Top Gear USA – the premiere weekend

Absolute garbage. Please pull the show off the air. These guys have no talent and make all American citizens look bad.

i am a proud american and i am ashamed that they picked these tree idiots to be in the us version of top gear. out of all the racing and funny celebs they could have picked this is what they came up with thats just sad. and for what disappointed said “the idiot american audience” typical of a pissy british punk. grow up and get some hair on your balls and you wont be so inmature and disrespectful.

Is it still on air? I am not watching TV until they burn the episodes and bring the UK version. Anyone reading the comments because I think they should get a hint. Come on now….stop showing this disappointment.

They should start a top gear world cup or another winter olympic special now they’er got top gear US, Austrailia and not mention unsuccessful top gear Russia.

Utter rubbish.

total rubbish as the brits would say. what was the point of this? was there something wrong with the original? at least try to do a different show if you are going to do a different version. looks like these guys are trying hard to be like the original and what you end up with is something that’s sad and pathetic. what happened to originality?

Top Gear USA is not as funny nor as entertaining as Top Gear UK. i Believe if they brought Clarkson, Hammond, and May to the US for a season it would still be way better than the three blokes that are currently on the US version.

Of course Top Gear USA Australia etc doesn’t work when compared to the original show… The fact is that (for me) the Top Gear show is the presenters, you know, those three people who are the “stars” of the show. I mean the cars are cool, I love cars, but it’s the presenters that make it fun or dull (if you don’t agree then try watching a German motoring show, lots of cars but oh god they are boring!).
Almost everything loses “that something special” when it is copied, I mean, just look at what happened to the common burger! So when they copy everything BUT the presenters of course we are going to compare the shows and (so far) be disappointed.

And I am not sure what other folk are doing here….
I have watched 2 episodes of TG USA and guess what? Yes, I can choose to not watch it and this is what I have chosen to do.
Also, perhaps it is possible some of the “negative” writing in here is an attempt to ask for more programming of the type produced by the TG UK team….
Really, one of the reasons TG UK worked (even the very first episodes) was because it was fresh/unique. Though sadly if you are happy with a franchised product then don’t be to shocked if standards become homogenised, but then there will always be those who will prefer a franchise drive through.

Do you want fries with that? No, I ****! want to be surprised/entertained.

I am sorry, but as an American, our version is crap. It lacks the chemistry needed from the presenters. Furthermore, we Americans enjoy elements of cars that our English (and European) brothers don’t, such as big trucks, fast quarter miles, and NASCAR, but when you get three presenters that are dull, you embarrass American gearheads. I know, we lack the sophistication of European “petrol-heads,” but we make up for it with a deep devotion to power and torque. It is sad when Clarkson better represents this notion than our so called representatives on American Top Gear. They can’t do it, so turn it off. I’ll take Clarkson’s critique of the American notion of cars any day over our version of Top Gear!

How come these guys are not as funny as the original UK and Aussie lads?

4th episode was looking better i think the TG USA has a chance but the presenters have to be more comfortable in front of the camera and more Honest about there opinions of the cars they review . The show does seem a bit forced at the moment but i feel it has a chance . We will see., nothing will beat TG U.K i so hope the USA show gets better keeping my fingers crossed

Well, thinking about a show called the office, I suppose we could back off a bit and let it become its own.. Not a fan of ripping of the phony lame late season UK version.. wish they ripped off a little older version when it was a bit more real.. Seems like that is the feel of american cars.. not always polished, but a guaranteed show.. and throw in a new vette and some drifts to quiet the brit version whiners..

I’ve watched every episode there is of Top Gear on BBC.
It never once failed to be enjoyable.

I watched the first three episodes of American Top Gear, I gave them a fair chance.
Not once did I even crack a smile. It was the worst thing I have ever watched. Those three Americans try too hard to be Jeremy, Richard and James.

Where is the originality in copying all of the challenges in every single detail?

why dont they show it anymore.? its my first day off in forever and i’ve been waiting for it to come on….but its 11pm eastern and hasn’t come on at all….i know its been a while since they aird it but i’ve been working and haven’t been able to catch it on what so ever.anyone know any info on it.? or if it stopped airing (which i hope it hasnt.) when it’ll start showing again…

It didn’t even hold a candle to BBC Top Gear. I LOVE some BBC Top Gear but the American Version was a HUGE dissapointment. The 3 hosts they picked were total idiots. They incorporated way too much silly. The new USA Top Gear (The Car Show) that debuted 7/13/2011 Sucked too. The host is a D list comedian whose voice is so grating you would rather carve your own eyes out with rusty forks. Also, they put WAY too testosterone into it. I mean it is a car show, it should have SOME however it should be a little more well mannered. The other 3 guys were pretty decent. The guy who drives the Rolls Royce in the pilot episode would have been a way better choice for a host. Even better, they could have just picked 3 average random car guys who know enough… but not too much. They need people who all of us can relate to. That is what makes the BBC Top Gear rock. They are car guys that are funny, but they aren’t comedians and you can see they all genuinely like cars but with a healthy balance of reality.

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