[06x01] May 22nd, 2005

[isopeanut]

Is it just me, or has Clarkson gained about 20lbs since last series?

[Leppy]

hahaha What an episode!!!

Couple things I noticed though.

Clarkson looks older and more tired, Hammond is growing a metro mullet and James IS STILL THE BEST PRESENTER OUT OF ALL OF THEM!!!! WOOOOO!

I loved that soccer segment. I can't believe how much they ran into eachother haha

[general]

I hope it will finish downloading quick.did they do a lap time in the CSL??
What was it??

[bobber69]

The football thing was brilliant I'm gonna watch that part so many times before next Top Gear is released

Good episode!

[lordpilote]

lol yes the football match is a brilliant idea!!! Will try to do the same with old cars hihi. And as ruuman says: then they tell you to buy the C1 lol... Funny
And the battle with the tank is really nice.

[evoWALO]

I rather go with the Quattroporte. Heck it's Maserati after all and you think about it it's a 4 door Ferrari.

[astroboymoto]

okay a little bit obscure, but in the preview what's the small white roadster that flashes on the screen with the tuscan II(?) ? 8)

[evoWALO]

Originally Posted by isopeanut

Is it just me, or has Clarkson gained about 20lbs since last series?

I reckin he's been in the US of A too long.

[MacBeth]

i am looking forward to the new nurburgring race with a van.

[magnaman]

I really wanna play soccer with cars

hehe OOPS sorry im australia.. we call football soccer cause football in australia is a funny game where you randomly kick the ball forward in the hope it gets somewhere....

I thought the episode was a bit dull... but by the end i was into it again.... Not a episode to remember i think... but a good one anyway (they are all good!)

I seriously wanna take my datto 200b out with my friends old honda and have a game of football!!! that be so fun!

[swek]

Strange how Ben Collins pops up at the Aygo Challenge in the current Top Gear Episode after he has been rumoured to be the Stig in this thread .

http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic...ht=ben+collins

[LusDekkar]

Aygo football was brilliant. I'm surprised that the Aygos were more or less in one piece at the end. I would ahve expected them to have bigger dents in them. I thought the tank race was good at the start, but i dunno, it was abit dull when i figured out that they wouldn't actually use a live round... pitty

The CLS looks awesome from most angles, i hate the backend of it. For The tail lights reminds me of the dopey backend of an AU falcon (ford).

[Viper007Bond]

@ swek's avatar.

[Faultier]

Originally Posted by Janus

I thought that was great. I nice come back for TG, and the things coming in the rest of the season left me wanting more (especially the F-430 and the SLR race).

I loved the look of the CLS-55 AMG, although I'm still not sure if I want the CLS or a Quattroporte. I was thinking the Quattroporte because it is more stylish and classy...but the CLS seems to go alot harder and is still classy, but with a strong sporty edge...and as I'm still young I don't want to look like an old man.

My family has a E-500 that the lease is about to run out and will be replaced...I was thinking the CLS, but then for that cash you could get a Quattroporte, but after tonights show I'm thinking the CLS again. Think I may need to take each one for a test drive.

What do you all think?

I would buy the Quattroporte, because its more exclusive than a CLS or how about the Bentley Continental Flying Spur

[dd3mon]

This episodes kinda makes the latest fifth gear episodes look crappy in comparison..

I liked everything but the Honda Element segment. Those englishmen have some warped sense of taste in a few areas - and this was one of them. The car may be practical, but in my opinion (that's shared by pretty much everyone else I know) it's one of the ugliest cars on the road in the States. In America "funky" isn't exactly a compliment, but it is a fitting word for the Honda Element.

Also, Honda surely isn't known as an "old persons car" here (like say.. lincolns, big cadillacs, buicks, etc) - I view Hondas as a sportier, more stylish version of Toyotas - bulletproof construction with alot of sensibilities. My girlfriend just bought a brand new 2005 Honda Accord EX V6 w/ sport package, I'd hardly call it an old person's car as they did in this episode. 240HP gives even the 4door Accord a nice kick!

The Honda disagreement aside - I loved it, and can't wait for more

-dd3mon

First post btw - I've been reading for a while, but this is the first top gear I've downloaded since finding this site, and therefore the first episode I thought warranted comment.

[q8road]

Great episode, thanks Viper & Vuk.

the AMG is unbelivable!

the Football match if great fun! loooool

the Range vs a Tank was gooooooodd, but if you can get the engine in a range rover, why buy the sport? Clarekson always dose that, he gose on about the car and then he leave you thinking? so is it a good car or not!

the best part was, at the begining of the episode when he represented the Greeenest car for the iniromentalist a GREEEN LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO looooooooool

lets hope that next top gear episode will be as good

Thank again for the episodes

[ThwartedEfforts]

Originally Posted by dd3mon

I liked everything but the Honda Element segment. Those englishmen have some warped sense of taste in a few areas - and this was one of them. The car may be practical, but in my opinion (that's shared by pretty much everyone else I know) it's one of the ugliest cars on the road in the States. In America "funky" isn't exactly a compliment, but it is a fitting word for the Honda Element.

Seconded. I spent all of that segment yelling, "ARE YOU BLIND!?" at the screen. It's an inelegant box with a pair of undersized headlamps to the front. I can't quite figure out why they were pushing it so, nor why James May, who has more taste than the other two multiplied together, would be singing its praises...

[Treza360]

Top Gear is back! Top Gear is back!!! While i've been enjoying Fith Gear, boy does Top Gear make it look so mundane. The openning line about the Lambo made me laugh so much. I'm just so happy Top Gear is back.

Great episode and the preview of the season nearly has me salivating at the prospect of so many great things to come.

The car soccer segments was so much better than I thought. So entertaining and it made the goofy looking Toyota thing actually seem good. I agree with people about the Honda Box thing, it looks God awful.

Jeremy seemed to get much more out of the Range Rover Sport than Tiff. Rather than just try to drive fast on mud which isn't really the point of a 4WD, he actually drove on some decent off road stuff. Damn that tank is just so awesome though. The bit where it goes through the big water splash, throws up so much mud and water and then just powers through was scary as hell just watching it. Imagine if it was coming after you in real life, you'd crap your pants.

Thanks Viper and VUK. You guys are the best.

[Jostyrostelli]

Originally Posted by q8road

Great episode, thanks Viper & Vuk.

the AMG is unbelivable!

the Football match if great fun! loooool

the Range vs a Tank was gooooooodd, but if you can get the engine in a range rover, why buy the sport? Clarekson always dose that, he gose on about the car and then he leave you thinking? so is it a good car or not!

the best part was, at the begining of the episode when he represented the Greeenest car for the iniromentalist a GREEEN LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO looooooooool

lets hope that next top gear episode will be as good

Thank again for the episodes

Do you believe if he says it's a good car everybody would think that?

He leaves you thinking because he's just giving his opinion and you should decide for your own...(if you ever get to drive one..)

[Scooby5]

swek put together a brilliant avatar. The whole Honda "sketch" was well done.


Clarkson: "Which one?"
Dipstick: "The Yellow One!"


The football had me doing cartwheels These shows are getting more expensive to put together if they can think about denting 10 healthy Toyotas albeit ones that cost 7g's. This could be why the BBC workers went on strike today over job cuts, when they can play bumper cars with now motors.

Great to have it back.