It was fantastic !!!!!

I thought tonights was good, and it was nice to see a race with just Hammond and May, actually racing and not really cocking about, although i did miss Jeremy’s shoting and opinions..
Also, is the V8 blender really going to be turned into a hoover? If not it should becuase that would be funny tv!!
Also, the editing on the M3 and Lezus tests was excellent! Good work guys

The funniest so far Good job guys x.

Volvo V70 subzero, I agree.

The show was great as normal the BMW test was another clasic by jeremy and what a good race with may and hammond shame about the police though,

Todays top gear was really good I loved that ferrari Daytona it is one of those cars you would love to have but you would never actually want to own one if know what I mean. i thought that boat was abit daft id rather have a Aston Martin One-77 if im honest.

The bus racing was good but they should have blown them all up like buses deserve.

Kevin McCloud was very very good probably the quickest person ever who really does actually cares for the environment (except for him having once a TVR).

A tunnel and a v12 ferrari. Doesn’t get any better than that

Hammond looked really at home in that daytona. Great to see cool wall again too. Volvo V70 subzero?????? It’s about as subzreo as the morgan aeromax is uncool, even if Richard does own one!!!! Great show, best series so far

Oh and i think Jeremy Clarkson was the only person in the world who didnt like the M3 eventhough BMW drivers drove them (now Audi drivers thank god for that).

And totally dissagree with the Volvo it is like driving around in a korean car only safer but with a worse warranty.

Does anyone else think that the Daytona is not beautiful? I fear for my life saying this here. I do not like it at all.

Zondas are beautiful, Lambos are stunning; the Superleggera is a hunk of…well, sex. and the new one on the show last week is to die for. The Murcielago was the car that i first car i fell in love with.

But that Farrari does nothing for me at all…maybe its a mans car…maybe im not human…anyone else out there?

Top Gear and Spooks are ALWAYS the two best programmes of the week!

Kevin McCloud was superb – is there anything he isn’t good at?!

Keep up the good work TG team

“Hammond’s run in the 40 year old Ferrari Daytona against Hammond in his multimillion-pound powerboat in a race from Portofino to St Tropez was what Top Gear’s all about.”

Hammond racing himself? Now that I’d like to see!

This episode was splendid, and I really thought it was the best of the series so far. The usual banter, a good power test, and a fantastic race. For that kind of money, though, I think I’d prefer the One-77 over a boat with a carbon fibre toilet!

This episode was just as amzing as the rest have been so far.

Jeremy, the shoes are briliant.

Hope your feeling better now James?

The Speedboat was amazing, I do recall reading about the exploits you had on board and although it looked exciting the thoughts of having to sit on that seat wouldn’t have thrilled me at all.

Another show nearer the end of this series. It would be cool if the show and a few of the more unusual episodes could be put to DVD. I know there are the one off specials etc, but one can never have enough Top Gear.

Regards to you all. You all deserve a nice long break somewhere hot to re-charge your batteries.

dont you mean May’s speedboat? i didnt think the episode was that gr8 tonight. what was the bus racing all about??? i didnt find that funny. highlight of the night was jeremys theory of magnets in cars!!!

Another great show, packed full of different articles, but unlike the Avantime episode, everything felt balanced and complimentary. Good to see the running gags have been pulled back a bit – everything seemed a lot more natural this week, and even with the boys being full of lurgy, it all worked. Cars, a great SIARPC, excellent audience banter with the Cool Wall (I’ve always believed Volvos were cool, though not so much for how they look as what you can get away with in the back of them) an enjoyable news and a fantastic race. The only bit that didn’t quite do it for me was the buses, but even then it was fun and it kept me entertained.

Great work all round. Thank you

that bus challenge was thught up to get rid of five buses which is a good idea and made good tv. the daytona what a car it was nice in the blue. i thought kevin mcCloud would have been that fast. if it’s true about the V8 food blender just mind out you don’t lose the hamster up the pipe. also james shoe’s and hammonds shirt what next the news being done in bath robes and shower caps. italian cops what pigs stopping all the fun. Also a cool volvo what a revelation it’s nice and crisp. about the magnets taking about it a few months ago with friends, use electro magnets which can convert to north and south sides attached to a computer of some sorts that controls it. once again a five star show hopefuuly nextweeks will be as good as the rest of the series

did anyone else notice the fit girl with her lip pierced on there tonight?

i ment V8 hoover. i type like a cazed bat on ectasy. sorry for the typo error

Absolutely BRILLIANT episode!!
The bus experiment was awesome!!
The little race at the end was epic!! Loved it when Hammond and the TV crew got pulled over by the police, and then so did James
And as for the star in the reasonably priced car, I was amazed!! So close from the top!

And the Cool Wall finally made an appearance! Yay!

Can I just ask, what was in the box by the side of Jeremy’s chair during the News Segment? And will Top Gear Dog be making a little appearance in the future or has she gone from the show for good?

Keep up the good work, the show is brill!!

that porche is basically a strecth of a 911 but it hasn’t broken in two like the panda strecth. i ment crazed bat not cazed bat sorry again for the typo error

great episode guys audi owners are cocks!

richard i love the daytona look ####ing great

cant wait till next week

Cracking episode, and there’s definitely one special mention needed – the cinematography and production throughout all of the features was stunning, up there with James’ Veryon V-Max feature, the search for the greatest driving road, and the supercars to France expedition. Anything that can make the Lexus look edgy and dangerous must be doing something right!

Credit all round, tonights show will make a fine vintage

Cool Wall was too funny

T.G was excellent,the bus item was ok just for entainment value. The race with the Hamster and Captain Slow is one of the best yet, made a change from Jeremy usually shouting powerrrrrr. The Hamster looked cool driving the Daytona, can’t help feeling that both the police incidents were staged?? Yes James yr shoes looked unique and trendy. Hope you have recovered from the powerboat, nice bit of kit though even with the carbon loo.

Keep up the good work guys.

Two words – great show.
But the end was even better than just “great”. For 20 minutes or so I was away! In love. I’m sure what I’ll be dreaming this night – a cruise to Saint Tropez in the legendary Daytona, but may be convertible. Hammond – you’re one lucky man!

top show as useual,
obviosly the bemmer would come out over the jumped up grandad wagon sorry lexus!
and where do i sign up for bus racing?!?!?!

Great show!
Really not agreeing with the whole Audi/cock thing. I still think it’s the BMW owners. Would rather have the Lexus anyday!
Loved the race with hammond and may, was real TG at it’s best def the best film this series. It was good to have a rest from Jeremy!
Get better soon boys!

Back on track! One of THE best episodes in a past few seasons. No doubt about that! Keep on going!
Again, Ferrari part – superb, Lexus and BMW – superb!
Felt like first seasons again – great entertaining show for car enthusiasts.

is it just me or top gear seems to be too short…should last 2 hours =D

great show always bet when the great cars are joined with the greatest entertainment show on the box.

great show please please, i could keep going, do not stop continue until the earth dies with the same three amazing presenters of cause

completly agree ACE

Lovley eposide makes me want to go on holiday there!! cant wait for next week that should be intresting

Thats true the longer the better

it seems to have passed everyone bye

it was the 100th episode tonight

mole get your act together

When Jeremy said if the car was designed in TWickenham and built in ATtercliffe. OMG too funny.

Permission to rant?

Was bored by the M3 segment I completely tuned out& and missed the switch to the lexus.

The Bus segment would have been better as a challenge/competition between the 3 presenters a la lorries, tractors, amphibious vehicles. They’ve been a lot more entertaining than the mpv, campervan racing with touring car drivers.

Tuned out whilst the ‘celebrity’ was speaking but appreciated the quick lap

Too much insulting/patronising the audience during the cool wall segment.

I didn’t think the race between a boat & an ugly old Ferrari was grand enough to care about.

The first episodes kept getting better but seemed to peak at episode 3. You’d already used the premise for last week’s show when JC drove the A8 on a single tank a few series ago so it was hard to enjoy and this episode was no better.

Just my honest opinion.

M3 drivers are still bunch of cocks!!

The bus racing was so funny I nearly cried – much better episode than the avantime one – the only one I haven’t really liked so far.

Best programme on TV!

I’m really looking forward to next week. Many, many years ago I failed my second driving test with one minor in Basingstoke. Aparently almost driving into another car 100 yards from the test centre is not allowed; who knew? (For anybody who is mercifully ignorent of Basingstoke, it’s most famous son is Liz Hurley and she isn’t really from there, she’s from up the road. Imagine Milton Keynes crossed with Morocco and rendered in low grade white plastic. Really.)

Anyway. Great show and fantastic to have a celeb on who was actually interested in cars.

Extraordinary episode. I think it is one of (if not the) best episodes in a long while. The bus race was very funny, and I have to say I actually laughed hard; the Ferrari Daytona race also was brilliant (I liked the fact that the race wasn’t split up in half); and the M3/IS-F, well, it confirmed what I already knew. Great job guys, keep it up!

Another great episode. This really is an excellent season so far. The balance is just right!
Thank you for giving us so much James and Richard this season – especially James! At last!
You are truly making up for Season 11!
Loved the race – Richard falling in love with the Daytona, ha!

want to see the c63 go around the track

Two words only necessary to describe this brilliant show, and it’s not all about the cars- ‘Pure entertainment.’

This series is soooo boring!

Another great show, up to the usual standard. Having films which are short and sweet seems to work well to keep the variety going. Nice to see the cool wall again… should’ve put the Daytona on sub-zero to celebrate its birthday!

it was great to see that the top gear show was normal tonight not like the top gear live show that was on in ireland. a lot of people here enjoy the tv show here either the bbc or dave. top gear live is based at the boy racer not the serious tv show fan.

jeremy, richard and james. i am from bulgaria i follow your show and listen to your advice bur sometimes i think jeremy is talking out of his ass i have in my company a couple of cars and i find that some older cars are better than the new ones how is that? I have a merc s550 us edition, a bmw x5 4.6is a subaru tribeca fisrt edition, a merc e320 4matic and an audi s8 final edition from the first batch. i love the audi the rest are a piece of crap. the audi is my favourite and in a country like bulgaria being subtle is great but yet i can kill it up to 280kmh. love to meet you here. love you every sunday i have to download you every sunday. and i agree that porsche better shoot themselves after i saw the lamborghini last week. kill em all let god sort them

Haven’t watched it yet!

