Unseen since the mid-2000s. Throughout the original run of the second series of Top Gear, broadcast during the Summer of 2003, a phone-in competition was held in order to determine the greatest car ever made, which the Land Rover eventually won. For this competition, all three hosts made a respective piece on their personal choice, in addition to six guest hosts - something which never happened again on the 2002 incarnation of Top Gear until the departure of the trio. The competition went as follows:
Episode 1 - McLaren F1 (Murray Walker)
Episode 2 - Jaguar E-Type (Chris Barrie)
Episode 3 - Ford Mustang (Jeremy Clarkson)
Episode 4 - London Taxi (A.A. Gill)
Episode 5 - Land Rover (Richard Hammond)
Episode 6 - Fiat 500 (Nick Mason)
Episode 7 - Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (Stuart Hall)
Episode 8 - Citroen DS (James May)
Episode 9 - Audi Quattro (Graeme Le Saux)
As of 2020, two of these segments are still missing and those that are available either come from Jabba's original recordings of Series 2 (which are no longer available), or a BBC World re-airing. The only exception to this is part of Murray Walker's report on the McLaren F1, which survived into the Back in the Fast Lane DVD. For whatever reason, since their international showing on BBC Prime in 2005, the decision was made to cut all references to this competition, resulting in each episode losing 10 - 15 minutes' worth of footage.
Many thanks once more to Phat_J for sending me this clip.
Please note that a talentless content thief has reuploaded this clip without crediting mine or Phat_J's work - this is the original upload. • Top Gear ~ Citroen DS ...
14 авг 2020
