Top Gear USA Episode 2 - Evo X

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Nov 29, 2010 | 11:23 AM

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vash_241987

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Originally Posted by johnvan29

The British Top Gear did the exact same stunt of Skiers racing a car down a mountain, except Jeremy Clarkson was driving an Audi RS6 and the skiers used parachutes and won... So quite a knock off challenge of one done by the Brits.

Actually it was Hammond who did it....knock off yes, but not entirely. The RS6 was only driven on pavement so all it showed was its power. This one was done to show the versatility of the Evo X on different road conditions.

Anyways...its something to entertain me until they TG:UK gets something going

http://www.megavideo.com/?d=ROMS6LY1

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Nov 29, 2010 | 11:24 AM

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Hammond did this in a rally ready EVO 9 a few years back already too. Although I think it was vs snow boarders. Haven't seen the shows yet but have them DVR'd and will watch soon. I'm a huge fan of BBC Top Gear and why they didn't get Leno for the US version just don't make sense to me. I heard he volunteered for the job.

Nov 29, 2010 | 11:43 AM

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Great episode just watched it over my lunch hour.

Lucky you!

BBC pulled the Youtube video.

Nov 29, 2010 | 12:00 PM

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its on again tonight at 10 pm for those of us that havent seen it, history channel

Nov 29, 2010 | 01:46 PM

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Either the show is cheap and got a base GSR or mitsu was cheap and didnt bother giving them a SSS package at least.... brutal.

mmm not to be an *** but i dont know if you can tell but most of the cast from tg usa and most def the brits like a good solid stick shift with a real clutch... & why do you need leather and a sunroof with a lil bump in the trunk to haul *** down a mountain covered in snow?

.. still have no idea the point in the usdm mr? sounds like a waste of 10K to me.. wheels pipes and a bad *** tune with 5k on the side to take your hunnie out while the base model passes you by sounds much better in my book.. i guess you could get a better view if you hold your head out the sun roof.. and again not to be an *** haha

Nov 29, 2010 | 02:11 PM

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I wonder who is going to end up being alpha male in the series....I mean clarkson def. fits the alpha male description for TG:UK. Seems even across the board :P

Nov 29, 2010 | 02:53 PM

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It's now on the history channel website

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gea...ar-blind-drift

Nov 29, 2010 | 03:19 PM

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inletbum

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good episode

Nov 29, 2010 | 03:52 PM

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I definitely enjoyed the episode. Even so, I do not think that these guys compare to Clarkson ( and crew ) in "Entertaining the people" or narrating their presentations. Nonetheless, it is the cars that keep me interested.