VIDEO: Top Gear season 9 preview
Gearheads the world over (England particularly) have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming ninth season of Top Gear, the BBC's crown jewel of an automotive magazine show. All the more so following the drama of co-host Richard Hammond's terrifying crash and miraculous recovery, the details of which we followed closely as they developed.
Thanks to Arvin, one of our intrepid readers, we're glad to bring you this brief nineteen-second clip previewing the upcoming season of Top Gear. Nineteen seconds isn't very much, but from this brief clip we can see a few antics the crew is up to: the Porsche 911, remote-control airplanes, Jaguar XKR vs. Aston Martin V8 Vantage, street-paving machines, trying to drive an old pick-up truck, chopping a Fiat in two, driving the Bugatti Veyron at speed, and testing the new Lotus Europa.
This is only a teaser, and we're willing to bet our favorite of friends across the pond have got a great season lined up for us. Shame we don't get the BBC over here in America, but on the internet, "the will" is seldom separated from "the way" for very long.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
bernie 8:47PM (1/21/2007)
Best show on TV. It's too bad our litigious society in the US prevents such a show here. In the states it would take about 5 minutes of Top Gear before the first BS lawsuit would shut the fun down.
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Barry 9:33PM (1/21/2007)
Suddenly I'm 5 years old again on Christmas morning! I can't wait!!!!
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Eric L. 9:23PM (1/21/2007)
Don't you mean PETROLHEADS? There are plenty of ways to watch Top Gear here in US, if you are willing to do the work.
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Matt 9:35PM (1/21/2007)
I love Top Gear.
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chuck goolsbee 9:48PM (1/21/2007)
I can barely contain myself.
--chuck
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Car Videos 10:21PM (1/21/2007)
I can't wait, one of my favorite car shows ever.
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Dumbass 11:19PM (1/21/2007)
Haha, the Hamster driving an old GM pickup. Interesting.
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LORD 11:27PM (1/22/2007)
anyone catch the Veyron? and JAMES of all people driving is...I CANT WAIT
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Mahil 12:16AM (1/22/2007)
Top Gear is simply amazing...I await the 16 or so episodes a year with more anticipation than anything else on TV anywhere in the world...I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
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dmanww 12:20AM (1/22/2007)
That would be... "The world's slowest man driving the world's fastest car."
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acne news 2:10AM (1/22/2007)
I can't wait for the new season, they are the most entertaining car show around.
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James2 12:24AM (1/22/2007)
Actually, we do get the BBC here. It's called, naturally enough, BBC America. I've already told them of my wish that they show Top Gear here.
Everyone else should do the same.
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cxvargas 7:12AM (1/22/2007)
I'm in the USAF here in the UK and this is one great show to watch.
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Matt 2:06AM (1/22/2007)
Everybody, go to the link below. It allows you to leave comments for BBC America. If you enjoy Top Gear, go ahead and let them know!
http://viewerrelations.bbcamerica.com/bbcaviewerrelations/bbcaviewerrelations.nsf
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Rence 4:49AM (1/22/2007)
Woooo!! James in the Bugatti! Can't wait to have the series back on the air, I'm having withdrawal symptoms!
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Inigo Montoya 8:12AM (1/22/2007)
For those of us on the wrong side of the pond and that have a bittorrent client, the best solution I have found is http://www.finalgear.com Also includes episodes of Fifth Gear to whet your appetite.
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AK 4:30PM (1/22/2007)
Nice to see Richard Hammond up and about, although I'm guessing that these episodes were filmed before the crash? Anyone know?
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GT_Arun 9:55AM (1/22/2007)
www.finalgear.com does work well, but within 2-3 days after the airing in the uk, scrapetorrent.com will find you at least 3 postings of the new episodes. Or for those of you on usenet, you can have each new episode in 17 seconds ;)
For all of you bashing Captain Slow; he did look a bit faster after training with Jackie Stewart in the TVR convertible =)
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Eleventeen 10:45AM (1/22/2007)
Discovery channel pulled Top Gear (even the Americanized version) after complaints that the format was chopped up (dumbed down, some would say) as not to offend American sponsors.
Guess what, BBC America is a service of the Discovery channel. Good luck trying to get *them* to carry it.
I wish Dish or DirecTV would carry the regular UK BBC feeds.
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Viper007Bond 11:25AM (1/22/2007)
Higher quality, correct aspect ratio of the above video can be found here:
http://www.finalgear.com/news/2007/01/20/short-preview-video-of-the-new-top-gear-season/
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