Thread: Top Gear Australia Hosts Announced

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

Looks like I wasn't the first to read in the paper that Warren drives a Defender.

But also, in the telegraph's Friday cars section they described the defender as 'a popular 4wd'

cool

Actually, Warren did a piece in one of the papers on driving the Defender a few years back. I still have it here somewhere.......

Tell him 'Good luck' from us here please Gordon.

Originally Posted by rick130

Actually, Warren did a piece in one of the papers on driving the Defender a few years back. I still have it here somewhere.......

Tell him 'Good luck' from us here please Gordon.

Thanks, I will.

I just remembered there was another LR in there, a Series IIA (or was it a III?) 109 SW. I think it had a Holden motor. He bought it to play with while he had the RR, but it (the IIA) wasn't a real good example. He actually took it on a trip from Sydney to Fraser Island, much to the dismay of the crew at Garthons who did a great job of servicing all his LRs. Left a perfectly good RR at home (didn't leave it with me I note!) and took the IIA just for fun.

Still, fun is what they're good for!

Cheers,

Gordon

SBS has put some video up on the hosts.

SBS News - Video Player

Click on Extra and scroll down.

Matt.

What's wrong with Warren Brown - the historic Paris to Peking was pretty good but his National Treasures spot on the ABC was really good.Yes it will depend on the chemistry but more on the local car industry / dealers / importers / etc - if they won't tolerate their cars being slammed (metaphorically, and on occassion literally) then the show will bomb.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

What's wrong with Warren Brown - the historic Paris to Peking was pretty good but his National Treasures spot on the ABC was really good.Yes it will depend on the chemistry but more on the local car industry / dealers / importers / etc - if they won't tolerate their cars being slammed (metaphorically, and on occassion literally) then the show will bomb.

I can't believe the car makers in the UK. They give them big $$$ cars to review and they they say they are rubbish. TVR comes to mind... but look what happened to them!

The Times (UK) view of the Australian Top Gear:

G’day, Jeremy - we’re gonna whip you blokes - Times Online