New Automotive Show on the Tube - Fast Lane

Nathan · Apr 11, 2013

On the Travel Channel. First airing Friday April 12 at 1PM Eastern. Set your DVR.

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Anytime someone says theyâ€™re putting together a car show for television it leads to the inevitable comparisons to Top Gear. Thatâ€™s a bad thing for the folks pitching the show, because nothing can match the Clarkson, Hammond, and May-trifecta. Not every show wants to be Top Gear though, and thereâ€™s a new one in the works starring a friend of mine that I think youâ€™re going to like. The show is called Fast Lane and it premieres at 1PM EST on Friday April 12th over on the Travel Channel.

The man getting the screen time is Jason Harper. His written work appears in many of the magazines and websites that you read including Bloomberg, Esquire, Automobile and pretty much everything else that talks all things auto. Now heâ€™s putting his mug up on the small screen, and heâ€™s doing it in locations and in cars that get the heart pumping and the blood flowing.

The first episode is all about Italy. Harper is on a quest to find out what makes this country produce such amazing machines, and he gets up close and personal with the best of them. What does that actually mean? Well, how about flinging a Ferrari 458 around Imola then riding shotgun in a 458 GT3 while a professional driver attempts to make Jason scream like a lady boy. After that, the Fast Lane crew move on to driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder with local enthusiats, and 1960′s-era Fiat 500 around Rome. That little Fiat almost gets him arrested too.

Finally, Jason winds up behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos â€¦ I canâ€™t believe I just typed that out. Dammit Jason, you have my number and Iâ€™m not terrible on cameraâ€¦ Iâ€™d pay my own way to lick the wheel wells of that car. He pushes the Stratos in a vintage car rally that comes complete with 2,000-foot cliffs heckling the fine Italian bodywork from the side of the road.

Yes, itâ€™s clear that Iâ€™m writing this review for a friend because I want his show to succeedâ€¦ but I wouldnâ€™t be sharing it with you if I didnâ€™t think that it sounds excellent. Itâ€™s a car show that isnâ€™t trying to be Top Gear, and might even wind up a bit like No Reservations but with cars â€“ and that sounds fantastic. So set your DVRs for the Travel Channel and Fast Lane. It premieres at 1pm EST on Friday April 12th, and I think youâ€™re going to enjoy it.

Need I repeat Lancia Stratos?!
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Fast Lane: Italy: Travel Channel

ScottinBend · Apr 11, 2013

Sounds like one more to add to the DVR. I think I get the Travel channel......:confused5:

Thanks....

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