The Transfagarasan Road in the Carpathian Mountains - Scene of e new TG episode
The Top Gear Crew are out filming Series 14 in Romania on the stunning Transfagarasan Road in the Carpathian Mountains with a Ferrari, an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini.
The Transfagarasan Road runs through some of the most stunning scenery in the Carpathian Mountains, with endless, sweeping, twisty roads and sound enhancing tunnels. So the boys are going to have fun. What are they driving? It looks like they have a Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder, an Aston Martin DBS Volante and a Ferrari California. So hopefully they had good weather.
The boys – Messrs Clarkson, Hammond and May – appear to have made a good impression on the locals, enjoying the delights of the local cuisine and imbibing the local hooch. Should be a good episode.
It’s a hard life.
Source: Romanian Times via Autoblog
Hani says
I am from Canada and I am going to Romania especially for this drive. I heard alot about Romanian hospitality, and how beutiful the country is. But honestly, im in for the drive. TG is the reason why I am travelling to Romania. Any good priced super high perfomance rentals you can recommend?
peter says
your not going to believe ooh wait
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=transfagarasan&t=1000&a=n
‘ninth line down’
ooh dear I watched on dave again
it would be great to be able to d/load the iplayer
Elaine says
now that is a big road
paul b says
by the way …. i think now you find more gipsy in uk or any other country than romania , but that is what everibody knopw’s about us…. a country of gipsy ….. isnt’it BASE ????
Mavis says
George, I suggest you go get a life.
Indeed they are always sardonical and all that, just look for the episodes in which American cars are presented. The tongue-in-cheek is MUCH more obvious.
I am Romanian and, personally, I believe the three of them were great. They let all those kids from the village scribble stupid stuff on the cars, and let’s not forget those are REALLY expensive vehicles.
James is forgiven for saying the language was Hungarian though, since he gave a pretty nice review of the Sandero! 😀
george says
stupid show ,stupid presentators,stupid british,king scalve`s.shity show
CarsUK says
Top Gear may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but despite your negative POV they same to have done your country a lot of good with their Romanian episode. Bucharest Life said “…this is just about the best advert for Romania seen on UK television at any time over the past 20 years.”
Which – assuming Romania would like more Tourism – is a good result for just having to suffer a few jibes from the TG boys. And if you’ve seen any other TG episodes you will realise it’s certainly not personal. The Michael will be extracted whoever you are – Prince or Pauper – and regardless of creed, colour or nationality.
And long may it be so.
marian says
George is some clown from Romania, maybe he is furious that he left Romania to work in UK and it did not work out …. anyway thanks Top Gear for coming to Romania and showing the world our beautiful country .
P.S. sorry for my bad English.
paul says
If creators of this show, haven’t found Gypsy on the road, shame that they went to the Gypsy village, to show the logos Romania …..
Their congratulations for the rest …. but there are many beautiful roads …. from Buzau to Brasov …. and more …
Paul, a Romanian in Britain …
ovidiu says
for MICK DEENE
I am from romania but I am in the uk now.
I went twice to transfagarasani and I can help you with more details about transfagarasani and maybe would like to join me next summer there
Catalin says
Thanks Top Gear for being in Romania! But I’ve got just a few observations to make. I didn’t understand why you went especially to visit a gypsy village? They are only 3 or 4% of the general population. The language spoken by the lorry driver who hit the Sandero was Romanian, not Hungarian. Also the clip with Dacia Sandero, which allegedly was from a Romanian bar, is actually spoken in Russian language. Romanian language is a Latin language and has nothing to do with Russian or Hungarian, either. Romania has Carpathians Mountains, Black Sea and also Danube Delta and is really worth visiting it! You also should meet the real Romanian people and you’ll enjoy their warm, lovely hospitality; rest assured you won’t need to sleep in your car!
Zoltan Emeric Paniti says
I bet you won’t find so many gypsies in Romania (you have to go to their villages to find them ,just like Clarckson did)
Steven says
Transfagarasan it’s just amazing ! I visited last year ! I can say it again it’s amazing !
About the country, it’s not bad at all.
mickdeene says
Many thanks for comments,will keep away from the sunglasses
Alex says
@Mick deene
Search for road DN7C . Assuming your trip starts from Bucharest, you must head to the city of Pitesti, then take the road to “Curtea de Arges”, which is actually DN7C. From there, just keep the main road and you’ll be there. You might mix the roads a little at the barrage, but nothing a map/GPS won’t do.
By the way, the road isn’t near as bad as it appears to be on the show, they made it so they go through that crappy gipsy village.
Avoid all fake-Hollywood large crappy sunglasses kinda’ dudes and you’ll actually find a pleasant country.
Cheers.
Mick deene says
Anyone help me out with start/finish points for Transfagarasan Rd for trip next year?
Catalin Stan says
😀 🙂
(Got your names reversed, mate. Same thing happened to me first time in Britain: Stan is actually a last name in Romania :)) )
CarsUK says
Not our day! Sorry, Catalin. Nice to see the Top Gear boys giving your beautiful country some good publicity. And you’re right. The TG boys don’t act like stars. They’re just petrol-heads like the rest of us. They just got lucky and get the BBC budget to play with!
Catalin Stan says
The series is actualkly 14, the cuisine is special, the weather was really great and the locals were truly happy to see them 😀
One of the locals 😉
PS: On eo f the things that the people who actually sat down with them are sure to have appreciated is the fact that (even after seven years of superstardom) they still behaved as three regular blokes. Greatest appreciation for that.
CarsUK says
Writer shot. Series # changed to 14. Thanks, Stan!