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Old 03-02-2011, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
I believe the 959 was more revolutionary at the time, because of its new technological advancements and not its looks.
A lot of people seem to love the way it looks too, but I've always thought it looked worse than the 911s.
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Top Gear - Season 16, Episode 6 - February 27th, 2011

In this episode:

•Richard takes two kings of the 1980′s out on the track — the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40

•Jeremy uses the new Jaguar XJ to race the sun across Britain

•James drives NASA’s new lunar rover, the Space Exploration Vehicle

•SIARPC: politician John Prescott

Bittorrent download link - http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/16/6/

Or tune into BBC America on a Monday night in a week or two and they will air it.
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Originally Posted by gocartone
A lot of people seem to love the way it looks too, but I've always thought it looked worse than the 911s.
What people? those cars all look the same

I gotta disagree with yall....this season was amazing. The stig racing in that rally car against the aussies sent chills down my spine.
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Originally Posted by Gaunt
That last episode in this series was one of the most boring ones I have watched.

Unfortunate. Also, that 959 is titanically hideous.
Hater.

The cinematography was pretty excellent I thought.
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This series ended on a bit of a down note with the state of the space program and NASA.
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I love this show, the top gear america kind of sucked they could have found better people and all the shows seemed the same, so if you watched the Brits, then the american show seemed like a rerun
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Originally Posted by TriShield
This series ended on a bit of a down note with the state of the space program and NASA.
maybe they can use that space buggy to explore mars
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
What people? those cars all look the same

I gotta disagree with yall....this season was amazing. The stig racing in that rally car against the aussies sent chills down my spine.
The people that can't tell a 959 from a 911 are the same kind of people that say "Nice Corvette!," when you drive a Trans Am.

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Originally Posted by Irunelevens
The people that can't tell a 959 from a 911 are the same kind of people that say "Nice Corvette!," when you drive a Trans Am.

Not at all, porsche styling is not very original.......there was a top gear episode that showed all the cars since the 50's and they all share those vw beetle lights and shape
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
Not at all, porsche styling is not very original.......there was a top gear episode that showed all the cars since the 50's and they all share those vw beetle lights and shape


You can't tell the difference between the two?? I agree that all the 911s look damn near the same, but the 959 does not.
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but its the same general shape, with the lights and the way the rear looks.......they are the only company that does that
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The F40 bit literally made the whole season for me. F40 > ALL. I could die happy tomorrow if I drove one all day today.

Originally Posted by TriShield
This series ended on a bit of a down note with the state of the space program and NASA.
Not the first time, remember the V12 Vantage "film"?
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
but its the same general shape, with the lights and the way the rear looks.......they are the only company that does that
And they have one of the most dedicated followings of any car company. They stick with what works, and evolve.
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Originally Posted by Irunelevens
And they have one of the most dedicated followings of any car company. They stick with what works, and evolve.
You mean making there cars look like vw beetles and still keeping the engine in the back?

If they wanna evolve why not come up with a totally new design? a fresh new looking super car that has the engine in the front

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64i3QpkbhwU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9yQN...eature=related

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