Top Gear Banned?

Friday, May 26, 2006

Bloody hell! BBC’s Top Gear risks ban over ‘planning breach’…

The new series of the BBC motoring programme Top Gear is being filmed without planning permission for its activities close to a village where there is widespread opposition to “noise nuisance”.

The show, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson and featuring high-performance cars being put through their paces on a test track, is “in breach of planning conditions and at risk of an enforcement order”, a local authority spokesman said.

Bollocks! Why are these bloody wankers complaining about a little noise generated by some of the fastest supercars in the world? Crikey! I’d be stoked if this track were in my back yard.

Top Gear is one of the best and most entertaining car shows, and its unfortunate that it doesn’t air in the US. I’m sure Jeremy Clarkson and company will do whatever it takes to get this matter resolved and resume filming.

In the meantime, watch an episode of Top Gear featuring the 1001hp Bugatti Veyron (forward to around 11:52). Why they would put on hundreds of miles driving across Europe on a $1.7 million+ car for entertainment purposes is beyond me. Perhaps it is a demonstration model Bugatti lends to various media outlets just for things like this. Whatever the case, the Veyron is a beautiful car, and quite fun to look at. I envy the bastards rich enough to own one of 300 models ever produced.