Agreed, far better than the first go around.

So far I am not really finding any of them funny. Rutledge not really knowing when to be funny or how to interject lines on the fly. Ferrara is at least funny in not knowing anything about the cars or driving techniques.

Somone else needs to get on the Star in a Small Car bit so that there is at least some humor and people getting made fun of for their driving bits.

 

I watched the one with the lambos this weekend.

what can I say other then the studio shots seems low budget. Not knocking buzz but who thought that would be a hip cool quest? All three hosts seem to be hammond. They seem far to dressed down to be driving those cars. The intro to the british version has these great high def landscapes and which this one comes up short on. How can these guy lack focus in a scene were they are only doing one thing.

It should not feel like you a youtube video. This should life styles of the rich and famous but with cars. I want to see jet setters not three forms of captian plaid.

 

Sorry, guys, I'm just not getting into Top Gear USA. America bashing notwithstanding, Top Gear UK is far superior in every single way, IMO.

 

Well Top Gear UK guys have been together for 15 seasons. Top Gear USA guys have been together for ... 2 episodes.

I saw each and every episode of TG UK ... they were really terrible in the beginning.

 

2nd ep. better, but each host needs to get better at developing a distinct persona sooner, rather than later. I'm resigned to the fact it won't be as good as TG-UK, and give it some time to stand on its own as a "junior series" to the OG.

 

Agreed. I've been disappointed with the car selection so far as well...

 

What is this Top Gear everyone talks aboot? Some kind of TV show or something? Does it have any hot broads on it?

 

everyone gets it in the show. they even rib brits. its like picks on your friends at the bar. You know your buddy doesnt have relations with his sister but you still act as if its fact.

 

I feel all the hosts are too young for me to respect their knowledge of a vast array of cars. I mean, all I keep hearing from them is how 'cool' the cars are and 'wow'. How about we use some bigger vocabulary and make the car have more persona than 'cool' and 'wow'. I just don't respect what the hosts bring to the show. It just seems like a bunch of young guys getting their rocks off driving some high end cars they would otherwise never get a chance to drive.

-danny

 

There actually are some hot chicks in the British version. They carefully place them right in the camera's view during the interview segments.

That's another little Easter egg that the U.S. spinoff version is missing...

 

As opposed to some older 'blokes' across the pond!

 

Episode 3 is the moonshiners episode, should be their best chance to show their personalities.

 

2nd ep. better, but each host needs to get better at developing a distinct persona sooner, rather than later. I'm resigned to the fact it won't be as good as TG-UK, and give it some time to stand on its own as a "junior series" to the OG.
Bingo!!! It's not TGUK, and probably never will be. But, at least it's not Survivor: Antigua or Pawn Stars either...........Maybe, just maybe, some public comments will put some American muscle shine into the show. If they're gonna carry over anything from the Brit version, lets hope that when they compare cars together, we get an honest-to-goodness drag race outa these guys.
I'm looking forward to the moonshine episode.........and I loved that a blind guy did burnouts.......

 

I just watched the first2 episodes last night. I don't understand why they copy some stuff and not all of it. They don't reference the british show at all and play it off as one of its own so why not use the things that work in that show. No funny thngs about Stig? Stig is such a boring character so far. And Big star small car, why change the name of a segment when you are coping the whole show in the first place.

Also the hosts, mostly Tanner Foust needs acting lessons. Top Gear has always been a scripted show that they play off as unscripted, in this one you can clearly tell their lines are scripted. I know these guys are new at it and it might be mor natural later but still.

 

According to Jalopnik, the crew has had a couple 2011 Mustang GT's for the show during filming.

 

In the next episode they'll be "testing" a turbo Thunderbird from the 1980s ...

 

Sounds promising on both accounts!

 

This episode is great so far! And I hate tanner foust

 

He is one of those who just hate American Cars..... I would love to have him get beat in one of those Boss 302's he was turning his nose up at.....

 

Exactly! I liked him at first, but in this episode he's acting like one of those people who make EVERY excuse not to like american cars.