Clarkson - The Italian Job + Top Gear Apocalpyse

[Cooper]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/jeremy-clarkson-dvd-2010

Don't say we're not good to you on TopGear.com. Every Monday for the next four weeks, we'll be uploading some exclusive clips and outtakes from Jeremy’s new DVD: The Italian Job. And we're starting today.

Jezza's first-ever double-disc DVD operates under a simple premise. He needs to get fit to take part in his first-ever touring car race. Eschewing more traditional methods, he quickly hits upon a ruse: a week at Italy's finest heath farm. Imola.

Featuring some of the cars that couldn't or didn't make the last series of Top Gear - the Mercedes SLS, Porsche GT3, Lambo Superleggera LP570-4 and 599 GTO, among others - this regime proves surprisingly effective.

And it delivers Jeremy back to the UK in fine fettle to take the wheel of a highly tuned Ford Escort Mexico for his debut in classic touring cars.

That's the main reel for you - the DVD also includes a 45-minutes behind-the-scenes doc, plus JC's favourite five-car demolitions from over the years.

follow the link at the top of this post for the first vid

[noshownogo]

Ohhh what an early Christmas gift to myself!

JC's face being peeled off by what looks like an Ariel Atom = WIN!

[eliteauto]

nice stocking stuffer

[M_2NR]

damit u beat me to it



can't wait for this tho!

[wagon r]

...*...licks chops...*....

[Back2Studio]

ohhhh yessss!! Forward to this I look...

[Cooper]

trailer.....

[3stagevtec]

[Cooper]

Atom V8.... he probably had bugs and twigs in his mouth after that run

[trini mk5]

Early christmas gift indeed!!

[Cooper]

another outtake, follow the link....
(I'll post up the youtube video in here when it becomes available)

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/clarkson-dvd-atom-2010-10-18

[Cooper]

another clip

[Skyline_babe]

ohhhhh jahh i wwanttt this!!!!
*excited*

[M_2NR]

anybody see it yet? it out just under a week. Gonna see now...

EDIT: Gonna get this sh!t RIGHT AWAY! 4mins in and i in tears! lmao. the first drive was with... bumblebee.

[Cooper]

Thanks for the reminder, will queue it up tonight.

[white_lion]

it bess.... 458 Italia FTW...!!
http://katz.cd/search?q=the+italian+job

[Monk BANzai]

whew......ok....i hadda go watch this again...that escort!!! for me....EPIC..

[M_2NR]

jeremy clarkson the italian job

It's on streetfire for the while..

[zeeshan66]

just got done watching it...it sucked..pretty boring mediocre stuff.

[trini mk5]

Just saw it...it was good, he should have gone more in depth with the escort about the specs and driving feel etc. Went on too long with that lambo tho..

[Rensh]

Lyden Hill ftw!

Descent movie, it just felt like a longer episode of Top Gear. Still very cool though.

[Cooper]

It was one of the best videos Clarkson has done to date. All the others were just boring compared to this one.

for me the Zonda was full of win!!!

[Monk BANzai]

i think its a matter of what you wud enjoy as a "everyday super car"....though to me...had he included James and Richard, it would have been much more interesting.....i know James cane drive more than he leads on...its just how much skill he possesses...clearly not a Tiff Needle kind of skill but still..

The Porsche GT3 did it for me though...me eh care what was more powerful....after i saw that i was good...

and Tiff needs to do one of these....and soon!

[SUPAstarr]

YUP GT3 = Screen cumshot

[M_2NR]

For me it was the zonda... that raw power from it was like....



the ferrari 599GTO did as he said remind me of the black merc. LOL @ what the Ferrari buffins said wrt to it and rainy weather.

[trini mk5]

why ppl acting surprised at the zonda?? its a race car, what u expected?

[Cooper]

Not really surprised, it was expected...I just love the soundtrack
Clarkson did mention, although it looks like a race car, it wasn't designed to do actual racing and therefore it does not have to meet 'racing regulations' and it wasn't a road car either "it's just a speed machine, a 1.3 million pound toy"



Anyway, another great soundtrack came from this:

The Ariel Atom normally comes either with a supercharged Honda Civic Type-R K20 or a supercharged 2.0L GM Ecotec .......

....a V8 using two Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle heads. The engine is estimated to make 500 horsepower and redline at 10,000 rpm. Of course that kind of rarity and power doesn’t come cheap. The engine is estimated to cost $50,000.

from the Ariel website...


Center of the Atom V8 is the lightweight 3 litre normally aspirated engine built for Ariel in the USA. Flat plane crank, forged pistons, chain driven double overhead cam with 4 valves per cylinder and revving to 10,500 rpm, the all alloy and aluminium engine has race car specification throughout. Dry sump lubrication, 8 throttle bodies with sequential fuel injection and ceramic coated stainless exhaust are all part of the standard specification and, due to the compact nature of the engine, the installation fits perfectly in to the Atom engine bay.

[M_2NR]

why ppl acting surprised at the zonda?? its a race car, what u expected?

cuz i like d facking ting wahm?
eh?





cooper said it tho... its not a race car.. technically.

[trini mk5]

D ting is facking race car i aint care what clarkson say... 1.3 million? D phorq! it more expensive than all of the gt3 class cars in le mans. But the sound it makes prolly worth the 1million

[God Bless the Black Top*]

is it worth buying though? thanksgiving day sales on amazon?