Top Gear Rearview

Tonight’s segments – A power lap in the supercharged Lotus Exige S, the trio trying their hand at making amphibious cars, and star in the new reasonably priced car Phillip Glenister. You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. I want this Exige for the seats alone – https://jalopnik.com/the-lotus-exige-sport-350-plaid-seats-and-a-sexy-manua-1747118832 Meander through all these special editions – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Exige For the love of cars – https://www.motortrendondemand.com/show/for-the-love-of-cars/88268942/ Why no one makes amphibious cars anymore – https://www.popsci.com/why-no-one-has-swimming-cars-anymore 10 amphibious cars that actually exist – https://www.drivespark.com/off-beat/top-ten-amphibious-vehicles-that-really-exist/articlecontent-pf18090-010209.html Here’s a good chunk of the challenge – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsp_Aulp8Y Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – Clarkson poking the bumper on the Corvette Z06, Hammond crashing a Tomcat vs. a jet kayak, a road review of the purportedly attractive Jaguar XK, 3 hours of radio takeover in the southern counties, the Stig giving the Liana a proper sendoff, and star in the new reasonably priced car Gordon Ramsay. You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. The C6 Z06 is still pretty beastly – https://jalopnik.com/let-us-not-forget-what-a-savage-beast-the-c6-chevrolet-1822841621 Methanol fire is invisible, just FYI – https://jalopnik.com/the-invisible-fire-that-talladega-nights-mocked-really-1778519810 Shaun Baker is crazy – http://shaunbaker.yolasite.com/ ALSO YOU CAN JUST BUY A JET KAYAK – http://www.aquanami.eu/jetkayak_gt AND YOU CAN BUY A TOMCAT – https://hiconsumption.com/2018/01/1998-land-rover-bowler-tomcat/ Gordon Ramsay cooks lunch with Clarkson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9QA4L8FtAw The US is about 40x the size of the UK, so the UK would have 609 national parks UK National Parks – https://nationalparks.uk/quick-guide-to-the-uks-national-parks A brief history of the Stig – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – A literal throw away review of the Nissan Micra C+C, the birth of a new segment with the Renault Espace convertible, a rather mellow review of the new civic that never made it across the pond, a power lap in the Koenigsegg CCX, and a whole mess of stars in the new reasonably priced car. You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. Here’s a lot to read about the Micra C+C – https://www.topspeed.com/cars/nissan/2005-nissan-micra-c-c-ar3343.html The Espace F1 is bloody amazing – https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/anything-goes-throwback-thursday/throwback-thursday-1995-board-renault-espace-f1 Some info on Top Gear music and the BBC – https://www.reddit.com/r/thegrandtour/comments/5a4s4d/do_you_notice_the_difference_between_bbc_top_gear/ DIY convertible tips – http://www.roadkill.com/5-tips-for-making-your-hardtop-into-a-convertible-and-not-dying-in-the-process/ The Woburn Safari Park seems pretty rad – https://www.woburnsafari.co.uk/ The Suzuki SX4 is still awesome – https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/suzuki-sx4-one-most-underrated-all-wheel-drive-use-257049 CCXR – https://rmsothebys.com/mo15/monterey/lots/2008-koenigsegg-ccxr/1076043 Agera RS top speed run – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj4gar5dKAU Sun Valley Road Rally – https://thedrugcoalition.org/sun-valley-road-rally/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – First Special! May vs. Clarkson in a large SUV based biathlon, Hammond freezing his manhood off in a Citroen C1, Speed Skating an XK vs. a proper Olympian, AWD vs. RWD on a frozen over Swedish lake, a recycled segment we ignore, ice hockey with Suzuki Swifts, and ski jumping in a classic Mini and on a snowmobile. You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. Proposed car sports for the winter Olympics – https://jalopnik.com/the-ten-car-sports-that-belong-in-the-winter-olympics-1518206685 Tank biathlon is a thing – https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/russia-is-livestreaming-the-world-championship-tank-bia-1724304610 Tree law – https://www.reddit.com/r/treelaw/comments/8jvjfx/popular_examples_of_tree_law_from_rlegaladvice/ Winter diesel – https://nwfuel.ca/whats-deal-winter-diesel/ How ski jumpers train in the summer – https://snowbrains.com/olympic-jumpers-train-year-round/ Here’s where you can buy your own ski jump track cutting robot – https://www.rehau.com/us-en/industrial-solutions/profiles-and-seals/sports-and-leisure World record snowmobile jump – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DexDu4FDEWM Here’s that Mauck if you missed it on Facebook – https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-mauck-custom-rv/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – A