Hello new car show that stars a presenter from
Top Gear. Considering I watch about anything starring James May, Richard Hammond, or Jeremy Clarkson, it follows that I of course began watching this new series;
James May's Cars of the People.
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| The Lada Riva, descended (devolved) from the Fiat 124. |
This is not your normal Top Gear show. Yes, it is filled to the brim with cars and humor. However this show is a lot more educational. Yes, you read that correctly.
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| 4.5 out of 5 stars |
The series looks to be a short three episodes long, about the same length as
Man Lab. However each episode is a full hour that is packed full of information, cars, and comedy. It is a nice bit of Top Gear-esq television as we wait for season 22 to start.
The first episode is largely dominated by cars designed under tyrannies. Cars like the VW Beetle, and eventually the Lada Riva. There is an amazing amount of history behind just those two cars.
The second episode is all about the micro car. Things like the
Messerschmitt KR175 and the
Zündapp Janus. It also has an extensive segment on the Kei Jidousha (Light automobile) in Japan. Those are some cool little cars, and they are so a thing of Japan, for Japan, and by Japan.
The third episode is a bit more about social aspiration, cars, and how they mix together. James May drives everything from a
Lamborghini Countach, which is perfect for a poster but utterly terrible to drive, to a
Mazda MX-5, which both looks good and drives fantastic. In fact in two episodes running it seems as if the Mazda is about to be the best car of the episode until right at the end when some other vehicle just barely edges it out.
At the end of the series James May decides that there is in fact a single best car for the people. I'm not going to tell you what it is. You'll have to watch on your own to find out, and watch you should.
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| I did not realize that Japan has a 'learn English while you exercise' TV program. |
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