Not the best show you guys hve ever done!!

Joke, I haven’t peeed myself laughing in a LONG time. Well done.

brilliant as always cant wait 4 the next show

Michael McIntyre was funny, both small car tests were awful and the rest of the show was ok.

loved the rally part

I love micheal McIntyre. Best show ever!!!

i agree but still what a show!

The only set up bit was the Fiat 500 bit.

OK episode – but what annoyed me most was bloody Freeview first advertising the start time as 8.30. I tune in then, only to find that I’ve missed half of it.

That and the fact that I absolubely hate Michael McIntyre makes this episode a bit of a damp squib for me – sorry.

Very good especially Michael McIntyre
but i don’t think it was as good as the past 2 weeks

Michael Macintyre was absolutely hilarious!
One of the best SIARPC i’ve seen!

And absolutely LMAO at the car sauna!!

Another brilliant show!
Absolutely loved it!

I think the first 2 shows were better but it was still ok

Would Have been better if I could have seen it all! tuned in at 7:57 and the sky planner said it starts at 8:30 and was on until 9:30 – so I went away for half an hour – came back at half past 8 and the program had already started, apparently at Quarter past 8? so only on for 45 mins – WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!!

I loved the bit with Ken Block and liked the cheap small cars and michael Mcintyre was hilarious

The best of the series so far!!

very good show, the cinematic camera work along with ken block was outstanding and McIntyre was hilarious, brilliant!

Did not see it yet
But I am pretty sure it was very good as usual

cant wait to see it

very very funny guest and show well done

another great episode

And all bankers should be given those awful cheap cars as company cars!
They don’t deserve expensive Audis and BMWs!

Kinda interesting too how many of them drove BMW M3 and X5s!!

That was brilliant. Especially with the dogs XD

Not the best show i have ever seen. Although it was funny and i enjoyed it as always.
Well done guys !!!

rubbish show

@JeepMan I noticed the same thing but this was due to Wimbledon but Wimbledon finished at 8 so they stuck Top Gear on straight after.

Great show tonight, not the best but still good.

Full of laughs as always looking foward to the next challenge!

that was stuperb!

the funniest top gear i have ever seen, ever.

Enjoyed everything except siarpc was far to long and didn’t like Michael Mcintyre,

I’m not really sure what to think. Don’t worry it was great but the first week was all drama, the second week all mucking about and this week doesn’t fall into any of those categories. It was so different from the previous two shows and indeed all other episodes it threw me a bit. But for me it’s like anything new, the first time your not quite sure but you’ve got to try it again for you to properly understand it and 100% enjoy it. So I’m off to BBCiplayer.

Was’t the best show if I am to be honest. The tests where funny but the rest of the show wasn’t out of the normal. Was still better than anything else on TV but was not on same planet as last 2 weeks, should bring back some more Stig Controversy

O.K Ispose. Seen alot better

loved every single minute of it, especially, michael mcintyre. gr8 work guys, cant wait until next week

While I like the Fiat 500…what about the Fiesta? Have they forgotten about that car too?

Definitely got the thumbs up in my house! Actually looking at the Alfa Romeo Mito as a possible for my first post-uni car…And cheers for a great time at the filming on Wednesday

Really enjoyed the rally bit with james, great camera work! I liked the cheap car bit but not as good as when the team have to buy cars with a specific budget. All in all liked the show, topgear is mint

the show was good as are most of the shows

Jeremy was on top form with his totally witty slogans

And that Ken Block is just aawesome!

Never did find out why Hammond and May looked so defensive. But great show, even if the star was slightly annoying. He seemed to have fun.

V8 not G8. 2 4 6 8 james may cannot masterbate. best show ever. keep it up guys.

Car sauna bloody brilliant. Waiting for the animal rights protests now. That should be a laff

This wee’s felt like proper Golden-age TG.. for me, the best ep of this season yet..

Up there with the Porsche/Aston/M6 Man-Fight, the 3 Mums testing the small cars from a few years back, the 10k supercar challenge, £1,500 Coupe challenge..

Brilliant – accessible, realistic.. even the £250k SL Black – filmed in england – Way more accessible than a Lambo in the middle east.

Cool!

Tonights episode was fantastic loved the SL65 AMG Black review. Loved the cheap rubbish small car challenge in London with the cops. Loved Ken Block’s driving with James and Ricky Carmichael that was eXtreme. Funniest piece was the car sauna that had me rofl ! And the BIG dogs at the end was classic 10/10

all right not best
best guest for a long long time!
good protest

2 4 6 8, Jackie Smiths husband likes to masterba… oh, no, i cant say that!

LMAO,, soooo sooo funnyy. wicked show this week, just like last weeks. keep it up!

Hair Bear Bunch!!! Surely the role-models for our 3 unlikely heroes: a tall slightly-camp curly-bonced bear, a portly laid-back bear of few words and..er..a yappy short-arsed bear).Just You-Tubed said cartoon and can’t discern it from Topgear – that’s a compliment by the way!!Best episode so far this series..Annnnnnnyway..bac k to sniffin’ my petrol then..

I thought the show was pretty good.
Michael Macintyre was a fantastic guest and I loved the rally part with James. The switch between slow-mo and real-time in that was genius. I admire the work you do in filming that, outstanding.

The small car challenge was funny but didn’t strike me as being quite as ridiculously (and rightly so …) ambitious as usual.
Anyway well done, I look forward to next week!

Classic Top Gear if you ask me. Well done fellas

Good show, just to comment on the door windows on the Skoda Roomster, they reminded me of a Austin Allegro Estate’s rear side windows, which sadly i had used to get taken to school in some 20 yrs ago!! And it was metallic green!! In fact when looking at the rear of the Roomster it does remind me of the Allegro…

that sl black was sick that chevy myvi and proton where shit when are u guys doin the coll wall

It was so funny tonight!!!
Micheal McIntyre was really funny.
I liked the bit where clarkson said “If you work for the RSPCA and are annoyed that he stuffed a dog into his toyota IQ, write to us – James May is a _______!, Top Gear!”
Cant wait till next week…..

such a great way of spending an hour on sunday brilliant show boy’s as always hilarious entertaining and informative

Another good show boys, that Ken Block was bloody brillant along with the camera work.
I have never laughed so much as I did with Michael McIntyre and the car sauna. I agree with 20 Af about giving the bankers cheap horrible cars as punishment. Roll on nxt wks show.

2 4 6 8 someones (cant remember the name) husband likes to master… oh wait i cant do that.
bloody hularious, and captain slow looked like he messed his undercrackers, then the dogs well they need oscars, keep it up

Great show guys and great verdict at the end (i love the fiat 500! But there can’t be that many fiats in notting hill, can there? Geust was funny, if slightly annoying but all in all, roll on next week!

good show
loved mcintyre
i thought the gymkhana video wudda been a bit more arty than it was, but still not a disappointment. loved the small car tests too

like youve said, you might be a one trick pony but you do that trick damn well every single week

keep going

Tonights shows was a good show second best of the series up to now, That mercedes was hideous, Manchester united are awesome, United for the prem, Liverpool for nothin!!!!

How many people are now going to accidentally kill themselves in pursuit of achieving the best score in car sauna?! That was a genius idea, and the best bit of this week’s show.

I thought the small cars feature was a bit disjointed, though it did remind me how much I want a Fiat 500.

I also suffered from the whole tennis / sky planner / time change mix-up and missed the first fifteen mins. Had to catch up on I-player. Silly BBC.

That was AMAZING!!

The riot in Canary Wharf was total joke and the blokes got told off, it made me laugh a lot!!!

Michael McIntyre is just a legendd on the SIARPC XD

The Ken Block bit was bloody awesome and terrifying at the same time. James must had a great time. I loved it when he said, “YouBook” and “FaceTube” – good jokes. I want to do something like that lol

It’s an excellent episode. Series 13 is getting more awe each week

Bring on Episode 4!!!

i didnt like that celeberty im not british maybe thats why i didnt think hes funny, but show was good i liked that guy ken block. cant wait ep4

not the best if im honest….

the episode didnt have the structure of the last two, this weeks one felt like you’s didnt know what to do with this weeks episode. the first part of the challenge was more like a political show rather than an entertainment show…. the jokes on the bankers were good like but it didnt last as long as the others which gave me the impression it was half arsed and yet it took up time of the show which meant the last part of the challenge comes across half arsed as well (with the guys making up their own challenges and the set up fiat 500 ending)

Haven’t had so much laugh for a long. It was really nice.
But the 2nd episode. You could feel it was a show for show. 1st and 3rd episode kinda balanced on that tiny line. But… it’s TG – you never know what will gonna happen…

Full on as normal guys! Bloody funny, me and my mates pissing ourselves on the sofa watching Top Gear. How the hell do you ever improve on perfection?

decent show but not as good as the previous 2 (a very high standard to follow I’ll admit), maybe on a par with the average episode of 5th gear. There were a few decent laughts though and the guest was great.

as someone else mentioned, the fiat 500 bit seemed faked – all the owers put their lights on at once? must be well coordinated, and the end just felt like an advert. the faked stuff needs to be avoidied or really really well faked so the audience cant notice it and it feels natural with the show.

I’m sorry, I thought that it fell a little bit flat. yes it’s entertaining and sometimes hilarious (dogs in cars) but it feels like it has lost it’s spark.
Quit while you’re ahead…

What the hell happened to the timings?? Missed the first half of the show, thank goodness for iplayer! Looked a good one- if the small cars thing was done well, without crashing and fakery. We’ll see…

ps.feels a bit ‘lowest common denometer’ tbh

Great show.

I was a little concerned that Michael McThinky would spoil it for me (funny guy, I just can’t stand him), but then two aspects improved things for me (i) I left the room to dish up dinner during the interview bit (ii) seeing him nearly roll the reasonably priced car. If you could just edit it a little so it looks like he does roll it and perhaps then catches fire, I think the show would have been perfect.

Mcintyrte brilliant
impreza Brilliant
Clarkson brilliant
hammond brilliant
may brilliant
guess what top gear is just fantastic

roll on next week

Michael Macintyre is one of the best guests you’ve had – not as good as Stephen Fry, obviously, but then, who could be? Disappointed he didn’t get a better time, though – too much enthusiasm, methinks?

It was one of the best Top Gears ever i think!!! Michael McIntyre had me in tears laughing for 25 mins!! More Comedians need to go in Lacetti. The Mi.To is a total babe of a car, I’m getting one when I’m 17!

Michael MacIntyre had me in tears, keep it up lads!

dat sl black is sexi show was as good as always

Not the best topgear ever, but I reckon the funniest!

great show as always

loved Michael McIntyre

Keep it up guys

Can’t wait for next one!

Missed half of it due to the bloody freeview box stuffing it up!

i missed it and bbc iplayer wont bloody work!!!

