They should have had Stacey David from trucks be a host.Guy has a great personality.But I like the USA top gear ,I'm sure it will get better with time ,and they should try to be original not try to copy the British top gear,Come up with unique challenges.

Watched the moonshine one last night..............er I mean 3 minutes of it. Yikes.


IMO I would love to see Adam Corolla (die hard car guy and very fast witted), Steve Manante (from Speed and Barret Jackson- pretty fast witted and a volume of knowledge), and Liz Miles (young, cute, and a blooming automotive journalist who knows her way around the cones). That's my Top Gear dream team.

I second that group of people!

I'd like to add in there Christopher Titus and Tim Allen.

What I think is really missing from the TGUS group is the childlike enthusiasm that the Brits portray when test driving a car. They genuinely seem excited to be in a XXX vehicle where as the US guys approach it as purely analytical. The little enthusiasm they do show comes off as scripted.

I'll keep watching. Tanner and Adam are alright in my book but Rutledge is pretty tough to watch.

I agree!

Definitely with you on that one.

He would also be a good choice.

You know.......maybe the producers should have put out some surveys in magazines or offered to web sites to help pick potential hosts. :willy:

Watched the Velociraptor / MBZ SLS show tonight....

These guys are so boring I almost fell asleep! And when the one dufus said that he wanted the truck so bad he'd "lick it".... I turned it off. Sorry -- I just can not stomach this show.

I'm going to go against the grain here...I thought tonight's episode (Fiero, Roadmaster, Cutlass) was really entertaining, despite the complete lack of originality when it came to the challenges. I thought the presenters were a bit more comfortable (less teleprompter-like) and it seemed to result in more natural comedic timing. Tanner is getting left in the dust though as the other presenters improve. And to think, I thought he would be the best of the bunch. It's become clear that's not so.

If we as viewers weren't comparing it to the British version, I'm sure it would seem better, but alas, that is an inevitable comparison seeing as how they continue to copy the BBC version so closely. I must say though, the patriotic sentiment of this one was a nice change.

I actually laughed at the water challenge today. I think they are trying to hard to shadow the british show which I think will always be an issue

I think it will grow on me. I wonder if the steg is a out of work Cart guy :P

Only an issue for those of us that know the British show. I think the bulk of the US audience is still new to the show and do not even know of the British version.

I didnt like last nights episode much. They just came across as too juvenile to me with the egg tossing and and intentional damage to the cars. The intentional bumping of James May is one thing but throwing a bowling ball at the car is another.

So now that first season is over.......will it make it to season two?


I personally found it entertaining as a whole. Even though a lot of the "challenges" are direct form the BBC show they are still pulling it off. It's no more clunky or contrived feeling than the first season of the current BBC program. Watch some of those first season episodes and you'll see Clarkson and Hammond tip toeing around each other and finding that mix of camaraderie and disdain they are now famous for. When May was added a few episodes later it was the same with him.

I really hope it did well enough to make it to season two so it can blossom.

However.....I could have done without the highlight real last episode.

I'm friends with on of the Producers for the show and all things point to a new season. I'm hoping to work on it if it does!

The show has growing on me. I don't hate it anymore :D.