bridge rules lmao
connor of grimsby
HEYDO U KNOW THE KIND OF OLDGAY I FOGORT HIS NAME BUT I THINK HE GOES QUITE INTO CARS BUT THE YOUNG GUYS OR SHALL I SAY THE ONLY YOUNG GUY RICHARD SHOULD CATCH UP ANYWAY I COULD NOT BELIVE CAPTIN SLOW WON THE MUSCLE CAR COMPETIOIN WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
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WOT A GREAT SHOW AND GREAT SECOND EPISODE . JAMES MAY IS CLASSICAL !! !!!
Thank you , great show as usual …. and remember!
Don’t be entertaining in any way because US officers watch.! Ha ha ha …. it is still making me laugh!
Fantastic. Genuine belly laughs when a) Capt Slow ended up in the ditch “I over corrected”; b) ‘pointing’ at the copper; c) ‘are you John Lennon?’ and d) the apology for not letting us know the GT3’s time. Great, great stuff. And that’s before even getting to the automotive stuff.
And please continue to ignore the pathetic moaners out there. They must watch each week just in case they might see something that upsets them – with OFCOM’s complaint line pre-programmed into their phones. How pathetic!
TG is the best show on TV.
I must say it was such a funny episode. probably the funniest so far. cant wait for the Blackpool episode.
& James will always be Captain Slow to me no matter how fast he goes.
Can’t tell everyone how big of a smile was on my face when all three of the boys loved that detroit iron…. ya know what no that detroit aluminum i think would be better. either way loved the episode.
What’s all this about “are you wearing that for a bet?” What’s the ‘in’ joke?
AWESOME EPISODE. After watching that epic film, American cars have gone up a notch in my books. Just one though…
NO MORE LONG INTERVIEWS WITH STUPID PEOPLE!!!! Clarkson is not the only person who prefers classic rock to the white noise that is considered music today!
… I honestly never thought as James May as slow. I always thought he was given the worst cars… like on purpose. like Ryan Styles was always handed the /worst/ parts on the American version of Whose Line is It Anyways. Seriously, looking back through all of the episodes I’ve seen, James always seems to show up in a lower class car.
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Also, what many of the the RIAA produces today isn’t music. There’s a reason Amazon.com and Pepsi are /still/ partnering on PepsiStuff, and there’s a reason why Apple Itunes has rocketed to the number one music reseller position.
Most bands, today, simply can’t come up with more than one or two good songs… if that. Most albums sold in stores today have one or two radio singles, then 8 or 9 “filler” tracks that just should have never been written or played.
The only… genre… and that’s not even the right term since the RIAA pigeonholed it as a genre, that typically avoids the 1-good-song-8-bad-songs trend is the so called “Christian Music” segment. Seriously, go find a copy of anything from Idle Cure, Liaison, White Cross, WhiteHeart, Petra, DC Talk (excluding Supernatural), Newsboys, OC SuperTones, Micheal W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Superchi[k],or just the entire Frontline Music Group catalog for that matter… then compare the number of “quality” tracks versus the pap that is served by RIAA members today. The ratio is astoundingly different. My personal opinion is that because “Christian” artists aren’t going out of their way to be obscene, vulgar, depressing, obnoxious, or whatever you want to call it, they put more of their talent into the music.
Classic Rock of old is very much like that as well. Case in point would be Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” You listen to it live… and it feels… emotional. I’ve heard remakes of “Simple Man” that are technically excellent, but just completely skip out on the emotion in the voice.
Awesome show! Keep up the good work!!
Just one thing…Hammond, please have someone fix your hair, it seems to be getting a little long
Otherwise, I continue to be thoroughly entertained by your show! You men made me love cars! Thank you!!!
Regards, Lisa
man dat episode was sik !!
haha james u crazi fuka, u wer drivn fast
jeremy u shudnt lie haha
best episode so far
top gears da best!
top gear wow why do we have to wait until next sunday
Captain Speed ? Captain Fast ? No, Captain Velocity !!!
Great episode Excellent. what was James at. It is a whole different james there was no Captain slow.
Loved it when James over took jeremy and jeremy trying to keep up with him. This is what Hammond and jeremy should be at.
Love it
and nothing to complain about either… all those people that complained last week must be so guted… LOSERS!!
No!! The Corvette ZR1, Cadillac CTS-V & Challenger Test Drive on youtube is deleted by BBC!! Why does bbc always delete the best videos on youtube!!>:(
Thecarenthusiast (361)
Videos are still on Youtube.
Correction. Only one part of the 4 videos are working. 1 – 4 all are the same.
The AMERICANS really annoyed me , doing that to TOP GEAR , I think they were being difficult on perpose because there jelouse that our Top Gear is the best.
