Monday, July 23, 2007

Why The World Loves Top Gear

Very few people in America have heard of the BBC program "Top Gear", which has been test-driving cars and entertaining (mostly male) audiences for a very long time. The amusing running comentary of the hosts, along with their testing methods and testosterone-fueled antics is probably the reason why the show is easily the most popular program about cars on the planet.

So, notwithstanding the comment about American tanks in this video, here we have one of the guys from Top Gear test driving a Range Rover by going over hill and dale to avoid getting blown up by a tank. (There are many more Top Gear videos on YouTube if you are interested... just do a search.)



(You have to love a show where the host has enough presence of mind to talk about the "sports cruise suspension" with a 50-ton killing machine bearing down on him.)

Bonus track: Porsche roadster versus Mercedes roadster — avoiding army snipers.

1 comment:

Brunty said...

That was i hate to use the word but Awsome.

I want to go for a ride in the tank stuff the range rover.

Very entertaining.