The "Top Gear", Season 24/25/26 thread

RACING AWAY

Top Gear viewers demand BBC axe show as they rip into ‘unwatchable’ series premiere​

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Having read this headline on social media (it was The Sun so I took it with a pinch of salt!) I thought I’d give it a look but wasn’t expecting much tbh.

Much to my surprise, whilst it indeed is a lot of the same stuff re-hashed, I found myself enjoying it and unusually am looking forward to the next episode.

The Rimac was astonishing if a bit of a meaningless comparison, 2000bhp beating 700, if anything I almost expected it to be quicker….

They don’t do the road trips as well as Clarkson and Co although I have to say I found the last few they did a bit of a turn off anyway.

Hopefully a good series although I suspect it’ll be somewhat hit & miss as the new teams output seems to be.
 
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I've not managed to watch it all in one sitting to be honest - I watched about 1/3rd, then another 1/3rd or so and still haven't watched the last third. It could be a lot better.
 
adam cool dude said:
Why did they compare the 2000BHP Rimac to a 700 odd horsepower Lambo. Why not up against the Koenigsegg One:1 ?

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The test was to show a real world comparison/demonstration of the speed of the Rimac, rather than just having Harris saying 'it's fast'. It wasn't meant to be a competitive drag race !
The majority of casual viewers (TopG audience) can relate to Lamborghini - most probably haven't heard of Koenigsegg.
 
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SDK^ said:
The test was to show a real world comparison/demonstration of the speed of the Rimac, rather than just having Harris saying 'it's fast'. It wasn't meant to be a competitive drag race !
The majority of casual viewers (TopG audience) can relate to Lamborghini - most probably haven't heard of Koenigsegg.
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This. Most normal people will think of the Lambo as the peak of high performance ICE supercars and is indeed the fastest Lambo you can get so to see it giving the Rimac a 300m head starts and seeing it fly past the Lambo like it was standing still really shows the performance difference.

As Chris Harris said, the game is up with ICE cars, they cant compete on performance anymore so need to concentrate on what they are better than EV cars - nicer gearboxes and lower weight and of course that lovely sound.
 
Greebo said:
nicer gearboxes and lower weight and of course that lovely sound.
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The sound/sensation is the only thing they have going for them and personally I think a lot of modern performance cars sound **** - it always puzzles me a bit when YouTube car channels do sound tests and get all excited about some high pitched fizzle - give me a car with a nice deep throaty roar any day.
 
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Rroff said:
The sound/sensation is the only thing they have going for them and personally I think a lot of modern performance cars sound **** - it always puzzles me a bit when YouTube car channels do sound tests and get all excited about some high pitched fizzle - give me a car with a nice deep throaty roar any day.
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I am the same as you but some people love the higher pitched F1 type sound so horses for courses.
 
Not watched top gear since Clarkson era as I really dislike the current presenters (there's just no chemistry like with Clarkson, May & Hammond IMO) but wanted to see the Rimac

Car is very impressive but I just can't get over the lack of noise from a combustion engine.....Yes I know I'm old
I know fossil fuel is an evil word these daysl but while I still can, I'll be sticking with it
 
Robzere31 said:
Not watched top gear since Clarkson era as I really dislike the current presenters (there's just no chemistry like with Clarkson, May & Hammond IMO) but wanted to see the Rimac

Car is very impressive but I just can't get over the lack of noise from a combustion engine.....Yes I know I'm old
I know fossil fuel is an evil word these daysl but while I still can, I'll be sticking with it
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I guess to counter this lack of sound they’ll probably get round to some setup that plays engine sounds through the ICE system, I think so long as that Rimac has the soundtrack of a 27Litre Rolls Royce Merlin engine, all will be fine!

There’s a Tesla near me that has some kind of external speaker setup and it plays V8 sounds which seem out of sync with what the cars doing…. :p
 
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Scania said:
I guess to counter this lack of sound they’ll probably get round to some setup that plays engine sounds through the ICE system, I think so long as that Rimac has the soundtrack of a 27Litre Rolls Royce Merlin engine, all will be fine!

There’s a Tesla near me that has some kind of external speaker setup and it plays V8 sounds which seem out of sync with what the cars doing…. :p
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Urgh - fake engine sounds really really don't do it for me. Like having a counterfeit expensive brand watch, etc.
 
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Really good ep today so far, those mini city EVs are brilliant. That transforming one looks absolutely perfect, longest range and fastest speed too.
 
That noise coming out of that GT4RS was simply incredible. Plus the Austrian scenery never fails to impress. And I had to laugh when Freddie downed that stein of lemonade, the reaction of the other two looked absolutely genuine. :D
 
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mrk said:
^ Sorry but that exhaust sounds pretty stupid, way too farty and unrefined. The stock E9x exhaust is considerably more grown up and meaty sounding.
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