other article ...... Top Gear drives the BMW 2002 Turbo

[OriginalOwner]

found 2 articles .......

 

http://www.bmwblog.com/2016/01/22/top-gear-drives-the-bmw-2002-turbo/

 

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/tg-drives-bmw-2002#1

 

 

Cheers, 

 

Carl

Edited February 19, 2016 by OriginalOwner

[Preyupy]

Yep, that's about it!  They are not Subtle but damn they are fun.    

[m6smitten]

The way those guys drive, I wouldn't let them near my car.

 

Disagree with the "dead fish" steering and "arthritic clutch" comments though analogies, personifications are colorful. The author described the power as a "smooth bulge" ... rather than a spike - always thought the "punch in the kidneys" phrase was a little exaggerated.

Nice to see these cars get the press they deserve as a seminal entwicklung  (project/development) which still influence modern car design.

[LimeySteve]

Either the car in question is knackered, hence the slack steering , noisy suspension , arthritic clutch etc etc or the test driver is more used to modern drive by wire style cars

[02Les]

Fifth Gear's Jason Plato should drive it & we'll get a real perspective.

[TobyB]

You mean, Jason Plato of BTCC fame, I suspect. Youtube the TopGear Caravan (RV) race...

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[JohnH]

Fifth Gear's Jason Plato should drive it & we'll get a real perspective.

 

I agree. Was that the new Top Gear or just the BBCs Top Gear magazine. Not quite the same thing really. 

[02Les]

You mean, Jason Plato of BTCC fame, I suspect. Youtube the TopGear Caravan (RV) race...

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Yessir, that Jason Plato. He and Tiff Needell - what a team.

[TobyB]

Wait-

Top Gear has been replaced by a sanitized blank panel in the middle of your screen.

 

Top Gear, the tv show, ended a while back,ignominiously, (yes, I had to look up the spelling) over some personal abuse about cold sandwiches. And racist comments.  And generally childlike British behaviour...

 

Because, yes Clarkson IS a big, fat idiot.  That did not make him unamusing to watch, however...

 

 

If you look carefully, you might recognise some of the faces under the closed face helmets...

 

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[Simeon]

Bit of British history: Top Gear used to be a serious motoring show on the BBC hosted by Tiff Needell and others where Clarkson was a much more understated 'supporting act'. They used to review everyday cars and it was a much more staid format than the recent show.

This format was canned and came back with Hammond and co while the old show (some presenters, style etc) went to a different channel (Channel 5) and became Fith Gear

[JohnH]

Its interesting watching the evolution of Top Gear and the rise of its, in hangar dickhead audience and the converse fall of standards in British life. I wish I could return to the country I was brought up in.

 

What happened to the real Top Gear of Raymond Baxter and William Woollard when Tiff, God bless him, was just a bit player?

[NickVyse]

and the new show's getting matt le blanc !

[02Les]

Its interesting watching the evolution of Top Gear and the rise of its, in hangar dickhead audience and the converse fall of standards in British life. I wish I could return to the country I was brought up in.

 

What happened to the real Top Gear of Raymond Baxter and William Woollard when Tiff, God bless him, was just a bit player?

Don't remember Raymond Baxter on the program, but he was a character for sure. I do remember Top Gear being presented by (of all people) Angela Rippon, with guesting appearances (and later permanent) by Noel Edmonds.

Unfortunately the show evolved into a comedy program rather than a motoring program. Fifth Gear at least attempted to concentrate on cars & drivers.