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Series 12 - Episode 2

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Episode Description

Top Gear heads to the United States on a journey to the Bonneville Salt Flats starting in San Francisco. Taking three American muscle cars - the Dodge Challenger SRT8, Cadillac CTS-V and the C6 Corvette ZR1 in hopes to find out which is best.

Episode Introduction

"On tonight's holiday programme, we go to San Francisco in California, we have a night out in Reno, Nevada, and we end up on the salt flats of Bonneville."

Stig Introduction

"Some say that he invented November. And that if he'd won the World Championship in Brazil last weekend, there might have been one photograph of him without his father gurning in the back of shot. All we know is he's called the Stig."

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car

Will Young

Vehicles Featured

Corvette ZR1, Cadillac CTS-V, Dodge Challenger SRT-8

S12E2 17:13

37.75474, -122.44642

Location: Twin Peaks North Summit Park, Christmas Tree Point Rd, San Francisco, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - James and Jeremy are waiting at the Twin Peaks Park in San Francisco overlooking the city while they wait for Richard to arrive.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - James and Jeremy are waiting at the Twin Peaks Park in San Francisco overlooking the city while they wait for Richard to arrive.

S12E2 17:38

37.79151, -122.40577

Location: Grant Ave, San Francisco, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Richard is driving the Dodge Challenger SRT8 through the streets of San Francisco, California
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Richard is driving the Dodge Challenger SRT8 through the streets of San Francisco, California

S12E2 17:44

37.79269, -122.40600

Location: Grant Ave, San Francisco, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Richard is driving the Dodge Challenger SRT8 through the streets of San Francisco, California
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Richard is driving the Dodge Challenger SRT8 through the streets of San Francisco, California

S12E2 18:48

37.79281, -122.43801

Location: Pierce St, San Francisco, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving through the streets of San Francisco, California towards the Golden Gate Bridge to leave the city and begin their journey to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving through the streets of San Francisco, California towards the Golden Gate Bridge to leave the city and begin their journey to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

S12E2 19:44

38.56337, -121.63823

Location: Blecher-Freeman Memorial Causeway, Davis, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving on US I-80 East on their way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving on US I-80 East on their way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA.

S12E2 23:50

39.03902, -120.12252

Location: Tahoe Beach, CA-89, Tahoma, California, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters stop off at Tahoe Beach in Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters stop off at Tahoe Beach in Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada

S12E2 25:39

39.52987, -119.81563

Location: N Sierra St, Reno, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters drive through the center of Reno, Nevada revving their engines and being loud.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters drive through the center of Reno, Nevada revving their engines and being loud.

S12E2 26:23

39.52744, -119.81356

Location: US-395 BUS, Reno, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters drive through the center of Reno, Nevada revving their engines and being loud.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters drive through the center of Reno, Nevada revving their engines and being loud.

S12E2 40:21

39.24085, -117.64623

Location: NV-722, Austin, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Jeremy stop his Corvette in the middle of route 722 in Nevada demonstrating how long and empty the roads in the desert are.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Jeremy stop his Corvette in the middle of route 722 in Nevada demonstrating how long and empty the roads in the desert are.

S12E2 42:17

39.29415, -117.98649

Location: US-50, Ely, Nevada, USA

The original Shoe Tree in the episode is gone now, but there is another one to the left.

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters stop at the famous "show tree" in Fallon, Nevada which is a tree on the side of the road with hundreds of shoes hanging from it.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters stop at the famous "show tree" in Fallon, Nevada which is a tree on the side of the road with hundreds of shoes hanging from it.

S12E2 43:37

39.24935, -114.88511

Location: US-50, Ely, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are parked out side of a classic American diner to get some breakfast in a very small town.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are parked out side of a classic American diner to get some breakfast in a very small town.

S12E2 46:18

39.26325, -117.73997

Location: NV-722, Fallon, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Jeremy drives his Corvette enthusiastically around a twisty road in the desert of Nevada.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - Jeremy drives his Corvette enthusiastically around a twisty road in the desert of Nevada.

S12E2 48:57

39.42464, -116.75382

Location: Lincoln Hwy, Austin, Nevada, USA

Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving along the empty desert roads at night in Nevada as they approach the Utah border.
Top Gear Series 12 Episode 2 - The presenters are driving along the empty desert roads at night in Nevada as they approach the Utah border.

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