I thought tonights was a bit boring, hoped the Bus bit was a challenge with the 3 of them like with the Trucks, wasnt as good as i had hoped!

There were no Cars mentioned really, the bmw and lexus…

they road tested a 1950’s car :S and a brand new boat and drove around in buses. the cool wall was on for too long, they tried to make it drag on for the hour but it got a bit boring :\.

i hope next week is better, i have a feeling it’s the china one!

seeming as Top Gear is now so loved, we can pretty much call it our natinal treasure, why don’t we decorate busy large round-a-bouts with the wreckage you cause? I mean, when I was racing at Lyden Hill in October, I saw that you’d left the buses there to rot! why not set up Top Gear memorials around the country and show off what you’ve achieved? I’d love to see the Fiat Limo erected vertically just off the A3 in Guildford, or the Alfa’s set up in tandem as a centre piece at the M40 turn off towards Silverstone. Might actually bring tourism to an area id you’re lucky. Just a thought.

I doubt CLARKSON was the genuine sole creator of the magnet car idea, but had more likely “seen it on the internet”!.
I do ask however, why non of the three being fairly mechanical, (i use this term loosly) suggested having the same pole magnets at either end of a car. This would repel cars in either direction. This could also work on buses to repel cyclists (if bikes were steel)…pitch that one to Hammond!!

Great show!

What was the morse code message about?

Cool Wall was great, but GT-R deserves to be at least “Cool” simply for breaking Jeremey’s neck last season.

Brilliant show! And Jeremy you are completely right about the volvo!
My dads old V70 may look dull and erm, volvo-ey but it goes like stink!! Saxos at the lights have no chance, i don’t think the chavs will ever be able to let that down. Its a car for the hidden petrol head.
An that daytona! wow, i think that would fit in nicely at Sea view in Lichfield(isn’t that near one of the various lakes of the teeny city?).
What are porsche thinking? They should just stick with the impratical, speedy forms oof transport. Just get a gt3 and replace the fire-extinguisher with a child seat. Done.
Jeremy you stole my plan! Magnetic bumpers was my idea!! BUt i realised parking near lamposts would be an issue, and the fuel economy would be severely increased due to people with pacemakers collecting on the bonnet. Not very aerodynamic! Can’t wait till next week!

my 22 month old son loves the show…he’s already car obsessed
he found the magnet bumpered model car falling off the table hillarious

I hope that the boys get a good bit of rest before Wednesday’s filming. They must really be feeling it now after Dublin. Poor James didn’t sound to good during Doctor Clarkson giving his sympathetic support too in true Jezza fashion. Seriously I do hope that the boys are feeling much better soon.

I did enjoy tonight’s episode, perhaps not as much as last week. I can’t help thinking there were a the odd digs/answers to blog comments. People were recently asking for the Cool Wall again and it appeared and the SIARPC segment seemed shorter to me too.

I sort of felt the pain that James felt in that boat and it made me cringe a few times as he hit his seat. His poor back and backside must’ve been in agony.

The bit at the end of the Cool Wall with the shoes cracked me up when James’ appeared. His face and the audiences reaction cracked me up even more.

I just had a crash in that horrid Lexus. You’ll find out more about that next week.

It was alright. It would be nice to see the Avantime come back and also a review of the Maserati Granturismo S would be great.

It was a great show! It had everything that Top Gear stands for…the car reviews, the crazy bus race, the cool wall, and another race, this time between the Ferrari Daytona and the boat. The segment with Kevin McCloud was a true bombshell too.

I look forward to next week’s show! Now if only you guys can bring Top Gear Live to the U.S. That would be brilliant!

Volvo is the only option! Yes! Clarkson is dead on!

When would Jason Statham ever appear on the show?? Driver of both the Italian (Miami) Job, Transporter 1 – 3 and all round good guy… Bet he could take a shot at Jay Kay on the leaderboard… =)

Great! This season has been loads of fun, although i must ask; i know Jeremys position on Americans, but what does he think about Canadians like me?

I really enjoyed the last bit with the Ferrari Daytona, its pure class no matter how you look at it. Here in North America people always love the 67 mustang, but that Ferrari (which i highly prefer to the mustang) looks so at home in Italy.

First: I would gladly pay to watch TG online, we don’t get proper BBC in Canada. Second: drop “star in reasonbly priced car” and replace by used car reveiw, the modern classic section, for all us mortals with a budget and a wife.Third; i like how James seems to be getting a more central role, a true counter to Jezza. And final; great show thank you.

it got me thinking is the stig tom chilton as hammond mentioned “for the 2nd time tonight on the show tom chilton” or have i missed something there and he was on again which i hope so as hopes and dreams off hill/swift combo as the stig would be shattered, and all credit to you guys at top gear for keeping his idenity hinding for so long now but i think its got quite boaring now and the power lap oard needs restarting as it’s to tall now you could just put white stig at top and start fresh also bring on 3 wheeler racing lads i know its been done b4 but lets face it clackson would rule at it lol

i liked the race although at one point it was kinda …. weird it had all the good bits but it didnt catch my imagination, and the same for the busses it had all the good things but it just wasnt extremely entertaining, i dont think top gear this series feels the same as it did in the past, i think the best Top Gear was series 8 then 9 wasnt great but it was understandable because of what happened to Hammond, 10 was good and getting back to normal, 11 was great just a bit too short … but suddenly 12 just doesnt feel the same, it feels as if its missing substance, the components are all right but it just lost some of the greatness, feels as if it is not the highest quality that is coming out of the editting room since the series was rushed at production, the good stuff is there somewhere just behind the main point and slightly less good stuff the makes it to air.

Great show, felt fresh all the way through

good stuff, love the BMW M3 and the ferrari daytona!

may i ask, why doesn’t Top Gear post those outtakes clips right after the show has finished, instead of days or weeks after that episode has been broadcasted???
WHY???

latest episode was great btw

Best episode of this series by a mile. Too many good points to go through, but the bus race was more terrifying than Saw II and the cool wall and news were back to their hilarious best. The Daytona film was the highlight. I fell in love with Richard falling in love with the Daytona (though I would rather have been in the boat – sorry), and his reaction when they were pulled over by the police was priceless.

Just a word for Jeremy though – it is possible to love Top Gear AND Jane Austen. Her books have loads of drama in them, though maybe not quite as much as an M3.

it was so hilarious, especially the bit when jeremy said “you cant be american, your not fat enough”

Ok .. After shopping around for a new saloon, I came down to the M3 or the ISF. While I am a complete fan of the series, sometimes I think the guys (read Jeremy) takes a lot of pre conceived notions and bias into the tests. For example, if he was actually on the track with the ISF gearbox in auto to have complaints about gear hunting, wtf ? And what is with looking down at the shift lever while out on the track? To me that is a sign that he really didn’t spend a lot of time in it to get used to it before the race. On the otherhand he has been driving M3’s for years. I will admit though that he is correct that the ISF is a harsh ride.
Don’t get me wrong, the M3 is a beutiful machine and has a lot of history to draw from to tune out flaws over the years. That much is expected, but at least give each it’s due and don’t turn around and lump up an entire duel between arguably 2 of the best saloons in the world into a short opening segment and dragrace plz.
And yes, as you might guess, I am the proud owner of an ISF. They were really close but in the end I chose the ISF, not because it was better but because there were already 3 M3’s on my street alone and I like the fact that I have only seen 1 other ISF on the street in 3 months

love the show, all in all an amaizing episode…. a series for that matter, keep up the good work guys.

I think that episode 5 is the funniest one so far and I loved that Ferrari Daytona.

@Minty: Tom Chilton was on the show in the past, as a driver in the Historic People Carrier Race.

My one complaint is that Jezza is always overlooking the new lotus evora when talking about fast 4 seaters….
otherwise brilliant show.

Again a fabulous show!

It was a nice idea to do the Cool Wall with the MPH cars!

The race was epic and oddly enough James won which was great for a change! The Daytona was a lovely car. Can’t wait for the next episode!

Great episode, loved the touring car drivers racing the buses! Met most of them and they’re really great guys!

A brillant show from start to finish … possiable the best of the series. Who tipped off the Police on the race tho ( I would be looking at the paps or 5th gear for that).

And internet porn + v8 engine .. yeah well the ideas going round my house werent legal let alone typable.. that said we were crying with laughter.

If any of you guys want to repeat that bus race .. try round here please we need that humour on the roads.

Seriously an absolute classic well done all of you.

Top Gear is STILL the best programme on the BBC, can we have 2hour episodes as standard please, please

it has outgrown it’s one hour time slot.

Cars and Cocking about….genius

more please…

Magnets on cars?
Genius.

That was a good show. The M3, 1.25! Quicker than I expected.

Clarkson has definatly lost his marbles…

The GT-R which was voted the best car of the year – un-cool, yet a Volvo Estate gets Sub – Zero ….

What would you rather drive or be seen in?

The only time Clarkson has been in a Volvo Estate was when he was stopped for speeding, and then he just sat in the back… Where the GT-R tried to break his neck.. Come on GT-R’s…

I have driven the same Audi RS4 for 7 years, and for no reason have gone from being cool to a cock without changing my car…

R.

Volvo V70?!? omfgroflmao

Liked the roadtest, but there was just one (albeit with two cars) which isnt enough. As for the V8 stuff, if you had a V8 avaliable, why wasnt that put in the big renault when you were modifying it?

Anyway as for the race, I liked the car, I liked the fact that captain slow got battered rather than taking the boring option. But no JC? That does cut out some of the comedy I have to say.

I feel that people who mention the Daytona, Zonda and a Superleggera in the same breath are missing a big point……. about 30 years…

R

Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the Shoe gag with James. I was in tears when the camera went up and it was James. Pure gold.

Great episode as always.

still on top of the morse messages. great show as ever. i wish some random blonde would stand next to my car for a photo shoot.

Yeah, the Cool Wall is back!!!
The challenge was at a fantastic location; those roads, so many memories… The BMW Vs Lexus was okay. BUT the bus racing was TOO SHORT!!!
It was nice to see some much more natural ‘cocking about’. Although the Guys still looked really tired, actually by the pantomine dame level of makeup they had on I’d say they had a bad hangover or Man-flu!
Lots of hugs, and chicken soup to you all. xx

if you want something different around your track and the ultimate test why not invite some of the drifters to the track

I really enjoyed this episode alot. It had everything Top Gear is all about. It was nice to finally see the Cool Wall again. I was missing it. I also like how the SIARPC has been going in this and the last episode. Just the right amount of time and a fun lap. I loved the bus race and the race between Richard and James. Poor sweety. That boat really did him in. The Daytona was gorgeous and Richard is very lucky to have a go in it. Jeremy’s review of the BMW and Lexus were spot on.

