Hello gang. Porter here again, since Wilman is once again deep in the edit. Also, he claims to have got some sort of ‘malaise’ that is making him feel ‘weird’.
If you’re interested, yesterday’s studio recording went very well, including some interesting track performances from a pair of guests – Harry Potter star Rupert Grint and F1 legend Rubens Barrichello – and a news segment featuring a frankly deranged set of table decorations. Keep an eye out for that.
In this week’s show you’ll find Jeremy, Richard and James testing the Aston Rapide, Porsche Panamera and Maserati Quattroporte to find the best big saloon for the big businessman who would rather to drive to meetings than have a video conference.
Usually, when we shoot these things each presenter picks one car and advocates it throughout. This time, unusually, all three of them went in with open minds and repeatedly switched between cars to find a consensus winner (almost) without prejudice. This went well. Mostly.
Meanwhile, it’s Richard’s turn on the track this week as he tests the Chevrolet Camaro and Mercedes E63 AMG in a sort of mad muscle car meltdown. Well, he is from the countryside.
This, by the way, is the half-way mark for this series – hope you’re enjoying it so far. There’ll be more from me on Sunday after the show…
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What do you think?
Aman Bagga commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Oh and make the series and the episodes longer if you can
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Professor Plum commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Not too bad so far this series. Not classic, but a big improvement over the last lame series. But still no 458? Everyone and their dog has tested that one now… well, everyone except Top Gear. Come on guys.
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paperyhooch commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 9:37 pm
id like to see more challenges with more reasonable cars because not many young people can afford a bmw m3 and it would be more interesting if they used smaller and cheaper cars.id also love bikes to be on it!
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Ross commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 11:19 pm
“… half-way marker for the series…”
What the FUDGE is he talking about? The series has only just bloody started! So he’s saying that this series is THREE episodes long? Bullsh*t!
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Collin commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I think its going to be like series 11 and 12. 6 episodes in the summer (since the third episode is the halfway point of the series), then 8 in the fall/winter, for everyone who is complaining.
Bring on the Camaro!
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Streets commented on this article
Friday July 9, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Didn’t you hear? It’s only six episodes because there’s a Top Gear movie coming out in August. I’ve heard Mel Gibson stars as The Jezza!
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Seeker commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 7:56 am
The reason they are so short these days is because £586m is spent on 20 different radio stations. £786m on commercial ventures and £186m on bbc3 and 4…
Which would you rather have those, or full year round topgear, i vote topgear
http://www.guardian.co.uk /news/datablog/2010/mar/ 01/information-beautiful- bbc-o-gram-spending#zoome d-picture
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J4KE H4M commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 9:04 am
The Camaro is brilliant, it’s the 2nd best muscle car in the world!!
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sara commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 1:07 pm
ohh my good i love maro
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LolZ commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Scrap bbc3 and bbc4, cut down 5 or 6 of the 20 bbc radio channels and use the leftover lolly on extending the Top Gear series…
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HollandWorldChampion commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Nooo can’t believe that the show continues.
We are in the Final as u may know, so sadly i have to miss it..
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The Monk commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Seeker: we do have Top Gear year round – it’s on a channel called Dave.
Personally, I’d rather have 6 episodes a series, 12 weeks a year than 52 episodes per series one for every week of the year. Over-saturation never works and a programme suffers because of it – inspiration runs dry; creativity hits an all-time low. They struggle enough as it is with 6 episodes so if anything, it being on non-stop would prove detrimental.
One of the main reasons why Top Gear has suffered as greatly as it has in recent series’ – and I can only speculate on this, but it’s probably down to sheer exhaustion. Having Top Gear on; fresh, new and updated every single week would just kill it.
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abloodysquid commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 4:09 pm
CANADA IS ON STRIKE!
WHat do we want? Top Gear!
We want a bigger share of top gear on our tv screens.
We are dying of heat wave and rain.
We want Top Gear!
Come on, it’s the best thing on earth after V12 and carbon fiber!
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Anonymous commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I prefer Camaro 60th – my bedroom’s wall cover with big poster of 1967 Chevy Camaro. The new one is too big and heavy, but obviously still legendary.
to J4KE H4M: what is the first one?
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The Monk commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Personally, Dave showing Top Gear all year-round can only ruin it’s original appeal. Think of it like this. You are fond of pie. You get force-fed pie every minute. Eventually, this gets tiresome and monotonous. It’s the same story when we are fed too much Top Gear.
It gets to the stage when you’ve seen that particular episode five times or more. You get sick of it, and that’s why everybody seems to love series fifteen so far, when from a neutral, open-minded point of view, I find a lot that could be improved.
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san1 commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Actually Mr ‘The Monk’, I like the way Dave shows each series of Top Gear.
When you get each series shown in quick succession, you can get a clear and interesting view over how TG has changed and evolved as the years have gone by. Also, you can see how best should progress and then see if the show does evolve in the way you hoped.
If the public took a vote on which direction TG should go fro the next series, you would get plenty of weird propositions, but the show actually would be ‘fresh’, and would have no lack of charisma and originality.
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HalloGallo Imp commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm
@ Fake Monk
http://transmission.blogs .topgear.com/2010/07/08/w hats-in-sundays-show/#com ment-44659
Reported
Why not just use a different username?
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COLPILK commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:05 pm
LETS SEE A BIT MORE OFJAMES IT SEEMS THEY ARE PUSHING MIM INTO THE BACK GROUND
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Steg Stog Stig commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:07 pm
RE: “Why not just use a different username?”
I second that. It’s bad enough that we have to read what one Monk says let alone another tosser pretending to be him.
RE: Original Monk’s Point
So now you’re bad-mouthing Dave as well despite it being the oly place for you to see your beloved OLD TG?
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san1 commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Who do you think is the Fake Monk, because it gets irritating when it’s obviously not him, and it just spoils the comment board.
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STELVIO SAM commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:36 pm
What’s the name of tthe addon??
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jammydonut commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:38 pm
dont worry jeremy i will be watching top gear on sunday and not the world cup
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Steg Stog Stig commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 6:42 pm
RE: STELVIO SAM
I dont actually know? A paranoid IT geek friend of mine has it on his computer. it basically turns peoples usernames on twitter into numbers and if you get two people you suspect are the same person then it tells you if they are.Something like that anyway. He uses it to stop trolls from posting things on his page.
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Kenneth Graham commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 8:28 pm
How like, nerdy like, d’you hav 2 b 2 av this thing wot does numbers an stuff an tells ya if it’s like, da same dude who’s doin ,like comments an stuff ?
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san1 commented on this article
Saturday July 10, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Mr ‘Kenneth Graham’, if you want to say something can you at least speak in English ? Only, don’t go too far and do a Mr ‘The Monk’, because nobody will read it all.
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