Michael McIntyre was hilarious, the small cars bit was okay, and the Ken Block bit was brilliant – amazing filmwork! One thing that didn’t work was acting daft with small cars – that didn’t work as well as it normally does with clapped-out old things. The ‘economical cars’ race to Blackpool last year was better in that sense. Still, a great show and I can’t wait for next week!

great episode as always

Michael McIntyre was really funny. I liked the protest, but when they chose cars they actually liked. They were pathethic. If ken Block’s free I want to come and coach me plz. Make it Happen now!!!

Not as good as the other two episodes. Was ok until the beginning of the cheap cars.

in my opinion there havent been enough cars recently. More proper tests and less fannying about with cars that fit dogs and more HUUGEE powerslides!!! TG’s lost its edge for me this series
sorry guys but i’m very disappointed

Loved it!

Michael Mcintyre was hilarious as always and the cheap car challenge with the dogs cracked me up.

Micheal Mcintyre was the best you’ve had in aages.

Would of been nice to have seen more of ken block though.

was awesome as usual, i found ken block’s video didn’t fit well, felt like a youtube video, he is an epically awesome driver, he didnt have much to say top james though, probs cos hes a yank and james is from 60 years ago

The mojo is strong in this one..

Seriously, that was a corker. I was in stitches at the cheap car features and thought the Ken Block film was one of the best looking so far – would love to see it in HD. The SL Black piece was good but I think I’ve managed to switch off when it comes to fast Mercs after they spent so long dishing up the same old stuff in increasingly unusable forms.

I think it’s the mark of a great show when you lose yourself in it and can’t remember how long you’ve been watching it for because the good stuff just keeps coming.

Loved the show as always,just a little tiny bit not quite as good as the last 2 but thats not a critiscism,adored the big dogs and the car sauna was downright hilarious!! what’s the betting loads of people try that now!!
Jeremy-awesome
Richard-fantastic(and gorgeous)
James-brilliant
Love you all!!

Well done everyone once again u made a fool of the government and gave us public a good laugh too. Keep up the good work. JC 4 PM

Good episode, apart from tunning in at 8.30 to find out it had already started

Man united are good all over, walcott got jeremy clarkson to make that litte comment, Man united for the league

Michael Macintyre was sooo funny! I bet I’ll end up as an overtake-o-phile in my clapped out Mini.

The Mercedez-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series [if in doubt, add more suffixes] was an interesting piece, but the Ken Block bit wasn’t as special as I had imagined – it wasn’t a proper video like the Gymkhana “FaceTube” hits, more an introduction to Ken Block for those who don’t “own an internet”, to put it in Jamesian – but the small cars videos were better than I expected, so it averages out as epic win!!

The usual TopGear fare, then. Great!

it was brilliant:)

You read these comments to enjoy all the praise, don’t you?

Brilliant show this week, personally I feel better than last week.

The news kept me laughing, especially at the gifts for women (typical coming from 3 blokes of course). I guessed that James won the car sauna (being someone who doesn’t tolerate cold too well).

The Ken Block piece was brilliant, breathtaking and scary to watch. Congratulation boys on finally finding a Cool Ken . So he definitely needs to go on the test track.

I loved the ranting protest in London. The police sometimes are so miserable.

I can’t wait until next week’s episode and the letter race. Keep up the good work guys.

Michael Mcintyre is unfunny so hated SIARPC.

The rest of the show was excellent. Much better standard than the first two weak eps. Hopefully keep it up.

Now I’ve finally watched it after the timing cock-up (woo – iplayer!) must say it was pretty good.

BUT…

as someone pointed out above the show is getting very ‘lowest common denominator’. This episode wasn’t too bad, but on average each season seems to appeal more to the guys who write IN CAPITALS wth bad speling than to the people you were making the show for originally.

I can see it all going a bit ‘Simpsons’- i.e. the crap shows start outnumbering the good ones- if you keep going. This week’s show by the way, was a good(ish) one, but the overall trend is worsening.

You guys are intelligent journalists, please regard your audience as equals. You might lose a few thousand viewers if you quit the crap, but they’ve always got Virgin1 to watch.

how could you forget the Fiat? When Hammond got the MiTo I was sure one of you would have chosen the Cinqacento! Good show anyhow…

The guest was the only funny person in the show, the car stuff is totally uninteresting for a car person. The Ken Block bit was just like the official Ken Block stuff on youtube, only not as good.

Oh, TG you are on a dead end street. In a big Hummer styled by JC…

I laugh at the people who say the fiat 500 bit was faked… hmmm, Duh! rings a bell. It was suppose to be showing that a good number of the NEW small cars on the road are fiat 500’s and which hides the fact that they didnt really need to do a small car test, as anyone who does want a small car are pretty good choosing their small cars without topgears help, also as a note to that visual link to what they wanted to say which was they forgot to consider the obvious or that they cus they’d already tested it they didnt need to cover it again. Which is a roomy 5 seater, which is well priced, quite good mpg, and look fantastic too. I can’t believe I just had to explain that to some obviously avid Top Gear viewers. Who care’s what set up… as long as its entertaining, at least the 500 thing was blatently set up, rather than a not so obvious one of them turning the corner to find just ONE of their cars they were driving, that they had set up, but then again none of us wouldn’t have noticed if they did.

Seriously one of your best shows!

The Fiat 500s in Notting hill looked amazing at night! Can’t wait to get mine now

I love the 500 and Top gear!

Good show,the cheap car thing was funny thought JC would have had a suzuki swift though, james’s face was amazin in the impreza the show wasn’t as good as last weeks though cant wait for next weeks show

Well, you can’t honestly say the bit with all of the Fiat 500’s wasn’t set up… other than that, I absolutely loved it!! I still think we need more funny news though. There wouldn’t be anything wrong with cutting a minute or two out elsewhere to include some funny news stories…

get alfie back on as a regular. he was great!

I want British Top Gear in Germany please.

Best show of the series so far! Looking forward to next week.

McIntyre is possibly the most self-obsessed and annoying man on telly – apart from that a great episode )

Mcintyre-although i dont usually find him that funny, he was good tonight. probably because i have an old mini and had could relate to his joke about wanting to overtake people in faster cars.

the episode was absolutely fantastic, the Ken Block video was incredible, and protesting outside parliament was probably the most entertaining film of the current series.

my favourite moment though was when the Saint Bernard got taken out of the IQ, Jeremy then says if you want to complain about it being sad write to “James May is a B*stard” XD

And i disagree with Ape F, i can safely say im an anorak when it comes to motoring and i think TG is still in its prime. you’ve balanced motoring advice and entertainment well. i mean, this week you tested SIX small cars!

I cannot wait for the next episode, Top Gear is just the perfect end to the week

As much as i really hate to say it, the episode was quite poor. First episode was OK, second was brilliant, this one was quite lacking and the tests were pretty boring. I did enjoy Ken Blocks amazing driving and the cinematography on that and the SLR Black light scenes were simply amazing!

Loved the half hour I saw, no thanks to freeview!

great show once again, tking the mic out of the government on may occasions was very funny and it was also true

So far as small cars go. I would also mention Peugeot 206, 207, Renault Clio, Twingo as well as VW Polo. All brilliant.

Also, Clarkson isn’t talking truth when he says Citroens are flimsy or plasticy. The current C3 is, but C4 C5 and C6 have a great quality feel. And the interior of this new C3 looks like it came from Fiat 500 which is a huge step forward

I love the fact that guys came in touch with the real world. Ken Block was brilliant, and that shot with the car, bike and a plane was just breathtaking. Still upset that I have to torrent episodes, because of stupid BBC policies.
Overall- loved it, best one so far just because it brought the guys closer to the viewer (unlike hypercars that make them look posh and unfriendly). I love hypercars but they should be exclusive and special. Dont throw them at the viewer every five minutes and expect them to be amazed. One SUPERCAR PER SHOW IS ENOUGH. I would also like to see the cool wall back, and more hot cars on the track. Still the show is brilliant. Good job guys

Oww, sorry for doubles but did Jeremy say something about Ken Block on Top Gear test track later in the series????

loved it, as always

I agree wholeheartedly with Klaus up there at #40—this felt like vintage Top Gear to me. Not the outsized cartoon that it has become since Series 8, but what real, proper TG used to feel like, circa series 4 through 7. It didn’t have the big, elephantine films that consume a whole episode, but seemed more like a series of short, smart bits that on the whole add up to a very satisfying episode.

I thought that you were 1 for 2 so far coming into tonight (the first episode of the series was patchy but carried by the brilliant race, whereas episode 2 had Richard’s brilliant Abu Dhabi films but was otherwise a complete and utter waste of time), and figured that this series would turn out something like series 11: some genuine high points, but not a great deal of replay value for anoraks like myself who play repeats of episodes the way some play albums constantly as background music. From the comments here, I can see that most of the genuine car enthusiasts have been driven away by all of the contrived dicking about, leaving only the people who want to see you falling over, breaking things and creating a public nuisance of yourselves. As one of the remaining diehards, I would like to thank you for tonight’s episode, since it was one of the now few and far between eps that seemed to actually give a damn about cars.

It wasn’t a huge three ring circus, show-your-non-enthusiast mates kind of episode, but for the faithful, it was a welcome return to the kind of well-balanced show that put you on the map, week in, week out. The three of you are funny enough as it is, lads; you don’t need to turn TG into a laboured comedy variety hour every goddamned week. And while my opinion (sadly…) seems to be a minority one, I would like to thank you for throwing the long time fans the odd bone or two, in the form of episodes that remind us of why we started watching you in the first place.

I think this one was nothing special, just a normal old school top gear episode. I guess it could have been better but this will make us enjoy more the really good ones

Great show guys loved it

It’s been a long time since I really felt the episode was really good. Episode 3 somehow brings back the good feeling.

Though I think it is more of a beginning point, hopefully.

I love the protests, and I love the mucking of the bankers. Putting Top Gear’s new found institutional fame to good use that people don’t find it too offensive yet allow themselves to be mocked at.

I think episode long featured films should be kept to a minimum. I mean the last really good one was the Botswana one, mainly because it was just totally right up there exotic.

Things started to go awry with the Japan-GTR flick(held together by the GTR actually).

I can’t put my finger as to what has changed for the worse, but perhaps it’s the scripting.

Too much?

That was a great show (but not as last week.

it’s slowly getting better…

“2, 4, 6, 8, Jaqui Smith’s husband likes to mast-actually, I can’t do that!”
Brilliant political commentary. Sort of. Michael McInnertyre was brilliant too. Couldn’t stop laughing for the whole episode. Best one this series by miles. End OF.

oh my god,those three cars were rubbish but the rest of the show was ok.

it was so sick man.

sick ali man.

i love topgear man cos its my favourite programme yeah.

i wonder whats the next episode that im going to watch this sunday!

its so fun this programme yeah.

i love this programme

thoughts anyone ?

i cant wait for this sundays topgear new series yeah.yeehoo cant WAit yeah.

This episode was a big improvement over the previous two – more in tune with what Top Gear was before it moved towards being another lowest-common-denominator entertainment show.

It’s much better without the poorly acted, engineered cock-ups.

Was annoying as it appeared to be re-scheduled for Wimbledon, then it was shown at the normal time. As we were recording it, missed the first half. What I saw was funny though.

