Ive just watched the last episode of top gear season 22. Nov 02, 2008 all 14 songs featured in top gear uk season 12 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Vietnam special 2008 12 28 arriving in vietnam, james, richard and james have to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days. Jeremy road tests the new porsche 911 gt2 and compares it to the new lamborghini gallardo lp5604. Top gear vietnam special tour vietnam with quality. Jeremy, richard and james buy secondhand lorries and set about discovering how easy it is to become an hgv driver. Some highlights are the second usa special, the fuel economy race, the vietnam special and the stig finally setting a lap in the original bugatti veyron. The first episode i saw was season 4, episode 4 in which clarkson drives an audi a8 tdi from london to edinburgh and back.
Top gear season 12 episode 8 vietnam special gtspirit whats better than relaxing the entire day and then relax again infront of your television with an episode of top gear. Top gear america season 2 premiering early 2020, with new hosts. These specials differed from regular episodes insofar that they were longer than the standard. The best top gear episodes of all time digital trends. Watch classic top gear season 9, episode 8 episode 8. I nearly threw up a few times i laughed so much at this one. Jeremy, james and richard are back for the third series of the everpopular car show. Apr 21, 2017 how you can ride the top gear vietnam route.
Vietnam special is a special 75minute episode for bbc motoring. Top gear sets out on perhaps its toughest road trip ever a highaltitude voyage from kathmandu, capital of nepal, to the forbidden city of lo manthang, a secretive kingdom perched high on the tibetan plateau, on the far side of the himalayas. Their route took them from hoi chi top gear vietnam challenge vietnam lonely planet forum thorn tree. They never let me down and i love them to the end, i belly laugh every time. Welcome to the top gear wiki, an online resource for everything top gear that anyone can edit. Top gear ends series 12 in epic style as the boys try to travel the entire length of vietnam in just eight days, thereby achieving what the american military failed to do in 10 years. Richard tries to persuade people that the vauxhall vxr8 bathurst is an alternative to german sports saloons. Vietnam special two weeks later, on 28 december as part of the bbcs 2008 christmas lineup, and was later followed in 2009 with four best of top gear specials throughout january and the beginning of february. Top gear is a british television series that focuses on various motor vehicles, primarily cars. Top gear season 12 episode 8 watch online the full episode. In an attempt to see how hard can it be to be a lorry driver, the presenters were given each 5000 pounds and go out and buy a lorry big rigs that transport containers and then they will be given a number of challenges. And probably i wouldnt like all of them cause im not a a big fan of motorization stuff.
Specials, originally, were episodes of top gear in which the shows three presenters at the time, jeremy clarkson, james may, and richard hammond, head to an international location for a road trip. Leno finally makes an appearance on top gear in this episode, albeit to try out a reasonably priced car. After some initial roadblocks, the trio demos their creation with a trip down the river avon. Season 12, episode 8 vietnam special imdb user rating. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. The best road trips ever taken by the top gear trio. For those of you who still need more convincing, we sat down and wrote up the 16reasons why anyone can travel vietnam on a motorbike. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humourous style. Dec 28, 2008 the boys headed to vietnam for epic road trip across the country. Once edited down to 75minutes this makes for excellent entertainment. In the summer of 2019 a new crew take up the top gear reigns.
Yesterday we asked you to help us come up with the best episode to bring a member of the uninitiated, unwashed and unknowing masses into the cult behind uk motoring show top gear. Top gear bikes in vietnam, part 1 the boys buy bikes in vietnam and are handed what two out of three of them agree is their greatest challenge yet. As of 1 march 2020, 214 episodes of top gear have aired. Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may go to vietnam and are told to travel the length of the country in eight days a task the us military failed to.
Series 12, episode 8 vietnam special challenges cheap car challenges epic roadtrip top gear series 12 top gear specials by sean mckellar december 28, 2008 january 6, 2019 5. The eighth and final episode of the twelfth series of top gear aired on the 28th of. These specials differed from regular episodes insofar that they were longer than the standard sixty minute episodes. All 8 songs featured in top gear uk season 12 episode 8. The porsche 911 and lamborghini gallardo are also tested, and michael parkinson is the star in a reasonably priced car. James goes to finland to see why the finns are more suited to motor sports. All 14 songs featured in top gear uk season 12 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. Top gear vietnam challenge vietnam lonely planet forum. I am a diehard fan of top gear when these three were presenting. Traditional classic cars are on the menu, with a side of beer and breakdowns.
I first dicovered top gear when i was between 10 12 years old or so. The boys headed to vietnam for epic road trip across the country. Ive just watched the last episode of top gear season 22 and. In a new season, the top gear team puts more of the worlds most interesting cars to the test and goes on a dangerous mission to burma and thailand. Explore episode five this is what we do july 1967december 1967. Season 8, episode 7 jeremy and the stig race two caterham 7s around a circuit in scotland, but jeremy needs to build his own car from scratch first. Supposedly there is life outside of the internet and people actually talk face to face sometimes. The final top gear with clarkson, hammond and may sees the tg 3 immersing themselves in the world of classic cars. The trio then races the cheapest of lifestyle leisure vehicles. Dec 30, 2011 here you can find a 720i edit of the original top gear vietnam special. Mar 26, 2020 the best top gear episodes of all time. The three also build amphibious versions of their two wheelers to cross or attempt to, anyway halong bay. Top gear is a bafta, multinta, and international emmy awardwinning bbc motoringtelevision series. Join the discussion of this episode episode discussion.
