Top Gear America on the History Channel

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trailer and article from NYT:http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/judging-an-american-top-gear-by-its-trailer/
I'm seriously disappointed, but I will tune in.... hopefully it won't be a huge let down.
 
you realize that we arent the only other country with a different top gear dont you?but yeah this looks pretty bad.I like the idea of a top gearish show for the US. but it cant be called top gear, and needs to be kinda its own thing. it needs to be american as fuck just like top gear is british as fuck. if it were a bunch of awesome badass's/ rednecks, (i have no idea who would be ideal for this) doing man stuff in cars, bashing hybrids, japanese cars, being racist, etc.. then it would be awesome. i guess Nitro Circus is the closest thing i can think of.. tanner foust is cool, but he's not funny, and the other hosts arent either. they are too young, not funny, and that one guy looks like a douche, they just fucked up.
 
Maybe they'll go to England and do a road trip in cheap cars, and get stoned by rednecks...

oh wait.....
 
this will never be as good as the real top gear. theres no way. they should get top gear on more american channels though cuz im tired of always watching it on BBC canada. discovery should pick it up.
 
the show was so good with bbc i dont wana watch those fucking retards the orignal 3 amigos sense of humor was hilliarous i call fail il keep watching the orignials
 
they should just have the normal/original one on History. With all the British cuts, Im not quite exactly sure how top gear will be affected. Or all of BBC, rather.
 
i like the idea of having really stereotype americans as hosts, and focusing on whatever you guys over there focus on when it comes to cars. All thos big ass trucks and weird hybrids etc. But if they make it just like the original one, minus the british accent, its gonna suck...
 
If they want to appeal to "middle america" (this is not my designation; I think it's too politically loaded, but I don't know how else to describe it) then they likely have to lose the British accents. For whatever reason (not commenting on why), the larger american market-the people who don't watch UK Top Gear-will probably be more receptive to a production with more American sensabilities.

Plus there is probably more money in it for History Channel. If they want to do a car show they can call it whatever they want; if they license the UK program, they don't have to think up a new way of running the show, and they get a built in audience of Americans who like the UK version.
 
Now that I actually watched the trailer:

there's a channel in Finland that shows many idiotic US shows targeted for a "manly man" redneckish audience. Shows like "How to shoot your gun like you fucking mean it" or "Driving to work - NOW WITH EXPLOSIONS AND TITS".

This clip just seemed like the 'sameold sameold' boring stuff even more ruined by, at least for now, very mundane and boring seeming hosts.
 
Middle america can suck on my 'liberal elitist socialist nazi - subaru driver' nuts...
Jeremy, Richard, and James FTW.
I'll just have to keep streetfire.com on my bookmarks...
 
i just cant wait to hear clarkson make fun of the US version of topgear on the next season of the real topgear.

but really this just doesnt look as good. the topgear we already have is so fucking great its unreal, how can this american version ever be expected to come even close?
 
A thread on this a while ago showed the three hosts. They all look like douchebags, this show will suck. When's it starting?
 
They have a German Top Gear too - if i recall correctly they did a challenege against one another, with "James May" winning the race... Although I have no idea if its considered to be any good or not.
 
i remember that episode. It wasn't a German Top Gear, but it was a show based completely off Top Gear.
And for all you fans, go to FinalGear.com to get all the episodes BBC america hasn't aired yet
 
Yes. And it is gross.

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Head cheese? Woah! The words "head" and "cheese" should never be that close together. Maybe that's why you guys call it "Brawn." But whatever you name it, it's still fucking pig brains.

Here's a winner, courtesy of Wikipedia: "When cooled, the stock congeals because of the natural gelatin found in the skull."

So quit your "cookin;" I can smell it from across the pond.
 
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