Top Gear,

[velojym]

I just watched this episode on Streetfire. I was well pleased to see the Chevy make it, but I will admit that handling and maintenance has a lot to do with a truck's survivability in the wild.
Though it seems the Dodge would have been a shoo-in, I would have kept it off my odds list as I understand they have a few weak points in the drivetrain through part of the '90s and into this century. Not for sure about it, though.
The tiger caged Ford was post-apocalyptic/zombie awesome, though!

Personally, I think the Chevy had some advantages in weight, wheelbase, and relative simplicity for this challenge. I would have chosen it and not been so hard on her.

[Lt.Del]

on a previous show, didn't rutledge drive a big 87-91 suburban?  When they went thru the desert around Arizona going to vegas--the bronco broke an axle, and the winner was the suburban when the jeep ran out of gas...rutledge cruised to vegas with a few drops of gas left.

[Cody1018]

It was an 89 K5 blazer.

[audrima]

and don't forget, in a zombie Apocalypse, the square body is the car to have. ^_^ (seriously look at all the apocalypse movies it's always a square body suburban or pickup! I like the UK top gear. the us is just like a Heck you were making fun of you week copy. but the Alaska trip and the AZ one were ok- good eps.


=^_^=

[bladerunner]

In certain parts of the show they are driving those trucks with full cages in them and no helmets. Not sure if I would do that, but it is television. Great episode BTW!

[Stewart G Griffin]

EVERY car show including "top gear" is trash.  The exceptions are motorweek and maybe, just maybe extreme 4x4, but that's not so hot either.

[westsidek20]

I remember when this post first came out, and missed the show. Now i saw the link to see it and it looked like so much fun, so what do you say ? Lets all jump on our trucks and hit that trail!

[Irish_Alley]

EVERY car show including "top gear" is trash.  The exceptions are motorweek and maybe, just maybe extreme 4x4, but that's not so hot either.

i believe the word your looking for is rubbish lol. but heres the thing stew. i can sit there and watch documentaries or guys working on a car in a garage but the bbc top gear add humor to it all its a educational / documentary and comedy wrapped in one bundle. and its entertaining to see fast cars and learn fun facts about them, then see some guys do stupid things. Buts all about what you like some may just want one thing while others want multiple