They love to drive German and French cars, but rate Japanese poorly....Strange.
Anti-Japanese bias? Where? TG loves Japanese cars. They've always adored the Lancer EVO/Impreza WRX, they gave the Nissan GT-R a rave review, highly recommended the Honda Civic/Jazz as everyday cars, loved the Honda S2000, Toyota Land Cruiser, Lexus LFA and the list goes on.
Anyway: Finally got around to watching the entire episode and that first half hour I missed yesterday really makes up for the crappy P-45 film.
Pagani: Solid supercar review. Having read some comments about the overuse of effects, I was almost expecting an iPod-commercial, but I didn't find the flashy bits destracting. They fit the tone of the piece and the look of the car pretty well, and they weren't nearly as annoying as the ones in, say, the Lexus LFA-review.
Plus: The shots of the Huyaaurayuaaaa's dashboard alone were enough to make this a good film. I never thought they could top the beautiful Zonda-interior, but they obviously pulled it off. If I owned that thing, I'd live in it.
Bentley: Probably the best bit of the show. I love these "James gets driven around at insane speed"-films. Hats off to Bentley/VW for letting them do this and *huge* respect to the driver.
News: Not as bad as I feared. "Independant Rear Access" actually had me chuckling.
But I guess by far the best bit to me was the teaser montage. Caroll Shelby tribute epic race? Hot-hatch shootout? Supercar roadtrip (featuring the new Viper
)? Another Africa special? This season looks much more promising to me now. I kinda dread the Multipla-film though ..
All in all: 7/10
S.