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

I'm not seeing all the fuss about the Bugatti? The Chiron looks great, but the Koenigsegg Agera R is older, but it's faster (273MPH) and cheaper, and arguably looks much nicer and is made to be driven in both the straight and winding road or track.

More fuel efficient too :p
 
Great episode. Le Blanc seems to be far more comfortable in the lead role and Harris is a completely different presenter to the one he was in the first few episodes. The lack of Rory is confusing though, hopefully he's involved more in later episodes.
 
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Good episode and Harris was miles better in this one, they didn't look like they were racing though because that Bugatti looked as if it was only doing about 80mph on that last road............ i liked the Honda Aircraft best, plus the MCLAREN Police car.

Reid might be best at reviewing classic sports cars etc, the trouble is he's reviewing cars that are as boring as hell...........there's nothing wrong with him, but who the hell is interested in a boring Renault.
 
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Great episode I enjoyed it. I liked the end with le blanc and harris. They actually looked comfortable. I don't mind reid, his part was entertaining to watch.

The ducati + the Chiron are beautiful. I wasn't a fan of the Chiron but they made it look great.
 
Mal X said:
Good episode and Harris was miles better in this one, they didn't look like they were racing though because that Bugatti looked as if it was only doing about 80mph on that last road............ i liked the Honda Aircraft best, plus the MCLAREN Police car.
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You do realise it's all fake/scripted/made-up don't you? If the Bugatti was pushing it even remotely, how do you think the film crew would keep up with it?
 
kindai said:
Was still meh.

Now this original part by May when he did the top speed run in the SS, this really made the Veyron feel special and awe inspiring.
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The Veyron was special and awe-inspiring. The Chiron is not.

The Veyron redefined the hypercar and what was possible. Everyone scoffed when it was announced and said it couldn't be done, but it was.

The Chiron is boring by comparison. The world has moved on in the last decade, as evidenced by the McLaren P1, Porsche 918 and La Ferrari. Today it's about hybrid technology.

The Chiron looks like a dinosaur by comparison to these cars, a relic of a bygone age. If the Chiron was to be a true successor to the Veyron then it, like its predecessor, should be the ultimate expression of current hybrid technology. Instead it's just a facelifted and breathed on Veyron at heart. No one will be amazed by its technology or performance in the way they were by the Veyron.

I remember when the Veyron was launched and I was amazed by the statistics. Not just the speed but the details such as how long a tank of fuel or the tyres would last at full pelt or that they had to design new tyre valves as the centripetal forces were causing the standard ones to open.
No one cares about such stats on the Chiron as it's just the same again, plus a bit more. Harris tried telling us about how much air the engine was gulping and how the tyres had to be specially designed but all of this was pioneered on the Veyron. The Chiron is just the same again plus a little more.

It may look pretty but it's fundamentally dull compared to contemporary hybrid hypercars.

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^^ As Chris said its basically having the last word in Top Trumps in a game that no one else is playing any more. Personally I kind of liked the looks of it but its certainly not the revolutionary entry the Veyron was.
 
kindai said:
Like I said, they rushed out something half-arsed just to get the "we did it first" crown.

Wait until TGT does the Chiron, it will be 10x better.
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also, that Chiron was speed limited due to it having not good enough tyres.

but the Chiron looks far too big and bulky, it's nothing like as sexy as a Mclaren, but i suppose if you're booting out 1500HP then you need a big car for Traction, i wonder what it's torque is ? 1300ft lbs no idea ????????????

looks the same as the Veyron ? yea but Porsches all look the same too
 
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Mal X said:
also, that Chiron was speed limited due to it having not good enough tyres.

but the Chiron looked far too big and bulky, nothing like as sexy as a Mclaren and that one we saw had a horrid paint job too, like the ones you see illegally parked outside Harrods.

but i suppose if you're booting out 1500HP then you need a big car for Traction, i wonder what it's torque is ? 1300ft lbs no idea ????????????
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But the Regera is slightly bigger, yet weighs over 400KG less, and produces more power/toqrue!

Regera:
1500HP, 2000Nm
Code: 
Length        4,560 mm (179.5 in)
Width        2,050 mm (80.7 in)
Height        1,100 mm (43.3 in)
Kerb weight    1,590 kg (3,510 lb)

Chiron:
1500HP, 1600Nm
Code: 
Length        4,544 mm (178.9 in)[3]
Width        2,038 mm (80.2 in)
Height        1,212 mm (47.7 in)
Kerb weight    1,996 kg (4,400 lb)(est)[4]

I think TG's relationship with Dubai this season is the only reason the Chiron is featured in this script. Harris said a number of times that there isn't a car that can beat the Chiron, but there are at least two!
 
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