Loved getting the big dog into the back of James’ small car – haven’t laughed so hard in a while.

How about an hour long show of nothing but Ken Block.

As a lot of people have said – would have been better if I hadn’t missed the 1st 15 minutes. Presumably this weeks viewing figures will be low as a result.

It was an excellent ep. the only bad thing was the cheap car challenge in expensive hatchbacks.
A Proton Savvy is alot cheaper then a Satria and is good to drive.
Toyota Aygo is cheaper then an iQ.

Was definitely something wrong with that part.

Now they should do a power lap in a MiTo GTA to make up for it.

Nice one lads.. News was brillaint and so was May crappin himself with Block.

And the Challenge was good as well.

Kepp up the good work

As i live in greece,i am not able to see the show live, but i can download it the very next day from the network!! Once again ecstatic episode, love Top Gear, absolutely perfect challenges for the cheap cars.Loved the part with jeremys challenge,simply astonishing.Can’t wait for the next one!!!!!

so, you do read these comments? good . first:the show was absolutely brilliant, as always. hilarious, ambitious, rubbish in a good way. car sauna’s going to be a huge hit i assume…but there’s a bitter side. people LOVE Top Gear, well, at least i do. And so you know, there’s people out side UK, too. people who like top gear very much and would like to watch series 13. and some of them use hessmo.com to watch it. or, well, used, coz hessmo.co is now closed, coz bbc didn’t like it. i download every episode, of course, but i sometimes wanna watch it online, while it’s downloading…but i can’t. because bbc iPlayer doesn’t work outside UK anyway and bbc’s closing every website what worked…
but the show was brilliant. keep up the good work.

The SL Black’s test was, as usual, very good.

The thing about the little cars was nice, but it could have been better if it was like an usual “challenge” on Top Gear. (No one bumped into James’ car!)

The rally film was great, that was some serious driving there! I’m really looking forward to know his time around the track.

Michael McIntyre was just the best “star in a reasonably priced car” ever!

Overall this was a very nice episode, but it wasn’t the best ever made.

(And were are the jokes about Hammond’s
new expensive teeth?)

amazed how some people can moan. It was the best of the series so far! Not only was it brilliantly funny and entertaining, but it also covered real issues for the ‘normal’ car user out there.

The dogs in the car was brilliant and the Ken Block feature was done stunningly well! Keep it up

Glad hammond and clarkson finally mentiond Jame’s girlfriend of 9 years .Its about time they did

loved the hatchback challange great show

not the best so far, thought james may just travelling round in a scooby could of been a bit more exciting, like tying to make him race ken block.!

This is one of the best episodes EVER, it was funny (possibly due to guest) relevent (small cars- the ones your parents should buy you for your first car, not the roomster though!), pointless (dogs/protest), amazing (ken block), and just Top Gear, more like this please

IMO, it wasn’t the best show. I’d say it was average, like the renault avantine one.

sorry forgot the flash part, the sl black looks soo nice, but whare was top gear dog? he got a mention in the news but there was no appearence there should have been especially when theres a dog test! still brilliant though!!!!

SO funny. James’ face when Ken Block drove the car off that ramp was the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages.

I didn’t think the challenges were as good as usual though.

I hate it when Top Gear is on after sporting events, what’s with changing the listings to say it’s on at 8.30 and putting it on at 8 anyway? I missed the start and it didn’t Skyplus it because the listings still said it hadn’t started yet. Who cares about a few people hitting balls anyway, how hard can it be?

I thought the episode was splendid except for mcintyres highly slappable face, and the overt gratuitous-ness of Ken block. His driving reminded me of a showy offy guitar solo, causing me to arise from my easy chair and shout “get a penis!”

and his stupid little facial hair situation.

And the way he introduced his motorcycle friend like in a cheesy video game. Coming out to play indeed.

Cinematography was spectacular though, especially considering how uncouth a subject. I feel sorry for James not for the intense g forces and crazy stunts, but forhaving to be locked in a car with that Block fellow. The rest of the episode was brilliant, especially the dogs towards the end. Laughed til I cried.

It was good, but I found myself switching to my SkyPlayer for info about the Ashes halfway through… Not knocking it, but wasn’t the best show ever.

awful show,why not give them small cars a proper review rather then just using them for a cheap laugh? Then to pick 3 other cars over £10K, not really cheap are they? then to top it off chose a car that you didnt even road test as the winner. The show was more sketch show then a motoring show, just makes me look forward more to the new series of Fifth Gear

That show was pretty much perfection, if it wasn’t for one thing. Michael McIntyre, in my opinion, I don’t find him funny at all, and he is very annoying.

Other than that everything was beautifully shot and beautiful.

The show was pretty good, I loved the rally and second car-test, especially with the dogs. I didn’t really like Michael Mcintyre probably cause he’s absolutely not known here in Belgium. But all in all it was a good and decent show. And tonight I’ll be watching an older episode on belgian TV, cause we’re still waiting on the new series. But I don’t mind, I love it all, hahaha

I have to say I was a little disappointed with the Ken Block feature. It was good but, given how many times I’ve seen the boast “Ken Block’s amazing driving and Top Gear amazing editing” I thought both the camerawork and editing was inferior to that of both of the Gymkhana videos.

In addition I think you also made a mistake over using the slow-mo camera and using music. Raw audio (with less commentary from James as well). The whole thing struck me as a poor attempt to copy the “Gymkhana” style rather than being the usual Top Gear quality.

Still, great feature with the small cars and some fantastic comments (I’d expect no less) from Clarkson to the bankers!

havent laughed that much at a t.v show in a long time
loved it!

keep it goin cause it seems to get better each week.

i loved this show! absolutely loved it! really good old topgear feel! no forced funnybits, like the news of s13 e1. smallcar tests, both of the good! michael mcintyre is a star, the sl bit honest and god. again loved it! keep it up!

Great show again, I Loved it when you sat in the merc and got it hot inside..telling mr gordan brown when we know it is to hot was the cherry. Ken block, legend!! cannot wait till next week.

I must admit, apart from the Ken Block extravaganza, I could have easily slept through the rest… not up to par boys, and sorry, but there were loads of forced “funny bits”… felt quite painful to watch compared to normal standards. Let’s hope episode 4 makes up for it.

The Ken Block film was amazing, I liked the fact that you left the music off until the bike joined in.

Apart from that the small cars in London weren’t that good. The problem is it didn’t really go anywhere…. We all know they are naff already. The second lot of reasonable cars was better.

The problem is that after brilliant small car tests as with the Fiesta last series, it makes it hard to go anywhere new/exciting.

This series has gone downhill a bit, sorry.

What happened to all the OutTakes / Behind The Scenes stuff you’ve been promising each week?

Probably the most entertaining SIARPC segment ever, Michael McIntyre was HILARIOUS!

And you’ve convinced me and my mates to try that “car sauna” game you played. Unfortunately it won’t be in a Mercedes C-Class, but in my Focus. Should still be fun, nonetheless.

Great episode lads.

Top Gear is the only decent show on tv! Made me laugh so much…people need to lighten up me thinks!

Awesome!! Loved It! (:

Missed most of the Blacks test, annoyingly, but spent my time constructively shouting at BBC news for putting blasted tennis on as sports. Think I worried the neighbours a bit there. Shoot the scheduler but otherwise an entertaining show.

It was the first top gear episode that I’ve actually stopped watching before the end. I just got bored with it, it’s become very formulaic and lost its edge. I’m waiting for the canned laughter as the next nail in the coffin, because the Block piece felt like a drift into US territory.

Top Gear was always fun to watch because it always felt like it didn’t care what people thought and the people involved were having fun. It was also very British, and this series seems to have lost all of that.

kinda boring. nothing exiting happened, the small car tests felt realy fake and clarkson-only-expensive-i s-acceptable attitude was realy annoying. the worst episode ever, and yes, i have seen all new top gear episodes from 2002.

I hope this was the only week with budget savings guys!

The show wasn’t brilliant.

Not the best show I’ve seen, has to be said. The challenges are not as good as they used to be. It seems like you guys have ran out of good ideas for challenges =/ not as funny as the older ones such as, BL cars, £1500 cheap cars etc…

+: testing everyday cars instead of just the way-out-of-reach stuff.
-: the formula gets too obvious. Dogs were funny but the protest and dragrace were predictable and didn’t add to the show.
+: JC laughing himself to tears with the guest.
-: the guest.

Pretty pants again

Show was ok, liked the bit when they took the mickey out of the bankers and government. But if your going to do “consumer advise” can you do it properly please of just stick to the super car stuff. The second part of the cheap and cheerful cars wasn’t very funny/interesting or useful advise.

I do always enjoy Top Gear and understand that they have a really hard time pleasing the most and had a lower budget for this series because of the current financial climate. I find that Top Gear has set the bar so high with the great episodes that it is hard to emulate and match that. What I want to see is more of the brilliant wit and humour. I don’t want to see Top Gear start to tell rubbish, crude, cheap gags and keep up their witty, clever jokes that made this show so entertaining in the first place.

I can’t see why some people do not like Michael Mcintyre, he is superb and the best comedian out there. If you don’t find him funny, oh well, that’s your opinion I suposse.

So SIARPC was brilliant this week, as was the Ken Block bit had a great slow-motion work of genuis bit.

Good episode, but I praying that, as someone else pointed out, that it doesn’t turn into “the lowest common denominator”. Don’t worry about keeping the type of people who like bland, crude humour watching- they have The Inbetweeners and Russel Brand to cater for that.

seen every episode of Top gear and loved them all till recently, if next weeks isn’t any better, the following week might be the first one I miss! Sort it out guys!

By the way, anyone who moans about how Top Gear doesn’t have enough “Consumer Advice” and not enough about cars and their stats, why don’t you subscribe to Top Gear Magazine, that is great for true petrolheads who want more, for want of a better word, ‘hardcore’ car stuff, there is great articles about that in there. And the bit at the back of the magazine will help with consumer advice. So please don’t complain the Top Gear doesn’t feature enough true car stuff, if you want that- go watch Fifth Gear and buy Top Gear magazine because IMHO, Top Gear is an entertainment program which is brilliant at its job- entertaining. So more challenges with the usual hilarious tasks and situations with all the witty banter exchanges between Clarkson, Hammond and May please!!

Don’t fix the recipe when it’s not broken.

I think it was an ok episode.
Still think there are not enough cars being reviewed. I miss the old style Top Gear from the 90s.
Its not really a car review show any more, just a big laugh now with 3 lads messing about in cars.

please listen all you “newcomers”! last nights episode was good, back to basics, good flow, natural funnybits. it is not forced fun even though the dogs where big, that is just background stuff to lead up to the boys chemistry!
every episode doesnt have to involve something blowing up for it to be good! you are like action addicts. good topgear feel is the best! i like things blowing up as much as anyone, but i dont need it every sunday! i think series 13 have beed good and diversed so far! keep it up!

Excellent show, A funny guest for a change! Brilliant rally/bike stunts! Small car tests were a bit boring but otherwise another great show – and one the children could watch to!

