Top Gear!

[steveaki13]

Good question.

I struggle to work out quite where it goes. I guess it partly depends who is presenting it along with Chris Evans.

[Rollo]

I struggle to work out quite where it goes. I guess it partly depends who is presenting it along with Chris Evans.

Oh if it was me (which I hope the BBC come to their senses and hire me), then Top Gear would become a show more about the family hacks that people actually drive.

I want to see an Insignia v Mondeo v Mazda 6 v Superb v Passat v Avensis supertest. I'd like to see pieces about say the Chery Arrizo7, Opel Adam, Honda Odyssey and Ferrari 488 GTB all in the same episode. Supercars are all very nice but not most segments every week.

Dear BBC, give me the gig. You'll be pleased that you did.

[D-Type]

Before Clarkson, Top Gear was all about Blogmobile vs Repmobile comparisons, tests of gadgets like jacks that plug into the cigar socket etc - All the things the powers that be considered the 'average motorist' would be interested in. And it was dead boring.

Clarkson & Co moved it into the 'Entertainment' and possibly the 'Comedy' sectors. But like all comedies it had a limited shelf life. Top Gear was well past the sell-by date as they had run out of gags and were inventing new and more outrageous ones.

So, let's wait and see what Chris Evans does.

[steveaki13]

One thing you can say about Chris Evans.... He chucks himself into things fully and gets stuff done.

[BleAivano]

the new team:







Rory Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Matt LeBlanc, Chris Evans, Chris Harris, Eddie Jordan and The Stig

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35548081

[Bezza]

the new team:







Rory Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Matt LeBlanc, Chris Evans, Chris Harris, Eddie Jordan and The Stig

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35548081

How embarrassing! And to think we pay our License Fee for this!

Pretty sure the PC chaps will be pleased though. I think they have covered everything there.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

How embarrassing! And to think we pay our License Fee for this!

Pretty sure the PC chaps will be pleased though. I think they have covered everything there.

Where's the Muslim disabled lesbian one?

I think it's a bit soon to complain when we've not even seen one episode yet. I think having an increase in the number of presenters will stop people making direct comparisons to old 'new Top Gear' and the Amazon Prime show.

If they only had three presenters people would be trying to figure out which one is supposed to be Clarkson etc.

This made me chuckle

[Rollo]

I hope the BBC come to their senses and hire me
...
Dear BBC, give me the gig. You'll be pleased that you did.

Can confrim. I am not on the new Top Gear. It's gonna go down in flames faster than a flaming thing on fire, that's got it's wings on fire.


Actually it will probably be more like a magazine type show than a "three blokes mucking about" show.

[MrJan]

Does anyone really think that Chris Evans got the job because he's ginger? Or that they picked Sabine Schmitz because she's foreign and not because she's been on the show before and loads of people said she should be part of it? Or Chris Harris got hired because he's short? Or Eddie Jordan because he's Irish?

Kind of sad that just employing a woman and a black guy makes people think that the BBC are trying to fill some kind of quota.

[steveaki13]

Be interesting how it goes. It might please some who want a proper car show, but will it get as high viewing figures for the BBC? I know several people who watched it with no interest in cars. They are unlikely to watch the new version.

I really am interested to see whether its a success.