Three middle-aged men race to the North Pole in a Toyota. What could go wrong? Everything.
The Top Gear: The Great Adventures is a boxed release of the Polar Special which is a 72 minute "Director's Cut". and the US Special but a cut down 50 minute version. Polar Special - "Clarkson and May, in a seriously modified Toyota, take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mile race to the north pole as they drive over thin ice to face in-tent hostilities, polar bear fear and desperate food fantasies." US Special - " The ultimate road trip and finds the guys driving $1000 wrecks over 700 stiffling miles to New Orleans. In a Chevy, a Caddy and a Pick-Up, their challenges include preparing a road kill feast and baiting rednecks of Alabama without getting shot.
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Toyota Hilux actually survived the Arctic
Writing
Improvised disasters funnier than scripted comedy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Polar Special Toyota Hilux was later displayed in the Top Gear studio, still mud-caked from the Arctic. BBC insurance reportedly wept.
This 2007 US Special aired pre-Katrina recovery completion; their New Orleans arrival unintentionally captured a city still rebuilding, making the finale oddly moving beneath the stupidity.
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