I quite liked the way they showed the speedo, the time and a map of the track on the timed lap back then. That was quite accurate, interesting and very telling.
The fat guy was only on for the first series, he was the used car expert if I remember right. He wasn't any fun he was just serious and didn't fit in at all (insert fat joke).
@STAG162 I couldn't believe it when i watched the first season and saw them rounding the lap times to the nearest second. Kinda shows that they either didn't know much about how large an interval of time 1 full second is when it comes to racing cars...or they just didn't think the show would be on long enough for it to become a problem haha
in the 80's we had cathode ray tube TV's/Monitors, which was a pain, big ugly loud heavy things, that hummed, and flickered...but at least we could see peoples faces
Who said anything about HD? They had 480p then for sure, and they should have had at least 360p on these older one's. There is 2 other options on RU-vid before you get to HD.
To everyone complaining that they won't put the Ultima GTR on the show: They have a lot of people and car companies offering them cars to put on the track. Back then, they didn't have as many, so more cars like this were on. It's more about what they think the public wants. Lamborghinis, Zondas, Ferraris, ultra luxury cars, and then cars that everyday people might drive probably grab more attention according to their ratings or polls.
Its not just about raw power, or how light it is, not even power to weight ratio. If you don't have the right transmission, the car cannot live up to its full potential. This car seems to do everything right. Westfield did a good job on it.
or 1:10 if you consider the one they rule out because it couldnt go over sleeping policeman it was gunther or something, you can find it in topgear videos i think
The "fat guy" is Jason Dawe. This is from current Top Gear's first season. He left before the second season and James May took his place. A great, great decision in my opinion.
The 'fat dude' is Jason Dawe, the original third presenter of the modern Top Gear only seen in Season 1 (2002), before Capt. Slow jumped in (with his Bentley). He was the one who started off the 'best deals' segment of the show with Hamster, and May later kept on with (randomly) through Seasons 2&3. How obvious was it that it's early Top Gear though - they were still rounding times to the nearest second and there were only 4 cars on the power lap board.
@rabeandre2 Hang on, folks. This isn't the new guy, this is the old guy. He's a car dealer, and an expert on price ranges. The original Top Gear targeted car fans, more than just the general public, and this guy was around to give more information about good car deals. But, he was boring, and after the first season he was replaced.
Don't be ridiculous, I'm sure he knew that "HD" existed long before 2007. He's talking about on youtube. RU-vid didn't support anything other than 240p (240x320) at the time. It wasn't until 2008 that they added "HQ" (360x480).
Ah, thank you all for your comments answering the same question I had: Who is the, uh, prosperous looking chap and where is James "Oh Cock" May? Now we know. The guy on this one is as useful as the bench coach in "Bull Durham" whose only words in the whole movie were, I think, "right eyelid."
Jason Dawes Isn't dead, he hosts used car road show with penny maloney. He left because his expertise is in used cars and topgear wanted to focus on new cars and no longer have segments on buying used, ordinary cars.
Yea he was. "His main part in the show was to present different bargains for cars, as opposed to the super car reviews and entertaining motoring challenges, which were done by the two other presenters, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. James May replaced Jason as the third presenter in Top Gear's second post-relaunch series."
It isn't always about who's faster. To be better then a Pagani, you also have to have the styling/beauty and luxury comforts. Something that this WestField lacks. You might aswell go out and buy a Suzuki Hayabusa in my opinion.
@magnum9987 isn't an american actually it's jason dawe who was co-presenting top gear in the first series. luckily he was replaced by james in the second :D GOGO Captain Slow!
@rabeandre2 It's a video from the firsth season of the new top gear from 2000 year ? or maybe older... captain slow was from the beginning of the 2nd season and he will still be in top gear :)
