Fifth Gear Recharged
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Info about the new show was initially posted on the old 2018 thread here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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S6PNJ said:
Posting this as a reminder to myself...
Episodes will air weekly on Discovery+ from November 25 in the UK and from December 2 on UKTV network Quest.
I don't have D+ but have set Quest up to record it.Episodes will air weekly on Discovery+ from November 25 in the UK and from December 2 on UKTV network Quest.
I thought it was very dull but only caught the last half.
Lots of spouting facts and figures, like 1970s Top Gear, probably because there is just nothing to really say about an electric motor, just Plato saying "it's a nice piece of kit". It seemed it all boiled down to they all accelerate quickly and the top speed is "all you need".
It's more like the gadget show now, the old guard versus the tech-minded and the boring sums to persuade people they're just what you need.
I have to accept that I am no longer the target audience, however and will give it a swerve.
Lots of spouting facts and figures, like 1970s Top Gear, probably because there is just nothing to really say about an electric motor, just Plato saying "it's a nice piece of kit". It seemed it all boiled down to they all accelerate quickly and the top speed is "all you need".
It's more like the gadget show now, the old guard versus the tech-minded and the boring sums to persuade people they're just what you need.
I have to accept that I am no longer the target audience, however and will give it a swerve.
Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 3rd December 11:38
What can you say?
What a ghastly pre-scripted propaganda broadcast for EV’s. Rory playing the clued up enthusiastic younger generation who ‘gets’ EV’s and proves to older dinosaur Plato how great they are. Plato seeing the light and describing them as ‘good piece of kit’. ‘Piece of s
t’ would be more accurate. ‘Range 192 miles’, Plato, ‘That’s awright!’ Not for me it isn’t. Then producing a load of distorted statistics to prove that EV’s are better value. Pathetic PC sellout. Do you think Clarkson for all of his faults would have spouted that nonsense for the cameras?
Lamborghini in there to bring in the viewers, though I detest VBH for taking her thirty pieces of silver to encourage the compensation crowd to attack Mercedes.
Some nice looking cars at the Munich Show, particularly the Audi and the R5. Useless to much of the potential market, but nicely styled.
I will never but never watch that disingenuous rubbish again.
What a ghastly pre-scripted propaganda broadcast for EV’s. Rory playing the clued up enthusiastic younger generation who ‘gets’ EV’s and proves to older dinosaur Plato how great they are. Plato seeing the light and describing them as ‘good piece of kit’. ‘Piece of s
t’ would be more accurate. ‘Range 192 miles’, Plato, ‘That’s awright!’ Not for me it isn’t. Then producing a load of distorted statistics to prove that EV’s are better value. Pathetic PC sellout. Do you think Clarkson for all of his faults would have spouted that nonsense for the cameras? Lamborghini in there to bring in the viewers, though I detest VBH for taking her thirty pieces of silver to encourage the compensation crowd to attack Mercedes.
Some nice looking cars at the Munich Show, particularly the Audi and the R5. Useless to much of the potential market, but nicely styled.
I will never but never watch that disingenuous rubbish again.
Smollet said:
Second episode was pretty good even if JdV was his normal irritating self. Interesting 964 converted to electricity now with 500 bhp over the usual 250.
A classic car with its engine removed is like a bloke with his tackle cut off. Not a bloke, in other words. A 964 with an electric motor is not a 964, more like a kids toy. Might as well install pedals. Gassing Station | TV, Film, Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff