![]() Upon making their purchases, the trio met at a museum containing American military equipment used during the Vietnam War – Hammond bought a Belarusian-built 125 cc two-stroke Minsk, May opted for a four-stroke Honda Super Cub and Clarkson purchased a two-stroke green 1967 Piaggio Vespa. Clarkson reasoned that it would be impossible to get a car of any kind due to them being only recently introduced and the heavy import costs as a result, leading Hammond and May to reasonably suggest, much to his chagrin, that they should purchase motorbikes, as many of Vietnam's inhabitants relied on them greatly. Although ecstatic about their budget, it quickly transpired that the amount they each had was the equivalent of around $1,000 (at the time of filming), which soon led to all three discovering that both new and second-hand cars were completely out of their price range a standard Fiat 500 that May attempted to buy was around 560,000,000₫ ( £17,239.60). First Leg: Saigon to Đà Lạt Īrriving at Saigon, the presenters were each given a shoe box containing 15 million Vietnamese đồng to buy a vehicle with for an upcoming challenge. Unlike normal episodes of Top Gear, in which the challenges were related to the abilities of the vehicles reviewed, such as the Toyota Hilux in the Top Gear Polar Special, producer Andy Wilman admitted that "the narrative of the film is a bit more skewed towards the three guys." The special sees hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, travelling 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across Vietnam with motorbikes, beginning from Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), travelling north towards Hạ Long city, and finishing at a floating bar within Hạ Long Bay, a journey that had to be completed within eight days. Top Gear: Vietnam Special is a special 75-minute episode for BBC motoring programme Top Gear, and was first broadcast on 28 December 2008, as part of the final episode for the twelfth series, with the special repeated for UK TV channel Dave, initially in an edited, 46 minute version on 19 January 2009, but later revised to a 90-minute format following complaints by viewers. Can Clarkson’s 6.720x576, anamorphic 16:9, Standard Definition and Switzerland, while Clarkson only has to worry about traffic on the motorways. No brainer, right? Obviously, the plane is faster … or is it? See, the catch is that Hammond and May will have to use public transportation to get to and from airports in the U.K. to Switzerland faster than his co-hosts can get there on a plane. This time, it’s Clarkson suggesting the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti can get from the U.K. We can always count on one of the trio to claim that a car is faster than a train, plane, boat, or any other craft from A to B. ![]() Ferrari 612 Scaglietti race to Verbier (season 5, episode 8) Does the Exige avoid certain death? Watch and find out. Not only do we get to completely nerd out over the Apache’s bonkers weapons systems - it can identify 256 targets from 8 kilometers away, pick the 16 most dangerous, and eliminate all of them - we get to watch the Lotus attempt to evade the helicopter’s missile lock. military machine face-offs throughout the show’s history, but the Exige vs. This episode combines two of Top Gear‘s best features: Clarkson’s metaphors (“the Lotus Exige is like putting a Saturn 5 rocket in a food blender”) and insane showdowns. There are a few car vs.
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