- New car from the new carpack (megacarpack pc)- Freeride- Driving in HC mode with no asist (all off) and using manual gearbox and DFP steering wheel- My nick in TDU on-line: yoeman[pl]
Driver takes a Ferrari at insane speeds through the streets of Paris. One of the classic car buff videos, apparently this was very difficult to find until it was digitized and released on the Internet earlier this year. Very cool.
Top Gear | American Muscle Cars (4/4)The team head to America to test drive the new generation of American muscle cars all the way from San Francisco to the Bonneville Salt Flats at the heart of Utah. Hammond takes the trip in the new Dodge Challenger, Clarkson in the new Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 and May in the Cadillac CTS-V. As usual, the trip is plagued with difficulties.The team only has visas that allow them to be factual rather than entertaining, which encourages the presenters to try and remove all 'entertaining' aspects to the trip. Chrysler refuses, at the last minute, to provide them with a Challenger, which forced Hammond to buy one at a $10,000 premium from a local dealership. James hates his Cadillac, so while the team visit Reno, he spends all night at the casino trying to win a vehicle to replace his CTS-V. The team are stopped by the police twice for speeding, racing between the lights and using the V8 revs to trigger car alarms, and Jeremy uses the keyless entry on Hammond's Challenger to park in the middle of a public road while Hammond was busy eating.After getting bored of the straight-line highway, they turn off onto twisty back roads. May immediately changes his opinion of the Cadillac due to its handling, and Clarkson's Corvette is even better. Hammond's Dodge, however, handles poorly due to its muscle car origins.Arriving at the Salt Flats, the trio must take part in a one mile straight drive to see who can take their cars to a high speed with Clarkson's, May's and Hammond's goals being 170mph, 160mph and 150mph respectively. After trying numerous ways to increase speed, such as pumping up tires, all three presenters finally hit their targets. They claim that all three vehicles have exceeded their expectations, closing by saying that they were fantastic fun though perhaps not as well-made as possible.Ofcom has received complaints for this segment after Clarkson gave the middle finger to a U.S police officer when the group was pulled over to confirm that they were doing a documentary rather than an entertainment programme. Ofcom say that the complaints are currently being assessed.
On July 4th 2009, owners of Studebaker cars, truck (and horse-pulled vehicles all around the world will be driving and talking about their Studebakers on the same day. International Drive Your Studebaker Day is an official event of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc.
Jeremy Clarkson is in Tokyo to take a closer look at Japan's attitude to cars. Great clip from BBC motoring classic, Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld. Click beneath the video to view in high quality, and visit http://www.topgear.com for all the lastest news and car reviews.
