Top Gear

[Nimbus117]

I went to the filming of one show a few years ago. The studio is an old hanger and was filmed one really hot July day and there was no air conditioning. Clarkson was great, genuinely nice guy and made a point of chatting to everyone when not filming. After filming he took most of the audience down the pub.

Didn't think much of Hammond and May, bit full of themselves.

[kk2002s]

My son and I love Top Gear UK. US version just doesn't do it for me or my son. Their format and the hosts lose my interest. Only problem I have with UK version is Jeremy hates the Boxster.
"...Can't tell the front from the back..."
"...Driving one screams to the world you couldn't afford a proper Porsche..."

[Nimbus117]

Yes, there was the greased stick remark and the 911 dig. There was another episode where he was full of praise for a used 986 but being in the car with Hammond it did look a bit gay. I thought this was fair enough, two guys in a Boxster just looks wrong.

Jeremy Clarkson on Porsche - BBC Top Gear

[papasmurf]

to watch. I really will only watch it if there is a car on there I particularly like. All three of the hosts are terrible. When leno, and tim allen were the proposed hosts, the show had possibility....when they passed on the show it should have never seen the light of day. The stunts are all just vague copies of previous top gear Uk shows. The funny part about the UK top gear is you get the impression they are all genuinely car guys and have known each other for long enough for the jokes and ribbing to be genuine. The American top gear has none of this and you get the impression the hosts have known each other for all of about 15 minutes and everything feels scripted. If they would just cut the humor and simplify things and make it a car review show I might watch it more often (kind of like motorweek).