VIDEO: Top Gear's Season 13 Ending Draws Questions/Criticism

VIDEO: Top Gear's Season 13 Ending Draws Questions/Criticism
In the last moments of Top Gear's season 13, it became evident it was not business as usual.  Introduced from the top of a lift -- due to the show's usual shenanigans -- Richard Hammond introduced the segment as a regular road-test.

But, that is where the normalcy ended.

Cueing up somber music and filled with jaw-dropping, sweeping shots of green pastures, Britain's latest pride and joy, an Aston Martin V12 Vantage, carves up the countryside.  Jeremy Clarkson makes several profound statements in what must be the least dialogue ever recorded from the flamboyant personality.

To some, these mixed signals seemed to create an internet buzz over the past several days alluding to the end of Top Gear.  But, they were wrong and they seemed to have missed the real message.  

Regardless, every gearhead owes it to themselves to get a gander at what must be one of the most moving pieces of automotive journalism ever created.

Take a look below:






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themantheman - 8/5/2009 5:36:07 AM
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I am not a big fan of the car, but the scenery, the music, the whole quality was amazing...Very very moving..I have to say the guys at topgear really know how to shoot nice videos..and this one is there best yet..


asternmadkatzasternmadkatz - 8/5/2009 8:08:10 AM
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That is an amazingly beautiful sound coming from that V12. I tend to agree a little with Jeremy there, it is an end of an era with cars like that. Very powerful video. It evokes emotions of lust for the vehicle, yet sadness at the same time.

Very well done Top Gear.


sdcarguysdcarguy - 8/5/2009 8:17:40 AM
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Brilliantly thoughtful.


Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 8/5/2009 8:58:12 AM
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lololol it's a long drawn out prius commercial but replace the prius with something cool.


spiritfilledspiritfilled - 8/5/2009 9:17:43 AM
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by looking at your profile pic, it was destiny for you not to understand such things.

It was well thought of and makes one really question, our pleasure to drive vs. the future of the earth's health amongst other things


Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 8/5/2009 10:47:31 AM
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Or... it was a final effort by top gear to keep cars like the v12 vantage from becoming just a memory by attaching a green emotional image to it. Really, it's all they needed to do since most environmentalists are easily swayed by pretty music and shots of scenery.


AlleVierAlleVier - 8/6/2009 1:31:31 AM
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Damn, Joe, you really need to think for yourself and stop being the contrarian to some archetypal environmentalist devil that exists mostly in your head. I'm not sure you really even know very many environmentalists other than through the ranting of the extreme minority. There are a lots of ideas floating around about how to produce lower-emission cars and reduce oil dependence, but the only thing that's reprehensible about them is the righteousness of their blowhard advocates and detractors. The latter would be you.

None of these ideas is being contemplated in a vacuum. There are a lot of motivations that dictate the tempo of progress, some not so noble. Greenness is no more the sole motivation for electric power than performance is for gasoline power. Also, nobody of sound mind doesn't know that a change from the current standard can produce some flops and unwanted consequences--it happened with the gasoline engine and it'll happen with whatever other power source or combination of power sources become the new momentary standard. So, when you and Clarkson are having your petrol-power pity parties, do it without the environmentalist bogey-man. Just man up and admit you'll miss the noise, but don't cry for the Aston Martin--it'll still be here.


Joe_LimonJoe_Limon - 8/6/2009 10:49:22 AM
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My contrarian thinking stems mostly from the fact that people are blindly devote themselves to the idea of being green. It's very much like a religion, you have your gospel spewing news sources, your devout followers, and everyone who doesn't believe is going to hell... er I mean is destroying the world (which if you aren't selfish is even worse). To pay a premium to get a diesel or hybrid car for the idea that you are making the world a better place is silly. That amount of money would have a much stronger impact on the world if you sponsored a child in a third world country for a decade, then if your car emits less carbon dioxide and water... I fear the day that they get the balls and influence to ban old cars from the road. I dearly want to own/drive a 69 camaro and/or a model t hot rod, if these extremists get there way, everyone will be driving shitmobiles. So yes, I am contrarian in my thinking, but in my defense, it is a defensive mechanism meant to get people to use their brains again and not just go with the flow. (And yes, I have looked into different things like hydrogen solar and wind power etc, I can tear each apart because although good and interesting, none of them are the solution to anything but ways to make money off of mass public hype).


WorldofLuxuryWorldofLuxury - 8/5/2009 10:52:34 AM
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I wish BBC would move their cost-cutting elsewhere. Top Gear doesn't deserve it, but then again, I'm American. Can't really speak for them. All I get are abridged versions of Top Gear on BBC America because of the damn commercials.


02chuck02chuck - 8/5/2009 10:55:49 AM
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It is saying that change is not always for the good. Yes we will always have horsepower put not in such a refined brute force way.


AlexTxAlexTx - 8/5/2009 11:36:59 AM
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Jay Leno was on that episode.
The bit about trying Jeremy and James trying to make a commercial for the new Scirocco TDi was just hilarious!!!!


rxh8me9000rxh8me9000 - 8/5/2009 1:02:18 PM
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Why are people trying to find a hidden message.Its not the bible,the message is pretty clear,its basicaly...what..he says. Anyways ///Mazing ending.


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