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I was watching a televsion show produced by the BBC in the UK called "Top Gear" last night with my sons. I believe there is an American version as well, but I have not seen it.

The show features the expected amazing cars (e.g., Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc.) but has all types of other vehicles as well. There is also always a segment where the three hosts of the show are off doing some ridiculously stupid thing (which looks like it would be great fun to do, incidentally - this proves that you outgrow being a child but you are never too old to be childish).

Anyhow, on this episode the deal was to be trying to outrun some UK Special Forces types in a small SUV of some sort (can you guess who won :)?). The show was reviewing the military vehicles, one of which is called a Jackal. They noted that the Jackal had a 5.9 liter diesel engine, and the camera gave a quick shot of an inline engine. I hit the pause button, and - sure enough - there in a corner was the Cummins symbol!

A web search shows that the UK has since redesigned the Jackal vehicle and the new version uses the Cummins 6.7L.

The mighty Cummins carries on! Oo_Oo.

I could not see a lot on the television screen, but it did appear that there was an intercooler. I assume there is no EGR, catalyst, and DPF though!:D:D
 
I love the UK version of Top Gear, the wife and I sit there and laugh our butts off. The guys talk a little funny but their humor is great! I think the American version is lacking, those guys just aren't funny to me. We were watching the UK one for months before we found the American one. Last week I was watching one from '08 where they were testing tractor trailers, they had added screens to the front windows and were driving thru things (like a mobile home) to see what happened. I missed the one with the Jackal, it doesn't sound familiar.
 
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