stilover

Have always wanted to know this. When they do one of there races. What car/cars do they use to keep up with the DB9 / 612 / Veyron??????

Does anyone know ?? I have always thought they must use a de-restricted RS6 / RS4 Avants.

I think they must use more than one car though.

Any thoughts ????

NotoriousREV

They usually use a Range Rover and hang out back of it

messiah

I thought I read somewhere that they did a lot of the car shots on the return leg.

Petem95

Seems to always be a Mondeo or Toyota Previa.

The races arent real obviously! They just get lots of shots of the cars ranting it past on the autobahn etc.

Still great entertainment - I hope they have another one of their eurotrips on TopGear next week, theyve not done one this series yet.

cw42

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I presume you mean the long drive films they make, as opposed to the airfield stuff?
The long drive films must have some major planning behind them. Take Clarksons trip to iceland. He's carrying his own set of cameras, which I'm sure he knows how to use. They must have been positioned in lots of different places on route to film him going past, at least say 5 people, going way ahead of him. Then at least 2 chase cars to keep ahead, if possible, running the same risks as him from the police! On top of all that, literally, there's maybe a helicopter shot or two to get in the bag Quite a lot involved really, which is the bit I always find most interesting

Freak

Why on earth would they have a load of people racing on ahead to film him driving past?

They film the drive pasts on the way back.

Leslie

Its bound to be a big fix to make sure JC wins of course. It is entertaining though.

Les

astraboy

You dont seriously think they are actually racing do you?

astraboy.

cw42

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Yes I do, you have proof that they're not?

danwrx1980

they actually asked the question a few series back, and one of the production team had a lotus carlton that they used.
don't know if they do now tho...

SupaMiniCupa

I was thinking along similar lines... Also RS Audis rang a bell, but I don't know whether thats correct or not

GC8

I watched an interview with JC where he explained how they do them..... He assured the interviewer that the 'races' were honest as was the in-car footage and audio commentaries. The other video is taken afterwards when the route is re-traced.

Simon

dsmith

Back in the Feb 06 issue of top gear mag (I happend to pick it up at my parents tonight) JC talks about effort that goes into them.

He swears the race itself is real and they try to make them a genuine contest. They use a Range rover as a chase car and get as many shots as they can "for real". They then retrace the route with extra camera crews to get more footage over several days. Then spend weeks editting it all together.

Personally I think it makes for good entertaining TV.