I did enjoy JC shouting about Smiths hubby outside the Govt Pigsty!

i thougt it was briliant and i know that they dont fix things because when they where in mallorca i was there and i saw hamster broken down at the side of the road so i got out and could see steam coming out of the engine

I thought the show was really good. Much better than I expected! Macintire was hilarous, and the super car bit was interesting for once. Amazing effects with both the mercedes sl black and with ken block. The dogs part was the highlight, and I nearly wet myself with laughter! Last nights top gear worked the best for me out of the new series.

Keep up the good work!

Gavin said…”I think it was an ok episode.
Still think there are not enough cars being reviewed. I miss the old style Top Gear from the 90s.
Its not really a car review show any more, just a big laugh now with 3 lads messing about in cars.”

This is my point. Gavin- go watch fifth gear if thats what you want and subscribe to TG Magazine. The “3 lads messing about in cars.” formula is brillianly entertaining and the reason why so many people love Top Gear. It’s great!!!

the show was awesome as usual, and only seemed ‘ok’ to some people above because the previous two shows were two of the best I can ever remember.

and michael mcintyre, stephen fry and MICHAEL SCHUMACHER?? who have you got in store next week!!? best stars in a reasonably priced car ever.

i also loved the bankers bit, and i definitely didnt see that street of fiat 500s coming! utter brilliance that

There should be a Top Gear Forum on this website I think where we could discuss things like this instead of just leaving comments, there could also be a ‘Suggestions’ and ‘Complaints’ about the actual show section as well as another section where you can discuss cars and stuff like that.

overall a really good show. michael mcintyre was funny, as was the second car test. and i always like to see a car on track with 660bhp. i think the news has been a bit disappointing in the last 3 shows- the banter between hammond, clarkson and may is what sets the show apart, but the news has become too much about that and not enough about new cars, and all the stuff they used to discuss at that point in the show.

series has been brilliant so far, keep it comin!

Myself… you are missing the issue entirely… I have watched TG since Tiff and Quentin were kicking tyres and Jezza was still in long shorts with an untamed afro-like mullet… and I thank god it’s no longer those days!!! I love the entertainment, flare and fun attitude of TG in more recent years, but last night was just bland. It felt like a total mis-hit compared to other episodes. I don’t give a damn if they don’t blow something up.. in fact, I prefer it just to be entertaining and witty, but last night wasn’t. I was just contrived, and painful to watch for it’s very unfunny “funny bits”… apart from McIntyre, who was actually quite funny for a change (he normally just makes me want to strangle him). TG can and does do better than this. You can’t get it right all the time, but last night really does make you wonder as to how long they can keep this up… and for those who have been saying “dis waz da best show eva”… you clearly haven’t been watching for very long…

By no means the best show ever and the weakest of this series so far. The small car tests were poorly done and seemed very cobbled together, the 500s lined up was obvioulsy a fix. Michael McIntyre was ok not as funny as I’ve seen him, missed the SL black test as Sky had it down to start at 8:15pm Ken Block easily the stand out part, but not as good as some stuff I’ve seen him do, hope next weeks is better

SL65 Black was awesome, what a noise it makes!

Cheap car test was ‘ok’, and nothing more.

Ken Block feature was excellent, great cinematography – pity it wasn’t a bit longer? Maybe next time!

Michael Macintyre – NEVER AGAIN!!! I prefer comedians who are funny. Not smug, self-satisfied comedians who think they’re funny. I’m sick of the sight of him.

Overall it was an average episode, not a patch on the previous shows from the new series. (maybe my dislike of that ‘comedian’ has tainted my review of the show

In the end of the episode Jeremy said that if anyone spotted another car matching theirs then they would be the winner.
Well in the final seconds of that film 58 mins and 16secs to be exact, parked on the oposite side of the road seen between the rear of the white Fiat 500 and front of the yellow Fiat 500 is a red Toyota IQ… I think that this would make James the winner…

Season 6 and 7, Top Gear, Season 6 and 7.
That’s a good enough reference. You guys have done it before, why not now? Current series is funny, but lacking identity that made Top Gear famous. The ‘X’ factor.

this i think was the best show ever i couldnt stop laughing. i love micheal McIntyre he sooo cute keep you the good work

MSDosser, you have a very good point. I wasn’t really talking about last nights episode entirely but I was just arguing against what Gavin about what he said about Top Gear needing to be about more cars and that it isn’t really a car review show anymore. My argument is that, no- it isn’t really a car review show anymore. But that era of Top Gear was cancelled because no-one watched it. The reason this new era of ‘3 guys mucking around’ took of is that it is not all about cars and thats what people want. Many people watch Top Gear who hate cars because it is such quality entertainment, which shows that the ‘messing around having a laugh’ recipe is what people want and why Top Gear is successfull. Personally, I love cars and love Top Gear. The TV program doesn’t really satisfy my petrolhead needs which is why I also watch Fifth Gear and subscribe to TG Magazine.

An insanely funny show!

Another good show Top Gear team! And I’m not saying that to be contrived or insincere because I really mean it. The segment you did with Mr Block was absolutely sensational it had me on the edge of my seat with all his insane driving in that kick ass Subaru Impreza causing Mr May to act a bit girly if I’m honest here, (don’t drive too close to those planes! Watch that post there!) He reminds me of my mother when she’s a passanger and my dad is driving, my mother really hates it when my dad drives lol. The SITRPC this week was absolutly hilarious! Mr McIntyre had me in stitches with his jokes and Mr Clarkson as well. I also liked the drive protest you did in Westminster driving those god awful crappy cars, although if next time you find yourself doing those things I would recommened three things 1) come up with better sounding slogans. 2) Don’t for the love of God let Mr Clarkson near the megaphone because you know he’ll come out with the first thing that comes out his gob, and finally 3) Get better cars to cruise in.

Look forward to next weeks show lads, keep up the good work!

Regards,

Janelle.

Steve D said…..”Michael Macintyre – NEVER AGAIN!!! I prefer comedians who are funny. Not smug, self-satisfied comedians who think they’re funny. I’m sick of the sight of him.”

F off to another country for even thinking and jumping to conclusions like that. Michael Mcintyre isn’t at all smug and acts the contrary. He doesn’t THINK he’s funny. He IS funny, which is why his DVD Live and Laughing was that stand-up bestseller over christmas and why he sold-out on the 20,000 seater Wembley Arena on 3 nights in less than a week. I’m just glad I managed to get tickets for it.

not the best show guys, could have done better! but the part with Ken Block was pretty sweet!

Sorry Top gear but this wasn’t a great show. I enjoyed the SL Black review and the camera work was awesome (as always). Listening to Jezza compare the car to the SLR and normal SL was very good, and not boring.

The news was funny and you talked about some cars again Also telling the Government to leave us along to live our own lives was spot on The “car sauna game” was a stroke of genius.

The first small car review was okay, and funny as you had another go at our useless Government. “We want AMV8 not G8″ lol

Michael McIntyre was okay as a guest, but he made up for it with his insane Gambon cornering skills. Nice to see a new face behind the wheel. Must be hard for you though to get new people on the show.

The second small car review wasn’t that great tbh. Although seeing James May try to get a fully grown St Bernard into the iQ did tickle me.

As always I look forward to next weeks show.

mist it any one know when its getting replayed??

Friday

Best parts of the show were Michael McIntyre, he nearly had me in tears…so funny. And the car sauna was funny too. The rest of the show wasnt as good as I thought it could be, last 2 weeks were defo better.

never laughed so much in my life u lads are so funny

@dizzle (post 176), that wasn’t an iQ parked there, it was a Smart ForTwo.

Did anybody notice that the 3 cars they tested at the end of the show were far bigger and far more expensive than the 3 earlier ones with the excpetion of the IQ. Where was the i10, the Polo or the C2? Overall the show wasn’t that great, I’ve seen far better. I know I’m going to get a lot of flak from the people who adore TG and watch it all the timw on Dave but this series doen’t seem as godd as the last one.

All good as per. Must say that comedian bloke isn’t my cup of tea. In a notfunnyinthe slightest kind of way.

Eh? That’s not right.

Pretty standerd episode really not as good as the previous two, but still good enough to keep me watching.

michael mcintyre is a t**t, he was so full of himself and his jokes werent funnyin the slightest. wtf was tg doing asking him to come on the show. i reckon they should get ozzy osbourne in the chevvy, thatd be a right laugh

C+ Could do better. It seems like a set list for a big rock band. Start off with a couple of cracking tunes to get the crowd going then bring it down a bit in the middle to end finally on a high. The guest was brilliant, shame about the lap time but the rest of the show was quite average and poor in places.

THE RALLY BIT GOOD AND MICHAEL McINTYRE WAS VERY FUNNY.

mega show. the cinemaphotography is simply epic especialy with the sl black. its just complete ecstasy for the eyes and realy emphises the emotions involved in cars, which is what the show is all about. plus the ken block vs ricky carmicheal part…. WOW!!

great show..but, you’d have to say,not the best but that just means theres better beans to come!!!!well done!!obez!!

great episode. top gear really is saving the country. i bet all the people who said it was rubbish are labour voters (or idiots, as they are now called)
michael mcintyre rules

Awesome episode, keep up with the good work boys.

Richard Hammond’s hairstyle makes him look like a diminutive 1980’s porn star – or maybe he’s hoping to audition for Snow White II as “Sleazy”, the 8th drawf – the one who’s always smirking and keeps his hands in his pockets.

Richard Hammond’s hairstyle makes him look like a diminutive 1980’s porn star – or maybe he’s hoping to audition for Snow White II as “Sleazy”, the 8th drawf – the one who’s always smirking and keeps his hands in his pockets.

Was the rally film with James filmed in HD? It seemed more clear and sharp on my TV last night than the rest of the show.

Ive never laughed so much in my whole entire life. Awesome work by the top gear crew aswell especially the Ken Block film !

Last night’s show was good but not as brilliant as the the first two of this series.

The news incl. car sauna, the ralley bit, and the SIARPC were awesome, the rest a bit blah.

Also, Hammond’s hair wasn’t quite as hilarious as last week when he looked like a very bad Tina Turner impersonator.

I think this was the funniest show ever and even though I think it’s ridiculous I will even use some internet speak to demonstrate it: it was LMAO funny! (laughing my ass off funny)
Sadly there was one thing that did annoy me. The Sky planner indicated that the programme was at 8:30 due to Wimbledon coverage but I turned on at 8:15 and it had actually started at 8 so I missed the SL Black test. It is very annoying when the BBC don’t stick to the start and finish times of programmes I have missed recording the last few minutes of Top Gear before because the Beeb doesn’t have to fit in to advertisers’ demands – sort it out, it wouldn’t happen on a satellite channel.

Not only did Michael McIntyre have me crying with laughter but also Jezza!! Nice one! Good episode cant wait until next week!

it was awesome somthing different when ken block and the G.O.A.T ricky carmicheal was shown need to see more episodes like that

For the first two shows I couldn’t say that “the budget split is showing” but for this one you would..brilliant show nevertheless.

