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Wonder how it'll go? I hear most people aren't confident about its success stateside!..
3 guys unknown here.But they've been slated already.Apparently Top Gear UK has got a big following in America.Would love to see the first episode!Who will be presenting it?
It was OK. They did a good job of trying to duplicate the original show, down to the Stig (an anonymous race driver who tests the cars on the show,for those who don't know). If you watch auto racing at all, two of the presenters are not unknown. Tanner Foust is a driver and Rutledge Wood is a broadcaster/sidekick on the all-too-numerous NASCAR feature shows.I watched it, it was decent but I also didn't expect awesomeness right out of the hole though, it is the first show after all./
Speaking of first shows.........
YouTube - TopGear season 1, episode 1, part 1.(first one)
Top Gear America will be sponsored, so I doubt they will be allowed to rip on cars that rightfully deserve, like the original can. I only know of one presenter, Adam Ferrara, who is a comedian. I saw a stand up of his a long time ago, and I liked it, but I don't think it will fit. More importantly, one of the other guys is a race car driver, and the other is a car analyst or some shit. Those two sound incredibly boring. That's one of the reason's why Top Gear has the Stig, so they don't have to have a race car driver as a presenter. Top Gear USA needs a better cast. I think the perfect person for one of the presenters would be Adam Carolla. He loves cars, he is funny as fuck, and he is conservative. He is like the American version of Clarkson (but still different, distinctly American), they even have similar hair and are both tall. What makes Top Gear work is the chemistry and style of the three presenters.
I think Jay Leno said he would never do a Top Gear America.