Guys, please take care of yourselves and get well soon. I hate seeing good people suffer. I really loved this episode. Keep up the great work, guys. I look forward to next week’s episode too.

Was that Mrs Hammond at the Cool Wall when they were talking about the Morgan? Nice……

Tom Chilton was in both the bus racing, and the BMW v Lexus segments.

it was fantastic as usual

i hope the V8 blender is being turned into a hoover – classic top gear tht wud b lol#

finally a race with no jeremy + hammond still doesn’t win – i was hoping he wud win

good to see the cool wall bck – nt sure the volvo belongs in sub cool – maybe in seriously UNCOOL
wat was jeremy thinkin ??

Morse code was bck this week – wonder what they sed this time ??????

keep up the good work lads lovin the series

I think that jeremy clarkson has been hit on the head. I am refering to the position the Volvo V70 has taken up on the shows cool wall. This is ridiculus as everybody knows that Volvo’s are crap and that volvo drivers are the worlds worst ever.

Once again great show. The Porsche Panamera looks like the Carlton Carrera kit car of the 80’s…been done before!
And when you said it was the 40th anniversary of a great car I thought it was going to be the trendsetting Reliant Scimitar GTE. The first car with split rear seats and rear windscreen wiper as standard. Nearly every car has this today.

Bus racing – BRILLIANT!

Great show – I only have one comment though and it is to do with my (slight) obsession with Richard Hammond – what is going on with you hair Hamster!? In the bus race you looked really cute with nice hair – why do you insist on wearing products in your hair in the studio!?! Other than that it was a corker

fantastic, im surprised daytona lost

I really felt for James in his carbonfibre superboat. What a punishment that looked like.

The green eyed monster was stirred in me when I saw Hammond was going to be driving those roads in the beautiful Ferrari Daytona. Its a fantastic drive… but unfortunately its just not the same when you do it in a 1.5 dCi Clio.

What is wrong with the police in Italy? Why are they driving around in Audis? Where is their sense of patriotism? Where are the Alfa Romeo 159 Sport Wagons? Shame on them. Still, at least their uniforms are still superb. I was surprised that Hammond didn’t comment on the fact that since they were driving an Audi, they are obviously total C**KS.

Delighted to see the cool wall back… but the V70? Em. Cool possibly. But Sub Zero? No.

The BMW Lexus confrontation was interesting. This is the sort of thing I like to see on TopGear when there is no epic challenge going on.

Great show overall. Loved it.

how is the nissan gtr uncool! I think the lexus is-f is the better car over all, but the show is brilliant as usual!! Keep going guys

Feedback is that the 3 guys were absolutely dying with the flu. May had to leave the stage at one point as he was overcome with a fit of coughing. Get well soon gents. Hope you’ll be back again as I missed out this time.

The GTR is not uncool you stupid berk!

I totally agree with Hammond, i wouldn’t care about loosing if i was driving a Daytona to Saint Tropez!!

Keep filming boys!!

Don’t you hate it when half of your message doesn’t post.

Curious racer said at 1:52…”What about the top gear cars as memorials”.
I saw a transporter loaded with them a couple of weeks back on the A34/M4 junction. The stretched MGF, Rozzers escort etc….where were they going?

Ps. The Volvo V70 isn’t, and never will be, super cool- unless TopGear is now being driven by idiotic boring arseholes!

I’ve been a bit negative about this series, especially the infamous Avantime episode, but I thought this was a bit of a return to form.
A test, a power lap, a race, a good SiaRPC, and some dicking about. Almost the perfect balance. If anything I’d ask for a couple of tests per episode, even if one (or on a rare occasion occasion both) is a real-world car.
Looking forward to next week.

I enjoyed that one – sometimes it’s nice to have lots of smaller segments and more interaction with the audience. And I really like the Cool Wall, I always have – reasoned discussions and all that (not!).

And after all that discussion here and on the ‘other’ site about the spark, I’d say it’s definitely still there. Comes out best when they’re taking the mickey out of each other. I suspect that we miss the best bits of the ’spark’ purely because they can’t show it before the watershed (or possibly not at all!)

Sorry to hear you crashed again Jeremy, but at least it wasn’t in anything you actually liked. Can you try and get to the end of the year in one piece though, please?

*passes James single malt to kill germs and looks forward to the recipe of the day over at the DT*

Oh yes, and the return of the Cool Wall.

Why does Clarkson hate Porcshes? He seems to judge them even before seeing one in real life! I know that styling is a matter of taste but surely somebody who thinks that Jaguar XF is not dull can’t claim that Porsche’s desing is dull! Also, I think that the GT2 clip was a work of a bitter, crumpy old man.. sad it was..

Sorry Jeremy, I hate to say it but Porshce just makes better sport cars than Aston or Jag! Just ingnore the patriotic voice in your head and judge the car by their abilities, not by the country of manufacturing!

I totally agree with Mark. I do like the show but would like to see some proper car reviews, not just “I’d take the Aston anyday” kind of rubbish!

I’d actully like to see the GT2 going ’round the track again. I really reckon it is faster than the Lambo..

Damn that american girl hot

Good old top gear feel on this episode. not any forced dicking about, semiaffordable cars in the m3/lexus segment(not zonda/lambo/bugatti, dont misunderstand, i love those to) and a nice race at the end. hammond looked like he could stay in that daytona on the riviera forever. best moment ever with james and the shoes!:D dont know if this is clearifyed further up, but that spikyhair touringcar bloke(i am from norway so havent heard of him that much) was both in the bus segment and in the m3/lexus bit.

as said earlier, good olf tg feel. reminds me of the 6 and 7 series, the best ever! until now that is!:D

#old

I sympathised entirely with James and Richard getting stopped by the ultra officious Polizia, having been there and done that on several occasions – most recently when parking my Jag near the leaning tower of Pisa and having to prove (at gunpoint!!) that the car was mine. Oh, and don’t ever be stopped in Italian waters in a boat without every last piece of paperwork and safety equipment being absolutely in order……

Another great show – except the Volvos addition to the cool wall. WHAT are you thinking Jermey?!

Highlight for me was probably the bus rallycross. Great, er, “racing” and a chance to see the highly underrated Lydden Hill circuit on TV!

GET THAT VOLVO DOWN FROM THE COOL WALL!!!!!

Clarkson is slighty out of touch with things if he believes cocks drive Audi’s… Wait and see, all the casual car fans will go round saying this as if their cool… just not. And the British is best stance is olllllllllllld. Just except that US and German cars are good… It’s always rubbish when someone just dismisses a US car because Top Gear said so… really? grow up…

yay! the Cool Wall is back

An M3, some dead buses, toy cars, a Ferrari racing a speedboat, sunshine, a very fast lap, a ‘brilliant idea’ from Jeremy and a sore bottom – classic Top Gear!!

has it now become a series challenge to get stopped by the police in every country you visit..?

oh, and if you’ve run out clothing bets for the news segment I’ll bet any one of the presenters a bag of crisps and a bar of chocolate that none of them will wear a kilt before the end of the series…

@Minty: Tom Chilton was driving the M3 when Mr Clarkson was chasing him in the Lexus round the track.

love it really good had to watch it this morring though. i want buses to do that on the road because it would liven up the day. James get well soon

Another great show. Cool wall was fantastic. Think they have invented a new sport with bus racing, would like to see the buses return as a challenge with Jeremy, James and Hamster.

Looking forward to next week and the Fiesta, but still in shock that you’ve actually got a normal car on the show!!!

Top show once again! Loved the bus racing, brilliant stuff!! Cant wait for nest week though as Boris Johnson is the star in the Chevy, should be good!!

Great show… Let’s get the magnet invention on the go!

It was just………. AMAZING!!!!!
Best tv you can find anywhere, on any station!!
I’m from belgium and i hope the boys keep making top gear for as long as possible!
Keep em’ coming

Grtz from belgium

Am I alone in the opinion that the Daytona just didn’t do anything for me?
It looked slightly Ford Capri-ish, not one of the best looking cars anyway…

Anyhoo, top show. Can’t wait for the V8 hoover!

Kevin brilliant, buses lol, I kinda like the Daytona now. Except for it being old (cranky gearbox) and costly, this is what makes me like driving in the first place.

I personally prefer the 250 GTO to the Daytona; I’ve never been a fan of the nose on the Daytona.

With regard to the Audi/BMW argument I’ve met a few Audi driving individuals who’ve been cocks but, to date, I’ve yet to meet a BMW driver (either M3 or Z4) who isn’t a complete bell end.

Still, I have faith in Clarkson, and time will tell if he’s correct!

Does Jeremy realise that it is he who has turned the Audi in to a car driven by “cocks”.
As when he raced a chap called Leo up a mountain in one he said it was better than the M3.
Clarkson must accept all responsibility for this, could someone inform him!!
As with that single comment he turned me into a cock.

@Gareth: I think we all noticed her, yeah. I couldn’t stop looking. There’s always at least one pretty girl somewhere in the first rows. This night there were quite a lot, but she really stood out.

Around here, anyone driving a car bigger than an Aygo is considered a cock these days… In a few years, anyone driving any kind of car is considered an easy target for cockettery.

Here is Holland btw

the show was fantastic!!!! as Usual

some of the cool wall was done on Top Gear Live

in Dublin

yea top Gear should be longer.

I have to say that BMW drivers are so full of themselves whereas audi drivers actually appreciate the cars rather than shoving it in peoples faces that they are an idiot with money and they don’t know what to do with. I’m a complete Audi follower as they are truly brilliant cars like the R8

does anyone know what the stig’s morce code was saying.

Show was brilliant as usual!! The best show ever!!

Have to admit I’m being highly amused by the amount of innuendo and smut that keeps turning up!

I noticed the thing about Audi drivers ages ago, when I was learning to drive. I thought that they were just as bad as BMW drivers, but thought they could hide it better. Seems I was right after all!

As usual, sundays episode was brilliant! However there was one problem with it. When Kevin McCloud was given his time and Clarkson was comparing it with JK’s time he said it was half a second slower, when infact it was only half of a tenth of a second slower. Really looking forward to seing the V8 powered hoover. Keep up the great TV.

fantastic episode, loved the bit in the harbour with James during the race

JAMES: lets go (enthusiastic voice)

PILOT: we’re hading in completely the wrong direction

ahhh, captain sense of direction makes a welcome return!

