Originally presented by angela rippon and tom coyne, the show saw a range of different presenters and. The episode gained worldwide attention when the boys and the top gear crew were chased by a group of protesters who believed that clarksons license plate, h982 fkl, was a deliberate reference to a significant battle in the falklands war. Vietnam motorbike tour special ride away on the different routes. The top gear motorbike tour through vietnam 23 days posted by admin after the 23 day riding motorbikes on the touring road of nearly 3000 km with the experienced team of vietnam motorbike tour expert you will surely know what the real vietnam look like but you will find it difficult to describe how beautiful it is. Top gear is a british motoring magazine programme created by the bbc and aired on bbc two between 22 april 1977 to 17 december 2001. Vietnam special topic building an electric car top gear bbc duration. The top gear presenters attempt to travel the entire length of vietnam in just eight days.
Trucking hell, part series 12, episode 1 top gear. Top gear vietnam motorbike tour take our hanoi to saigon top gear motorbike tour and follow the route from the bbc top gear vietnam special with the people who really made it happen. They have millions of dong vietnamese currency to buy suitable transport to complete the journey, but they discover its only enough to buy twowheeled transport. A crew of car lovers tests the limits of luxury vehicles in this hit show that also features celebrities racing on a test track. Vietnam motorbike tours 10 day vip top moto gear tour. This mad motorbike desperately wants to be a car top gear. Top gears legendary specials are where you can join our hosts in some of their most extreme adventures. I recently watched one of the new episodes, top gear post jc and the crew, and it pales in comparison to these old seasons.
My brother and i want to take our two sons and hopefully replicate the trios adventures, from ho chi minh city all the way to ha long bay. Since i dont live in the uk and didnt want to wait for it to come on tv here in norway, i downloaded it from the pirate bay, but you should be able to find it on most torrent sites. This top gear vietnam motorcycle tour from ho chi minh city to ha long bay in northern vietnam displays more than the things you did see on the show. Upon arriving, jeremy, richard and james were each given 15 million dong. Your trip will be far more memorable than what you could expect in a normal tour in vietnam. Whether youre searching for a caravan challenge, ken block in the hoonicorn, cars versus fighter jets, stig power laps or.
Jeremy rode a scooter whilst richard and james rode motorbikes. The boys begin by explaining their next big adventure. The dinamic between the three of them is unique and impossible to duplicate. The vietnam war was fought by the united states for the better part of a decade. Reason i love top gear is jeremy clarkson and the crazy shit. Obviously we understand that they had a huge bbc budget and team of mechanics following them to help with. It was actually more like a motorbike version of top gear. Like many people in the uk im a massive fan of top gear. Top gear moto tour10 days private tour suggested itinerary this actionpacked tour is styled around the bbc top gear vietnam special. Hd the grand tour game season 3 episode 2 the colombia special full walkthrough. For anyone that is interested in vietnam or top gear, i really recommend yesterdays special where they drove on motorbikes through vietnam. Vietnam offers the best road touring in asia and if you ask us, the top gear show simply did not do it justice. The trip started in the city of saigon is southern vietnam. These featurelength films take the boys across vietnam on motorcycles, through the rainforests of bolivia in cheap secondhand suvs, and pitch them in a race to the north pole featuring a husky sled versus a toyota pickup.
Vietnam motorbike special part 1 top gear series 12 bbc duration. The big draw of the tour is hai van pass, made famous by a special top gear motorbike episode. Watch the top gear vietnam episode how should newbies attempt the top gear route. Watch top gear specials online full episodes of season 1. Vietnam motorbike special the top gear trio has been known to travel to exotic locations from time to time and im not talking about the deep south. So now, if only we can have bvg as the host, and then get a camera crew, plus sponsors, so we can film his attitude together with some crazy shit being done on camera. The vietnam special is hilarious, i just love watching jeremy clarkson in extreme discomfort. Breathtaking views, cultural immersion, and plenty of pranks and brotherly bickering are the hallmarks of any top gear road trip episode.
Welcome to the most comprehensive collection of official top gear clips. Specials, originally, were episodes of top gear in which the shows three presenters at the time, jeremy clarkson, james may, and richard hammond, head to an international location for a road trip. They were to meet 6,000 miles away, in saigan, the capital city of vietnam. Question how was the usa bike considered inappropriate. Havent got access to the swiss alps or the salt flats of uta. Now if only they could do this bi weekly then i would be in heaven. I never knew vietnam was such a beautiful place either. Top gear vietnam challenge vietnam lonely planet forum.
Vietnam motorbike tours special show in the long journey of more than 1 week to more than 2 weeks. All 8 songs featured in top gear uk season 12 episode 8. Top gear in the uk just did an amazing vietnam special of their car show in which they travelled through vietnam on bikes. Hd british leyland challenge highlights top gear bbc.
Top gear vietnam tour d n cuongs motorbike adventure. On various twowheeled vehicles, the boys set off to cover 1,000 miles of vietnam. Yet another excellent topgear episode the original and best. The boys endeavor to build a car that can turn into a hovercraft, all for a good causehelping the residents of a. Epic road trip the boys travel miles across vietnam. Join like minded riders on this truly amazing ride through the most spectacular roads of vietnam.
The wild popularity of the top gear special opened the gates to backpackers with zero motorbike experience and limited budgets hoping to recreate the highly edited and wellfunded top gear special of their own. The top gear motorbike tour through vietnam 23 days. Ride the ho chi minh trail visit hue and travel over the hai. After a thrilling ferrari fxx k drive, chris coaches guest racer james mcavoy, then joins matt and rory in a highmileage car race in kazakhstan. Rising from sea level to almost 500 metres, the 21kilometre twisted ribbon of road clings to the mountainside overlooking the south china sea. James may and jeremy clarkson trying to cycle around london safely top gear bbc. The americans lost the war in vietnam, pulling out of saigon the capitol of south. Clarkson on a vespa is great in the vietnam special. Top gear road trip in vietnam vietnam forum tripadvisor.
Kris meeke drives the peugeot t16 top gear magazine. Top gear bikemoped road trip vietnam forum tripadvisor. Top gear vietnam special tour vietnam with quality. Vietnam special is a special 75minute episode for bbc motoring programme top gear, and was first broadcast on 28 december 2008, as part of the final episode for the twelfth series, with the special repeated for uk tv channel dave, initially in an edited, 46 minute version on 19 january 2009, but later revised to a 90minute format following complaints by viewers. The eighth and final episode of the twelfth series of top gear aired on the 28th of december, 2008. One of my favourite episodes of the show has got to be the vietnam special, where the three chaps all bought a motorbike in saigon and. Jeremy clarkson dubbed this stretch of tarmac one of the best coast roads in the world. Top gear, the specials season 1 episode 4 vietnam special. Bbc top gear vietnam special show in 2008 is a great show about the funny motorbike trip in vietnam from south to north vietnam. These specials differed from regular episodes insofar that they were longer than the standard sixty minute episodes. Footage of the attack later revealed minor damage to their cars and slight injuries towards two crew members. The boys headed to vietnam for epic road trip across the country.