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Top Gear Races Nissan GT-R Vs. Bullet Train In Japan
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 9:00 AM on July 16, 2008
The Top Gear crew is in Japan for this week's episode and they've got another heated race for us: A Nissan GT-R R35, a gadget car by dynamic handling and Playstation inspired dashboard vs. a bullet train, running both from Japan's northern Hakui-Shi coast to Tokyo. With no surprise ol' Clarkson is driving the fiery beast while Hammond and May are left travelling Japanese public transportation. I'm not gonna spoil the race for ya though, but Jalopnik has the results for you. [Jalopnik]
The Top Gear crew is in Japan for this week's episode and they've got another heated race for us: A Nissan GT-R R35, a gadget car by dynamic handling and Playstation inspired dashboard vs. a bullet train, running both from Japan's northern Hakui-Shi coast to Tokyo. With no surprise ol' Clarkson is driving the fiery beast while Hammond and May are left travelling Japanese public transportation. I'm not gonna spoil the race for ya though, but Jalopnik has the results for you. [
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Joseph
Posted 9:50 AM 16/7/08
AMYS BACK!!!
Joseph
namabiru
Posted 9:46 AM 16/7/08
Too bad this is the slower bullet trains, and not the faster ones that travel between Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.
namabiru
Emiat
Posted 9:42 AM 16/7/08
@Leonard Nimrod:
From the looks of it, it is just the GT-R vs Japanese Public Transport segment.
Emiat
Yeebles
Posted 9:40 AM 16/7/08
I loved this episode. Can't wait until Sunday's episode.
Yeebles
Leonard Nimrod
Posted 9:34 AM 16/7/08
This is my favorite show on either side of the pond. Thank you Bram Cohen for creating BitTorrent. Without it I may have never found Top Gear.
@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: Is that just the bullet train segment or the whole episode?
Leonard Nimrod
nuclearlove
Posted 9:24 AM 16/7/08
iPlayer's response: "This doesn't seem to be working. Try again later." I recall hearing that the iPlayer doesn't work outside of the UK.
Four-piece YouTube series will have to do. Things could be worse.
nuclearlove
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Posted 9:20 AM 16/7/08
+ Watch video
+ Watch video
+ Watch video
+ Watch video
Whole episode for those who want it.
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
dorylomorphs
Posted 9:19 AM 16/7/08
i was loving the fact that gizmodo wasnt having so much iphone coverage.. then this happened
dorylomorphs
Emiat
Posted 9:19 AM 16/7/08
[www.bbc.co.uk]
Why not just watch the entire episode aswell on the BBC iPlayer?
Emiat
GiantEnemyCrab
Posted 9:09 AM 16/7/08
yeah video doesn't work on my end either.
Top gear is awesome, I wish it would work..
GiantEnemyCrab
hypnotik_jello
Posted 9:09 AM 16/7/08
sound is hosed about 3 seconds in.
hypnotik_jello
camelontherun
Posted 9:09 AM 16/7/08
sound?
camelontherun
I_Sell_TVs
Posted 9:08 AM 16/7/08
I want my money back.
I_Sell_TVs
Mr.DuckSauce
Posted 9:07 AM 16/7/08
sound cut's out also.
Mr.DuckSauce
Rotnmeat
Posted 9:07 AM 16/7/08
Sound cuts out after "I was loving Japan, I was loving the..." The what? The Sushi the Karaoke the vending machines? I wanna know!
Rotnmeat
nuclearlove
Posted 9:06 AM 16/7/08
wtf happened to the sound?
nuclearlove
graphx
Posted 9:03 AM 16/7/08
video is messing up for me.. anyone else?
graphx
aznplayer213
Posted 9:03 AM 16/7/08
yeah top gear! its a great show man...everyone who enjoys cars will learn alot about cars and stuff! highly recommended to car lovers.
aznplayer213
Captain Bringdown
Posted 10:04 AM 16/7/08
It's a "Nissun", is it Clarkson?
Captain Bringdown
Neone
Posted 9:59 AM 16/7/08
The 700 series is indeed the slower one (not even going 200 mph). Pity that they didn't take the 500 series.
anywhoo, great episode!
