Top Gear Preview: Clarkson and company destroy Mitsubishi Evo on army base
Jeremy Clarkson kills a Mitsubishi Evo – Click above for high-res gallery
The automotive enthusiast world is waiting with bated breath to see what the chaps at Top Gear have up their clever sleeves for season 13. So far, we know that TG will be cutting back on the fancy a bit, as the wildly popular British car show has been handed a substantial budget cut.
One thing that doesn't cost much at all is creativity, and team Top Gear has free thought in spades. Photos captured during shooting show that Jeremy Clarkson is up to his old tricks, as he takes a perfectly good Mitsubishi Evo and manages to get it torn to shreds in front of the cameras – reportedly with the aid of the British Army. Perhaps the TG gang wanted to go back to the well after the smash hit that was the Ford Fiesta invasion with the Royal Marines. In the end, though, the Fiesta came out no worse for wear, while we can already see that someone or something tried the hard way to convert the turbocharged Mitsubishi into a drop-top. Click on the gallery below for more shots of Clarkson and the hapless Evo.
Gallery: Top Gear Series 13 Evo
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petee209 5:01PM (6/04/2009)
tough break for that Evo VIII. I can't wait to see how this happened, i'm sure it will be very entertaining.
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Mr_Pie 5:33PM (6/04/2009)
i think its a VII
mrfoof82 5:47PM (6/04/2009)
@MR_Pie
It would be a IX MR. MR's had the "vortex generators" at the top of the rear windscreen, and the IX is when the underbody aero was introduced.
/had an VIII MR
Dustin 5:52PM (6/04/2009)
It does look like an Evo VII, but it has the vortex generators from later models. Something about this car doesn't look right. I think it's a mock EVO.
Mr_Pie 5:53PM (6/04/2009)
oh yea, sry, didnt see those.
but, the headlamps, the spoiler, and the hood vents are all from the VII.
Mr_Pie 5:55PM (6/04/2009)
yer those vortex generators are tacky, like especially the colour
Mr_Pie 6:02PM (6/04/2009)
sorry for the triple post but thats definitely a VII
Tourian 6:17PM (6/04/2009)
I have a IX front bumper on my VIII and a VG. I'm getting a IX JDM rear. I think its entirely possible someone overseas could have done something similar.
Tony2X 6:55PM (6/04/2009)
It looks like a JDM one to me with the window thingies and the square number plate... Anyway as a Subaru driver one less Evo on the road (to embarrass me at traffic lights) is a good thing.
Can't wait until TG starts again... 16 days, 21 hours, 4 minutes, and 52 seconds to go.
petee209 7:07PM (6/04/2009)
oops that's what i meant to call it Evo VII (7)
raw toast 5:05PM (6/04/2009)
I know the new season starts this month (or was supposed to), but when exactly?
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Slashlabs 5:27PM (6/04/2009)
The new season is airing on June 21st
VW GTi 5:09PM (6/04/2009)
They are out of control.
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mean2u 5:11PM (6/04/2009)
Why why why? I would have taken that Evo if they didn't want it.
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XGM 6:05PM (6/04/2009)
I up the stake, and would have offered to pay the shipping container and a grand on top ;)
I am Rich 5:24PM (6/04/2009)
Too bad Clarkson wasn't in it. Never mind, he would not have been able to fit his ginormous head into the car.
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John 5:31PM (6/04/2009)
Exactly my thought.
Sam 5:30PM (6/04/2009)
That Fiesta episode was epic.
One of the best reviews ever.
"Is it Green? Yes"
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Jim in Tampa 5:37PM (6/04/2009)
That line was hysterical!
rotarymandan 5:39PM (6/04/2009)
Haha! Yes. Very.