Top Gear turned more aquatic and alpine than aero-dynamic when the trio of presenters, Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness, travelled to Cyprus to take on a budget rental car challenge and decided to create a new sport, car water-skiing (no, we're not sure why either.)

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As ever, the merits of the trio and the new Top Gear were wildly debated.

One viewer wrote: "I hated #topgear when Clarkson and the crew were on it. Finally it’s worth watching".

Another disagreed: "Don’t object to the dicking around but what’s happened to the reviews of new cars? Seems to have lost its way. #TopGear".

The new format in the wide-open spaces had attracted a new audience.

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The episode featured the boys racing their rental cars down a ski slope in the Troodos mountains. What is entertainment to some was "car crash telly" to others.

Perhaps they needed to exercise their fingers on their remote control?

A Top Gear fan wrote: "My sympathies are with the people whinging about #TopGear again tonight as its clear their remotes are broken and they have no access to other tv channels..."

"People continually complaining switch over to some #FamilyFortunes and stop killing the good vibes from our boys of #TopGear", wrote another.

Another felt that Top Gear was simply "Adolescent antics from some juveniles driving cars. A bit of entertaining, mindless fun from the lads. #TopGear".

Back at the test track, Chris and Paddy checked out the latest family cars from Audi and Lamborghini – the RS 6 Avant versus the Urus. The cars were outside the price bracket of the average family. A mere snip at a combined £180,000.

Top Gear is returning to BBC One on Sunday 25th October.

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While you’re waiting visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight, or check out our guide to new TV shows 2020 to find out what's airing this autumn and beyond.

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