plumalan

Be sure and check out this test by these Brits. They were blown away by the ZR-1 and a couple other American cars but mostly the ZR-1

Marc V.

That episode is about 2 years old now.

But I find that show very entertaining.

The US version blows.

Daredevil95

Gr8Wht

What show #? Episode? More info....please.

Daredevil95

Here it is:

http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-...ode_198099.htm

srtclg1007

go to youtube and type in zr1 top gear.

Gr8Wht

Awesome....thanks!

Marc V.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/team-america-2-part-1

1FUNC5

Season 12 episode 2

cclive

I like the difference between this thread and the other one about Top Gear. The OP here sees it as the Brits liking the ZR1...in the other thread here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-top-gear.html

the OP wants to drop kick Jeremy Clarkson......and these are both about the same Top Gear episode! My take was that they had a great time when they came to the USA to do it and they were unusually complimentary towards all three cars...

If I were stuck driving around England all the time, having a chance to drive in the US would be a real treat.

KneeDragr

The Brits obviously are partial to British cars, as we are to American cars.

Dont expect them to come out and say "Wow, why would anyone buy a Lotus or Austin Martin when they could get a Corvette!".

In general they appreciate what the Corvette has to offer, but are going to prefer something that was made on home soil and thus will exaggerate areas they feel they can exploit ( in this case the suspension technology ).

coolcat

FrankTank

Saw a cool show on Speed Channel this Saturday, they Had Jimmy Johnson and a few other drivers testing the ZR1, Z06 and GS. Well, I should not say "testing", they were more just driving the cars and turing a few fun laps.

coolcat

RAT

Love watching Top Gear. Record every episode on my DVR.

phileaglesfan

They are talking about the same one. First thread didn't listen to the whole story. They actually loved all 3 cars they tested although Jeremy said driving a Corvette in England would be (I'm not quoting since I can't remember it 100%) like showing up at the Queen's palace in cowboy boots and chaps. The UK version is a lot better since it shows a couple parts of the trip that was dropped out (burnouts on US50) and when Jeremy stole Hammond's SRT8 and parked it in the street (FOB is not as picky as the Vettes).

A couple other good Vette episodes on Top Gear is when Jeremy accelerates the Z06 from 0-about 160ish in only 5th gear on their runway and when the ZR1 went up against the R8 V10 (ZR1 beat it by almost two seconds on their track with the stig at the wheel of both cars). Jeremy said the R8 was the better car and you have to be "bonkers" to buy a ZR1 but in the end he said he would buy the ZR1 over the R8.

LTC Z06

Two Top Gear threads about the ZR-1, don't we have anything else to talk about.

cclive

Another good Corvette episode was the one where he was in a little car and was chased by 'baddies' in a Corvette through a mall indoors.

hokieZ

The little car was a Ford Fiesta we finally have on this side of the pond

I blame the vette loss on the F1 Supercar tires