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Season 27 begins with Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McQueenes introducing a new electric car with a perfect experience. Now everyone starts a powerful task, each facing the challenge of building a battery-powered sports car. Chris takes the Tesla 3 model to enter a new mission through a strong test track.
21 January 1942, New York City, New York, USA
19 March 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
5 August 1952, Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland
5 October 1947, Dunston, Gateshead, England, UK
26 July 1949, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
4 February 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 April 1988, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1 June 1959, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
20 November 1961, Farnborough, Orpington, England, UK [now Farnborough, London, England, UK]
14 January 1934, Merton, Surrey, England, UK
4 August 1971, Vallejo, California, USA
12 April 1950, Verzuolo, Piedmont, Italy
15 March 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 18, 1983 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK
10 April 1972, Swords, Dublin, Ireland
19 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
23 May 1972, São Paulo, Brazil
28 October 1982, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
14 October 1927, Stockwell, London, England, UK
18 November 1974, Askim, Østfold, Norway
11 September 1971, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
24 September 1961, Petts Wood, Kent, England, UK
14 May 1984, Witham, Essex, England, UK
23 July 1965, Hampstead, London, England, UK
June 17, 2019
It was better than expected because you could believe this trio were real mates, even though you knew it was a TV Tinder date. Thus far I rather "likey", but since I am definitely not the traditional, hardcore audience, that might not bode well.June 17, 2019
Flintoff and McGuinness are by no means Formula One-grade banterers - but they're revving up nicely. And Top Gear may not be for the scrap heap just yet.June 17, 2019
It shouldn't work. But amazingly... it does. Chris Harris (the only full-on car expert), Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness gel as a trio in a way that might just restore the sense of lads-tooling-about that made the series a hit to begin with.June 17, 2019
Top Gear felt freewheeling and unpredictable again. I found a grin spreading across my face and even laughed aloud. Flintoff and McGuinness promise to make this floundering franchise the best it's been since the Clarkson era.June 17, 2019
Based on this first episode though, the BBC programme looks to be back on track with a winning formula, combining the bits viewers love with some genuine charm.June 17, 2019
Top Gear's great success lay in its appeal to viewers who didn't care about cars. It was crowdpleasing fare; it went nowhere, fast. On this showing, it's not going anywhere soon.June 17, 2019
This format died when Chris Evans took over. Now it's zombified. Surely the BBC execs hurling money at it, with the trio enjoying a lengthy junket to Ethiopia, must see that this is undead TV.June 17, 2019
Watching Top Gear was always a bit like having to sit through someone else's holiday home movies.