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TOP GEAR hits the track with the LFA and the stig behind the(NO SPOILERS PLEASE wheel

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Old 12-19-09 | 11:41 AM
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Man! I cant wait!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pws33

But....Richard Hammond is testing it?!
"and Richard Hammond tests the 340,000 pound Lexus supercar on the Top Gear track."
Old 12-19-09 | 12:20 PM
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I can't wait either. This is going to be exciting. I really dont give a crap about the lap time or the wet track. I am in love with this car! too bad it's going to be another few more decades for me to afford one.


I could honestly say no car in the automotive history that I know excite me as much as the LFA does. Would u just listen to that sound?
Old 12-19-09 | 02:18 PM
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uhh richard hammond is test driving it? booooooo, we want clarkson!
Old 12-19-09 | 10:16 PM
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Clarkson is the best. Nobody in the world can describe cars the way he does. Thats why he is payed so well
Old 12-19-09 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RXSF
uhh richard hammond is test driving it? booooooo, we want clarkson!
Yeah what a huge bummer. After learning that the Stig did only a wet run I was at least looking forward to watching what Clarkson has to say about the LFA. Now it's just going to suck. Is this the first ever supercar that's NOT reviewed by Clarkson in Top Gear (after Clarkson joined, of course)?

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Old 12-20-09 | 12:27 AM
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no, hammond does a lot of super cars too, usually the british ones or so. They are pretty even
Old 12-20-09 | 03:16 PM
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I think Clarkson ha s a deal with the show where he gets to pick the best cars. For the really great cars its Clarkson >> Hammond> May
Old 12-20-09 | 04:00 PM
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aww damn, i thought it aired today, but its actually next next sunday...
Old 12-20-09 | 04:26 PM
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Are you guys watching it on BBC??? All of the episodes I catch are the older repeats. I want to see the new ones
Old 12-20-09 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
Are you guys watching it on BBC??? All of the episodes I catch are the older repeats. I want to see the new ones
It's not airing till Jan 3rd.
Old 12-21-09 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
Are you guys watching it on BBC??? All of the episodes I catch are the older repeats. I want to see the new ones
You have to download it, BBCAmerica is several seasons behind

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Old 12-21-09 | 10:10 AM
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bbcamerica - fail.
Old 12-21-09 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I think Clarkson ha s a deal with the show where he gets to pick the best cars. For the really great cars its Clarkson >> Hammond> May
That must mean the ISF is really great lol
Old 12-22-09 | 09:02 PM
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bbc america says a new season is starting on Jan 25th. I guess I could watch it on my little lap top but I want to watch it on my 62" samsung TV. Its freakn awesome. Almost as awesome as Top Gear
Old 12-23-09 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
another great video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDsXsdNgov0



3 seconds of video....and lots of wonderful sounds....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6D7S2rcyIQ

Most of us will never get the chance to drive the LFA (although Top Gear's Stig took it around the Dunsfold test track yesterday), but after Lexus uploaded a few sound clips to their microsite (http://www.lexus-lfa.com/) we felt compelled to bring them all together into a single 75 second symphony.

We think that it sounds a lot like a Carrera GT, and whatever you think of the LFA, you surely can't deny that it sounds pretty special...
Awesome videos. I don't know that I can believe that there isn't any sounds "dubbed" into the video. As I listen very carefully, I can certainly hear the engine hitting 9,000 RPM, but, I can also hear the whine of a 18,000 RPM F1 engine. There's definitely two engines in sync in most of the video.


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