Thread: Top Gear India Special

ahhh!! i cant wait im so addicted and watching old episodes just arent helping anymore, I need my fix i need my fix!!!!!

Airdate the 28th of Dec

damnit bro I forgot it wasn't until Dec 28, so when I saw this, I thought you posted a torrent. O_O MUST watch.... want...

Damn, thought this was on boxing day... Oh well a few more days won't kill me!

airing now, should be on finalgear later tonight. been looking forward to this for months

Great special. I don't understand why the toilet on Clarkson's car has been construed to be offensive.

Any word on when Series 18 starts? I've read January, but no specific dates yet.

Originally Posted by Killuminati

Any word on when Series 18 starts? I've read January, but no specific dates yet.

I'm counting the days! Includes some details on what to expect in the coming episodes.

Series Eighteen is expected to start airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes,[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai. [spoiler] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.
In the January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine, it featured a preview of what to expect in series 18. It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nurburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C.[/spoiler]

awesome episode, watched it a couple days ago!

Not a bad episode. But for me in this episode they are trying way to hard to be funny instead of letting it all just happen naturally.

yeah i wasnt crazy about this special especially compared to Vietnam and Bolivia which were freaking epic. a lot of the jokes were obvious set ups and the whole garden party was just weird and boring. but i'm still looking forward to the start of the new season in a couple of weeks

And they still got all their complaints anyways:
BBC News - Top Gear India special criticised for 'toilet humour'

They had to know this one was coming. Can't wait for the rest of the season to start though!