Thread: Top Gear Australia

Anybody notice how often Mercedeses are featured? Nice that they're willing to cough up the test drives, but getting just a little one-eyed.

I worked out what's wrong with the track shots -

- The sound of the engines should be louder than the commentary.
- All of the shots of the track are shot a lens size or two too wide and everything is too bright and too clean (exposure across the frame).

The car is always fully in the frame and you can see lots detail. Really, who cares? I want it to look fast, and one of the ways that you make a car look fast is make it look as if the camera operator can't keep it in the frame.

One of the great joys of TGUK is how much effort they put into making it look good. TGAU looks like an episode of Burke's Backyard.

At least the boys are getting more comfortable with the job. Still, they don't exactly come across as total unapologetic revheads, which is what I want to see.

Cheers
Simon

It's getting a bit better. I've only watched the first episode, and then the 4WD/Merc episode. Still a way to go to catch the UK version, but a definite improvement.

Regarding the 4WD "test", apart from the last little bit you could have done the whole lot in a regular car. I was expecting some deep mud or something more akin to a Camel Trophy challenge.

Why didn't they discuss the fuel consumption at the end? I'd think that'd be worth mentioning....

Anyway, glad to see the RR come out on top of course.

That 200 series....with a few whistles & bells & called a lexus had more dust inside it than my d2 after a trip across the simpson & back

As we know,they are trying real hard to copy the Rangie,but just cant seem to get there

Land Cruiser leaked dust like a sieve. Oh what a......cough.... feel........cough.....ing.

At least they were honest about the choice to do that trip. Even if the off road bits were easy.

Originally Posted by CaverD3

At least they were honest about the choice to do that trip. Even if the off road bits were easy.

It had to be easy or the RR would have been the only one to make it

G i think they should make Morrison a compare on the show, he was good. I had an email from LR last week letting me know that the Rangy was on the show so i thought i would give it a go but still didnt impress me

Originally Posted by matbor

Just finished watching TopGear UK, season 12's first episode (Just aired in the UK last night) and it is funny, unlike the AUS one !!

Just finnished watching it aswell, has to be one of the best they have done

after all the crap toyota spin about reliability they still wanted the prestige they never had, they will never get prestige (among people that matter) as they cannot change their branding but as they try to match the RR they are finding its not that easy to play with the big boys.