It does appear the reg was first listed in 1991 to that car so it is a genuine plate and not made for this special. But you are right given it is Top Gear i would suggest they probably looked for a car with this type of number plate just for comic effect...
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It's a boy who cried wolf scenario. With their track record, it seems an unlikely coincidence. It's a fairly tenuous link and was probably meant as a wankerish in joke rather than to offend.
It was a rare car. Not many knocking about. A rare car with this specific number plate on sale just in time for this episode would surely be a coincidence.
Having said, I won't put it past them to run with it despite knowing it might cause a ruckus. The buying it 'blind' is tenuous as even if they had noticed, they would have run it anyway, imo.
That's an internet thing, there is a lot of assholes in it, who are willing to create problems, just for the sake of it.
It was a really good enjoyable special ( May getting fcked off the horse was hilarious ) up until the incident. Shame it ended that way.
I thought the special was really good
Shame it ended the way it did but it could of been a lot lot worse, but not one of Top Gears finest hours to go to the Belgrano's home port.
Shame it ended the way it did but it could of been a lot lot worse, but not one of Top Gears finest hours to go to the Belgrano's home port.
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Watched the show last week and I think that was the best special they had even if ended the way it did, Argies should know that UK after US have the best military in the world and messing with them would be worst than messing with Russia or China. Chile and Argentina are truly beautiful down there.
New series starts tonight. 10 Episode series, and judging by the preview show last Sunday it looks like they visit some beautiful places in some great cars.
Nice, I'm looking forward to it!
I had missed the fact that there'll be a new season, cheers for mentioning that! Excited for it!
Yeah great Sunday night viewing now the nfl season is over.
Love the Chile badges
9k for a bike 
Thought Ed Sheeran was Irish
Hammond's rant at the van man. 
not a bad opening series EP , thought the race was a bit lame.
Yeah the London one was much better
much better, but then again they wont put the best ones at the start of the series, I expect the next ones to be much better.
Good show tonight. Clarkson genuinely had me when he was doing his apology, made me laugh.
London race was better but that's one of my favourite episodes so tough to beat. Generally thought the hovercraft idea was stupid and he was pretending to not know how to use it.
But yeah, good ep.
London race was better but that's one of my favourite episodes so tough to beat. Generally thought the hovercraft idea was stupid and he was pretending to not know how to use it.
But yeah, good ep.
New Stig looks very different to the old Stig. He's tall, gangly and thin. Almost looks like nerd Stig!
Or like a mark webber stig
Good shout
Can't believe how quick the Lambo was
Thought it was a great start to the series...
Will we be getting the p1 la ferrari and the porsche bombing round the track this series? as it will be interesting to see just how good they are?
I was talking to my dad about this on Sunday. Surely after all the talk and debate about which one was best and Clarkson's wager to change his name to Jennifer if the Porsche was fastest, they have to get all three around the track at some point?!
I believe the magazine got given all three for a test drive at the same time from the manufacturers so hopefully they had permission to get them on the track as well?
Just decided to give the latest episode a watch, 4 minutes in and instant props for using music from Goldeneye whilst introducing St Petersburg.
Ah I never noticed that. I'll have to download.. I mean, rent it and watch it again.
It's only very brief, but I recognised it straight away, was a nice nod to the film.
They've just signed up for another 3 years.
And it'll be exactly the same in another 3 years... which is totally fine by me!
Used to be obligatory viewing for me, now I keep forgetting to watch it and I don't feel I am missing out on anything.
And still they were talking it down, when the only thing quicker than it was a million pound Huayra, and two purposely built track-day cars. It looks as evil as any other Lambo ever, and it's well engineered. But they wanted machine guns sticking out, rocket launchers and flame throwers. The lunacy of the old Lambos is missing, apparently.
It's even worse than those 911 fanboys whining about the electric power steering of the new 911s.
Let me know when Sheeran has been on.
Refuse to watch anything with the cnut
Refuse to watch anything with the cnut
I think the point they were making was that in every measurable way the car is fantastic, but what makes a car great is how it makes you feel, and the Lambo lacked a little bit of the old madness. But its still a great car.
I think you're ok now, he was on about 6 days go.
Why do you hate him? (I didnt even know who he was, until last Sunday, and he seemed a down to earth guy on Top Gear)
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I don't mind him. I just think his music is shite.