Great eapisode lads, keep working your magic!

Good episode but Daytona ‘race’ was poor. Why have a race when a more focused review on a great car would have been better ? Also boat versus car has been done recently and much better. Loved the bus race !

Thank you Top Gear for another brillant show!

I throughly enjoyed the test drive comparison of the Lexus IS-F and the BMW M3, and given the choice I’d too buy the Beamer (if I had the money.)

The buses skit was hilarious as well it looked really good fun and had me on the edge of my seat when the bloke driving the double decker bus had it on two wheels leaning procariously as it went round that bend.

The race between Hammond in the Daytona and James in the big speed boat was great as well I laughed when they both got pulled up by the fuzz. I wonder though whether or not Richard drove the Daytona home with him, the way he was gushing over the car I would have thought he would. (move over Oliver you’ve got competition.)

This weeks show you were definetly back on form.

Top Gear, simply the best car show in the worrld.

Hi,as a sad old git who owns an A6 I think ‘cock’ is slightly harsh,
perhaps ‘Knob’ would be fairer for the slightly over 50 audi owner.
Cheers Mr C

vince

I love the program,apart from the tiresome use of the work “Cock” at every oportunity.
This makes it a bit uncomfortable when watching with my children.

Jeremy managed to get the work “Cock” in , in the first minute.

Cock,Cock,Cock,Cock, Cock,Cock,Cock,
there, arn’t i clever!

Good show, I noticed not too much humour tonight though, I’m normally laughing all the way through.

The bus racing was a good bit of entertainment, and the Ferrari/boat race was unusually good, but the one thing that did bother me tonight was Captain Slow’s hair. Get it cut mate, it makes you look like you’re in your 50’s!!!

There’s a brilliant piece of footage on Youtube from old Top Gear, with James reviewing a Rover. His hair looked ten times better on that footage that it does now!!!

Get it cut, in a style this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

loved the latest episode lads, but i stil think all the cocks are in beemers. bus racing was a laugh and it was good to see a classic ferrari on the show

This show was much more in keeping with Old New Top Gear (if I carry on like this it’s going to sound like the Old New Mini debate…) with a “real” car review, a short but wonderful challenge, the cool wall, a surprising guest, all the usual. But then, almost whatever these three do they’re brilliant and entertaining, so hey! Keep up the good work boys!

WHY DOES BBC REMOVE ALL THE TOP GEAR VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE????? STUPID HATEFULL BBC!! Sorry, but i have a need to watch Top Gear, and when BBC remove all the Top Gear videos at youtube, it becomes impossible to watch Top Gear outside britain.

hi TOP GEAR Team, GREAT Programme, hey Clarko what about having Ian Gillan from Deep Purple on, he is a bit of a- HIGHWAYSTAR- doing the the fast lap / interview, you just about had everyone else!!! Go on matey you know you want to. thanx Peter

Great show with great cars!
First show I really enjoyed this year.
The way the M3(what a machine)/IS-F were filmed was bit over the top though, no need, it made me switch on the mute few times, not due to engine sound but due to noisy music.
It is a show, not a musicvid!

Toved the show but there are some things i like to say
*you know why James took the steering of that boat, because if he would took the brake and the gas pedal Hammond had won that race without a problem
*loved the magnet thing and tried it at home worked but…. its not what you would say perfect
*IS-F vs M3 and that audi-cock, Mercedes-ass, no its not true beacuse BMW drivers are still cocks and Audi drivers are cocks to. So Lexus IS-F and BMW M3- certainly M3
*Bus for any capital- funny, i think its even funnier than the motorhome racing
*Star in a reasonably priced car- =O V8,V8,V8,V8
and he is a eco-mentalist, HAHAHAHAHAHA Simon Cowell was beaten by a eco-mentalist HAHAHAHAHA

Loved the show but….

Why don’t you do an online cool wall in the style of BBC’s Football Player Rater? Everyone can give any car on the actual cool wall a score out of 10 for coolness and then we can set specific scores to represent the ‘coolness’ boundaries.

tut tut tut…. Richard Hammond…. do you know what you’ve gone and done? How could you? There you are were having a great time on the Rivera, falling in love with a Daytona with not a second thought for little Oliver locked away in some leaky garage many many miles away. I only hope he’s not the jealous type and you’ve not arrived back home to find your already short trousers a little shorter where Oliver has taken the scissors to them. Serves you right!
Great show by the way. Just one question though… Who the hell was the Star in Reasonably Priced car?!!!! WTF!!

I’ve been a strong detractor of most of this series, the America film being the only component up to par so far imo.

However last night was nigh-on perfect. Great balance of cars to comedy, none of the over-contrived filler so overly present in previous weeks and the editing of the M3 and Daytona films was nothing short of exquisite.

Brilliant, back up to the best.

Well done!

Great show again. The Daytona was beautiful and thew whole film was shot with style. I think McCloud should come back for the next series, he clearly didn’t think he was fast whereas JK was giving it the beans. He can definitely go faster and shut the annoying little man up for good!

Lets look forward for the next week episode…

How hard could it be to, Jeremy with horrid Lexus…

I think that GT-R should be get cool, at least…

AsaBoHero: Richard was driving Oliver in Dublin.

Excellent Show, but a bit disappointed with the live one, thought it was too Staged and the Stig bit at the end was like something out of a school musical. Liked the Ferrari’s and Motorbikes in the steel ball, though. Hope ye got over the flu, plenty of Hot Irish whiskey is what ye need.

I always enjoy watching top hear on sunday with my husband. if it was on earlier my 22 month old son would watch it too. He is car mad! But to critisise Dortmund, Germany. We went there on holiday to visit friends. It was hot there in may, so we were outside all day and had a bbq. And we live in a house numbered 22. Nothing wrong with it.

How can you not put the Nissan GTR in the sub zero section the car is just amazing, plus how can the quickest car around the Nurburgring be uncool.

The Ferrari Daytona is a classic, would love to own one, i agree with Hammond you fall in love with it when your driving it.

so u’d be a cock not to buy one

i guess jezza wont get an m3 then

AsaBoHero: At last!!! Someone’s had the balls to ask who the hell that Star in a Reasonably Priced Car was last night!!!

As soon as they said his name, I thought “Who?” his face didn’t help either, neither heard of him, nor seen him before. WHO WAS HE?????????

by far the worst top gear episode to date…

While I am not going to either agree or disagree with the assertion M3 drivers (or Audi drivers, for that matter )are “c*cks,” I will go on a limb to say the putative “c*ckness” pales in comparison to that of those who

a) decide BBC America ought air this episode sometime in the early part of the next decade
and
b) go scouring through YouTube to make sure nobody outside the UK sees this episode
and
c) makes triple sure nobody outside the UK can get this episode through iTunes.

In that regard, they — the C*ckness Monsters — stand alone.

YAY! the cool wall is back and it’s definately one of the highlights of the show, i just wish they would show it more often and they have missed out on loads of new cars from series 10 like the Audi R8 and RR Phantom DHC.

For the applying to the show though, it looks like buying tickets for a Jimmy Carr show- “please do not attend if you are easily offended”

An excellent, all round episode – I spent much of my time chuckling at the screen. And for the first time ever I agreed with Jeremy at the Cool Wall! No, no not about the Volvo – that bit he was hopelessly wrong as always – (Volvo is so uncool Hamster should have plucked it from Jezza, run outside the studio and simply hurled it as far away as possible – that’s how far down uncool it was). I mean about James’s shoes. What kind of colour were they? Vomit? Bile? Mustard gas? Capt Slow has always redefined fashion victim with worrying streaks of ‘nice boyness’ – pink floral shirts, pink stripy jumpers – but isn’t there an SAS commando team up for doing a guerilla assault on his Hammersmith home and taking out a wardrobe that should be a crime against humanity? If anyone ever needed to be Trinny & Susannahed, Gok Wan’d and Queer-Eyed all at the same time, it’s Major Fashion Disaster. Surely someone can work in a Top Gear challenge that show cases cool cars and sorts May’s clothing crisis at the same time? That pair of shoes are the first thing Jeremy should be feeding into his V8 blender, followed by every shirt James owns with even a hit of pinkness or florality.
I thoroughly enjoyed the bus race – given how often they are dirty, expensive and don’t even turn up it was a vicarious pleasure to see them get a good kicking. I also liked the car-boat race; I don’t think the Daytona is a particularly nice looking car, but hey, I wouldn’t turn one down. Also James: if I was little harsh about your obvious colour-blindness, you have my full sympathy. I thought Miami Vice was so cool with that cigarette speedboat right up until I got to pilot one myself – they are agony; if you really want the experience, pay someone who dislikes you £5 and let them have 5 minutes of no-harm-no-foul with your body and a cricket bat – same difference.
Looking forward to next week – Boris is back? Good: Mr Mayor, I like you but get your finger out, please! You promised to get rid of the congestion charge, so why is it still there? And bendy buses – on trips to London, I’m usually a pedestrian because traffic is hell, and I don’t appreciate having to leap for my life because the twisting back end of a bizarre bus has flirted itself on the pavement and is skittling everything in it’s path!

Hello TG team may i say the show were the boy’s were in the hgv’s was very funny but i really dont think then can drive them am 17 now and i think i could probily drive better them them and am not joking

Excellent show,Excellent series keep them coming.
Agree with Jez V70 is a cool car in fact all Volvos are cool,they do exactly what they say on the tin!!!and do it bloody well.
Keep up the good work and thanks for sane TV
in a world of reality TV nonsense.

havent seen it yet…

but the comments made me think its gonna be a brilliant Episode

as per usual a very impressive explanation of a cocks car…think the audi title has been well deserved. Recently i found myself in a petrol station totally glued to the spot at the site of a masserati mc12 being re fueled, can you get it on the track? im sure its gonna be a welcome addition to the board as it’s a totally insaine attempt at a road legal race car.

Further to my last can some one confirm Stigs Morse message this week was TOOMANYGEARS
Cheers

Dave, according to the clever chaps at Final Gear, you are indeed right about the TOO MANY GEARS message. Apparently the other one was “I LIKE MR SULU”

That Porsche Panamera doesn’t look at all like an Austin Maxi – it’s actually like a 1980s Rover 3500.

I think it’s rather gorgeous.

