TopGear's soup

“ It's really as useful, as a snooze button on a smoke alarm. (Regarding the adjustable suspension in the Bentley Continental GT) ”

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“ In the olden days I always got the impression that TVR built a car, put it on sale, and then found out how it handled. Usually when one of their customers wrote to the factory complaining about how dead he was. ”

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“ 2.3 is a small amount of horsepower. I want this (points to huge 225 horsepower engine) ”

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“ Jeremy Clarkson: [while driving McClaren SLR into the Eurotunnel train] I wonder what's the fastest anyone's ever driven inside the Eurotunnel.
Jeremy Clarkson: [Drives faster] NO. No no no. Grow up ”

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“ Richard Hammond: It was just an ordinary day, and you saw them. There were guys in their Porsches, "Look at me in my Porsche, ha ha!" and they were overtaken by a van. Driven by a girl! ”

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“ Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It's like making a hard core adult film, and then editing it so that it can be shown in British hotels. You'd just end up with a sort of half hour close up of some bloke's sweaty face. ”

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“ Now, we're going to each throw three darts at the dartboard, and whoever gets the highest score wins. Probably a speedboat ”

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“ I feel so comfortable in this car that I could be doing... a bit of light embroidery to pass the time. ”

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“ In November 2005, Top Gear won an International Emmy in the Non-Scripted Entertainment category.^[32] In the episode where the presenters showed the award to the studio audience, Clarkson joked that he was unable to go to New York to receive the award since he was too busy writing the script for the show. ”

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“ Unless I have been sorely misinformed, supermodels are powerless to resist a man with illuminated doorsills. ”

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“ If Hammond drives into May’s car, Bruce Willis will come in a State Department gunship and we shall all be killed. ”

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“ Clarkson: What the hells accent is that?

Studio guest: I’m American
Clarkson: You can’t be, you’re nowhere near fat enough! ”

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“ I went to a dinner party and there was this young girl who couldn’t believe James May was still single. ”

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[James has just crashed his £100 Audi]

Jeremy: Yes, he's dead, so that's ten points away there! And if you want a job on Top Gear, please write to Top Gear...

Richard: No, no wait, look! He's coming 'round!

Jeremy: He's alive!

Richard: He lives!... That's not ten points off, though. Blast.

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“ Some of the laws they have are fabulous! Handguns, for instance, are legal, there! And you can get charged with "Furious Driving!" I'd love to have that on my license! ”

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