I watched the first three episodes they had and I haven't watched it since. These guys suck. Plus it seemed everything they were doing was already done online the original Top Gear.
The show has gotten better. Give it another shot.
i voted 'stig america' because i don't know what that means
adam is the only one i don't like
I tried to watch it, I tried to like it. I gave it 6 episodes, and it failed miserably. The hosts have no chemistry, they have no acting ability to do staged bits, and the show has no budget to do the outrageous things and fantastic photography that the UK version does. It's just a really poor, sad copy and I'm not sure how it's still on the air.
Not all copies of the show are bad. The Australian version of Top Gear is actually really good. I think the secret to the show is to have three outspoken automotive experts that actually sound intelligent, but with clashing personalities. With TG America you have 3 bozos that I wouldn't trust to change my tires much less tell me the finer points of automotive engineering.
The other thing TG UK does that makes it successful is tell the audience what sucks on a new car. The American version can't do that because they may loose their sponsors.
This US version of the show just makes me sad.
i think you have to understand the majority of the audience in this country are stupid, and therefore think that having goofy ass fools for hosts is a good thing.
also, i don't consider the UK hosts to be automotive experts, past having driven a lot of cars. they do have better chemistry though, perhaps they need to kill off adam and replace him and try again.
i think you have to understand the majority of the audience in this country are stupid, and therefore think that having goofy ass fools for hosts is a good thing.
also, i don't consider the UK hosts to be automotive experts, past having driven a lot of cars. they do have better chemistry though, perhaps they need to kill off adam and replace him and try again.
How good were the first few seasons of Top Gear UK? They have been doing it a lot longer than the US hosts.
Jeremy Clarkson has been hosting automotive shows and doing car columns for nearly 25 years. James May is an engineering freak and collects antique luxury cars, and used to work for a few automotive review magazines. Richard Hammond has the weakest background of the bunch, but is a professional host and radio DJ, so he stands in as the comedy relief. He's also a huge motorcycle and American muscle car enthusiast.
That's a pretty decent pedigree. The US hosts look like they used to look at pictures in Hot Rod magazine when they were teenagers.
How good were the first few seasons of Top Gear UK? They have been doing it a lot longer than the US hosts.
Jeremy Clarkson has been hosting automotive shows and doing car columns for nearly 25 years. James May is an engineering freak and collects antique luxury cars, and used to work for a few automotive review magazines. Richard Hammond has the weakest background of the bunch, but is a professional host and radio DJ, so he stands in as the comedy relief. He's also a huge motorcycle and American muscle car enthusiast.
That's a pretty decent pedigree. The US hosts look like they used to look at pictures in Hot Rod magazine when they were teenagers.
How good were the first few seasons of Top Gear UK? They have been doing it a lot longer than the US hosts.
they sure don't show it at times. quite honestly the hosts of the UK show seem like they got their info from reading CARtoons magazine (probably before your time) at times, but others they seem pretty knowledgeable, so it's hard to know if it's genuine or reading from a card. the US hosts aren't exactly scrubs (well adam is) but they also don't have 18 seasons of hosting a car show under their belts either.
I'll have you know I can STILL draw a 1984 Corvette because of a lesson I read in a CARtoons magazine, so there
I thought The Car Show with Adam Carolla was better than Top Gear USA. Those hosts actually seemed to have opinions of their own that weren't predetermined for them by scriptwriters.