I give it an 8. Not as good as the top episodes like the Millau or Bullet Train or Veyron race but still prime Top Gear. Way better than the first episode.
- Fiat review- terrific. The 500 is such a sweet little car and Jeremy portrayed it correctly.. I think. Also, pointing out the insanity of previous Abarths (driving around with the hood permanently open? WTF?) was great.
-SIARPC- I always fast-forward this segment. They really need to get rid of it (imo).
-America trip- good stuff. The running "keep it factual" commentary was hilarious and subtly done (14th largest city, 8th deepest lake, etc, etc). The cars showed themselves off well. The Reno segment was hilarious. I've been to the casinos there and the residents really are like that. Lake Tahoe really is that beautiful. The Utah desert is really that surreal. Altogether, extremely factual.
My opinions of the cars: the 'vette's a ridiculously good performer. The interior makes it clear that GM spent all of the money on the stuff that actually makes the car go faster. Also, even here in the US, 'vettes give of a strong odor of Drakar Noir and gold chains... not exactly what people with 100K to spend on a car want to portray. Still, it's clearly an epic performer. The CTS-V, on the other hand, is just an awesome car is every respect. I think it's the best car out of the three (especially at the price... $65K for that car is a ludicrously good deal). Lastly, if you don't want a Challenger, you have no business calling yourself a pistonhead (IMO). Yes, the Camaro is probably going to be better, but the Challenger (especially the silver SRT-8 with dark grey Trans-Am stripes at my local dealership) is undeniably cool.
Also, I appreciated that TG finally acknowledged that the 'vette and CTS-V are not muscle cars. The Vette has never in its 52 years been a true muscle car. The current CTS-V is light years from being a muscle car. It has particularly always bugged my that British journalists tag 'vettes as muscle cars, even though it's the same size and weight as a 911. It show their bias.
- Fiat review- terrific. The 500 is such a sweet little car and Jeremy portrayed it correctly.. I think. Also, pointing out the insanity of previous Abarths (driving around with the hood permanently open? WTF?) was great.
-SIARPC- I always fast-forward this segment. They really need to get rid of it (imo).
-America trip- good stuff. The running "keep it factual" commentary was hilarious and subtly done (14th largest city, 8th deepest lake, etc, etc). The cars showed themselves off well. The Reno segment was hilarious. I've been to the casinos there and the residents really are like that. Lake Tahoe really is that beautiful. The Utah desert is really that surreal. Altogether, extremely factual.
My opinions of the cars: the 'vette's a ridiculously good performer. The interior makes it clear that GM spent all of the money on the stuff that actually makes the car go faster. Also, even here in the US, 'vettes give of a strong odor of Drakar Noir and gold chains... not exactly what people with 100K to spend on a car want to portray. Still, it's clearly an epic performer. The CTS-V, on the other hand, is just an awesome car is every respect. I think it's the best car out of the three (especially at the price... $65K for that car is a ludicrously good deal). Lastly, if you don't want a Challenger, you have no business calling yourself a pistonhead (IMO). Yes, the Camaro is probably going to be better, but the Challenger (especially the silver SRT-8 with dark grey Trans-Am stripes at my local dealership) is undeniably cool.
Also, I appreciated that TG finally acknowledged that the 'vette and CTS-V are not muscle cars. The Vette has never in its 52 years been a true muscle car. The current CTS-V is light years from being a muscle car. It has particularly always bugged my that British journalists tag 'vettes as muscle cars, even though it's the same size and weight as a 911. It show their bias.
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