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Old 11-12-2013
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Default Saleen S7 on Top Gear America - History Channel



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Top Gear America to feature the Saleen S7 in tonights episode!




"I'm not doing this for us gentlemen, I'm doing this for the United States of America."

Be sure to tune in for tonights episode of Top Gear on History! Featuring the Saleen S7 in the ultimate battle of America vs Europe.

Watch tonights episode of Top Gear America as Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust and Rutledge Wood take the top Supercars from America (read: Saleen S7) and see how they stack up against their European counterparts.
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My DVR is set to record now :)
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Pretty good show. I find it very hard to believe that the S7 can only hit 160 in a standing mile...really think it was the driver...
I thought it was a pretty good comparison on the road course...Stig driving the American cars and the TG guys driving the European cars.
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Saw this last night. The Saleen definitely needed Stig driving it for all the competitions. 1 mile speed was only 160. Still the best looking car out there - even better than the Lambo.
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After watching the BBC version, I cannot take this Top Gear seriously. The cast is terrible.
It is good to see Saleen getting some press though.
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I missed it! **** the bad luck. Did they ever test it on the original Top Gear?
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yeah the american version is a joke. their "testing" was a joke too.

they never tested one on the bbc top gear.
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Did they ever test it on the original Top Gear?
No. When new, the S7 was not featured on BBC Top Gear.
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yeah the american version is a joke. their "testing" was a joke too.
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Thank God for on-demand! watching it now..thought they would opt for some others..
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The full episode is available online. Access may depend on your cable provider.

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gea...cars?m=5189717
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The S7 was my favorite but **** that Lambo was sweet.
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I read somewhere that they had mentioned something about the S7 in the original TG. A test would have been interesting, they never really have anything good to say about American cars.
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Watch this very good. Oh abd when there talking about how many would take pictures
Of it.... look who walks behind them in the back ground. Yap Steve Saleen.
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