hot hatch comparo of the BMW 130i and the Mk V VW R32, a battle of the generations between a Frogeye Sprite and a (super dumb) 306, the first appearance of the NC generation Miata, the latest generation of the Top Gear Awards, comparing PlayStation and IRL lap times at Laguna Seca, and star in a reasonably priced car David Walliams (and bonus Jimmy Carr) You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. R32/Golf R history lesson – https://jalopnik.com/blue-fast-and-mean-the-history-of-the-volkswagen-r32-1498875030 Top Gears best hot hatches – https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/top-gear-mags-greatest-cars-hot-hatches This is a GWR Raptor – https://www.flickr.com/photos/blujaguar/8714180610 Here’s a stonking amount of special edition Miatas – https://jalopnik.com/your-guide-to-every-special-edition-mazda-miata-ever-so-1675339097 Greyhounds aren’t that fast Brady – https://owlcation.com/stem/Top-10-Fastest-Land-Animals-in-the-World Land Rover raced a Discovery Sport vs. a dog sled one time – https://19thholemag.com/dog-power-vs-horsepower/ All the Top Gear Awards – http://topgear.wikia.com/wiki/Top_Gear_Awards Console gaming vs. real life – https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cars/a525140/gran-turismo-6-vs-real-life-just-how-realistic-is-it-video/ It’s not Gran Turismo, but this video game story still hits me right in the feels – https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a28918/player-two-short-film/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – A power lap in the Marcos TSO GT2 (you didn’t remember that was a thing either, did you?), the first appearance of the Bugatti Veyron in an epic race to deliver truffles, comparing 2WD and 4WD Porsche 911s, and star in a reasonably priced car Nigel Mansell You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. Evo really liked the TSO – https://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/58805/marcos_tso_gt2.html They made 7 TSO’s and 1 is in the US. If you can get me an original picture of that one I’ll send you a t shirt or something. You can rent a Veyron for $20k – https://jalopnik.com/a-bugatti-veyron-rental-costs-20-000-a-day-but-most-pe-1829660204 $21k Veyron oil change – https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bugatti-veyron-oil-change/ All of the Veyron special editions – https://www.evo.co.uk/bugatti/veyron/12086/every-bugatti-veyron-special-edition Here’s that W18 – https://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-made-an-even-weirder-engine-before-the-bugat-1823281378 Catching up with Nigel Mansell – https://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/catching-past-f1-and-cart-champion-nigel-mansell C2 vs. C4S – http://www.thedrive.com/flat-six-society/9462/how-different-are-rwd-911s-from-awd-911s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – A hot lap in the slightly tweaked Pagani Zonda F, the boys taking a “long” road trip to a “gentlemen’s club” in sub-10,000-pound Italian “supercars”, the new Renault Clio vs. Gee Atherton on a downhill mountain bike, and star in a reasonably priced car Ellen MacArthur You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. Zonda F crashes! – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8344468/Pagani-Zonda-F-supercar-crashes.html and https://carbuzz.com/news/driver-films-rare-pagani-zonda-f-ends-up-crashing-into-it A short piece on Richard Burns – https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/richard-burns-a-decade-on-from-the-death-of-the-former-world-rally-champion-a6748776.html $50k buys you a nice Dino – https://petrolicious.com/marketplace/1978-ferrari-308-gt4 It was the Bora we saw, but here’s some Merak stuff – https://moneyinc.com/maserati-merak/ Urraco – What was I thinking? – https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2006/12/What-was-I-thinking----1975-Lamborghini-Urraco/1383380.html Ellen Macarthur is trying to clean up the ocean – https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/30/ellen-macarthur-its-shocking-its-horrendous-fight-against-plastic Gee Atherton – https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/gee-atherton You can fit 19 kids in a Renault Clio – https://jalopnik.com/5951477/south-african-teacher-stuffs-19-kids-into-a-renault-clio Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – Road tripping through France in a trio of supercars, a power lap in the 2nd gen Ford Focus ST, and star in a reasonably priced car Stephen Ladyman You’re on your own for episodes for now!  $2-3/each on Amazon or iTunes. Info on Sophia Florsch’s crash in Macau – https://jalopnik.com/horror-crash-at-worlds-tightest-street-circuit-sends-ca-1830522026 Robert Kubica’s monster crash in 2007 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hW5MpdA5Cg Milau viaduct info – https://en.tourisme-aveyron.com/en/discover/unmissables/millau-viaduct.php People modify Zondas! – https://jalopnik.com/even-for-a-pagani-japans-zonda-anija-is-completely-ins-1822685190 I had no idea the SL73 existed – https://jalopnik.com/5421459/sl73-amg-the-pagani-zondas-evil-sire Look at these giant frunks! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uZd5oF74y4 Doug Demuro on The Smoking Tire – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9AGOWpROw Volvo fail #1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ6z3IArINI Volvo fail #2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nnhUCtcO8 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – Poking fun at the director by trashing the Porsche Cayman S, the origin story of British Racing Green, playing RC cars with full size sedans, speed climbers vs. the new Audi RS4, and star in a reasonably priced car Ian Wright NO MORE AMAZON PRIME BOOOOOOOO!!!!! – https://jalopnik.com/you-cant-watch-old-top-gear-episodes-for-free-on-amazon-1830390390 Rally Cayman is best Cayman – https://jalopnik.com/making-a-cayman-into-a-rally-car-is-the-best-thing-pors-1828445520 Cayman S vs Carrera – https://www.automobilemag.com/news/porsche-cayman-911/ Petrolicious’ racing hues history – https://petrolicious.com/articles/the-colorful-history-of-national-racing-hues-an-introduction-1-of-4 Ian Wright’s DB7 – http://astonmartins.com/car/db7-i6-alfred-dunhill-le/ Some reasons to love Ian Wright – https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/seven-reasons-you-cant-help-but-love-ian-wright/ This subreddit is creepy – https://old.reddit.com/r/topgearbabes/ Drag racing RS wagons! – https://www.motor1.com/news/269621/audi-rs4-generations-drag-race/ Leo Houlding is pretty rad – http://www.leohoulding.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – The now defunct Ascari KZ1, the boys faffing about on the Isle of Man with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the BMW M6, and the Porsche 911 Carrera S, and star in a reasonably priced car Trevor Eve Top Gear Series 7 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2F6z0N6 It’s hard to find much on the KZ1 – https://www.motor1.com/reviews/6549/wcf-test-drive-ascari-kz1/ Even harder on the Ecosse – https://www.pistonheads.com/road-tests/road-tests/ascari-ecosse/3334 I can’t verify these names are real, but they’re funny – https://soranews24.com/2014/06/16/10-car-names-japanese-bloggers-think-are-funny-to-foreigners-and-8-that-actually-are/ The V8 Vantage is the value proposition – https://jalopnik.com/the-aston-martin-v8-vantage-is-the-best-used-exotic-car-1792353553 Here’s a weird old V8 Vantage – https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa18/auction/lots/r0005-1983-aston-martin-v8-vantage-v580-oscar-india Top Gear survey results – https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/8941-top-gear-customer-satisfaction-survey.html Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – The LS2 powered Vauxhall Monaro VXR, James dicking about with expensive cars to try and remake “Jessica” by The Allman Brothers, a pretty unfair look at the Ford F-Series, Hammond almost dies before reviewing the drop top Murcielago, and star in a reasonably priced car Timothy Spall Top Gear Series 6 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2LiRSXc A Monaro VXR review by Hammond himself – https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/hammond%E2%80%99s-icons-vauxhall-monaro A compilation of the trios’ worst injuries – http://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/top-gears-worst-injuries/ Here’s a weird version of the theme song that Clarkson apparently hated – https://ian-morris.com/2011/11/11/the-top-gear-theme-tune-jeremy-clarkson-banned/ A rabbit stew recipe by Peter Pettigrew himself – https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/rabbitandpearlbarley_89209 Roger Taylor rando facts – https://www.smoothradio.com/features/roger-taylor-queen-age-net-worth-wife-songs/ The 7 wacky F-Series going to SEMA this year – https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-bringing-seven-custom-f-series-trucks-to-sema/ A brief F-Series history – http://autonxt.net/ford-f-series-a-brief-history/ The newspaper in the running of the bulls is a thing – https://traveltips.usatoday.com/information-running-bulls-spain-43070.html Murcielago vs. Zonda – https://www.evo.co.uk/lamborghini/murcielago/14209/zonda-roadster-v-lamborghini-murcielago-roadster-duel-in-the-sun Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – The first timed diesel hot lap with the BMW 535D, skipping janky jeeps across Icelandic lakes, the mayonnaise Bentley Flying Spur, the hosts faffing about in a field on off-road toys, and star in a reasonably priced car Davina McCall plus bonus star Mark Webber Top Gear Series 6 