God, you lot are SOOOO critical!
Chill man!
They’re not after some essay on it.
I love Top Gear and i though it was a really good show.
Michael McIntyre is hilarious!

Ly TG xxx

And yea, my sky planner got mucked up aswell
Stupid thing.

Can’t Wimbledon just decide who’s the best n leave it at that, instead of going on each year
LOL
only joking

Yet again, awesome show!
I haven’t cried with laughter since, well, i last watched Michael McIntyre’s dvd. Best guest ever in the SITRPC! It’s not usually my highlight of the show, however, it was a differnt story this week.
The news was ace, James’ film was ace and the challenge was great too. Although, it did seem a bit rushed. You got you crap car in London, then put some paint on it, ran around screaming (which was funny) and then brought another car and shoved a few ugly pugs in them? Not my favourite challenge but overall, great show again boys and girls!

Ahhhh, i forgot The Car Sauna.
Right up there with the SITRPC.
Brilliant!

ken block was stunning last night,his driving is art!

Myself said…
F off to another country for even thinking and jumping to conclusions like that. Michael Mcintyre isn’t at all smug and acts the contrary. He doesn’t THINK he’s funny. He IS funny, which is why his DVD Live and Laughing was that stand-up bestseller over christmas and why he sold-out on the 20,000 seater Wembley Arena on 3 nights in less than a week. I’m just glad I managed to get tickets for it.

I’m glad you like him. You have such a wonderful way with words.

Would you prefer me to wait until you’ve posted next time, just to ensure that I don’t have any ‘wrong’ OPINIONS?

Ken Block was the best ive ever seen him. and talking to the business people were hilarious outside the stock exchange..especially when clarkson goes ‘does that flash across every day? have you considered jumping out of a window?’
Brilliant.

Just like to add, mcintyre was the BEST guest ever, just as good as the hamilton interview. Schumy was a let down a couple of weeks ago, but this made up for it.

GOOD LIKED IT

Michael McIntyre was great in the Resonably Priced Car. Gambon Corner needs to be renamed to McIntyre Corner!!!!

O comon Top gear!…whats happend to you guys!

there should be a contest to see who should have the corner gambon named after them!!
the person who goes the longest around gambon on two wheels gets the corner named after
make it happen

I think we can safely assume that the crew know exactly how good that episode was. C+ would seem to cover it, tho I can’t comment on the StarInCar cos I always nip out for a fag during that bit in protest of the latent luvviedom that comes with it.

So good enuff I spose, they can’t all have Sabine Schmitt in can they? Can they?? Please???

i think the last show was better. because of the race

This episode was funny………….and interesting. Michael MacIntyre was absolutly hilarious!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!  ! It was funny when jezza got told off by that police man!!!HAHAHA!!!!! Show was great guys, keep it up, well i am saying that, it is obvious you’ll make each show better and better!!!!!! I am going to silverstone this month and i cant wait, a good thing is that i get in free!!!! And another good thing is……..i am going to Top Gear Live in november, it is going to be my birthday present because my birthday is november and i cant wait, i am getting platinum tickets!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D: D!!!!!!!! i am going to the one in birmingham, 1. because it is nearer to my birthday and 2. it is near to where i was born:D:D:D Top gear is too excellent to describe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh and also, KEN BLOCK IS ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!! I SO WANT TO GO IN A CAR WHEN HE IS DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!

Best show so far this series but..Don’t get me wrong, Michael McIntyre is a nice guy and was good value on TG last night (for 2 minutes before he became way too irritating) but he is also so overrated as a comedian – he is effectively recycling very old Lee Evans observational/physical comedy with a little Eddie Izzard surrealness thrown in, all delivered in a very posh and camp style. He is the BBC’s family-friendly flavour of the moment. Playing it anodyne and safe. Thank satan for TG! (sorry for going a lil’ off-topic!!)

At least, we found the 1st Cool Ken anyway..

so, pls move 599 to sub zero!

hmmm… in fact, not so cool, is it?

Regardless of all the didn’t-like-it comments,
I absolutely loved this episode, as always!
It was the best episode of the series so far and you guys never fail to make me smile
Me and my friends want to play car sauna!
Jeremy shouldn’t have lost! It was so funny though.
Can’t wait for the other ep’s and so sad that there’s only about 7 episodes in the series
I’m sure they’ll be amazing though,
thanks for making my sunday nights brill!
Keep up the good work,
xx

I liked that this was a complete contrast to last week’s show. They can’t all be stand-out winners, but I actually like this kind of ‘quieter’ Top Gear once in a while. Bits of it felt more spontaneous and I liked that, and I also liked that with the exception of the Ken Block film (the editing felt very in keeping with the recent gymkhana vid, btw) everything was shot relatively locally. And you can extrapolate some actually useful information from the challenge if you really wanted to. Yep, liked it.

Absolutely loved it!! Last night was the first time I have ever seen my boyfriend laugh so much he cried.
Looking forward to more! xx

Ken Block ace!

Small cars – Boring Zzzzzzz

Michael McIntyre – the first decent guest for ages

Merc Black – pointless and ZZZZzzzzz

Sauna – moderately funny

OK episode, at least it was not embarrassingly crude this week.

It wasn’t too bad. The ‘cheap cars’ bit was a bit of a mess – the cars they ‘ended up with’ weren’t cheap at all – they cost £9000+. When the presenters’ mums did a similar test a couple of years ago with the Jazz, Modus and 1007, it was properly informative and hilarious at the same time. Lots of people seem to watch Top Gear these days just to have a laugh, and half of them don’t care about the cars. People have been saying “those three cars were rubbish” but they clearly don’t know a thing about the cars. It’s a shame that this ‘don’t care about cars, just want a laugh’ audience has crept in over the last few years. I find Top Gear funny most of the time, but not when it’s overly forced. Like some other people have said, the people who watch Top Gear for the cars are going to be overtaken by those who just want to see the presenters mess around. Don’t get me wrong, I find them hilarious, always have done, but it was better from Series 3-11, with the Winter Olympics, presenters’ mums, amphibious cars, car football, police cars, that sort of thing. There just needs to be more of a balance between cars and fun.

http://bbc.co.uk/i/lnd97/ Top Gear – Series 13 – Episode 3 Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May confront the credit crunch head on as they attempt to find three sensibly priced small cars that won’t make you miserable, a process that involves haranguing bankers, harnessing large dogs, and almost getting arrested.

Plus, James meets American stunt driving legend Ken Block, Jeremy tests the mildly insane Mercedes SL Black on the track, and Michael McIntyre is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Loved the Ken Block stuff, but would have liked to have seen the start of the episode. Did it start early due to the tennis destrying the schedules?

Hammond and May.

Get your hair cut/styled/ shaved off – anything really!!

Jeremy is WAY cooler than both of you, even with his bald patch.

‘Car sauna’ = best bit of TG this series.

m. macintyre was hellarious! u guys who sed he was anoying hav no sens of humor.

Great show, keep it up!!!

car suna is a good game

sensational show! Michael was hilarious. So were you and the crap small cars. Jeremys Skoda Roomster was awful!

yes i have fallen into the ‘top gear is too scripted’ group, but then again, we have had to endure 5 series of it so far.

and counting..? will have to wait for the rest of the series.

constructive criticism to stop it losing it’s core fanbase.

the ken block film was one of the best things i’ve seen on the programme though. absoballalooteleeloved the slow-mo kickin’ up dust.

annoying when clarkson kept drifting the Black though then saying it wasn’t quite fast enough to overtake (especially when the SLR driver was creaming the lines)

Boring in my opinion. And the dog test and all that was rubbish. I’m 15, I want more fast cars, more drags races and more stupid stuff that only Top Gear can get away with (like Top Gear Ground Force. I don’t care if it was fake, I was p****** myself with laughter).

See, comments like this ^^^ No. 242 – immature to be honest.

Another fantastic show

There are two problems with Top Gear ……

i) It doesnt last long enough
ii) I miss around a third of what is being said because I am laughing SO much.

I loved the car sauna, although the boys could of / should of took their clothes off in order to cool down .

The government abuse was just utterly fantastic and it was side splitingly funny.

I am surprised they didnt get arrested for not filling the right forms with the police for a lawful protest !

But only 5 more to go that is awful , I now understand what it must be like to be a drug addict the withdrawl is just to great.

Top Gear has slowly been turning into an hour on a sunday evening of comedy and laughter as opposed to facts and roadtests with the odd chuckle here and there.

The roles need to be reversed, i.e LESS jokes and MORE facts, as opposed to MORE jokes and LESS facts.

Cmon guys, watching repeats on Dave is more interesting than this. It feels like you guys are carrying on JUST to keep us content…

A proper episode of top gear! Not one designed to impress 10 year olds who “luv top gear ‘cos it’s well jokes init!”

The last 3 episodes have been top notch, exactly what top gear should be.

SO funny, giggling all the way throught.

It was brilliant, per usual! Michael Mcintyre! he was seriously amazing! The dogs, interestig? but no TG??? Can’t wait for next week! XD x

my sky+ cock it up too. i miss 20mins of it. whats going on? thank god for bbc iplayer. just watched the bits i missed. good show, loved the bit with Ken Block. and micheal macintyre was funny too.

i thoroughly enjoyed this weeks episode but one thing that did let it down is that jeremy didnt quite finish his sentence with regards to Jackie Stewart and co. hehe.

Also i thought this last week as well, i thought it would be funnier if every week following on from the first show, instead of doing a star in the reasonably priced car, each week you could have had a different stig appearing. (just a thought)

Oh how I would love to have a job at top gear, it really is the best job in the world!

Thanks a lot again for a really spectacular show.
Alana (age 15)

This show was not one of your best, and could be improved by having one larger part, instead of several small ones. But having said that, you have to put the hilarious smaller parts somewhere. It was still very funny, as we have all come to expect from top gear.

Another thing, BRING BACK TOP GEAR DOG, or cat, or something…

Small car tests didn’t seem to know what they were for – they felt a bit forced and pointless, and not funny enough to make up for it really.

The rest was great though. Brave to to show off Block’s stunning driving without any challenge or other add-on. Just stunning presentation around an excellent feature.

I’m loving this series and I rather watch an hour of the TG boys than anything else on telly.

Just keep it up!

Mundane at best,was bored mostly, hoping it would get better.The “comedian” bloke was rubbish.Totally irritating,all that shrieking ! Hopefully normal service to be resumed next sunday,sounds a good episode on paper at least.

I despise all you pseudo critics who complain how Top Gear has not been factual enough and doesn’t give a damn about cars anymore, but is rather focused only on entertainment. Top Gear is in fact an entertainment show about cars! Want factual, boring car reviews? Watch Fifth Gear.

On another note, I too agree with the majority here that believes that Top Gear is much better when the program is filled with short, creative tests and challenges in which the guys do what they do best (“ambitious yet rubbish”) rather than one long film that takes up an entire episode.

i like toast. buttery toast. with white cream.