I’m glad the boys rebeled aginst them ,in top gear style that’ll show them!!
Joanna
he was fast i cant
Coming to Finland?! Niiice
Finland for what? for seeing two ugly men beat each other to pulp?, hmm? but he has a point cause really it tickles me to know why finns are so fast on wheels.
When i saw Captain Slow going Fast i thought i had seen it all but knowing top gear there will be more crazy things than that (if possible
) throughout the rest of he series! Keep up the good work May!
only the other day, I was comlaining about the lack of conflict between factual and entertaining broadcasting and they fixed, unfortunately I’ve been struck ill, but I’ve spent my time reading a couple of Jeremy’s and James’ books from the library and I know why Jeremy is always picking on James. James was build as Jeremy’s replacement on old style top gear, thus James doesn’t have to prove his worth to the bbc by being stupidly fast, where as Jeremy left and had to come grovelling back to the bbc, so he does.
I’ve only just caught up on it! Was seriously impressed by James’ driving – always knew he had it in him – but my respect vanished this morning because a certain someone was papped in the Sun towing a caravan with his old Rolls…and the BBC are saying it was “in a private capacity”…tut tut, James. Your street cred from the speed is disappearing fast…
Top gear was well gud. I cannot wait to see next weeks!!!
Wow! You should give James a nick change, from Captain Slow to…. Captain Slow-gone-fast or Leiutenant Nuts-and-Bolts-polisher or something like that!
That episode was hilarious,brilliant,fanta stic and amazing in every way. In a factual way of course.
Oh and I would never have expected anything as mature from Jezza as an apoligy. so well done.
I did love the challenger the best though. In a factual way of course.
absolutley the best car show to must watch.you guys will even take a economy car and try an tear up the track. just the best show out there.
does anyone think that jezza had the fastest car
actually yes, way better than episode 1, cheers guys : )
you guys rock.Why cant you have longer seasons?
MY JAMES MAY PATIOTIC MESSAGE
I think james is incredibly underated because anyone knows who jeremy or richard is! but no one whos not into cars knows who james is which is unfair so i ask viewers top gear fans people who dont even watch top gear go may he will lead us to fast cars lamborghinis bugattis ferraris afas and astons HE WILL SAVE US FROM THE GREENS THE COCKS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY KEN LIVINSTON AND NOW THIS WEEK IF THE UNDISPUTED RULER OF THE WORD WE WOULD HAVE 300MPH ROCKETS AND IF WE DIDNT DRIVE 300 MPH WE WILL BE SHOT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME SO INSTEAD OF A CLARKSON PETITION MAKE A MAY PETITION FOR PM!!!!!!!!
SO VOTE JAMES MAY FOR PRIME MINISTER INSTEAD OF SIR LORD (THINKS HES JUST LIKE US) CAMEROON THE IV OR BROWN TURD
JAMES MAY 2009
P.S IF 100 PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRUCKER JOKE THAT MEANS 349999900 PEOPLE FOUND IT FUNNY!
burnout then crash, good one james
How about captain new found speedfreak for a new nickname for doggy james?cant wait for sunday,only 2 days 2 go,yipee!
Have a theory that the former captain slow may become the become the new mr poweeeeeeeeeeeer in this series. Think your right when you say maxing the veyron has given him the taste for speed!!
Love top gear and everything affiliated!!!!
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As does everyone who loves tg i want to be the fourth presenter lol (dreaming again lol)
Thats a great show
i’m going to watch it again tommorow on dave!
i lv dave! (the channel)
(i am not swiss by the way. i am british cause british rule!)
Stopped watching the show yonks ago no ones allowed an opinion except that pratt clarkson, could someone explain what the shows all about ime an ex professinal driver (packed up due to all you pratts on the road)& ive never once seen any cars driven like this lot do, whats the point? you dont chuck rollers in to bends like they do & ive never yet seen any of these luxury cars doing doughnuts, about the only ones ive seen driving like this are the kids in older beemers, hot hatches that are passed there sell by date, & half you lot after a night out on the piss, saw the american episode what a load of crap i dont know which engine option the challenger had but considering shorthouse has owned american muscle before he should have been able to do better than that, & if i remeber rightly clarksons vet was a manual thats the easiest thing in the world to do a long smokey burnout in, lets hope this show goes the way of lots of others in this present climate, IN THE BIN & no i dont own a 998cc econo car my daily ride is your normal middle price saloon but my summer weekend/ fine weather ride is a american 1969 plymouth with a warmed over big block that reguarly gets thrashed up santa pod, thankfully not much euro tin gets up there to the meets i attend otherwise ide have to give that up as well, long live overhauling, barry white customs, & shows like that not the crap we put on over here. you’llhave a nice day.