Top Gear - S11 EP4 - 13th July, 2008 - Discussion

[vexor]

Top Gear undertakes one of its epic races as Jeremy Clarkson attempts to drive the remarkable new Nissan GT-R right across Japan faster than Richard Hammond and James May can make the same journey on the legendary Bullet Train. Plus, Richard tries Toyota's idea of personal transport for the future, the sensational Alfa Romeo 8C brings some glamour to the Top Gear track and news readers Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton are the Stars in The Reasonably Priced Car.

yay, GTR race

[5vz-fe]

That means no Topgear lapboard

[dutchmasterflex]

Heh, I'll be in Japan when this airs..

[Speedster]

Alfa Romeo 8C, looking forward to this one! Race in Japan sounds like fun too

[torrentjunkie]

"Bullet train...Pah!"

[Pokiou]

i think the bullet train is gonna win this time... hmmm cause if remember correctly there is a bullet train that travels one end of japan to the other with 2 stops ...

[toffytofik]

^
Nah, that's against the tradition of the sow. Jezza in the car shall be the first to arrive

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe That means no Topgear lapboard

But the Alfa 8C's at the track!

[Svensson]

It was awesome! I won't spoil anything about the race, but the face-mask was hilarious

[yvrnycracer]

great episode... the race... EPIC... want a GTR now

[Jona]

That episode was GREAT.

[Evo8]

On the mountain road, the car handled surprisingly great, like a rally car in a race, and what's surprising that it did that in the hands of Jeremy, not a racing driver.


BTW, anyone knows what was that thing was... In the race, Jeremy drove out of some island looking like a ship full of highway crossings, and then went to a long bridge. What exactly was that and why did they build it? (I mean, they could make the tunnel exit right on land, couldn't they?)

[styla21]

Originally Posted by Svensson It was awesome! I won't spoil anything about the race, but the face-mask was hilarious

HAHA I know! I laughed outloud!!
And the comment at the gas station to the attendant...

[Jona]

Originally Posted by Evo8 BTW, anyone knows what was that thing was... In the race, Jeremy drove out of some island looking like a ship full of highway crossings, and then went to a long bridge. What exactly was that and why did they build it? (I mean, they could make the tunnel exit right on land, couldn't they?)

It's the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line.

I don't think they'd have enough space to put the tunnel exit right on land

It is very cool though

[CarlZ]

^that place tokyo, just looks so impressive...never been there, but definately gona fly there to have a look someday.