Hmmmm, it was okay. I really didn’t like the road test of the merc sl black and i can’t agree to any point jeromy did. I had the luck to drive one of these cars and i loved it, it’s brilliant!
The ‘looking for a good cheap car’ film wasn’t that good, mostly because they forgot the fiat 500 and the tests were ridiculous.
Episode 2 was much better

I thought this show was VERY funny.

The parts that I found funniest were when the Top Gear team done a protest and the Michael Macintier part.

I LOVE TOP GEAR. I AM A MASSIVE FAN. IT IS THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Didn’t enjoy the show as much as previous ones!! however still entertaining but i get the impression you guys are running out of ideas?? possibly?? i hate saying it because it is the best show on TV in my opinion.

great show but i failed to top last weeks show the roads trips and chalenges keep getting funnier and better but 2 things have really anoyyed me about the new series 1 the fxx being stripped of its title becuase of the tyres (why cant they just put different tyres on it and send it round again) 2 what in gods name has happened to the cool wall bring it back

one word mint

it was soo funny with richard with the dog…. “hello, your breath stinks!” haha

@ 257 Swordsman.

Top gear IS an entertainment show.

It WAS a car programme.

if yoo want an entertainment show, watch Takeshi’s Castle.

the blatant pursuit of a bigger audience means it is moving away from why people liked it in the first place (decent, thorough tests of good cars) and into a flimsy, disjointed (and effectivey short-term) “entertainment show” where car tests, or what people who Top Gear should be aimed at are tuning in for, appear as an after thought, with a dedicated 5 minutes of an hour long programme.

Clarkon is a motoring journalist.
May is a motoring journalist.
Hammond is…a tv presenter?

a ‘comedian’ isn’t in there.

what made top gear stand out from it’s rivals was the wit that was interweaved with the driving of cars.

now it seems like top gear believes its own myth, and is revolving the show around the jokes.

which is sad.

it’s a setup

It was another Epic performance from the trio, and the stig , loved every second if it, cant wait till next week. I have to say , the London protest was totally arse first in the usual , epically funny and Trademark TopGear way.

I would give it 8/10. Didn’t like the rally part though.The interview was hillarious.Good job.

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This Episode was very good best one so far but kev block went on for to long.

well done TG the interview was hilarious, the challenge was amazing and the rally course was eXtreme; much better than the terrible first episode!

to Podge 90

Right , you are basically saying that the show is not what it once was, I would like to see you do any better. You want a regular run of the mill , boring and unfunny car show that has loads of presenters dragged for no-where and slung together on the budget of a carboot stall , watch Fifth Gear. TopGear is for PetrolHeads , who also have lives , have a sense of humour and above all adore cars. Jeremy Clarkson is the best Motoring Journalist in the world. And I would love to be a motoring Journalist. Richard Hammond is a motoring Journalist , and has done other TV shows in the past but when you are in television , you dont just stick with one show. And James May is a motoring Journalist. And it wasnt a set up.

In the future , I wish to go into motoring Journalism, I love TopGear , i love cars and I adore this whole concept of fun, banter, cars and three middle aged men falling over.

And if TopGear is as bad as you claim why do the get such good ratings, and per show get almost 6 million viewers. So go and live your little life and watch your FifthGear which gets approx two viewers per show.

TopGear has been , is ,and always will be, THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW………………….IN THE WORLD.

I laughed so much my girlfriend nearly had to leave the room. Loved the assault on the goverment and the leave us alone bit. I was dissapointed they didn’t give there thoughts on the Alfa which I’ve fell in love with and want one.

Very good

# Podge 90 256

Since When is Top Gear NOT a Car show? They do funny things in CARS, they test new CARS, They do the news and talk about CARS, they bring a celebraty Down and put him in a CAR. In what way is top gear not a car show, seriously dont even comment again, you know absoleutly nothing.

Show 3 was very funny epacilly when they shouted at the goverment

That was a great show! The interview was great, the challenges with the cheap cars were great, the bit with Ken Block was awesome – and I don’t care if any of it was a setup.

yoo obviously haven’t taken in anything i’ve said, quite clearly.

i do have a sense of humour, although it is fairly immature.

in which case i should be loving this series of top gear. i clearly said that the humour should be made second to the stars of the show; the cars. this does not mean i do not have a sense of humour.

your view of a petrolhead is entirely misguided. You watch top gear and laugh at men falling over whilst talking about women having a “crisis”.

yoo obviously must be a petrolhead.

i do adore cars. my girlfriend will tell you that. they come before her.

i will be the first to say clarkson is a great motoring journalist, but the best? tis your opinion (and i’d like to point out that i have merely been expressing mine), but try reading an edition of evo magazine sometime, and compare his writing with the work of Henry Catchpole or David Vivian, and objectively compare what a true petrolhead would actually want to see put into motion on a tv programme with the metaphor-laden works of clarkson.

his articles, as much as i like reading them, are like the show; 75% of it is about something irrelevant to a car, the rest is a vague mention of a car.

i did not claim top gear is “bad”. i claimed i don’t the new direction it is taking, and deviating from what once made it great. the big audience you refer to account for this. good for the BBC, not good for me, and as this post is asking for my opinion, i do not think i am wrong to state it.

as for me being an avid fifth gear fan, im just watching one now. Fortunately mum will be wanting her coronation street back on in a sec…

anyway, i too want to be a motoring journalist, i just need to get off my behind and ask round for work experience to start, my brother already is one and its a world which i would love to be involved in.

if i didn’t love cars, i wouldn’t want to be.

if i didn’t love cars, i wouldn’t feel a bit peeved at what top gear has evolved in to.

Richard Hammond was wrong! There is a Fiat 500 that begins with A if you want a car that starts with that letter. It’s called: Abarth!

Oh and I almost forgot… not only do the government tell us what to do when it comes to heat, I recently came accross a road sign in Wiltshire that read: “20 Zone – Please drive in a low gear”. I DECIDE WHICH BLOODY GEAR I DRIVE IN! If I wanna do 20 in 5th that’s my bloody decision!

it was another great show and i agree the best small car is a Fiat 500.
well done boys again

Gettin better every time. Actually one might think after all these years Top Gear might have lost some of it’s original spirit and style but no, it has only become better. Great show guys. Keep up the good work

Podge – it’s interesting you bring up Evo as an example of good motoring journalism, and indeed, it is. It’s also interesting, though, that Top Gear’s script editor writes for… guess what? Evo magazine. I’m not saying this means anything either way, but it’s an interesting coincidence.

Forgot to say I loved car suana very funny.
Whats with the custard jokes hammond
Custard rusling,
Custard soul??? You got a bet going on? how many custard references???

Agree with 253gilla bring back TGD every now and then would be good>

Absolutely luvved it! luvved every episode!

Michael McIntyre was absolutely bloody hilarious, even Clarkson was practically cryin with laughter

luved the smaoll car tests and those dogs were lush and adorable

as for Ken BLock, that was absolutely mind-blowing!! i was glued to the screen the whole time!!

Just amazing, can’t wait for next weeks ‘postman pat’ letter race

Keep up the good work 10/10

it was very good i liked the part when the jc, rh and jm was in the the car at 62 degrees, they must have been boling and sewtting like pigs

@ Podge 90 & Matt 2093

RITE ON MATT 2093!

If you find it so immature then go watch something badly made like fifth gear and some other rubbish.

If u dont like it then stop leaving comments on the website.

The funny-ness of the show is what first attracted me to cars and for that i am ever EVER grateful.

Cheers Guys!

Morgan Jenkin, Cornwall

Great show, Hammonds dog was bigger than he was lol cant wait for next weeks show

I agree completely with Podge 90 – the cars were the priority in the earlier series’, now it seems that the laughs are the priority. I want cars, I want comedy, but there needs to be a good balance. The earlier series, probably from around 2003 to 2007, have been the best. Yes, it’s still entertaining but there’s not much to do with cars we’re all going to buy. And for those saying “go and watch Fifth Gear”, then they clearly haven’t seen Fifth Gear lately. It often tries to mimic Top Gear – and not very well. Perhaps the BBC should keep Top Gear as it is, and launch another, more low-key car show like old Top Gear to be shown of a weekday evening, like ITV’s Pulling Power or something. Even though that never seems to be on. Ahh well, still looking forward to next week’s TG!

i don’t go and watch something else because
it’s still one of my favourite teleh programmes.

people are misconstruing what i’m saying.

Wyvern @ 281. is it richard porter? his name sprung to mind soon as a read your comment. he’s also involved with sniffpetrol.com as well i think. witty writer.

im sorry but the people that didnt like the episode bah humbug and thats the polite version.. it was funny. informative. great and very funny star in a …. who i had never heard of as i live outside the uk.. ( the wonders of the net) any way from the outset of the series you can now see that the budget has been cut and has it made a difference .. not really the show is better paced after all you cant excpect every show to have a race in it so keep it up lads and once again Andy it was bwrilliant….

re 286….he could of used a yorkshire terrier n dog would still of been bigger,probably better groomed too ?

I love James face when he jumped in Impreza

Pretty good episode actually, it was like something from series 6 or 7. The best in my opinion. Guest was brilliant especially his jokes about the loser lane, me being a Metro owner too. and the best bit is i was really tired at the time so i can watch it again and it will seem like a new episode!

Comment 290… ha ha i have 2 yorkshire terriers ,could be bigger than Hamster but their hair is just as floppy and mad!!

McIntyre absolute legend petol suitcase lol

Podge @288 – indeed, the very same Richard Porter (of Sniff Petrol, as you say). Very witty, funny man (I definitely sensed his input in the Evora review the other week). I am an avid Sniffer, and I’m hooked on Gareth Jones on Speed, too – it’s well worth a listen, especially if you like motorsport.

missed the first part owing to Tennis, so really didn’t get into it much. Like the Adults say TG is better when the banter between the boys isn’t forced or scripted,don’t like the set ups this time either,if moneys short then save what you’ve got instead of wasting it on a street of Fiat 500’s,once you’ve seen 1 etc.

James & Richard your hair do’s are ok,

The dog thing was good but miss TG,although she dosn’t like cars,maybe see her once in a while??.

Looking forward to the rest of the season and of course MPH.

May be the boys being away so much is compromising TG, I hope not.

I felt the small car bits where blatant product placement for the fiat 500, with the ken block bit being a good plug too – the guy being a DC man, and with his commercial videos all over TG site Not to mention i have to agree the ghymkana practice 2 was at least as good, if not better, than the film you guys did. So the whole episode was james bond driving a mondeo with his sony-ericsson in hand for me – no new info, no addition to the story, just PR.

Oh btw. James ownes a fiat panda, which is just as good as a 500 only cheaper. Come on, don’t tell me anyone beleives he drives up to the shoot in a Panda, and then doesn’t recomend it….?

Of course if you make up the money this way, to shoot bits like the train-car-bike in the first episode, i have no complains

Enjoyed the review of the SL Black — classic Top Gear at its finest (i.e. in depth, no holds-barred reporting on a car with some humor). Michael Macintyre was a great guest, made SIARPC pass by quickly. Ken Block…that video clip of his rally driving was EPIC! Three worst and three best small car clips were ok. I liked the bit where you all placed the dogs inside the small cars. Quite hilarious, and you probably offended PETA as well but no matter.

