The segment was called “Top Gear: Zero to 60 Minutes.” It was a clever title for the 60 Minutes piece on one of the world’s most popular television programs. But as it does with other segments, the longstanding Sunday evening news show allows Internet visitors to view of the story on 60 Minutes Overtime.
In the Top Gear overtime segment, CBS enticingly introduced the extended version.
“Overtime goes over the top with the blokes behind the British car-show sensation ‘Top Gear.’ All the conversations, crashes, and humor that didn’t make the “60 Minutes” broadcast.”
The video didn’t disappoint, and it’s only available on CBS.com
In the television broadcast, interviewer Steve Kroft takes a track ride with the show’s silent star, “The Stig” and he interviews the show’s three hosts.
Kroft explains:
“What’s “Top Gear”? The simple answer is that it’s a British car show on the BBC that’s watched by 350 million viewers in more than 170 countries every week but is unknown to most of America.
But ‘Top Gear’ is not really about cars. It’s about the adventures of its three clever hosts who travel the world conducting elaborate automotive experiments and competitions that push the boundaries of television. It’s part reality show, part Monty Python.”
To watch the CBS Overtime video, visit: Top Gear: Zero To 60 Minutes
Article Last Updated: September 5, 2013.
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A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004.
In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida.
An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.
