SPOILER ALERT: Top Gear's big race in Japan revealed
Grassroots support for Jeremy Clarkson to take the reigns as Prime Minister has been covered before, but the Top Gear presenter admits that he'd be a "rubbish" leader. During a speaking engagement in the UK, Jezza waxed about his life on Top Gear, his co-presenters, Hammond's crash and his opinions about the increased amount of government involvement in citizen's lives. Typical Clarkson fare.
But then he confirmed what many of us had guessed: the next season of Top Gear will feature a race in Japan against a Bullet train. While he didn't say what vehicle was pitted against that marvel of modern engineering, we know what it is and according to Clarkson, the race has already taken place. We're looking forward to seeing the outcome when Top Gear returns later this year.
[Source: BBC via FinalGear]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Golfa 5:09PM (5/28/2008)
omg can't wait
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rndmnme 8:15AM (5/29/2008)
isn't it more like
ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG CAN"T WAITTTT!!!!111!!1!1!!!!
/internet fanboy
Ok glad I got that out.
que 5:20PM (5/28/2008)
the new season of top gear can not come fast enough...
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Mehdi Cheddadi 5:23PM (5/28/2008)
TOP GEAR
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Daniel 5:25PM (5/28/2008)
Does any channel still show this in the US? I miss this show.
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Marko 5:32PM (5/28/2008)
As far as I know BBC America still shows it but cuts out segments to throw in commercials.
Just torrent it though, allowed me to catch up on past seasons and some shows that I missed.
Daniel 5:36PM (5/28/2008)
I know as a 24 year old male, I'm basically "obligated" to steal my media...but the whole torrent culture just ain't my thing. I'll check out BBC America and see if I can DVR it.
Hike15 5:42PM (5/28/2008)
hey i know ill sound kinda out of it
but how does the torrent work?
que 5:43PM (5/28/2008)
you're not stealing anything. since it isn't aired here anyway, its not like you watching it via torrent is going to take away from ad revenue from a tv station. meaning, by you not torrenting it, BBC doesn't gain anything.
Upthewazzu 5:44PM (5/28/2008)
@Daniel:
I'm with you, me no likey the torrent thing.
Anywho, It is on BBC America every Monday night. They usually show 2-3 episodes.
Franz 5:53PM (5/28/2008)
BBC America does show Top Gear, but it's all reruns.
mcstark 8:53AM (5/29/2008)
BBC America shows it...if your service provider offers it.
So glad they're not doing an American Top Gear - it could never compare to the real thing. British humour is just sooo good.
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gwballin 5:51PM (5/28/2008)
que @ May 28th 2008 5:43PM:
"you're not stealing anything. since it isn't aired here anyway, its not like you watching it via torrent is going to take away from ad revenue from a tv station. meaning, by you not torrenting it, BBC doesn't gain anything."
Care to rethink your statements.
If people watch TG via torrent that means ratings for BBC America go down.
If ratings for BBC America go down they can not charge as much for advertising.
I'm not even going to get into the copyright issues.
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que 5:58PM (5/28/2008)
wasn't aware they air it on BBC America, which is why i said "since it isn't aired here anyway" if it is indeed aired on BBC America, i withdraw my statement
CRiccio 6:13PM (5/28/2008)
O cry me a river...
For those who dont "get" it, torrents are really easy. For those who need to figure it out, read: http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/
Or just google how to do it. Its as simple as getting a client, uTorrent for PC's and Transmission for OS X, finding a port that works (eaiser then you think), and DLing the torrent files for what you want. I reccomend www.mininova.org and www.thepiratebay.org
And btw, if the show already aired in BBC in the UK, DLing it here in the US via bittorrent doesnt lose anyone any money.... The BBC America version is pretty badly hacked up.
Duders 10:40PM (5/28/2008)
www.torrents.to
All the search engines on one easy page.
Za 12:49AM (5/29/2008)
Erroneous. They don't give us the same show they aired over there. It's edited for time. Furthermore, it's multiple seasons behind. Why would I want to watch a car show that's been on Youtube for 2 years now? With older cars?
If you could link me to a US store that sells the Top Gear episodes in DVD or Bluray formats, I will change my mind AND shut up.
I don't understand how switching to digital cable, for example, in order to watch a single show would be at *all* cost effective or reasonable, even though I'd absolutely purchase it if it were available to watch at my convenience.
torrenting it=free, convenient, high quality versus not being able to watch it at all - you make the choice.
Folksagan 6:06PM (5/28/2008)
I wonder which Nissan employee will be at the controls of the Bullet train.
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Ken 6:18PM (5/28/2008)
I am a 19 year old Computer Science student. By stereotype you would think that I download everything illegally from the magic faceless interweb gods. But no, my entire music library is 100% legal, purchased from Amazon or iTunes (when DRM free "plus" songs are offered). Even my large collection of TV shows and movies are all legal. Except for Top Gear; And I have absolutely no guilt or qualms about that.
I have BBC America, but you can not call what they show on that channel "Top Gear". It is just a watered down version that they have thrown at us Americans thinking were too stupid to notice the difference (Hey, it has fast cars and loud noises no one will notice). When you change the music and the cutting, all of the depth of the show is gone. The subtlety and elegance of the editing is the key to this shows brilliance (Along with JC of course).
Now, I would pay any amount of money to own legal copies of this show. But the fact is, no such option exists. I feel no guilt when the only way to get media AT ALL is piracy. It's the same problem the music industry had (and the reason my library was mostly illegal for a while). The was no service that was as convenient as Napster at the time. The only way to get on demand music was piracy. Had the music industry embraced change and came up with solutions like iTunes earlier, I think both the consumers and producers would be in a vastly better situation right now.
So until there is a legal tunnel for acquiring Top Gear for me, I'll be waiting on Sunday nights on Final Gear until the first torrent goes up.
Cheers.
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Ken 6:22PM (5/28/2008)
And before anyone chimes in with "Oh, but they have to change the music because the rules and music licenses are different on BBC than BBC America." - I know. I just forgot to tag that onto the end. That was not the point of the comment.