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Old 02-22-2015, 12:20 PM
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Default C7 Review on Top Gear tonight!

Finally the episode we've all been waiting for, Richard Hammond is going to be reviewing the C7 today!

They are also testing the Porsche Cayman GTS (likely comparison to the C7) and the LaFerrari so it should be a great episode!

I think they are going to be quite positive about this Corvette even though they usually hate American cars.
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Originally Posted by blue_bomber697
Finally the episode we've all been waiting for, Richard Hammond is going to be reviewing the C7 today!

They are also testing the Porsche Cayman GTS (likely comparison to the C7) and the LaFerrari so it should be a great episode!

I think they are going to be quite positive about this Corvette even though they usually hate American cars.
I don't see this scheduled for tonight?
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Originally Posted by scottjays
I don't see this scheduled for tonight?
Neither do I.
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It's airing Monday night.
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Originally Posted by seel2000
It's airing Monday night.
just found it.. Monday 830PM
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Looking forward to it. Only got about 10 minutes of the episode last week since we lost power the majority of the day.
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The episode airs in Canada on Monday. It airs on BBC2 and is available to watch online Sunday afternoons at this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05469cm

It should be up in an hour.
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They will prob praise the raw numbers from the c7, but still claim it isn't German enough..... or at least too American.... and the Cayman will be the masterpiece of engineering, and the superior package....
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Originally Posted by blue_bomber697
The episode airs in Canada on Monday. It airs on BBC2 and is available to watch online Sunday afternoons at this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05469cm

It should be up in an hour.
It's telling me I can't watch it because I'm not in the UK. Anyone else?
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Originally Posted by seel2000
It's telling me I can't watch it because I'm not in the UK. Anyone else?
me too
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Originally Posted by seel2000
It's telling me I can't watch it because I'm not in the UK. Anyone else?
Worked fine for me. I just watched it! I'm from Canada though.


Also, on the review:
It's amazing. They had nothing bad to say about it at all. They were so impressed with it and it destroyed the Cayman on the track. Jeremy and Richard both said they'd take the corvette over the Porsche. They didn't say one negative thing about it and all agreed it's better than the Porsche. I really hope you guys all get to see it.
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warning spoilers....


















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7:30 cst on U-Verse BBCAHD
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what is the name of the show beyond Top Gear, like Corvette or some such?
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Originally Posted by AORoads
what is the name of the show beyond Top Gear, like Corvette or some such?
Cross-referencing the episode description in BBC link above with my DirecTV description, it appears to be the one airing at 5:30pm Pacific Time on Monday.

The DTV description just says a nostalgic look at Peugot and encounters with artillery shells, corsets and classic hot hatchbacks. It doesn't give a show name.

If you record/tune in to that airing in your time zone you should be okay.
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Good review against the GTS. I am not surprised they like it.


I am in NC and watched it on my phone using cyber ghost to mirror a UK IP address.

How to watch it:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/tvs-entertainment/1400485/how-to-watch-uk-tv-abroad-sky-go-iplayer-and-more-for-free

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Here's the trailer you can get to from the U.S.:

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/02/16/your-episode-5-trailer-is-here/

But not much too it

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Originally Posted by Lone Wlf
Cross-referencing the episode description in BBC link above with my DirecTV description, it appears to be the one airing at 5:30pm Pacific Time on Monday.

The DTV description just says a nostalgic look at Peugot and encounters with artillery shells, corsets and classic hot hatchbacks. It doesn't give a show name.

If you record/tune in to that airing in your time zone you should be okay.
Thank YOU! I looked hard at that one's listing and it says nothing about the Stingray, but I'll watch it. For me, on East coast, it's 830pm, BBC America station.

BTW, on my Verizon listing, it's called "S22, E5" which typically means, Season 22, Episode 5.
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Originally Posted by blue_bomber697
Jeremy and Richard both said they'd take the corvette over the Porsche. They didn't say one negative thing about it and all agreed it's better than the Porsche.
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Originally Posted by AORoads
Thank YOU! I looked hard at that one's listing and it says nothing about the Stingray, but I'll watch it. For me, on East coast, it's 830pm, BBC America station.

BTW, on my Verizon listing, it's called "S22, E5" which typically means, Season 22, Episode 5.
That's what mine said, but nothing about the stingray. anyone know what espisode/season it is?


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