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July 15, 2008
Top Gear: GTR vs. Bullet Train
By John Coyle
Editor
Who will cross the Land of the Rising Sun the fastest, Jeremy Clarkson in Nissan’s new supercar? Or James May and the Hamster riding 200MPH bullet trains? Of course, the answer isn’t really important, but it’s entertaining as hell to watch—head over to GTRblog to check it out. Let’s hope the US version of Top Gear is half as good as this…
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Oafman
Jul 16, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Wow that GTR is fast. I am not talking top speed fast, but around the bendy bits in the road as Mr Clarkson would put it. If you watch the entire episode you see that after a 45 period where Jeremy did not have access to the nav screen and got lost he still beat the train by 3 minutes. So that means that if he did not get lost he could have beaten them by 30 to 40 minutes. Not bad when racing a 200 MPH train on public roads.
Jack
Jul 16, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I don’t think there’s any way the US version can touch the BBC version. Top Gear has a unique mix of personalities and stunts that can’t be recreated.
I will reserve judgement until I see the US version, but I don’t think it will be “Top Gear America”, but instead just another car show for the states.
Stewart
Jul 16, 2008 at 4:53 am
This was a fun video.
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It’s a nice car, but I’d still rather have a ZR1.
GTwildfire
Jul 16, 2008 at 2:30 am
The U.S. version better not come across as processed spontaneity like pimp my ride or that redneck truck pimping show I caught for the first time last night. They got real big shoes to fill, and YouTube has plenty of the original show for me to watch if they suck.
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Now to watch Clarkson. Don’t always agree with the man, but he always entertains.