There are few shows about cars on American television that truly excite me. The Spike TV’s selection of car shows don’t really hold my attention or make me want to watch them every week. I mean yeah, if there’s nothing on television on the weekend, I might turn to Spike to watch the televised version of Car & Driver, but I don’t feel like I miss anything if I miss an episode or a dozen.
I’m watching Top Gear, a BBC automotive show, for the first time. The Discovery Channel now airs it in America. This episode captivated me in the opening teaser: they pit a Mitsubishi Evo VIII against a Lamborghini Murciélago! With a race on the tarmac of an airfield, the Evo almost literally ran circles around the Murciélago, with the Italian ride spinning out around a tight high speed corner. It was great to see these vehicles in action against each other. You’d never see a comparison like this on Spike. Gotta love those Brits 
You should see the full BBC 2 original. Might be able to get a copy from internet some where. There are BBC DVDs but they are region 2 I beleive.
I knew that the American version is mostly composed of rehashed episodes from the original series, so I would love to see the original. I never thought of getting them on DVD.
Thanks!
Hit http://www.uknova.com (registration required) and they have torrents for all the UK episodes. Tonights episode saw the Top Gear team pit a Bugatti Veyron against a plane from Italy to London - utter class.
HTH
Anthony, thanks for the tip. I’ll have to check it out later this week.