James has a wrist watch that matches those shoes. He was wearing it at a book signing I went to.
James might look scruffy, but it’s all expensive toff stuff that he wears. As it would only impress a real Lady, me thinks he has a liking for posh totty!

By the way, the Ferrari Daytona is one magnificently beautiful car.

The race, although it involved beautiful machinery just seemed to drag out and ended up a bit boring.

Great episode, I would like to see more classic cars on TopGear!

grt episode.. all round… especially the Daytona…

it was good but want big chalnge

hi jeremy are you ok ?

hi

dont ask us what we think and then tell us “what top gear is all about”. that pissed me off a bit.

on the brighter side of life, top gear rules the earth as usual.

ugliest car in the history of cars. anyone who doesnt agree is either blind or drunk or both.

good episode but wasnt the gereatest tbh. hopefully lewis hamilton will be bak in the dry sometime.

still plenty of cocks in beemers,audis,modeos,merc s,jags,pedal cycles,buses!!!!
daytona- no thanks ugly b*****d
nissan gtr not cool but a volvo is?
jc ’s been on the glue again!

wouldn’t the presenters reading your name out be just a great christmas prezzie… … … … … Hint Hint!!

I love Porsche cars. Not the Cayenne obviously, but in particular I adore the 911 Carerra. However, my love for them is not blind. Yes, looks are subjective, but Clarkson is right about it being the ugly unkind woman v’s the beautiful one with the heart of gold. I don’t think anyone could put up a valid arguement that the Panamera is not a total pig of a thing. Its front end is fine. Viewed from dead on the rear is also fine. But the side profile and three quarter views are horrific. It looks like, “a pig in a sock.” Also, the rear spoiler with the extending surface area is a gimmick too far. Why did they not give it its own aesthetic but incorporate the Porsche design language into that? It could have borrowed less from the sports cars and taken nothing but lessons well learned from the Cayenne and still been beautiful. I don’t know what they could have been thinking. Epic Fail.

Can somebody please explain to Jeremy that Kevin McCloud’s time is 0.04 seconds slower than Jay Kay’s and not half a second.

Jay Kay 1m 45.83
Kevin McCloud 1m 45.87
Difference 0.04 which is near enough half a tenth of a second n F1 speak.

I bet Jay Kay was worried for a second!

Good episode. There have been better.

Really pleased that the M3 wasted the IS-F, I just think it’s an ugly, bloated car from a company that makes awful hybrid SUV’s. Thanks for removing the BeeEm from the ‘cock list’, it’s always been my goal to buy one as soon as I’ve saved up enough cash, and it’s great to know that when I finally acheve my goal, I won’t be branded a cock. Not a fan of the Daytona though, the big orange indicators looked naff.

tht m3 is a great car! and the volvo at the front of the cool wall…some1 has to explain that in more detail :s

Brilliant 10/10. The BMW M3 and Lexus IS-F was a good power test of cars, The news was funny as anything, Hammond doing bus racing with BTCC drivers that was a bit ott but still ace, Cool Wall couldnt believe it was back that had me crying with laughter, Kevin McCloud WOW 2nd fastest unbelivable, And the Ferrari Daytona VS Speed Boat brilliant as ever ! look foward to ep6

I like the magnet idea by Jeremy Clarkson, It should work when the magnet can automatically switch on and off, depending on the condition. The show was great overall I like the cock battle lol, keep it up guys.

The panamera looks great, I think. Still LOLLED at Porsche Maxi

i thing it was good when the buses where on and the double decker went on its side but how was the driver driving the bus and how Richard Hammond lost against Captain slow in the ferrari daytonna.
who would have the right mind to by the bugatti veyron when it near 1 million and how did it not beat the gumpert apollo

Please Richard, sell the Aeromax and take it to sub-zero, where it belongs.

top gear for me was crap i would like it to be a bit more better

Yes Richard hammond sell the aeromax and buy some thing tht is not crossed eyed like thundersley25

both audi and bmw drivers are cocks! loved the filming of that segment. bus race was pure entertainment and teh race missed the usual screams of powwerr by clarkson. good to see captin quick winning and at some speed to.
more importantly what is up with hamsters hair there should be a task that will invole jm or jc using a v8 hair clipper on it!
keep up the good work.

top gear should be alot more fun and the last episode was fantstic

both audi and bmw drivers are cocks! loved the filming of that segment. bus race was pure entertainment and teh race missed the usual screams of powwerr by clarkson. good to see captin quick winning and at some speed to.
more importantly what is up with hamsters hair there should be a task that will invole jm or jc using a v8 hair clipper on it!
keep up the good work. they are not cocks flying flea

i wish that richard hammond is still faster then james may who is slow and has no sense of direction

i cnt tell you as bbc iplayer is bein stupid again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

i cnt tell you as bbc iplayer is bein stupid again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
oh just fock off

top gear is it all right if i can do a board game mencering your names Supercar-opoly rules
The aim of the gain is to get the most points then another person in 5 laps
The games is for 6+ and there is only 2-4 players aloud to play the game
You will need
2 dices
2-4 counters
1 scorecard
And a lot of entertainment
ferrari enzo
saleen s7
chance cards
pick up a chance card
go
lose 5pounds
you land on the fastest car gain 2pounds guess
you run out of feul go to the pis and miss a go
what the fastest car is get it right have another go loss and miss ago
what the fastest car is get it right have another go loss and miss ago
and then the winner says jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, james may and stiggy

The Norwegian word for ok cock is:
Å Kukk! (Pronunciated: Ou kuk)

So, with audi drivers being cocks, merc drivers = arses, and lexus drivers = dorks, does that make all BMW drivers monumental w***ers??

Volvo V70 subzero, no way. c’mon we all know that it’s the Dacia Sandero that derserves top spot.

The race was good, Hammond and Cptn Nautical. Getting pulled by the police. c’mon that had to be a setup. Funny though.

As for the bus experiment. Look, I know the rally drivers were introduced, but honestly. It looked like some ordinary bus driving to me. Ever wonder why they put the drivers on different routes? It’s not for public service you know.

I loved the acknowledgement to the ideas for different names for Cptn slow as well. Keep up the good work everyone.

Unmissable – 8pm sunday – life stops top gear starts keep up the good work guys

After Aston versus train, Ferrari versus airline, and Mercedes SLR versus boat, it was time to go for the big one: a big money supercar transporting a big money truffle from Alba, in Italy, to the restaurant at the top of the Natwest Tower in London. But how could James and Richard hope to compete against Jeremy in the epic Bugatti Veyron? The answer came when James reminded us that he was learning to fly…

The scene was set. Clarkson in the fastest, most lavish supercar ever seen versus the other two in what frankly amounted to a flying toaster with Captain Slow at the controls – head-to-head in our most dramatic race to date.

One thing people always ask about these cross-Europe epics is: how do you get the pretty shots of the car going by when it’s meant to be a race? The answer is that once the race is over the rest of the crew spend two or three days retracing the route to get the arty shots the director wants. In this case, the day before the race he also went up in the filming helicopter and got some extra shots of James’ plane, just in case they didn’t get enough stuff during the race itself.

Driving the Bugatti back to Italy while the extra filming was completed couldn’t be the responsibility of a mere human. That’s why we got the Stig to do the driving. During this three-day odyssey he was his usual chatty self, but we did discover something a bit weird during a break at a French petrol station. The Stig goes absolutely crazy for a popular continental chocolately spread Nutella. No, we don’t understand why either.

You might notice James and Richard wearing slightly cheesy sun glasses during some of this film. The production team gave all three presenters oddly coloured aviator sunglasses before the race, but for some reason Jeremy declined to put on his pink-framed shades while driving the Bugatti. Yet all through last summer he was quite happy to arrive at the Top Gear studio wearing them. Oh dear.

That funny box thing you can see on the Bugatti’s sunvisor is a Bluetooth handsfree device that syncs to your phone. It had to be added to the car because Jeremy needed to talk to the other two while driving, but despite having worked on the car for over five years, the Bugatti engineers weren’t sure if the Veyron had a Bluetooth phone system.

The Veyron is a riot of amazing stats, some of which Jeremy talks about in this feature. One he didn’t get a chance to mention is that the Bugatti’s rear air brake alone is capable of generating as much stopping force as the actual brakes on a basic VW Polo.

YET ANOUGHER BRILLIANT EP!!

haha my dad was sittin next to me at the start with hi big tag watch and stupid oakly sunglasses shame he has a merc AMG hey jezza

damn dat american girl woz HOT!!!! any body else think so?

Loved last nights show, though last weeks was better.
Keep going boys!!

well… it was… okay, but a bit boring. i really enjoyed 1 2 3 and episode 4, but this reminded me of OLD OLD Top Gear. And again i raise the question, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SERIES???????????????????  ???????????????? We need to know!!!!

I loved the show (even in the states)….I cannot wait for a challenge special!!!!

The Norwegian word for ok cock is:
Å Kukk! (Pronunciated: Ou kuk)who cares

well… it was… okay, but a bit boring. i really enjoyed 1 2 3 and episode 4, but this reminded me of OLD OLD Top Gear. And again i raise the question, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SERIES???????????????????   ???????????????? We need to know!!!!
who cares

I loved the show (even in the states)….I cannot wait for a challenge special!!!! who cares

what happend to the V8 stairlift???

Anyway the show was Awsome!!!!!!

It didn’t have that magic X-factor that we saw so much in Top Gear over the last series. By the end it was quite boring. If they had another big race and get more pomp & circumstance.

haha my dad was sittin next to me at the start with hi big tag watch and stupid oakly sunglasses shame he has a merc AMG hey jezza
damn dat american girl woz HOT!!!! any body else think so?
well… it was… okay, but a bit boring. i really enjoyed 1 2 3 and episode 4, but this reminded me of OLD OLD Top Gear. And again i raise the question, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SERIES???????????????????   ???????????????? We need to know!!!!
who cares

It didn’t have that magic X-factor that we saw so much in Top Gear over the last series. By the end it was quite boring. If they had another big race and get more pomp & circumstance.
what happend to the V8 stairlift???

Anyway the show was Awsome!!!!!!

I liked the show, but I have a few comments. You’re keep repeating that Infiniti cars are warmed-over Nissans, which is an obvious nonsense: Infiniti are different cars built on RWD platforms (Nissan uses FWD platforms for most of its cars). Infiniti are far less related to Nissan than Audi to Skoda, I’m sorry to say that.
Beside this I cannot keep myself from noticing an anti-japanese BS on the show (this time in the comparison between Lexus and BMW). I guess advertising money from Japanese automakers are too few in UK, or at least for now

That was one of the best episodes I have seen! Just the right amount of funny stupidness and cool cars.

