Top Gear 10/15/07

Glad to see a thread on Top Gear; easily one of the five best programs on American TV right now (that still show new episodes).

Looking forward to this one.

I was pleased they kept running the seasons. the Veyron piece is amazing.

Fl_Gulfer said:

Tonight on Top Gear James visits Volkswagen's top-secret test track in Germany to get the Bugatti Veyron to its maximum speed; Over 300mph... Hugh Grant tests his skills on the track; the guys test drive coupes in Scotland.

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This is a great show, however the veyron is only good for 254mph not 300+.

Roy

This show sounds right up my alley. I'm off to set up a Season Pass. Thanks for the tip. :up:

Fl_Gulfer said:

Tonight on Top Gear James visits Volkswagen's top-secret test track in Germany to get the Bugatti Veyron to its maximum speed; Over 300mph...

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That was a fun episode, but the Veyron only went 250 mph (hah, "only"!).

Sorry I was thinking of something else when I type it. I ment to say 400 kph. Hell anyway I would love to take that thing for a drive. Anyone know what it costs?
This is the funniest show on TV. the wife and I just about died (from Laughing)when they went on the RV trip a couple of weeks ago. And next week they come to america, They may get shot down here in the south. lol

Slight swerve here (pun intended) but a $1.6 million Bugati model was featured for a few minutes on the second hour of the premier of Fox Business Network on Monday. They built up to the reporter's actually sitting in the car...but, it wouldn't start.

Fl_Gulfer said:

Sorry I was thinking of something else when I type it. I ment to say 400 kph. Hell anyway I would love to take that thing for a drive. Anyone know what it costs?
This is the funniest show on TV. the wife and I just about died (from Laughing)when they went on the RV trip a couple of weeks ago. And next week they come to america, They may get shot down here in the south. lol

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In the UK, it's about 850k UKP and here, it's around $1.5 million. However, Volkswagen loses around 4 million on each one sold as they cost around 5 mil to build!