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2LiRSXc A diesel won Le Mans in 2006 – https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/flashback-le-mans-2006-and-the-first-diesel-success/554244/ This YouTube channel is Icelandic truck heaven – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEN4s5jx9B4HXt_HrGmovfA We prefer these Icelandic trucks – https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/travel/g4177/icelands-badass-nordic-super-jeep-4x4-trucks/ Here’s Davina McCall in the pits back in the 90’s – https://vimeo.com/88888848 The Flying Spur has garbage cup holders – https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/automobiles/14AUTO.html Peter Dumbreck and Mark Webber flipping CLR’s – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPiW9FFuyw Nobody likes the Qpod – https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/first-drives/unique-qpod Go make yourself a hovercraft – https://www.instructables.com/id/10-HP-Hovercraft/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – Checking the GTI hot hatch benchmark with the Renaultsport Megane and Vauxhall Astra VXR, playing road test Russian roulette with ScooterMan, setting a Guinness world record by rolling a Ford Sierra Estate, a proper power lap in the V10 E60 M5, and star in a reasonably priced car Chris Evans Top Gear Series 6 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2LiRSXc Here’s another understeer explanation – https://autoweek.com/article/technology/what-oversteer-understeer-autoweek-explains The new Civic Type R is pretty good at beating torque steer – https://www.wired.com/story/honda-civic-type-r-torque-steer/ The Clio V6 is insanity – https://www.autotrader.ca/newsfeatures/20180719/video-game-hero-2001-renault-sport-clio-v6/ I lied, it was $15k – https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-honda-city-r-w-motocompo/ This car rolling record is way weirder – http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-times-to-roll-a-car-in-5-minutes-by-an-individual James Bond stole this record in Casino Royale – https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a15058394/aston-martin-casino-royale-word-record/ What it’s really like to own an E60 M5 – https://jalopnik.com/what-its-really-like-to-own-and-operate-a-v10-bmw-m5-ev-1788425917 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – The new Ferrari flagship F430, a challenge/comparison of some pretty beige convertibles in Iceland, and star in a reasonably priced car Sir Tim Rice Top Gear Series 6 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2LiRSXc How will history remember the F430? – https://jalopnik.com/how-will-history-remember-the-ferrari-f430-1708262440 Also here’s a leather wrapped F430 – https://jalopnik.com/5832796/leather-wrapped-ferrari-f430-is-an-exercise-in-bad-taste/ The F430 probably won’t get cheap – https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/29/turn-of-the-century-supercars The dark history of the walk of fame – https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/09/hollywood-walk-of-fame-dark-history-trump-star EGOTs and almost EGOTs – http://mentalfloss.com/article/551084/egot-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-award-winners Patrick Stewart’s quadruple take masterclass – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMrBldVk0s Crossfire vs SLK – https://www.forbes.com/2005/04/06/cx_dl_0406show.html#56b271e2d888 Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Tonight’s segments – The polarizing (nope, let’s call it awesome, screw you Brady) TVR Sagaris, the new 4x4 Fiat Panda racing a marathoner through London, celebrating 40 years of Ford Transits with Sabine Schmitz trying to lap the Nürburgring in one in under 10 minutes, and star in a reasonably priced car Justin Hawkins Top Gear Series 6 on Amazon Prime – https://amzn.to/2LiRSXc Holy crap you can make a Sagaris kit car – https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/a-company-known-as-grex-is-now-selling-the-tvr-sagaris-as-a-kit-car-ar182442.html TVR Sagaris start up sequence – https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PtY-0ih_vAw Here’s what DEF is – https://autoweek.com/article/diesel/what-is-diesel-exhaust-fluid-autoweek-explains-def I have no idea what Jeremy was talking about with that 19 seconds to hot air mumbo jumbo The Darkness is trying to rock again – https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/7x4xb9/the-darkness-want-to-be-rockstars-again The history of the Ford Transit – https://www.caranddriver.com/news/van-tale-in-the-ford-transit-has-a-longer-history-than-you-realized The mythical V4 – https://www.carthrottle.com/post/obsolete-engines-101-the-mythical-v4/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/topgearrearview/ Music – In Heaven by DeCreek, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License