I feel that the Dennis Dart bus used was inappropriate as most bus companies use long versions with room for about 35 seats and 35 standing wich would suit better. The best bits of a dissapointing progamme was May’s shoes and the hot American

Another classic episode, top job.

I live in Canada and still cannot afford to miss any episodes of Top Gear. By far one of my favorite shows of all time. James May is definitely my Favorite.

Great show!!! best one so far this season!
Glad to see the cool back on the show.
Hope James is feeling better.

The Serious Bus Research was riveting.
I’m an artic driver. I once went to Donnington for the truck racing. Never again. Any girlie can drive a tractor unit round. I always thought leaving the trailers coupled would improve it no end, and the bendy buses proved me right.
Top Gear has introduced many new motorsports. I think the world is ready for Artic Racing. In the interest of serious research, of course.

best show since episode 1!!
absolutly great!!
i totaly agree about people thinking that petrol heads are strange, i talk to my mates at school about cars and they have no idea what im on about:(
keep the good work up!!

Topgear is always fantastic – but i have to say i was a little disapointed that JC used some comments that he had used at Topgear Live. I was always led to beleive that his comments were straight off the cuff, but he used some on Sundays show which were exactly what he had said at Topgear live. IT was almost as if it was completely staged and very un Topgear like

This of course does not change the fact that JC is a fantastic person, and certainly the best TV personality – and that the show was fantastic as usual.

Loved it espesicaly that boat which may was driving and my favirote was the ferrari daytona

The Magic is truely back. I hope the top gear team have really learnt this episode and last is what topgear is about and not extended news and celeb interviews. keep the joking around and jokes for the roadtests, races and challengez nd KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

I think jeremys review of m3 and is-f was very fair, i was thinking perhaps he wud tear the is-f to pieces but he didnt. love the noises he makes about the 8 gears haha lol

Oh yeah,so you think its funny cocking about in buses do you?Ehhhhhhh,iv’e got your number Hamster!

top gear is class why can’t you do an episode

great show, but did clarkson really crash the lexus or is that someone posing as him (look at comment 58)

top gear last night was absoloutely rubbish! richard hammond doesnt know anything. he likes the daytona, hates the V70 and plays around in buses. jeremy was terrible in his review. the only good thing was james mays speedboat. stop doing star in a reasonably priced car!!!

was i the only person that noticed that the bugatti veyron was in the uncool section on the cool wall get it moved up please nice show guys were was the v8 stair lift and still were is topgear stunt man

The best episode of this series was the first one i think

The best ‘normal’ episode yet this series.

I’m not one of those people who will say everything you touch turns to gold and you can do no wrong, (you’ll have noticed that after the terrible 3rd episode) but I think you nailed it with this week’s show.

Why?

Because (whether planned or not) the show matched the intelligent comments on this site; i.e. it put CARS first- you had a real review, the cool wall and news were ABOUT CARS, a siarpc who talked ABOUT CARS, and just enough silliness to keep the unwashed happy.

You don’t have to try and be funny… when you get it right like this episode it was entertaining regardless.

I have no idea whether you took our comments on board, but please please keep the show like this, how it used to be, and don’t return to the Zoo magazine of TV that was episode 3. As proved this week; you are so so much better than that.

Thanks for a great hour.

Speaking of c*cks in large watches, would anyone here care to hazard a guess as to the size of the watch Clarkson was sporting in the previous episode (during the economy race to Blackpool)?

Perhaps my eyes deceive me, but it looks about the size of a doorknob.

Jeremy’s review of the Lexus and BMW i thought was good two realistic, accessible, everyday cars with a good review;
Cool wall was AMAZING (as always);
Star in the reasonably priced car IS losing its way abit and surprisingly last night was quite funny.
However, the ending was just STUPID on every single level.

1) The Daytona – £200,000
2) Carbon fiber khazi – £1,250,000
Correct me if im wrong but isnt this a “credit crunch” more pricebusting advice from the BBC.

Nobody i know has ever driven a daytona. Nobody i know has ever driven a million pound boat. So tell me what the hell is the point of racing the two across one of the most extraodinarily expensive places in the whole world, this being the Riviera.

Why not instead race the BMW and the Lexus across the country. Why not see which is more convenient doing a school run in the morning. Why not see which is best for shopping, going to work, going to the beach, the football, the Cinema..whatever.

I know you cant go racing in F1 cars all the time, or you cant try to make a reliant robin space shuttle each week, but poor stupid completely not needed factual garbage that was shown on sunday is just a waste of petrol, if i’m honest.

I thought the race to blackpool on a tank of fuel was a MILLION times better than this weeks race. It was factual funny and just brilliant.
It must of taken a lot of time and effort and boredom i know, and it was a classic if you ask me but that is what is most entertaining and appealing about top gear!

Good episode to begin with, but GOD awful, nonsentical race in this last episode

It was good. I found the shoes of James very funny.

G@%d d#/@mn STUPID HATEFULL BBC!!! Why do they have to ruin my day??????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ????????????????????????  ??????????????????!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BBC, please stop removing top gear videos at youtube, not all Norwegians have BBC. And its not easy to watch top gear when BBC removes all videos at youtube.

one of the funnier episodes this season but only for this season don’t like Jeremy’s new “doesn’t know anything and a bit stupid” I much prefer the aggressive version. Cool wall section could be longer too

it was okay though but the new series of TG was great awesome because i liked the new one rather than the old one and it might show the next episode and series.

I hoped you enjoyed watching it.

thanks

iT WAS AWESOME! LOL i defonatly would have chozen the bm its epic!

I’m just glad that the topgear guys have FINALLY tested a Lexus. Also I think Jezza should’ve mentioned that for the BMW M3 to be that good is expected, but for a first attempt the IS-F is brilliant. I also think the IS-F is more exciting than the BMW. Jeremy’s test was fair on both manufacturers, but I don’t agree with his opinion about the Lexus’ styling. Thank you topgear for finally featuring my favourite car- now PLEASE compare the new BMW 7 series, Mercedes S class, Audi A8, and Lexus LS.

reasonably priced car is getting dull

I think the M3 is clearly the “better” car.

Great show!

Last night though, something was bugging me, even as I tried to drift off to sleep after. What did the Daytona look like?

A sleek version (Lower, more aerodynamic) of Rover 3600 Sdi.

Think about it…

In these times of credit crunch and redundancy, isnt it about time that the team looked seriously at those of us now unemployed and receiving the maximum amount of statutory redundancy pay allowable in the UK…£9900. so what is the best car we can buy for that…intead of groceries …. to offer solace in our troubled times.

it was a great episode but you do have to admit they are slowly running out of ideas, but you can’t blame them for providing quality entertainment for years.

Or was it a 2600 SDi?

definetely a 2600 SDi

jokes, i dont even know what we are talking about

Unfortunately not as good as the last episode but overall great

they are slowing down aren’t they….aren’t they?

Loved it!

I want a Daytona.

p.s. having just read your colum, Get Well Soon James xxx

I thought yesterdays night show was excellent i couldn’t stop laughing. I wish top gear didn’t have to end. I luv cars and they make it fun to watch. I hate fifth gear i tryed watching it once and got bored after 5 mins and i notice they don’t prononce the words of the cars probably like they did with the lamborghini murcierlago. Top Gear is the Best and even if i have seen it before i watch all the repeats and i don’t get bored of it. Keep the gd work up Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May u make the show what it is today!!!

does anybody know what their doing this sunday ?

anybody ?

TOP GEAR never let me down. It´s my favorite tv-show – although i´m german and living in Germany. Thanks to sat-tv no problem

anyone know ?
whats happening on sunday top gear ?
yeh it is a fantastic show !!

wots he on about the lexus is far better than any BMW. I’ve driven both and the lexus is quality. other than that it was a good show. bit harsh on the kid with acne during the cool wall.

Brilliant episode, well done guys!

top gear was great carnt wait for next week bring on the ford fiesta a car we can all buy forma cange

i would of had the bmw coz its not coky like the other bmw rubish

38?! what, agen?!
was good to see th cool wall back

loved it cant wait for next weeks show when are the tractors coming out again

That was quite an episode. And quite full of nonsense.

Well, at least the Cool Wall was. First off, Volvos are either for richy bitchy American mums or for pale, middle aged men that haven’t had sex in years. And that V50 isn’t even the version made into chav-bashing Police wagons. Also, the Nissan GT-R is a very cool car. It looks aggressive and manga, so it really stands out without being flash or nobbish. And if someone asked you what you drove, it would probably go like this:

“So, what are you runnin around in these days?”

“The new GT-R”

“Isn’t that the one off TopGear that beat the bullet train?”

“Yep. Pretty cool, huh?”

“Erm, yeah, actually”

“So what have you got?”

“A shiny new RS4.”

“Cock.”

Thank God For Jay Kay
Well Done James On Beating A Ferrari Daytona By A Boat
Good Test Jezza

i thought the show was ok by tg standards but not one of the better one’s.

BLOODY GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!

As for the rest of the show, wowee!

The bus racing was just as awesome as I thought it would be, if not better! yet more proof that bendy buses are useless. As if we needed proof…

The Daytona race was also very good, although Richard got a bit annoying (his sunglasses turned out to be rose-tinted). All the same though, I wish him yet another Happy 38th. James sounded like a pirate a couple of times during the epic duel between the boat and the waves! I wonder what it’s like being held up by spine powder…

As for M3 v IS-F, I think the Lexis is more suited to drifting than anything else, typical of a RWD Japanese performance car really. But I’d still hesitate before signing up for an M3. Actually, I’d be kinda stuck. The Audi RS4 is now for cocks, apparently AMGs are for tall nasty balding people, The Lexus is a little flawed and the chrome-wheeled, Aston-side-vent-stealing M3 is just a bit flash for me. I think I’ll just power up an Evo X instead. Or find no use for big rear seats and get a GT-R instead. Because MY neck can take it…

I liked the show,glad the cool wall is back (although the v70 being sub zero is plain stupid, I mean Volvos are utterly boring).The race thing was nice,seeing that Daytona was a tribute to the better old days,when cars tended to explode but they seemed much more human and when you bought a car like that you developed a relationship with it,you cared for it.Now they re all made for consumption.The only disappointment I had with the race was that it was a tad dull.I mean it was real nice but I was expecting Jeremy to arrive any minute,riding a supercharged pony or something,that would have been nice.But still, great job,love the show.

