MontereyRed

...and when you put the top down on an NSX, it's real hard to put back up

santsys

That had to be one of the worst reviews i have seen in a long time. I usually like that show, they try some funny things, and they do have some points about the car, but they are pointing out extreams and overexadurating things a TON.

At the end, did anyone see the lap around the test track? who do they have driving these things? It looked like the guy had never driven the track in that car before. I mean he was all over the place, and thats not all the car, that has a TON to do with the driver. That show never seems to have good drivers in my oppinion (well drivers that are experianced in the cars they are testing).

just my $0.02...

--Josh

DigitalGriffin

Actually that was "The Stig" and he is pretty good. However when they went around the track with the vette it was wet. So you can take another 2-3 seconds off that track time. Why oh why they test with a wet track is beyond me. Can't they wait a few more days for that dam* british weather to clear up.

Vette owner wannabe

Yes, we all know that the Top Gear review was rubbish.

Fact: A large part of the US, is a former British colony.

Didn't some other part used to be a French colony? Wasn't California a Spanish colony? Heck, even the vikings had a colony...

Get off your high horse!


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SimpsonH

That may have been "The Stig", but he did not look like he knew how to drive a car. Every turn required correction and he was about as smooth as a cockroach running for cover. My 101-year-old Grandmother could have done as well and she lost her license six years ago.

DJackman

Based on my many years of reading American car mags the answer is Yes and No.

The 1996 and Up NSX has the 290HP up from the 270HP. It aslo gets the 6sp upgrade. This made the car much faster and It can do faster times than the Standard C5 (not the C5 Z06). But C6 with a manual trans. (Z51 or not) is faster than the NSX. Remember the NSX has mid engine configuration which will make the NSXs get good 0-60 times.

1Day

its nice to be macho sitting on a computer, please I would like to critically analyse your tracking abilities, please i insist post a video and we will see who is all over and who is not..the Stig in this program is mostly a professional driver..surely better than anyone here..so talking trash about someone's ability is very simple sitting behind a computer...

I love that show..its pretty nice..if you wannabe uptight about the joke then you are the fool that the joke is meant for, but if you take them lightly its a cool and funny...atleast the brits have something, here we got nothing..

and btw 5th gear is a little better..but its a fact..the car is great for the money but its has many elements missing which can only be brought with a higher price tag...nicer interiors, better build quality and more connected feel..

1Day

I am trying to recall..NSX can hang with the gallardo and murcielago on the track, which is a big feat for that car..agreed its aged and tired and slow on paper, but it seems like a cool car..i am trying to remember what model of nsx was used to race with the murcielago, gallardo, 911, 360 and M3 CSL..

mcronec5

Nobody actually listens to Top Gear, but I do watch it for the Humor.

DwarfDump

Yah....isn't this the show that loves the Ford Focus? And..isn't that the guy that owns a Morgan..a Morgan that has door handles as a build option and is made of wood? God forbid that the Corvette has leaf springs...

You're right this show does rule....why don't you go and watch it.

Timpo

NSX Type-R raced with those cars...Best Motoring videos right?

ricatthebeach

Don't forget... Volkswagon owns Rolls Royce!

o0 zeno 0o

Please, that's crap... We have nothing?! We have the Viper, the Z06, and the Ford GT... Britain is by no means in the top of the muscle and speed market. And there's no way they'll match the corvette for the price.

Of course, I can see why they would attempt to look like they have faster cars. They're behind us in just about everything.

John Corbitt

I just came back rfom the UK. Driving a right hand car and shifting with my left hand is akward. Those guy are going to have the same dificulty driving our left hand cars. If it was the same driver driving all the cars, the vette would have placed higher in their drag race. I was watching that show while they drove a Ferrari 430. That driver stepped out the rear on the same turns and almost spun the 430. I have had Competition licenses, and all the training I received at the track, was to avoid stepping the car. That is a good way for a pro driver to scrub off speed and make for a slower track time. These guys carry no credibility with me. They act and sound like an infomercial.

I have also seen Corvette dealerships in London and Paris. They are on streets of Monaco parked next to Ferrari and Lamborghini. Throughout europe, people stop and stare at the vettes with the same stare as they do to the Ferraris and lamborghinis.The C5 got the world's attention and I expect the C6 to do the same.

It is hard to get a Britt to admit anything is better coming from the US. They buy our cars and our beer. That pretty much makes a statement there.

John

Boyko23

From my European point of view, I have to say that it’s true that Corvettes in Europe are as much exotic as any other sports car…
Concerning the Top Gear-yes they are very biased and they don’t hide this. But the program is cool and gives very interesting points of view. Some of them are useful, others are crap. Everyone decides for himself whether to take the into consideration or not.
About the NSX, I think that they are totally different cars! The NSX is made for a single reason – cornering! It’s normal to be fast on short tracks and due to its low weight to be fast from 0 to 60…
Just my point of view…

EHS

Nature's composite.

EHS

What did they say on the show that was inaccurate?

1Day

I was talking about a automotive show here and not cars..

Timpo

what about McLaren?

connor

It is spelt Haggis and even Sassenach's wont eat it.