Top Gear Australia

was a bit "hmmmph" for me. Will watch and see if it (or they) mature.
Interesting fact is TG in the UK has been around much longer than the 11 seasons (assuming 1 season = 1 year)...in the present format. I used to watch it wayyyy back in the mid 80s with my dad..... when the racing driver was none other than Tiff Needell and one of the presenters was Quentin Willson.

Ahhh, the memories.

C

FOr more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(original_format)
Wiki is not "accurate" tho..... add an extra ) into the url

The hoest were very poor, early days yet but they just seemed to be trying too hard, filming was very good just like the uk one, studio ok, test track how short was that.... must try harder...

I am not as harsh as most of you, compare this show to other cars shows and its still good. I also did not need them to hit the ground running but they wanted that momentum and hopefully they chill out later.

It was nice having cars in AUD and kph too. Also its good seeing all these places that I can visit, I hope they let us know where it all is cause I want to rip up the sand dunes too.

The moke thing was not really all that interesting even though I like the car stunts the most in the UK show, I suppose it didn't really have a point to it and so they need to focus on a point of achievement before making a stunt.

Fancy being the first member of this forum to get a mention:Dand in the first show too. Now there's a challenge....who will be next.

I was disappointed really as they all tried too hard to be who they're not. And that Circuit, if you can call it that, has no camera presence. Steve Pizzatti reminds me in manner and speech of the small half of Lano and Woodley.

We'll wait and see if they improve.

plenty of comments over at finalgear about the episode ! And the majority of the users give it a 7 out of 10 which is pretty good ! Probably I have is that I love watching the UK version too much and can't stop comparing them. Even my wife said she prefers the UK one !

[01x01] September 29th, 2008 - FinalGear.com Forums

Matt.

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Originally Posted by numpty

Fancy being the first member of this forum to get a mention:Dand in the first show too. Now there's a challenge....who will be next.

I was disappointed really as they all tried too hard to be who they're not. And that Circuit, if you can call it that, has no camera presence. Steve Pizzatti reminds me in manner and speech of the small half of Lano and Woodley.

We'll wait and see if they improve.

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But at least they drove a Hillman Royal 660 (different colour to mine) and they were funny.

I think it'll get better.

My impression was poor editing. It was too rushed, disjointed. I'm sure they'll get the balance right & let the programme flow more.

Regards
Max P

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Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

Whatever Top Gear Aus does will be compared to UK, and whatever the presenters do/say will be compared to Clarkson, Hammond & May.

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You are correct, which is why I am so dissapointed that they chose to try and replicate the UK version as closely as possible..........in every regard........even the stig intro......that was just painful:(

They should try and forge their own way as one of the many reasons the UK version works so well is due to the presenters.........these guys (who I have never head of incidentally) should simply be themselves and have some fun with it. I think the Australian public will respond to them much better if they stop trying so hard to be like the UK version.

Will keep watching though to see how it goes.

it gave me a headache.

It has potential, and I've got high hopes for it buuut...

It did seem a little too try-hard and contrived. The first UK Top Gear seasons were very analytical and informative about the cars they drove.

The first episode of Top Gear AU had three people doing silly stuff with softroaders without really commenting or objectively comparing them. I don't think they even swapped cars at any stage. Seems to be aimed at mindless sheep rather than car geeks like myself who would have looooved to know which Lotus Elise they had on the track!! The 111S or 111R?!?!

I already like Warren Brown... Charlie might grow on me, but short dude's a bit painful to watch right now.