I love TG, or is that loved it?

Last 3 episodes have been poor. Dare I say that they are running out of ideas? The writing has been on the wall since the amphibious cars revist last series. Too much of it is set up the spark has gone.

great show

Cool wall had me in stitches

Ferrari vs the boat to close to pick which i would have. may have to buy wollies for £1 stock it only with top gear dvds and buy both with the profits

the best car program, by a mile. i have a question though – which programme did the M3 CSL go around the track on?

The wife knows now Sundays 8.00pm are sacred!!!!

(K)

good, but race wasn’t anything special

IS-f Vs. M3 sedan Vs. C63 Vs. RS4… that would be one hell of an episode… think about it

Fabulous show and am loving this series. The spark is definitely there guys …just keep bringing us the greatest show on tv!

Mmm last night’s show was good but maybe not the best but it was good to see the Cool Wall make an appearance – but not so sure about the results…

Also enjoyed the race and it was good to see James winning for once!

40 year old Ferrari V12 in a tunnel in Italy,

James turning his internals into chutney in a powerboat,

A couple of amazing super saloons,

Ideas on how to save the motoring industry with magnets,

An incredibly fast celebrity

The glorious series 12 return of the cool wall

And a double decker bus falling over on a rallycross track

Is there a better job to have than a Top Gear presenter? Is there anything you’d rather watch on a Sunday night at 8pm?

Didn’t think so

Hi,

I have to say I thought the Bus race / smash up was one of the funniest things I have seen in a while. Great episode overall and very good cinematography in the Ferrari Daytona race. Enjoyed the interaction with the crowd whilst doing the cool wall.

Go Kevin McCloud!

As always i really enjoyed this week’s show. Although i wish that Jeremy was involved in the race as it would have been more interesting but apart from that the episode was exellent.
Can’t wait till next week Ep. 5 already !!!

I’ve heard all the hype about the daytona and how it is such an excellent car. But after seeing that story I’m not really impressed by it. Give me a Muira or E-type any day over a daytona

Great program and fantastic location and as I have been to Portofino how hammond can say it resembles Whitby beats me.

Back to the old days of Top Gear.

Loved it.

x

i could not agree with the BMW more. it was the same her, only the BMW badge hade a criminal/ cock feel to it. but now insted of your audi they have chose merc’s insted. makes me almost cry. the volvo should be cool not eny more or lesser then that..

It was good, I was disappointed during the race in the Riveria that there was no random 3rd person like Stig or JC. Although i certainly miss the cheap car challenges those are definitely my favorite; it would be cool to see a cheap car challenge in another country like the race in Africa. Maybe eastern europe is a good idea? I love how JC tries to make his cheap car the best that’s just hilarious (i.e. the alfa 75 haha) keep em’ coming you guys are doing great!

I secretly covet the v70. If I was man enough I’d buy one.

I didn’t care for that power boat one little bit. You know it’s a bum idea when James can’t make it funny. Scary how much that Daytona looks like a period Stingray. Not one of Ferrari’s best designs.

Brilliant race. There appears to be no better job in the universe than a Top Gear presenter.

Still poking around U-toob looking for Ep.12-5.
Anything posted there yet? If so, directions please! Muchas Gracias.

i still prefer the mighty audi rs4,but it is gone .but never mind,the 2009/2010 rs4 will fight back!

hi top gear

i liked the bus race i did whatch that kind of thing all the time at hensfordhills race way thay have a big thing coming up in jan 2009 its called north and south white cars v red cars and it all goes on points have a look in to it it would be good to have aslot on your program thanks

HILARIOUS!!!!
hope james didn’t throw up in the expensive boat!

another great show. I was wondering when there would be a bus race and there it was. I’m glad Jeremy has changed his opinion about BMW. Hopefully he will change his opinion about Porsche and motorbikes too in time. I have too take my hat off for Mister May, last week he drove a supercar and this week he got smashed too bits by the powerboat and he even runs on tv, no more captain slow.

This week’s episode was alright. IS-F vs M3 bit was super cool, but the bus racing was a bit unnecessary. I’d much rather watch a Top Gear with MORE CARS and LESS COCKING ABOUT!

loved the latest show!!

question – does anyone know what the music towards the end of the Daytona piece was? had some nice violins. really love it and would like to purchase it.

I LOve Top Gear it’s proper cool. I go out of my way to make sure i can watch the latest episode here in South africa. Monday morning i get my copy .. monday evening the boys come over for a beer or two and a bit of Top Gear .. but last night 2 of the chaps fell asleep … The series is great and it still sparkles but something is missing … it kinda feels like the boys are to busy with other facets of their lives… almost as if they don’t have enough time to do all their projects … as a result we feel it through the screen. What we love is the way the 3 boys are mates, when you start showing just one or two doing what they would usually do as a threesome people start feeling that the guys just don’t have time for Top Gear. Pay them more so the can work less elsewhere and focus properly on TG. I just thought i would give you a heads-up on our feelings … Top Gear is still the coolest and we will support TG forever

yea i agree that this series is pretty boring, and keep getting worse episode after episode

Excellent, nice to see the programme back on track! Giggling like a little girl through-out. Is’nt it time though that this appalling ‘new’ website was sorted out?

one of the best of this series thank you from Turkiye. we love this show.

Congratulations to Jezza for making it a hat trick and winning Heat Magazine’s “Weird Crush of the Year”

Much p***-taking to ensue on Sunday? I do hope so…

Haha when i saw the touring car driver powersliding the single decker bus accross the loose earth i almost wet myself! Absolutely fantastic. Well done. Not so sure about the psychedelic camerawork around the IS-F though…

By the way, when will Richard Hammond show us around his NEW CASTLE?

I am sure jeremy and and the new Fast & Furious May certainly would like try their cars around Hammond’s acres of land.

I am sure these two won’t say no to have a competition between Horse POLO, and Car POLO!

You get the Idea?!

balls

It’s about time the M3 was accepted. As brought up in Jeremy’s review, it is the best small super saloon.

The thing is, consumers shouldn’t–clearly–pick a car for image. One should choose a car based on how they feel in it.

The M3 is a stunning machine. Of course viewers all secretly know this.

However, I digress, there are certain cars that simply can’t be purchased. The Corvette comes quickly to mind, with its image and build quality. Great on the track, can’t tell your mates you’ve got one.

Bottom line is, any car driver can be a cock–if it’s an Audi, Zonda, AMG Merc or a BMW, it’s the person, not the car.

And if that is agreed upon, the M3 must ascend to the top of fast saloon considerations. It can be an everyday driver (comfortably no less) and it can run some adrenalin up a driver’s spine.

Saloon car of the year if you ask me.

And the episode was phenomenal. The show gets better every season, every episode, keep up the good work and continue to bring audiences top-notch programming and the show will forever succeed.

I can’t praise enough.

Wish I was there.

Adored it, I haven’t watched a new episode start to finish like that in a while. The bmw vs lexus was good and solid viewing, and it kept heading north from there. Bus racing was hilarious and the race was epic, but both getting pulled over was a ‘what on earth?’ moment. James and the paper… I think Rifhard actually thought he had won for a moment XD. Poor hamster. Cool wall… Was great to see it again, but Jezza’s logic on that volco was twisted (who am I kidding, it’s always twisted!). Lots of laughs out of that. Thoroughly enjoyable episode, I came out the end of it really satisfied. Despite what I have read in places, the show is more serious in ways than last season. Roll on next ep, and the Alfa challenge Monday on SBS.
-end essay-

Excellent show but i didn’t like the bus stuff…

As the man currently repairing the back of my RS4 knows, M3 drivers are still complete cocks. Still, was nice seeing him cry when he saw the state of his car, hehe!

It was astoning,specially Ferrari Daytona part!
Volvo V70 is cool but subzero???!!!no way!
thank you so much for great show

Have to say, this week’s episode just missed the mark. Sorry guys, but sometimes you do appear to be simply ‘going through the motions’, and this week was one of them… maybe you’ve taken on too much, combining filming with MPH?… still luv y’all tho!! X

As re. “Cheap Car Challenges” I suggest the lads head off to South America. Brazil and Argentina, in particular, are hotbeds of car crazies and it might make for fun viewing.

Just a thought.

“Speaking of c*cks in large watches, would anyone here care to hazard a guess as to the size of the watch Clarkson was sporting in the previous episode (during the economy race to Blackpool)?”

I believe it was a U-Boat, 53mm. HUGE!!

smashing show

Daytona is lust-worthy.

Bus racing was a bit predictable and not quite as funny as I was expecting. I don’t mean I want scripted japes, but it just lacked a little spark. Perhaps Hamsters constant attempts to justify the use of buses left it a little flat. We got that it was silly, don’t belabour the point.

M3 and ISF was ok. Once again the editor has ADD though. Seems to cut every second and we have lots of arty shots of wheels and tarmac but not much actual car.

Yet the editing on the Daytona piece was sublime. Lots and lots of long shots of the car, nice calm tracking shots. Surely you don’t have two VT editor chaps? If so, use the Daytona one and sack the track one.

Otherwise another great episode. Good to see the Cool Wall back, albeit in heavily edited form (20 car cards, about 3 shown).

Finally, i found it at youtube. Vell, it wasnt the best episode ever, but not the worst either. I think the race between the boat and the Daytona was a bit short and it wasnt wrealy an adventure, the bus race was a bit silly, and i am an Audi enthusiast… The c#/%s will probably move on to Aston,or some else good brand…

Hello Top Gear! Me again… Thought I’d just post the usual on the mole board. Sunday’s Top Gear was classic as usual – although shouldn’t there have been a routemaster in the bus race, I mean it is the iconic london bus?! And, oh… the 365 GTB was immense. Isn’t it odd that nearly all the old cars from thar era are still the most desriable? Just look at the supercars like the daytona, muira, khamsin and even the little runarounds like the austin mini cooper, the vw golf mk1 and the peugeot 304. And that came as a convertible as well! Anyway, back to the show… keep it up guys!!!