'He can spot your beaver from a mile away'
lol ;)
Neone
mweege
Posted 9:19 AM 16/7/08
Problem in Sound:
You tube here:
+ Watch video
mweege
gamecrazychris
Posted 10:43 AM 16/7/08
What ever happened to Top Gear, that was my favorite show and then Discovery stopped showing it about 3 years ago, if anyone in America knows how to get Top Gear on Cable please tell me.
gamecrazychris
rer89
Posted 10:41 AM 16/7/08
The face-sign that he uses to fool the speed cams kinda looks a lot like steve jobs...
rer89
Digo
Posted 10:39 AM 16/7/08
Best show ever. I hope Adam Carolla doesn't screw up the American version too badly.
I convinced one of my Xbox loving PS3 hating friends to get a PS3 solely based on the news that Top Gear is coming to Gran Turismo 5 in October.
Digo
XanderCrews
Posted 10:35 AM 16/7/08
Sorry, OT but... does anyone else have a problem with Giz posts showing up twice in Google Reader? This post, for example, posted at 8:05 (EST) and again at 8:28. I have a feeling that this happens every time there's an edit to a post. Is there a different feed I can get to avoid this?
XanderCrews
stubbze
Posted 10:34 AM 16/7/08
@Captain Bringdown:
I'm assuming you're making a joke at the correct English (in both the linguistic and patriotic sense) pronunciation, still better than hearing n-I-san, (note the omitted 's' causing capitalised pronunciation of the vowel.
stubbze
zacwight
Posted 10:27 AM 16/7/08
I'd say the public transport probably would have won if the GTR was driven obeying the driving laws... but that was an enjoyable watch.
zacwight
nachobel
Posted 11:16 AM 16/7/08
@gamecrazychris: yeah, [isohunt.com]
nachobel
Chimera
Posted 11:08 AM 16/7/08
@gamecrazychris: BBC America, Monday nights at 8 and 9. However, they are about 1 whole season behind, so just get the torrent like 50,000 other people every week.
Chimera
mhlaxp
Posted 11:51 AM 16/7/08
Great film, great cinematography, great editing, great music, great show. I've been watching it for years and years, even since getting high speed interwebs, and it's definitely worth the download.
mhlaxp
poisonfist
Posted 11:57 AM 16/7/08
But on the shinkansen, you could lounge in a comfortable seat kicking back while drinking your beer.
poisonfist
jayhawk11
Posted 12:53 PM 16/7/08
@poisonfist: You can do that in a GT-R, too. Cruise control, my friend. Cruise control.
*Laughs as semi ahead gets closer and closer...*
jayhawk11
Chriscgb6
Posted 1:29 PM 16/7/08
I would kill more people for the GT-R than the iPhone without any hesitation whatsoever.
Chriscgb6
MINI Driver
Posted 2:14 PM 16/7/08
Top Gear - best show on TV, period!
MINI Driver
roflwaffles
Posted 4:32 PM 16/7/08
@dorylomorphs:
unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful.
roflwaffles
samminator
Posted 4:30 PM 16/7/08
not only is the sound cut but it also cuts Chuck Norris out of his warm up lap
samminator
shanzi
Posted 5:25 PM 16/7/08
"tokyo is not a city is a racetrack" my oh my.. xD
shanzi
borgseawolf
Posted 5:02 PM 16/7/08
That's not a Nozomi class though... considering the outcome, they wouldn't stand against a Nozomi class
borgseawolf
bobx3
Posted 1:41 AM 17/7/08
I love Top Gear. What a hilarious show.
bobx3
ryusen
Posted 7:45 AM 18/7/08
while their epic races are cute and entertaining, they are hardly educational.there are always conditions going to that bias it for the car. for example, wheras a normal person might catch a cab to where the train/boat/plane might be leaving from, they have to walk a crazy distance to other public transport.
still the rapport between those three are great to watch.
ryusen
Alex361
Posted 10:39 AM 18/7/08
Does anyone know the name of the song that starts with :18 seconds left?
Alex361