Clarkson words on top gear`s last episode

[BETOGTR]

Last night I was watching top gear`s episode seven of season 13 and the final clip was kind of sad , in it jeremey was driving an aston martin the shots were beautifull but there was something maybe the music that made it feel weird then jeremy speaks and start talking about the end of this kind of cars due to the several factors.

At first I thought that top gear was coming to an end because it felt like it but early on the same episode he said that MS was avaiable because he would have no job as the stig until november so if the show was ending he wouldn`t say that so I was kind of realived .

But in anyway it is sad , he was refering to that kind of cars , are they really going to disapear because of the current state of the world or there is something that could be made to save them.

I think that it is up to young car lovers to save this cars , soon they (we) will grow up and have a carrer and maybe among the young players of GT or FM even NFS there is someone that will create something or make a discovery that can save this kind of cars ,

So it`s up to real car lovers to save such amazing pieces of enginering !!

Share you opinions on the topic please !!

 

[BETOGTR]

here`s the clip for those who haven`t seen it

 

[McLaren]

How on earth do people keep getting this notion that he was talking about the show? It seemed painfully obvious to me that he was referring to the end of petrol-fueled supercars, esp. after noting that Top Gear won't have any cars to test until November.

I do agree with Clarkson to an extent, though. With the way the world is changing, the focus for many manufacturers is changing. 2-door exotics just aren't on high demand anymore & you can tell by the manufacturers. Porsche is introducing the Panamera, Aston's introducing the Rapide & showing ideas of a SUV, Ferrari seems content on just building grand tourers & haven't had a road-going supercar out in nearly 7 years, & Lamborghini is trying to introduce their Estoque while also finding it difficult on how to design the next halo model.

It seems the only manufacturers who aren't showing signs of new models are ones who only build supercars to begin with; Koenigsegg, Pagani, Bugatti (although they've also expressed interest in lower priced cars).

I do think sports cars will continue to live on, adapting to all the new regulations being introduced & new types of fuel being studied, but I have a feeling it'll be a long time before we have nearly all the major marks offering a huge 6-figure supercar all around the same era.

 

[ExigeEvan]

What he said had no reference to TopGear finishing.


However, I personally don't think that as a trio there's much left in them. Sure, they're all young at heart but I think one of them may drop out soon. They've been together a long time and it's fair to say that atleast Hammond and May have made their names off the back of it. Who would replace them, I don't know.

 

[Azure Flare]

Jeremy's right, these kinds of cars need to be saved, I may never make the money to afford them but they should still be saved. SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Ferrari seems content on just building grand tourers & haven't had a road-going supercar out in nearly 7 years

Considering there was a 5 year wait from the F50 to the Enzo, there is not much to worry about. Plus the FXX monstrosity finished production in 2007. I bet they are working on the next supercar right now. The F430 Scuderia is plenty for people to have fun on the roads.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I made it my unofficial dream to make a car that children will look up and aspire to own. A car that teenagers will put on their walls, next to Ferraris and supermodels. and a car that the adults will strive to work for. And last but not least, a car that will pave the way to the quest for speed, and a car that will lead the hearts of others.

Wait 10-15 years for me. I'll come.

 

[Terronium-12]

I just saw the last episode of the season not too long ago, and it was a bit sad just as a lot of people here have already said. The V12 V is a beautiful car and the way Jezzer put it invoked nostalgia, or something similar.

With AM finishing up the One-77 and Bugatti selling a 2-million dollar Grand Sport Veyron I wouldn't grasp my chest just yet. They are becoming something more than a third wheel now though, especially with these maniacal environmentalists who honestly believe vehicles are the reason the environment is in the shape it's in now. Even so, I don't think they're going anywhere anytime soon.

On a different note, I like how they played on the fact that Schumacher is The Stig by tying in their season end with his temporary return - just one more thing that's undoubtedly going to make all of the Youtuber's believe even more.

...Can't wait till November. 👍

 

[McLaren]

Considering there was a 5 year wait from the F50 to the Enzo, there is not much to worry about. Plus the FXX monstrosity finished production in 2007. I bet they are working on the next supercar right now. The F430 Scuderia is plenty for people to have fun on the roads.

Yes, but in those 5 years, Ferrari had already begun testing 3 years after the F50's exit with Prototypes M1, M2, & M3 throughout 2000 & it was only a couple years til' we saw it begin production.
However, there was a near 6 year absence of no prototypes until late last year for the next car.

You do, of course, have a point with the FXX program taking up time as well as their other road cars like the new California & 348 Italia. So maybe, we'll see the next supercar by 2011, which hopefully, will be around the same time Lamborghini should be ready as well as Porsche if they've been working on their Carrera GT successor at all.

 

[orimarc]

a car that children will look up and aspire to own. A car that teenagers will put on their walls, next to Ferraris and supermodels. and a car that the adults will strive to work for. And last but not least, a car that will pave the way to the quest for speed, and a car that will lead the hearts of others.