I noticed the comment James made about the battering he was getting in the boat, he said it’s better than a Maz Mosely party. HAHHAHAHA
Also noticed that the repeat on bbc iplayer that comment has been edited out.
Tut Tut

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbooooooo oooooorrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiii iiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnngggg ggggggggggggggggg

was a pretty sweet episode, but the test between the IS-F and the M3 could have been a little bit more dynamic. maybe a game of chicken or something similar? other than that, it was damn funny watching May getting thrashed around in the boat like a mouse in a dryer!!! and please hook up that v8 engine to something else aswell. maybe like a lawnmower or use it as a generator for the lights in the studio? that would be cool

i thought it was ok not the best there wasnt enough of jezza! but james was good…. oi richard my mum fancys u she said u could be the next james bond hehe! im 12 by the way and my mum is ……………………. 40!!!!!!!

The show was back to the good old usual top gear shenanigans but please please quit the porn references as I have kids that watch the show. That is my only gripe of the current and last series, the ever increasing crude language in what is a family show after all.

I have to admit that the show was the best so far this series by a long shot. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was back to the way that Top gear should be, and it was great to see the Cool Wall. I was amazed at Kevins lap, I wasnt expecting him to go that fast. Have to say tho, dunno what jeremy was on about with Hammonds waistcoat being a bet and all that. it’s really nice and I think it suits him far better than some of the other stuff he’s been wearing in the videos. it goes well with his hair. I think james’ top was the scary fashion sight of the day…

Also, i have to agree with jim Rogers, try and clean up the language, as, so far as I can tell, that is really the only problem.

top gear is great. all the challanges and car prviews, but there is one thing missing. there needs to be a xbox game. you can give the stig a run for his money, and do some challanges. introducing a game would be great. i am posotive that people will buy it and that it will be a great game!!!!!!!

I thought that the truck test was one of the best challenges ever on top gear and it is the way top gear should be.MAD!

TG FTW

I love it!! There should be a PS2 and PS3 game too

Can’t believe how addicted I am to this show..

You know what? Audi drivers are cocks.. that A5 and A6 are such cockcollectoritems..

I’m so happy Clarkson finally realized that BMW makes the best saloons on this planet..Although I’m a bit disappointed you haven’t bought one Jeremy…

I’m a big fan of the black though

Anyway keep doing what you guys do (more car test PLEASE) and keep attacking those tree-hugging idiots PLEASE..!

I love this show, it’s mint…….Still on the waiting list to be in audience but can not wai to get there. Have noticed how 5th Gear are starting to use your topics in their shows, no way near as good as top gear…..

james is as good at driving the boat as good as he is is driving a car. only difference this race he didnt talk about numbers

some say…. hes the best some say….. hes not human i say that the stig is brill but um what the hell was the buggatti about he couldnt have been pushin it to the limit man come on i say get him bk out there in that car well masterpiece untill its at the top n stop bein scared of it stiggy

Its a good show but not like it used to be. I guess the reason why we like it so much is that its (probably) the only form of sheer entertainment on a sunday evening.

Excellent show, and bravo to Jezza on winning Heat’s Weird Crush 2008, a hat trick for the presenters, nice one!

another great show,loads of action and plenty of banter.Keep up the great work,lads.

They should have put jezza in the race. captain slow is boring.

Can you really tell what a person drives by their shoes..mmmmmmmmmm i would like to see the man try that on me

^ VW Polo

Great show. M3s always stunning driver’ cars. Please dont compare Audis to BMWs you guys. There is a huge gap between the two. Bimmers are better in everyway on the road. Audis only complete on paper and forecourts. Who said Audi supercars are audis. They are all Lambo engined. Audi cant do Power on their own to beat BMW. They are on borrowed robes. Merc had to join hands with Maclaren to produce something special to beat BMW.I owned all 3 top of the range marques in the last 10 years but each time i leave BMW for Audi or Merc, which i tried a few times, i always find myself flogging the cars and return to BMW.
BMWs are amazing on the road. Hard to match. They’ve got the style, charisma, swagger about them. They are independent, have got backbone and even different in looks.The only make that can afford to look ugly and still sit on the top horsepower VIP table better than its rivals is BMW.Special Machines. Plz give Bimmers the ultimate lifetime achievement. I’M NOT SWITCHING CARS ANYMORE. Lexus is stunning at its first shot at powerplay withIS-F but just the same as Audi is VW, Lexus is a Toyota.

Hello Top Gear. Brazil here! I love the show! Lucas – Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil

lucky buggars,top show

After four brilliant episodes this one was sort of tame. It lacked the laughter of previous episodes and the whole turning anything into a motorsport is getting old.

May was fantastic in the boat! I couldn’t help but laugh at the punishing ride and how much he looked out of place in it. Hammond was so *** he might as well have turned off the cameras and just got on with it? *nugde, nudge, wink, wink*

Awesome show. If only the Australian version was doing it some justice. Ditch the Australians, or atleast get some decent presenters!

about that V8…..Kevin said”use a V8 to fulfill the ultimate male obsession” and Jezza said “surely internet pornography is the ultimate male obsession” thing, I may have found a solution. How about this:
The Corvette ZR1 has a 640 bhp V8 and a head-up display showing a lateral G readout and the speedo but instead of that hook it up with Wifi and use the head-up to show porn…..
Of course, you’d have a difficult time explaining to the police how you actually managed to carsh the car on the M4 in the middle of the day and still be happy enough not to give a damn!

I totally agree with Dave#37…this was probably one of the most boring episodes so far! I mean I loved the Daytona, it’s one of my favourite Ferrari’s, but the show just didn’t seem to get anywhere!
You can’t follow up on the Zonda F and the mighty Veyron, with a BMW and a Lexus!
My wife (who doesn’t really watch as keenely as I do) even commented that it was boring and that it was strange that I was dissapointed!
Never-the-less I’m sure this weeks show will be more up to standard!

It’s still the best show on TV!

The Volvo V70 Cool?? That means every traffic cop in UK is cool!! I dont think so!!

Found the IS-F VS M3 section a bit unfair. They are aimed at different people, the M3 is still clearly aimed at cocks but the Lexus is so much cooler, its not for badge snobs and looks much better. You will never see hundreds of look-a-like IS-F cruising council estates!

As for the boat vs daytona it was beautifully shot but clearly the presenters were the wrong way round? James in the classic and over enthusiastic Hammond in the big boys toy boat? and the police seemed too staged for me.

Finally looking at the damage on the side of the veyron they put round the track I’m guessing it wasn’t on fresh rubber (like the Zonda) so it might have gone faster still.

Great show, but i didn’t really like Clarksons or Hammons opinoin on the cool-wall, a GT-R isn’t sub zero? It’s basically a skyline, but much faster and better looking. And the skyline is one of the “coolest” cars ever! At least among teenagers. I don’t know, but i think it’s wayyy cooler than a Db9, besides it’s more special.

GTR Rocks!
So does top gear best series so far.

i like the show on last sunday. jezza,hamster and captain slow are really the pure expertise on cars. they should now tune up the show. they should do a big challenge that they have never done before. such as: how hard can it be to build a car of their chosing???

A Nissan GTR, gadget festooned, rice rocket is cooler than an Aston Martin DB9? Are you serious Capp? The GTR is impressive, but it is neither beautiful nor cool. It is for gadget nerds who want to go fast but haven’t got the talent to do so safely. Its NetNanny-on-wheels basically… and my gawd isn’t it Fugly. The GTR deserves its place on the wall. The Volvo V70 does not however. It might scrape into the cool category for its Q-car performance, and subtle Scandanavian style, but thats it.

Been reading some of the above comments; a mix of positive and ‘boring’.

Well I thought the show was great, and is exactly what I expect from, and love about, TopGear.

The people who say it was boring are entitled to their opinion, but I’m guessing they wouldn’t be happy unless there were more ‘hot americans’ (quote) and ‘V8 stairlifts’ (quote).

They wouldn’t be able to sit through anything, no matter how beautifully shot (which the Ferrari/boat piece was by the way), well written or brilliantly produced it was, unless there were explosions and naked women.

However, there are viewers out there who appreciate TG for what it’s meant to be, and yes we still love the funny/silly stuff (buses piece was fab for example) but we can and do notice all your hard work.

My guess is the V8 blender fans don’t, and I resent the fact they could (and have; episode 3) bring TopGear down to the level of most of the cr*p on the other channels.

Don’t become yet another shoddy entertainment program to satisfy the morons, who will get bored quickly and move on to the next in thing and try to ruin that. ‘Driven’ tried it (remember them?) and look what’s happened to that show.

P.S. If you do read these comments, maybe post a ‘Producers Response’ to let us know which way you’re going to go with the show. If you haven’t decided yet I hope you do what’s best for TG’s long term future.

Dare I say it… time for a period off air for a while to rethink?

StreetPreacher said…

>>Speaking of c*cks in large watches, would
>>anyone here care to hazard a guess as to the
>>size of the watch Clarkson was sporting in the
>>previous episode (during the economy race to
>>Blackpool)?”

>I believe it was a U-Boat, 53mm. HUGE!!

If I were deranged enough to wear that watch, I’d need to have a plinth nearby to rest my wrist.

Seriously, that thing is like a hockey puck on a strap.

I’d definately have the M3 over the IS-F!

Why oh why are the videos now not avalible outside the UK??? please give them back

Thankyou for the amount of coverage given to the lovely haired one…Hammond just what I needed to cheer up my week,that said regards people saying dont cheapen yourself has top gear ever had so many fans?its because whenever I speak to people about it(all the time) for the next hour or more were all shouting to be heard over the funniest moment, favourite race,car lap this show provides so much for so many people so if it aint broke and all that keep it up fellers:)
and hoozar for more Hammond coverage!

I love that Ferri it was fantastic. Lol May broke the camera while he was in the “Super Fast Boat” (which name I cannot rememner) and it had a carbon fibre loo!

as a piss poor driver i did enjoy seeing one of my favorate sports {btcc] being celebrated ps jaguar won world touring cars and gt championships for a long time under the control of the legend that its tom walkinshaw [bow down in honour of the man] what he did with an xj6 is lendery. keep up the good work jeremy/will young lover richard/oliver lover and james/?????????????mr lover lover yours sincerly darren j sysum .northwich.cheshire.

ps sorry missed the g out of legendry am a bit thick me really aswell as a piss poo-er driver doh

From the USA here.. I have driven the M3, C63 AMG and the IS F and let me tell you.. the M3 is without question superior. The AMG is wickedly fast but there is somthing special that M3 possesses that the other cars seem to lack. You notice it as soon as you get behind the wheel.. it’s that good. Drive one. You’ll see.