Carolla would be great since he is a gear head, is funny and is great on camera. Titus wouldnt be a improvement IMO. the reviews say by the 3rd episode the hosts chemistry gets better...which shouldnt be hard since they all seem out of place.
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That's why I listed him first... here's why I'd choose the 3 of these guys... they are all nuts about cars... and they are all friends, so there would already be chemistry. Titus and Carolla would get super competitive and Dax would just be another gearhead.
They also all have different types of tastes in cars... Carolla likes euro cars, Titus likes hotrods and American muscle, and dac is into bikes... just like Hammond(s).
I cant think of 3 beter guys to do it... maybe Leno, and then they'd never have a problem getting their hands on any car ever.
Carolla gave Autoblog.com a interview when they thought it was going to be him on the show. there is a lost pilot somewhere out there that has him as one of the hosts.
Titus is a big gearhead for sure and has some amazing cars, but i think he tries too hard to be funny. he did a bunch of "Rides" shows and it was painful watching him IMO.
i think Leno would be a horribly bad fit. he's not funny on his own tv show, i doubt hed be funny on a car show. his "Leno Garage" segments are about all i can take of him.
Only reason Carolla didn't get the nod on the new show is because he had to turn it down. He had another pilot in the works for a sitcom when History decided to take Topgear. The sitcom wasn't picked up so A.C. got a serving of wrong place/wrong time.
January 23rd seems so long away for the new TGUK season. and only 6 episodes sucks too.
hopefully the "special" they are filming does air in December
hopefully the "special" they are filming does air in December
US Stig should have been different like they have had different Stigs on their trips around the world.
ive given Top Gear US a chance the past few episodes...but this past episode...so bad.
the news section was painful to watch.
the episode with the blind guy drifting was pretty cool though.
the news section was painful to watch.
the episode with the blind guy drifting was pretty cool though.
wow, i thought it was the best one so far.
the first two were almost unwatchable IMO.
TG airs Tuesday
should be able to get it online Wednesday morning
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2010/12/17/xmas-double-bill-details/
should be able to get it online Wednesday morning
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2010/12/17/xmas-double-bill-details/
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HD and SD versions available. im sure someone on streetfire will stream them tomorrow morning.
http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/15/7/
http://www.finalgear.com/shows/topgear/15/7/
Pretty good episode. I wonder what they are going to do for car tests, now that the Stig is gone.
theres rumors that Tiff is coming back. they did mention him training Danny Boyle
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2010/12/17/top-gear-s-new-stig-is-tiff-needell-115875-22788744/
Maybe a third Stig. Remember they have already killed off the black Stig before the white Stig.
Should have picked a different color again, or say the original stig left for america.
i thought the Xmas special wasnt as good as last week's episode, but still good none the less. watched it right before TG USA and had to shut TG USA off
wow, the Xmas special is still somehow on youtube...thatll change soon im sure
new season of the REAL Top Gear started last night.
i thought it was okay. it was nice to see a car 1/10 of the price of the Bugatti SS get a better time around the track.
the Porsche segment wasnt so great IMO. it seems everyone has done a test to see if a car driving can beat a car falling from the sky
Top Gear UK Season 16 Episode 1 - Car Videos on StreetFire
still better than any TG USA episode
i thought it was okay. it was nice to see a car 1/10 of the price of the Bugatti SS get a better time around the track.
the Porsche segment wasnt so great IMO. it seems everyone has done a test to see if a car driving can beat a car falling from the sky
Top Gear UK Season 16 Episode 1 - Car Videos on StreetFire
still better than any TG USA episode
Brilliant good to see they are back.
been watching the bbc one on netflix. i am not a car guy but I am liking the show lots.
I have decided that I like the show - I have low expectations of deep cable. 
Personally i hate to see them waste a beetle like that, could have given it away to a guy and possibly seen it on barrett jackson, shoulda wasted a POS civic, wont matter falling out of a plane.
they made 21,529,464 of them....they arent exactly hard to find
You have to remember, the Top Gear guys HATE the Beetle.
Watch the Botswana Special - their penalty for breaking down was to drive a VW Bug.
Kind of funny though, they admitted that the Beetle was the only car that made it without breaking down.
Agree'd I found myself fast forwarding through some very non interesting parts.
Why do they hate diesel so much?
Rev range. Diesels are great for 90% of people that never have the RPMs above 4k. They are torquey, reliable, and fairly simple. But the hosts are "Petrol Heads" they want to rev the living sh!t out of a car till a rod shoots through the oil pan. Anyone that has ever driven on a proper track knows the importance of having a good rev range. Down shifting into corners, RPM matching, heel-toe are all much easier to do with a larger rev range. The new Audi v12 TDI might change their minds though...
I see.
i see they do a test on the 599 GTO 
. it has to be the sickest Ferrari ever IMO.
cant wait to watch it tonight when the g/f gets home
. it has to be the sickest Ferrari ever IMO.cant wait to watch it tonight when the g/f gets home
If only Jeremy liked Ferrari
My complaint with it (from a TOTAL armchair engineering standpoint obviously) is basically in line with what JC says about it. It seems too much like a spectacular piece of engineering and not enough a drivers car. Its emphasis is more on going as fast as they can possibly make it and not so much on making it fun if that makes sense. Too much electronics making it drive itself so you don't get to do it because you suck and doing things that way is faster. Cool, but not what I think I'd want if I were fvcking loaded and wanting to buy a car that costs as much as a nice house most places.i see they do a test on the 599 GTO
cant wait to watch it tonight when the g/f gets home