That sounds like every supercar ever made. I can imagine this:

Christian Koenigsegg: "The Koenigsegg CCX is a car that children will look up and aspire to own. A car that teenagers will put on their walls, next to Ferraris and supermodels. and a car that the adults will strive to work for. And last but not least, a car that will pave the way to the quest for speed, and a car that will lead the hearts of others."

Or:

Horacio Pagani: "The Pagani Zonda F is a car that children will look up and aspire to own. A car that teenagers will put on their walls, next to Ferraris and supermodels. and a car that the adults will strive to work for. And last but not least, a car that will pave the way to the quest for speed, and a car that will lead the hearts of others."

Or:

Roland Gumpert: "The Gumpert Apollo is a car that children will look up and aspire to own. A car that teenagers will put on their walls, next to Ferraris and supermodels. and a car that the adults will strive to work for. And last but not least, a car that will pave the way to the quest for speed, and a car that will lead the hearts of others."

 

[Rykon Zero]

I'm 14. I have the time to think up speeches.

 

[Jondot]

So it`s up to real car lovers to save such amazing pieces of enginering !!

Ok, when I work out how to change water into petrol then I'll be back here post haste 👍

 

[Rykon Zero]

Electrolysis. Make the cars run off of hydrogen, and you can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, store them in liquid form, and as a plus, if you're crazy enough, you can vent them out a nozzle out back, ignite them, and then you can say "ECO-MISSILE JUST KICKED IN YO" or something.

Oh, also, yes, I realize it takes more energy to split water than you get by combining them, it doesn't matter. I'd spend 100,000 extra (if I had the money) to turn my eco-friendly car into a liquid fuel rocket for about four seconds, until you run out of fuel.

 

[Jondot]

Electrolysis. Make the cars run off of hydrogen, and you can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, store them in liquid form, and as a plus, if you're crazy enough, you can vent them out a nozzle out back, ignite them, and then you can say "ECO-MISSILE JUST KICKED IN YO" or something.

I made it my unofficial dream to make a car

Good luck.

 

[Rykon Zero]

Thanks. I'll need it.

(It's what I'm spending my schooling aiming for, after all.)

 

[homeforsummer]

Re: The show - it'll keep going, and I doubt the format will change too much as the show gets massive viewing figures all around the world.

Re: Supercars - perhaps we will see cars like that, perhaps we won't. I'm rather positive about it and suspect we will. As long as there are people vastly wealthy enough to buy them, there will be companies producing utterly mental supercars to serve these customers. As long as supercars will still be around while I'm in a motoring journalism career I'll be a happy man

 

[Omnis]

Electrolysis. Make the cars run off of hydrogen, and you can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, store them in liquid form, and as a plus, if you're crazy enough, you can vent them out a nozzle out back, ignite them, and then you can say "ECO-MISSILE JUST KICKED IN YO" or something.

Oh, also, yes, I realize it takes more energy to split water than you get by combining them, it doesn't matter. I'd spend 100,000 extra (if I had the money) to turn my eco-friendly car into a liquid fuel rocket for about four seconds, until you run out of fuel.

At that rate you might as well use radio waves to burn the water itself.

 

[YSSMAN]

Re: The show - it'll keep going, and I doubt the format will change too much as the show gets massive viewing figures all around the world.

I don't know why they would want to change it in the first place. If anything, I'd rather have them go back to the way things used to be. You know, with the crazy cross-country drives in beater cars. Those, arguably, are my favorite memories of the show.

 

[Philly]

I've heard a couple interpretations. Maybe Clarkson is retiring? Maybe that's just their goodbye until the next season?

That last one is the one I'm sure is right, but only simply because I don't want to face the possibility of them waving the supercar era goodbye or something.

As for it being the end of a supercar era, they may be right. The greenies ect. seem to be winning out this battle of Prius vs. SL63. We're already seeing hybrid technology going into supercars, or at least various green technologies. And it seems that there is no way any company can survive without the green credentials.

And this is a real shame because the only thing that'll stop me from getting my 911 Turbo (aside from money) is if Porsche made it a two-mode hybrid, a car I refuse to own.

 

[BETOGTR]

Ok, when I work out how to change water into petrol then I'll be back here post haste 👍

I would prefer a syntetic petrol that produces oxygen instead of carbon dioxide !! LOL

 

[BETOGTR]

Thanks. I'll need it.

(It's what I'm spending my schooling aiming for, after all.)

Why the sad face , I´m also aiming my studies into creating a car company someday , I know it will be hard but where there`s will there`s a way!!!

I wish you the best of lucks !!!

 

[Rykon Zero]

Another 10 year in engineering, computer tech, high end math, and other really hard subjects? It deserves a frowny every once in a while, to offset my ego trips.