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Ranking the Top Gear Specials: Worst to Best

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With it being the festive period, chances are, even if your not a car fan, you'll probably see that the various Top Gear specials are on the TV again. The specials evolved from the standard cheap car challenge previously featured in series 4-7. Taking 3 ill-suited cars off to far off and treacherous parts of the globe, all to prove just what these machines can do (with some modifications). Anyways, this ranking will list all 12 specials from the Winter Olympics in 2006 to Nepal in 2019, please note Series 16 ep 1 sometimes known as 'The East Coast Special' will not be featured as that was a normal episode that ran over a few minutes, a special here is an episode or two parter consisting of 1 film. Anyways, please enjoy. 12. Nepal Special (2019)- Sorry to all the newer Top Gear fans, but the Nepal special is bottom of the list, not that it's bad as it certainly outranks some of The Grand Tour specials but it faces stiff competition from the other specials. The premise is...

What You Need to Know- Lamborghini

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Lamborghini started as a tractor manufacture (and still is) but over time has gone from an upstart of the supercar world to one of the pillars of the type that all others are compared to. But Lamborghini has led a long life from failing to be taken seriously to American and Singaporean ownership, F1 engine supplier and now one of the VW groups luxury brands alongside Bentley. Here's what you need to know. Year Founded: 1963 Founder: Ferruccio Lamborghini Important People: Ferruccio Lamborghini- The man who started it all. Having expanded Lamborghini from just tractors to air conditioning units as well. He used his wealth to buy a Ferrari which proved to be unreliable and it was then he decided to start making cars to rival Enzo's own. He later retreated to his vineyard in later life after selling his stakes in the company Bob Wallace- A New Zealand racer and mechanic who worked on Maserati's and Ferrari's before acting as Lamborghini's "trouble shoote...