Jeremy, james and richard each design their own amphibious vehicle and test it on a stafforshire reservoir. Top gear america season 1 episode 8 rotten tomatoes. Vietnam special two weeks later, on 28 december as part of the bbcs 2008 christmas. Top gear season 12 episode 8 vietnam special gtspirit.
I really like top gear but i dont have time to watch all of the seasons and epiosdes. Vietnam motorbike special part 1 top gear series 12 bbc. American casualties and enemy body counts mount as marines face deadly north vietnamese ambushes and artillery south of the. Dec 28, 2008 visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. The format feels exhausted but at least it now has a better presenting trio the show cannot decide whether it wants to be about the cars, the lads on tour or grand cinematic. Behind the scenes, the top gear team only travel for around 4days on their motorbikes. Jeremy clarkson worships a new god, wrought from porcelain. Vietnam has an unbelievable amount to offer, and we can thank the top gear special for helping open the doors about these. The twelfth series of top gear aired during 2008 and consisted of 7 episodes, beginning on 2 november and concluding on 14 december. Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may hosted the show for more than a decade before giving way to a new crew in 2016, including actor matt leblanc, chris harris, and rory reid. The boys endeavor to build a car that can turn into a hovercraft, all for a good causehelping the residents of a floodhit region of the united kingdom. In true top gear fashion, the boys banter and a comical scene of hilarious breakdowns unfold. Long bay, a journey that had to be completed within eight days.
Silly and opinionated, top gears unique approach to motoring entertainment is powered by big ideas that never quite work properly or, at the very least, catch fire a bit before they do. This week, the boys try to identify which car manufacturer has made the greatest number of great cars. Welcome to the top gear wiki, an online resource for everything top gear that anyone can edit top gear is a bafta, multinta, and international emmy awardwinning bbc motoringtelevision series. Top gear vs the germans part 2 minis on the zolder circuit top gear series 11 bbc. Top gear ends season 12 in epic style as the boys try to travel the entire length of vietnam in just eight days, on motorbikes. With south vietnam in chaos, hardliners in hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the south, accelerating the. Top gear in the uk just did an amazing vietnam special of their car show in which they travelled through vietnam on bikes. Top gear series 12 episode 8 vietnam special 720i remastered by thunder. The twelfth series of top gear aired during 2008 and consisted of 7 episodes, beginning on 2. Vietnam special is a special 75minute episode for bbc motoring programme top gear, and was first broadcast on 28 december 2008, as part of the final episode for the twelfth series, with the special repeated for uk tv channel dave, initially in an edited, 46 minute version on 19 january 2009, but later revised to a 90minute format following complaints by viewers. Epic road trip the boys travel miles across vietnam.
The road peaks at 4,650 meters high and gained its name from the high number of fatal. Besides the addition of new content, the dvd itself is of course season 12 of top gear so included are all of the great challenges, interviews and fast cars that come with top gear. Season 12 episode 8 vietnam special top gear ends season 12 in epic style as the boys try to travel the entire length of vietnam in just eight days, on motorbikes. Series 8, episode 1 2006 the boys chop the roof off a people carrier to make a convertible, richard drives an embarrassing micra and james marvels at the new honda civic. The hosts revisit the past and discuss their first loves.
Now jeremy clarkson, james may, richard hammond oh, and barelytame racing driver the stig return with and another batch of tiresmoking, laprecordbreaking, ambitiousbutrubbish car stuff. Explore episode three the river styx january 1964december 1965. Top gear full hd, season 12 episode 8 vietnam special. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Watch top gear season 8 episode 3 online amphibious cars. Jeremy and james attempt to create an advertisement for volkswagen, without falling out with each other. Top gears best road trips ever taken before the grand tour.
Richard tests the newest form of transport in japan. Since 2002, dvds and bluray discs of the british tv series top gear have been released, containing full episodes, compilations, or specially filmed material many episodes are not presented as originally broadcast, and are included as either abridged 50 minute versions or directors cuts with unbroadcast deleted scenes reinstated. Richard and james roadtest the ford smax, the mercedes b200 turbo and the vauxhall zafira vxr three family cars that promise a bit of excitement. Vietnam motorbike special part 1 top gear series 12 youtube. The number one slot goes to an episode in which the boys try to traverse the length of vietnam entirely by motorbike. I first dicovered top gear when i was between 1012 years old or so. Amg is spotlighted as it turns fifty years old and one man shares his opinion on what epitomizes the mercedes tuner, from its humble.
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