I am positive Top Gear are taking our feedback from this forum with every episode they make. This episode proved to me that Top Gear as a whole is still perfectly capable of producing content with the same original essence that made it great back in the day. As someone else said, this is a great example of classic Top Gear. I officially forgive you for the ambulance episode, I'll have more of this please. This is the internet, so I still have many things to nitpick, but I voted 10/10 because I agree with the comment about it being very satisfying. I applaud you guys for searching for the perfect mix of humor and car programming. The cinematography was also exactly my flavor, there was an emphasis on beautiful shots with special effects kept to a minimal level. The special effects that were there, were quick and not annoying.
Thoughts:
-A Ferrari A Ferrari, segment was great was great. I wanted to see more detail and information about the cabin and engine bay. This segment has bumped up my overall opinion of the laferrari.
-Corvette review was also good, I would have liked it to be a bit more in depth maybe with a real road test besides the track, would be fun to see it driving around on british roads.
-James and Richard did not give very personal opinions about what they liked and disliked about the ferrari and the corvette, I think viewers would find it very interesting to know more about what minor details the guys did and didn't like about each.
-I also thought the news segment was a little lacking, but the overall style and essence of the news segment is exactly what I want to see.
-Peugeot bit was excellent, though it may have dragged on a little during the second half, it was genuinely very funny and interesting, with a smart twist to tie it all together. The french board meeting was gold.
Some suggestions for future segments if I may:
-Road trip with factory WEC/GT3 race cars. The guys drive each one as long as their bodies can bare the brutal ride of long distances in a real race car on the road to a far away destination.
-Have short segments of the guys driving the cars they talk about for the very first time like the Golf GTI, James in the new 991 from last week, etc. Those should be on film! The short clip on the internet of James and Jeremy driving the GTR using the launch control should have been on the show.
-Top Gear coverage of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca this September. Perhaps another California road trip with the end destination the event at the track.
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Extremely solid episode, an easy 9/10, but the second half of the Peugeot film let it down. They lose a point for damaging an MR2.
I don't even like Mister 2s and I thought that was painful. I am pretty sure it was already broken judging from the large side impact that I'm pretty sure wasn't caused by either of them. Funny either way.