As always, based on the teasers at the end, I look forward to next week’s show!

Oh yeah, I also liked the bit where Clarkson tells the government to “leave us alone.” I definitely agree with that.

Wasn’t great. If I had to really fish for complaints it would be James coming off as fake in a couple of spots and saying stuff he wouldn’t usually say.

And the whole episode was rather weak. Though even weak Top Gear is fun.

Michael was hysterical. First Top Gear guest to ever have me in tears I was laughing so hard. Was hoping he’d retell the story he did on “Would I Lie To You?” about the fact for a couple of weeks he could only turn right in his car.

Oh yes, and Richard essentially bankers to kill themselves = epic win!

The Ken Block bit was fun and so was Michael Mcintyre, but rest of the episode wasn’t your best. Still funny, just not one of your top episodes.

SL Black was a great looking clip review as usual but we’ve certainly seen Clarkson going sideways in a supercar on an airfield before. So, not terribly exciting.
Ken Block was pretty much Gymkhana Three ft. James May in a non-speaking role. It looked stunning, but not that much better than Block’s own stuff, and I think TG should try to go beyond something that proudly calls itself an infomercial. Like some snrky commentary, maybe.
And the cheap car challenges… Neither informative (cars everyone hates anyway suck, wow) nor really all that funny. And the punchline was really lame.

it was alright, not the best or the funniest but still pretty good.

do like the artistic shots you guys always have, never let those die it’s what really makes top gear so unique, that aside for the jokes and the lunacy its still very very nicely put together.

The best guest ever!!!

the thing is.. I have watched all the series so far.

The begin of this series was good.. but I am afraid this last episode wasn’t so brilliant.

this mad driving becomes boring and the small car test not so good, especially the first part.

About Michael McIntyre; come one, how many of us have done the “I’m having him”,the overtaking-a-Porsche-in-t he-fast-lane-with-unbalan ced-wheels-and-bits-falli ng-off-with-your-Kamikaze -bandana-on-shouting-”tor a-tora-tora”-and-the-miss us-screaming-at-you thing?

I know I have, especially in a Skoda Estelle I once owned, for the extra piss-off-the-other-driver points it scores. Mine was an Estelle 130LSE, so it was the ’sport’ version, that could do 70+ without being driven off a cliff.

Sorry … that particular show was a bit too ‘fifth gear-y’ for me.

Probably the worst I ever in my book.

I’m sure next week will be up to the usual standard

Not every show must be a kult classic… apart from this one, that just is

absolutely right with your verdict on the perodua, chevrolet and satria, especially the satria! i used to work at a proton dealership and the satria is truly awful – full of plastic, no headroom, etc. only surprised you didn’t go for the even worse proton savvy!!

loved it all. car sauna looks very funny and ridiculous. one of the best so far. well done boys!

good show as always chaps, how about a feature on buying fast jap/import cars for under 5k or 10k ? i need advice lol and dont think its been done on TG

I loved it and thought it was the best one of the season so far. I am one of those people who watch the re-runs on Dave and thought it was a welcome return to form. This episode had a seris 8 or 9 vibe to it. Well done boys, my face actually hurt from laughing so much. only 5 more sleeps till the next one. Yay!

The show was ok but the fiat 500 bit was definitely set up.

P.S. Loved it when james tried to fit the dog into the IQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  !!

damn good show!

i love top gear the show was good but you need another big race like the veyron v plane

Could have been better. TopGear’s been on air for so long that i reckon you guys need to make sure the content is classic otherwise, im sorry, TopGear may come off! (Which i hope not!!)

Overall not as good as the previous episodes, but the test with the dogs was good and Michael McIntyre has to be one of the best guests ever! I laughed so much it hurt!

The small car thing was funny but wasted too much time. Rather c it spend on cars that mean something to us, carlovers. Do something with the new GTI or a Bristol or whatever, the true fans are petrolheads, don’t forget !

I’ll let you know when I’ve seen it all (on Wednesday?) as the Sky+ box only started recording at 8:15!

That and the Robin Hood finale cock up, what is happening to the BBC’s scheduling department?

Michael Mcintyre was probably the funniest guest star so far!
And why didn’t James drive his favourite small cheap car, the Panda?

Seems like you guys are running out of ideas. Anyway, your guest was great, haven’t laughed so much for a long time.

Wasn’t as good as the first two, but still was better than anything else.

Greetings from Bosnia & Herzegovina
Cheers

Its a shame I missed the SL Black test as I thought the programme started at half 8, I was very much looking forward to it which really annoyed me! I started watching it at the part the guest was on which was quite funny at first but got a bit over the top and I just wanted to see more cars and action. I thought the best part was with James and Block in that rally car, the small car test was ok but not one of the best tests ive seen in a while. On overall It wasn’t bad but I hope the next episodes are going to be much better.

it was brill!Micheal MacIntyre was hilarious too!I loved the car, bike and plane shot – slow motion is really cool!

It was good, but it was just a bit to much f**king about, which I like, but it was a bit ott this weeks, I want better challenges, and interesting cars. The small car test were crap, and I was actually annoyed when they had the small car drag race, they took the “5mins”, “next day” thing a bit far, but Michael was good, and the Mercedes test was alright. To sum up, I wouldnt watch the repeat on Dave.

Really like this episode. Good bits of everything – all in one. Particularly love the Ken Block part. What a fantastic film! Two thumbs up for camera work & editing Small Cars bits were very enjoyable although they were quite disconnected. Really like the dogs test at the end. Saint Bernard in iQ with James… oh, how much I laughed and laughed…

Another thing. I hugely enjoy this episode’s News section. I felt the news in the first two shows were a bit “rough”. I was (and still am) always looking forward to the News – and this one is definitely great.

Thanks for making the show, guys.

Me, Mum and Dad all nearly died laughing when Michael McIntyre came on. The funniest SIARPC ever, I’d Say! XD

the series just gets better and better each week !

cnt wait to see it live in november

great show, of course!

The shots in the ken block bit were incredible, the jump with car, bike and massive plane!!

Also, to the people who don’t like it, watch Fifth Gear, if you want half an hour of boredom and poorly made tv! (CJGTI)

great tv, again the cinematography was unbelievable!!

we expected a better challenge.rest is ok! waiting for the zr1 test!!!!!

Could have been better, enjoyed it though!

Waiting for next one!

Best regards from Greece!

Test more car!!!
go back to 05′-06-07′

Why not invite John Carmack to the show?

The car sauna was definately set up. Notice James May’s hair blowing in the wind BEFORE Clarkson exits the car.

It is better than any other car review show…
Keep up the good work!!

this wasent a gdd but stilll sickkkk n keep upppppppppppppp the gdd work

i think that you still chose the wrong cheap car my standard mark 4 fiesta could beat any challange you set it

missed some of it due to the tennis, so I caught up with it on iplayer; funny guys!
Michael McIntyre is just a genius – I think Jeremy was actually wiping away tears from laughing so much! ha!
Liked the news; but I definitely wouldn’t want a Camaro handbag…urgh! *shudders*
And the look of terror in James’s eyes as they went over the ramp…what a shame! It looked fun though!

I dunno how you keep coming up with good shows every week. This weeks was as good and as funny as usuall. Always have me creased up. James’s face when the rally car went airbourne and Richard tryng to get the dog into the back of the little Alfa Romeo, Classic. Well worth the license fee alone. Can’t wait until next Sundays a few hours after the German F1 as well.

THAT WAS RUBBISH I’VE WATCH TOP GEAR SINCE I WAS 7 AND THAT WAS RUBBISH DO BETTER

Fab show!

Just glad you didn’t combine “car sauna” with “big dogs”. That would have made you as popular as a Northamptonshire police-dog handler.

Michael MacIntyre was hilarious. He’s tigger in human form.

What is so wrong with giving your girlfriend a power drill as a present? Perhaps she likes to do-it-herself.

My fiance once brought me a dustpan, brush and broom combo for my birthday. I made the mistake of suggesting I would prefer something more personal. So that Christmas he brought me a box of tampons, saying “you can’t get more personal than that”.

If you are a sad person, please don’t give advice here and there. I had a great time watching it:)

the best of the season so far i reckon

hi, just commenting on sundays show, when u were looking around london for similar cars to the second part of ur movie, i found one of them 10 feet away from my house! its the skoda roomster in LIGHT blue!! urgh! hope thats helped ish?!

brilliant show once again haha
love da slogans ‘love u darling’ haha
keep it up!!!!

Absolutely Amazing ! Loved Ken Block feature !
Please do never stop !

my sky plus set it at 8:15 because of wimbledon but it must have started at 8pm anyway and i missed the first 15 minutes, best show on earth.. but get whoever sorts that out (even if its at sky) to sort it out!

Brilliant show guys!!
Loved the dog part and the guest was absolute hilarious, keep up the good work Clarkson, Hammond, May and all producers etc

cheap car stuff was the worst bit. The Black was a disappointment. Ken Block was AMAZING. Michael Mcintyre was all right. WHAT DO WE WANT ASTON MARTIN!

The Family and I loved this episode, especially the star in your reasonably priced car…Micheal McIntyre was abseloutely hilareous. I am really looking forward to next weeks show. Every single person in this house are extreme petrol heads and have even turned down family occasions to watch you every Sunday at 8pm. I totally Disagree with the other people because you guys are amazing no matter what you do.

I just got one question after seeing the stunt driver bit.

Why isn’t Top Gear filmed in HD!

I know I’m not supposed to say this but the fiat 500 bit way waayyy overkilll.
Also the bad cheap cars were not too funny, except for when you showed them to the bankers.
But for crying out loud don’t scipt stuff so much(or don’t take the scipts too far). Like in the Vietnam episode…where Richard stood up with the ship, right under a ceiling fan and bang. Comee oooooonnn.
And when James couldn’t take the zonda around a corner… he’s not a sitcom character.
DO not ever assume viewers to be stupid.

Please, because Top Gear rocks since the first episode. Just don’t make it so simple-minded

ken block’s drifting in the scooby was so bloody awesome, no person can do it apart from block.

I thin k that the Top Gear episode that happened last Sunday night was the funniest things that I have ever seen! I was laughing so much in the duration of the Michael Macintyre interview I fell of of the sofa!
Keep making the episodes as funny as that, Top Gear! You are much funnier and better than Fifth Gear!

best part of the show tbh not as good as last weeks tho

please fix timings i missed 15 mins because of the tennis

no way as funny as when jeremy used ,ays remote cobtrol to switch on his radio at 3am, that was funny!

Very entertaining, but 2nd was better.

I think this was the best episode of the season. I cant wait until the next one!

Good episode, lol at “RBS, you’ve been really bad you can have a proton septic nappy” are those three cars really as bad as that?

