They were tons more seasons behind before, weren't they? I remember watching a Season 7 rerun not too long ago.

Anyways, I hope we get this on the History Channel here in Canada

 

My friend went to the showing of top gear america. He said it was pretty good. They aren't as funny as the Top Gear folks but, still was pretty good.

 

I liked the new trailer. I know I'll be watching or, at least, DVR'ing this show. I'm now willing to give these three a chance.

No matter what, I the original Top Gear.

The British producer was right....the first few seasons of the British show were not so great, but the changes made subsequently made me fall in love. It helps that having spent several years living in England, I understand the humor and am familiar with many of their stars, which only adds to the enjoyment.

 

By the way, the British TG lads are going to be on 60 Minutes on Sunday.

Maybe that'll help TG America.

 

Yea just like 2 months ago they were airing .. season 8 or something. Now they are airing season 15.

 

I think viewers will only be disappointed if they expect it to compete with TG UK, but will absolutely love it as its own individual show.

 

Yup I'm gonna be watching that

 

I wish Leno would do it.....I always enjoy his take on cars.

 

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Nah, he's too busy sucking at late night lately.

 

Agreed on Leno. Maybe even some journalists would make a good contribution. I've always liked John Phillips and Ezra Dyer.

 

Let the count down begin.

Top Gear USA starts Nov. 21

7 days, 7 hours, 29 minutes, and 31 seconds until the next season of Top Gear US starts on November 21st

 

Siiickkk, whos hosting it?

 

Adam Ferrara, Rutledge Wood, Tanner Foust

I hope it's good

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/bios/

 

I'll watch it, Autoblog has high hopes for it... I do feel that Top Gear USA could have at least used a reasonably priced car from an American manufacturer...

 

I cant wait to see this. I hope its good.

 

Are we not continuiing off of this thread?
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=top+gear+usa

 

Starts on my birthday

 

Already put the series recording on my DVR box.

 

i hope these guys have the same passion and humor that clarkson, may, and hammond have. if not, it will be a huge flop.

 

The freaking top gear usa advertised at our local cars and coffee!!!! And i missed it!!! I dunno if the hosts showed up but here is a link of some of the pics

http://www.cncpics.com/album/201011/...0+104.JPG.html

why did i miss this!!!

 

Looking forward to this.

 

The whole reason I like Top Gear is becuase of the presenters. They could talk about anything, and I'd still be rivited.

Im pretty positive this will be "just another attempt" at some American trying to get rich from an idea that has already been proven. I can't wait to see how "honest" they are about American cars and how much advertising they will do for other companies. I bet the test track will be littered with Pepsi ads.

I don't have high hopes.

 

Thats the thing, when TG first started, it was kind of painful to watch. They eventually grew into their roles and thats what makes the show great.

They need to give this show a full season, at least, to grow into its own. I dont want an exact replica of TGUK. But I dont want just another "car" show on tv. There better not be any sponsors on TGUS either. If there are, Im not even going to bother watching it. TGUK isn't sponsored, and because of that the hosts are able to say what they truly feel. Its hard to watch a car show thats currently on tv because the hosts seem more like salesmen then presenters.

 

I don't think there is any chance that this show will be remotely as entertaining as the UK version. That being said, I believe this will be far and away the best car show ever made in America. I'm really pulling for History on this one....

 

You have to remember that TG's earlier season's ratings were so bad that they had to create another show, Fifth Gear. And TG UK didn't have any high hopes to live up to.

Everyone's expecting this show to be fantastic right off the bat, and I don't think it will. It'll be fun for the first couple of seasons, then really get into its stride in Season 3 or 4, if it makes it that far. I'm hoping it does, because if this show is better than TG UK's older seasons, then it'll eclipse Hammond, May, and Clarkson sooner than expected, especially considering the famous trio are starting to age quite a bit.

 

Not to mention that while TGUK is letting this show be its own beast, they are still involved in the production and as such have very likely used all their lessons learned from eight years of producing TGUK.

That in itself should ensure the first TGUSA episodes are better than what the early TGUK ones were like.

They probably won't be as good as the TGUK ones are now and I can't see how they would be. It takes more than a couple episodes to develop that kind of on-screen chemistry.

 

IIRC werent the first episodes of TGUK with just Clarkson and Hammond? They had to bring in May to create some sort of chemistry between them.

 

Top Gear tried to incorporate a used car segment with Jason Dawes. Once they figured out he was the weak link, May got brought in and Series 2 was the real beginning.

TG is Clarkson, and to a lesser extent May and Hammond. That's what makes it funny, and that's what makes it entertaining. I'll give this one a look, but I do not have high hopes.

But perhaps that's a good thing. Maybe it will be decent, and forge it's own path.

 

That is true. Since most of the TGUK faithful believe TGUS will flop, its easier to exceed our already low expectations.

 

I went to the taping of the 1st episode. If you look closely, you'll see me in the background.

 

I dunno if you signed NDAs or not but can you say if you enjoyed the experience?

 

We signed something, but I don't remember exactly what it was.

I don't think it was an NDA, but maybe something to do with insurance. I honestly don't remember.

Since I went to the very first taping, it wasn't as good of an experience as it could have been and later was for different tapings. The weather was very hot, and we were stuck standing up in a wooden hangar with poor ventilation. All of the females that were present were complaining about the heat and that their legs were hurting.

We were the guinea pigs for future tapings, so they were experimenting with us. They were pretty strict, as well. No chewing gum (they actually made people spit their gum out if they spotted them!), and no white clothing (if you wore a white top, they made you go towards the rear of the audience). I later found out that they become more lax as they learned from each taping.

For us, the taping was supposed to end at a certain time, and they went a little over an hour past the time they told us we'd be dismissed. As I mentioned, we were all hot due to the lack of ventilation, and the weather. Standing for extended amounts of time while enduring the weather and thirst didn't help, either.

If someone were to ask me if I wanted to go to another taping, I would refuse. But I would say if the taping were to last about half the time it did, I would be able to tell people I enjoyed it.

The hosts were all cool, and the whole crew was doing the best they could, but we happened to the first taping, so our experience was different from others.

 

Ive heard from someone at one of the tapings that at one point Ferrera started saying his lines before Foust was done with his.

 

My friend who went to one of the tapings, said it was pretty funny. Not as funny as the original Top Gear guys, but still pretty funny.

 

1 day, 6 hours, 41 minutes, and 27 seconds until the next season of Top Gear US starts on November 21st

 

 

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^ :s pam:

 

Im getting pretty damn excited for this. Jalopnik had a review of the first three episodes and they said its pretty rough, but by the third episode the hosts begin to mesh. Cant wait!

 

I think it will be meh at best. It took TGUK about 4 series to start become a great show. If they can stick it out it might be good but the American attenion span will probably kill it early.