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

Not my cup of tea at all complete waste for the majority of people that will own it despite it being very capable. Not to mention Land Rover reliability record.

Hot hatch’s next week now we’re talking.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
It’s clean now. :cool:

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And with it's front plate reattached too.
 
I know big SUVs are naff and unnecessary and inefficient, but blimey that Range Rover is impressive. If you want one vehicle that can do it all, that's your machine. I just wish LR could deliver the reliability to go with it.
 
Von Luck said:
I know big SUVs are naff and unnecessary and inefficient, but blimey that Range Rover is impressive. If you want one vehicle that can do it all, that's your machine. I just wish LR could deliver the reliability to go with it.
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I think the RR's are reliable in the important parts. A friend has a L322 4.4TDV8 so one of the last ones and has been trouble free on the pure mechanical side of things. The engine in that is a peach as well. It is more things like cooling seats etc that the problems occur.

It is of no surprise that the most basic of cars are the most reliable as there is less to go wrong. That is the law of averages.
 
caught my eye

Jaguar Land Rover to resume marketing after supply shortages ease​


JLR had 205,000 unfulfilled orders in the July-Sept. quarter, similar to the amount it had the previous quarter. Of those 72 percent were for the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender, the company said.
While production is increasing as supply problems ease, orders in the last quarter were 92,000, below JLR's original target of more than 100,000.
"We are more certain of supply from January," Mardell said. "With supply starting to improve we are also anticipating other investments like fixed marketing to generate more orders, which we are deliberately not generating today.”
JLR's variable marketing expenses, which included discounts, hit a record low in the last quarter at 1.1 percent of revenue, down from 1.7 percent the previous quarter, JLR figures show. The drop saved the company 29 million pounds ($34 million), according to its figures.
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Jonnycoupe said:
It’s clean now. :cool:

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Question: do you repair the cars at all from damage they receive when they’ve been through stuff like that on Top Gear? Such as (I imagine) paint scratches etc from driving through the forest bit and scrapes from rocks (when they did that rock road section)etc to lower trim?
 
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I’m not entirely sure as that was filmed a while back. I think the car had a good amount of protection film on which was peeled off, few marks on the bumper and underneath there are a few marks and knocks on the suspension so it’s all good. Press cars often had foam adhesive tape on as when they come off they come off cleanly rather than a screw being pulled out of the plastic bumpers.

They have actually put it inside the Traingle now with the off-road wheels stacked up next to it and a big TV with the Top Gear section on repeat; which is pretty cool.
 
The hot hatch part was great, Honda have smashed it with the new Type-R but that 205 GTi was perfection. The old line up made me gush too as I've owned 3 of what they showed. Brilliant segment.
 
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Not liked a CTR in many generations because the interior and exterior styling was too much. But this new one looks great. I'd have one, though not in white :D
 
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Found the racing segment really interesting but way too rushed, could have served perfectly as a mini TG spin off series focusing more on the selection and training over the various weeks.
 
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