Can’t wait for usain bolt next week(reasonably priced car)
he has a ferrari f430 so im eager to see what his time is!!!
i thought the sl black would get 1:26!!!
it was way quicker than i thought
but i don’t think it was good as the last two episodes
still really entertaining—keep it going,yer brilliant

Best one so far, you are on the way to making a classic series, and for those complainers, I thought the last series was slightly off, but when I see it now it all fits, these guys know what they are doing. Keep it up TG team, you are the Ferrari of TV, you know what is best for us and if you listen to the customer (who by the way is always wrong) you will end up with the TV equivalent of the California.

‘Think this was one of the best episodes of topGear ever, and without doubt the best one this season, Mcintyre was plain hilarious! The cheap car tests we’re great! And the ken block thing was brilliant too, amazingly filmed. Especially that last jump, brilliant!

Listen Lads

If i want to watch sh*t i would turn to STUPID.TV/FifthGear.COM as it is how ever what on earth put you in those fiat cheaky chenqos i reckon theresnot much funding for people who laugh at all known cars i do still reckon america will have the show as they dont have a clue but PLEASE DONT WASTE TYRES AS WE ARE KEEPING THE COUNCIL IN BUSSINESS ok scratch that fu*K them as they already have made a hole in our back pocket maybe you could claim it as a second cars as you bring the hamsters wheel to work or james satnav all the best lads great show i wish my days could be as fulfilling as your show

Good interview … as a BBA student, I LOL-ed when they started to blame the Bankers/Investors for the present world situation. And one woman was like “is it’s acceleration as good as the M3’s” BAHAHA!

BUT WhAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE IS:

TOP GEAR Amphibious Cars in the Amazon River :O … now that’s taking it to a whole different level!!!

really great. the cheap rubbish car challenge, michael (although it might feel a little intimidating), the banker interviews, the SL65, the 3 good small cars, jeremy’s line, the bag news. the only thing i rather feel eyebrows up is the fiat 500 set up in notting hill.

still … the greatest TV show in the planet! (^-*)

Can someone please remind Richard to bring Top Gear Dog with him to work this week? It’s been too long!

the interview with michael mcintyre was funny but i missed the first 15 mins of the show because of stupid wimbledon.

it would have been better up Notiing hill if the cars were all fiat 500 abarths

funniest show of the season yet.
mcintyre was a brilliant guest as well.

I don’t know!

It’s impossible to see the show here in Portugal!!!!!!

Bad, bad boys

I thought JC loved spped, and power, and hot-hatches. So his favourite supermini is pratically a van with a sloooooooooow diesel engine.

Therefore James’ IQ does look like my Indesit washer!

The Alfa was the best small car though, and I loved the SL Black, but that seat does look really hard.

M.M wasn’t really that funny, JC just had to laugh because he was the interviewer.

I am a huge fan of top gear, but this one was really disappointing. The show had no flow to it and felt very disjointed.

So much more could have been made of the small car test. Something like the isle of man Porsche/Aston/M6 test. There was too much pointless pissing about this episode.

Possibly one of worst shows I’ve ever seen. Sorry lads, but it was.

It felt like the left overs from the cutting room floor all stuck together. There was none of the usual flow from one item to another; the small car tests seemed desperate and pointless; the Ken Block experience was nothing more than an artistic experiment for a new cameraman – you could have at least dubbed some worth while commentary on during editing; and, no offense, but Michael McIntyre?? Seriously? I assume you couldn’t get any D list or above celebrities this time…

The only saving grace was the 5 minutes of laughter with the car sauna, but that really was it this week.

Here’s to hoping that episode four gets back on track.

Last week someone said that SIARPC should be dropped, I think Michael McIntyre proved that it shouldnt.

I think show 2 has been the best so far, this one was a little stop start at times.

But the filming as always thou was top notch, especially Ken Block part. Imagine what hd would look like.

Cant wait for Sunday

last week wasn’t the best show ever
but still i had the most amazing time
(special tnx to the lambo murcielago!)

Although I realise times are hard and the credit crunch may have hurt the show’s budget, but surely they can still do cheap car challenges? At least they are amusing! Last weeks show was possibly the most boring one for several series’ and I just cannot understand how, from a brilliant series last year, we can go to this rubbish. It just wasn’t Top Gear. The Lamborghini bit was good, but the challenge, well, it was downright tedious. Nothing went wrong, nothing really funny happened, there were no ridiculous yet amusing challenges and overall, it just wasn’t funny. At all. Sort it out. Please.

Utterly hilarious

I loved Jeremys comment bout Jackie Smiths husband but i cant repeat it unfortunatly

Btw mrmusicwateverthehellurca lled i think u shud go back to watching DAVE

Funny that anyone who thinks the show was not that good is living a lesser life and is told to watch 5th gear instead… Is Top Gear a protected species?

The show is becoming more and more popular the stupider it gets, what does it tell?

Just imagine if they’d given James May some special pace notes, so he could have said things like “50 – 6 left – watch out DC-2, 30 – hazard – Cessna on left” etc. Instead we got just another Ken Block video, only it was not as good as the youtube gymkhana ones…

PS I am interested in cars, and I don’t find it funny that LP (longitudinale posteriore) is called just “something”, when it represents one of the most important technological solutions for supercars.

Problem. You guys aren’t going on a trip, and doing something yourselves.

We love it when you guys make a hash of things.

Secretly thats exactly what we crave about but never have the guts or the pocket to actually do it by our selves.

Next Series, Go for these trips.

What an IT guys should drive
What a Cook should drive.
If you are hit by recession what should you drive.
If your neighbours dont like you what should you drive.

I guess you got the point

It Was Brilliant!!! And The First Set Of Cars In The Cheap Supermini Test Were Rubbish

Best show of the series so far, good balance and variety. I found episode 2 a little deceiving and “set-up”, but episode 3 was fantastic. I am glad the news segment was a little longer this time, I always find the news to be the funniest and greatest part of the show.

Jeremy only said the downsides of the Myvi.The Myvi is pretty spasious and he did not talk about it.And he said the ride was rubbish.It has to be hard to minimise body roll!The supercars ride is simply harder than the Myvi.

I missed it.

I liked this episode much better than last week’s, though The News once again felt very staged indeed.

But, talking of redeeming features, who filmed the Ken Block bit and the Mercedes SL Black review? I have to say, I know a fair bit about cinematography (as in cinema, not TV), but this was just ASTONISHING!
Seriously, if some feature film directors/DPs were as careful and creative as those behind TG’s lenses, the cinema would be a nicer place. I had to watch the end of the SL review time and again because of that absolutely stunning light effect, coupled with the brilliant use of the Justice song… gobsmackingly good, chaps!
Big, huge, gigantic congratulations to all involved – that was absolutely magnificent!

“2,4,6,8 Jacqui Smith’s husband likes to master… Oh I can’t do that one”

Havn’t laughed that much for a while. Fantastic show, I usually don’t like the SIARPC bit, but Michael McIntyre was VERY funny – and I don’t usually like him.

Car sauna was inventive, I like short pieces like that, more of that please.

Getting a Saint Bernhard in the back of a Toyota IQ, comedy at its best.

Only spoilt by Sky missing the first 15 mins, Thanks sky. If it’s not snooker thant ruins Top Gear, its Wimbledon! Thank got for BBC iPlayer.

Top Gear, please oh please never end. I’d have to watch Fifth Gear then and i’d rather get Ebola in my helmet.

hi

Great stuff, watching the repeat on BBC2 (that makes it 5 times, thanks to BT Vision). Loved the bit with the dogs and the bit with the protest, James was very (not) good at that. Keep it up

The BEST thing about TopGear is that they make roadtests and the like interesting and funny, if someone else had have tested 3 cheap cars it would have been very very boring, end of.

Most of the comments on here will prove that the majority of the population isn’t worth listening to.

All you need to know is that, that episode was brilliant. Especially the Ken Block part.

P.S. I replied to the confirmation email from th Applause Store to gt tickets to see the first show within 5 minutes of he email arriving. Somehow I didn’t get a call to come. I think you need to sort out this ticket businss and stop them giving them to friends!

What an absolute “hoot”. Thanks for all the laughs this evening.Wasn’t keen on the mad mad driving round the planes etc. in America – poor James, he was getting greener by the minute!!! Just wanted you all to know that this was one of the bestest programmes ever!!

Why Ken Block?? I was a little disapointed by his segment as he didnt show anything special – anyone can drive a known route around obsticals so it wasnt really a WOW factor.

The rest of the show was a brilliant mix of entertainment and tomfoolery.

As for the idiots that tuned in at 8:30 – when has TG ever not been on at 8?? iplayer was made for you.

CRINGE!!!

Come on guys ye can do much better than that! The small car test was really silly and the Ken Block film was soo like what we’ve already seen of him…
Michael McIntyre was the best part of the show I never knew he was so funny!

Looking forward to a much better show four

thought the show was gud, but was amazed at how many fiat 500 owners leave the lights on when they park (total set up).

Ok so i liked the small car bit but it cant just be me that thinks the start of the bit with ken block looks fake. its only in some of it but the planes im pretty sure are fake. if you didnt catch what i mean look at it on bbc i player. I just think Ken is such a great rally driver he deserves better than dodgey backgrounds around his driving. However the bit where he drifts through the hanger is excellent. The boys as usual brilliant.

Soo goood that I had to take off my pants to watch the show!!

I literally laughed the underwear right off my ass

“What do we want ? Aston Martin !”

“Accerleration, not nationalization”

I lol’d and laughed pretty hard. I thought it was pretty good, except the the test of the small cars on the track which was a bit boring.

re 392,Dom….due to the tennis,Sky guide bumped TG back to 8.30…although it actually started on time at 8pm.Not the viewers fault,was a programming cock up.

The show was really really good but not as good as last weeks show!!!

GOOG POINTS
- McIntyre pee leakingly hilarious
- cinematography (Bloc) totally amazing
- car sauna VV funny

BAD POINTS
- Please please film this in HD
- why oh why are there only 7 episodes (lazy? egotistical? overpaid? other commitments?)

Good show but not the best.

Dear Comment 243… Can’t you read. I am 15!!!

You know, a guy that likes big exhausts, massive sound systems and likes to have a laugh. Lets face it, Top Gear hasn’t been serious for agaist and if you want to watch a serious show, please go watch something else.

And don’t moan about my comment… “immature”… well thats what most 15 year olds are.

fiat 500 a whole street of them !!! NICE SET UP ! all parked cars in a street have there lights on besides the mini is much better than a F.ix I.t A.gain T.ommorow and i dont even own one or driven either . .

Ken Block sequence – awesome. AMAZING photography and timing. How set-up was the Fiat 500 bit in Notting Hill though? It was so fake it wasn’t even funny.

i hope usain bolt is as funny as mcylntre

why are there no decent top gear images?
http://images.google.com/ images?hl=en&rls=com.micr osoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-Search Box&rlz=1I7GZHY_en&um=1&s a=1&q=top+gear&btnG=Searc h+images&aq=f&oq=

In the test of Cheap-cars, why didn’t you buy a Dacia Logan? The price starts 5900Euro

I’m sure that if the driver is short enough driving the Toyota iQ someone would be able to sit at the back. I’m under 5 foot and there’s quite a lot of leg room for the person behind.