New top gear lineup..

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I think it's a promising situation, as we'll have the three wallies fooling around on Amazon for our amusement, AS WELL AS the more factual (potentially) technical style of show.

These means both tastes (and moods, because I like both styles depending on how I feel) are catered for.

More options and different styles is a good thing.
 
Evans, Coulthard, Schmitz and Harris.

Whiff of Fifth Gear about this line up. Shame that Evans is still part of it really. That'll reduce me to a lot of fast forwarding.
 
With the new choices of presenters I feel it will be like a new fifth gear, which isn't bad, but it doesn't pull the same kind of ratings as 3 prats messing about in cars.
 
Steampunk said:
Thing is, the old one brought in a lot of cash, was the BBC's biggest world-wide seller. I can't see how a new serious car show can do that, and I can't see how they can match the old one's car-based shenanigans comedy trio. The BBC killed that golden goose.
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Yep. And they had to cancel F1 for lack of money too. Clueless idiots.
 
I like watching CH videos on Autocar before he moved on to youtube, he seems to know what hes talking about and brings across enthusiasm for his job. Will be interesting to see how he will be on mainstream TV.


Flibster said:
Shame that Evans is still part of it really.
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I agree.
 
I have a lot of time for Chris Harris. I like his style and he has a good way of putting things across.

However I have to echo others who said about it being doomed to failure if it's going to cater more towards car enthusiasts. I'm sure it will be a great show for petrolheads but that's not what the general public want to watch.
 
byeo said:
You're assuming people listen to him on the radio for starters...
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9.46 millions people tune into Evans apparently so it's not to bad, more than Grimmy the idiot on BBc1.

Evan's does love his car's and every year does some great charity work involving some classics people get to bid for a drive, and he has massive involvement in Carfest for children in need.
 
At least we might get through a year or two of TopGearEvans without everyone coming on here to post about how samey and boring it's been for the last decade whilst they insist on watching it week in week out anyway :p
 
insane200 said:
9.46 millions people tune into Evans apparently so it's not to bad, more than Grimmy the idiot on BBc1.
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Very true, I'd rather listen to fingernails being dragged down a blackboard than the vomit inducing level of campness from the aptly named Grimshaw.

Personally I think Evans has mellowed out considerably with age and is far more enjoyable to listen to than he ever was on the original TFI for example.
 
[TW]Fox;28979235 said:
In terms of the general population, these two people are relatively unknown.
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I agree completely. I remember telling a few mates a few years ago that I met her, she signed some merchanise, etc.. They were clueless till I started talking about her lapping the van at the Nurburgring. General public will find the show less interesting with these three than before as they're going to be all about the cars. Which will be great for some of us, but not for those who think a wishbone is only found in a chicken. :p
 
Dogbreath said:
Very true, I'd rather listen to fingernails being dragged down a blackboard than the vomit inducing level of campness from the aptly named Grimshaw.

Personally I think Evans has mellowed out considerably with age and is far more enjoyable to listen to than he ever was on the original TFI for example.
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I also enjoy his show, he gets some fantastic guest's on, and is quite entertaining, and his charity work is pretty cool as well.

Hopefully his driving skill's are up to the job.
 
I think people are not giving it a chance. You put a group of people together and they can work. Put Hammond on his own on a TV program before Top Gear and no one would have looked twice, same with May. Put them together with Clarkson and for many it worked. Same can happen again if what people stop expecting is the same personalities and antics. It will be different and just because the people as individuals are not the same, doesn't mean it wont work. All you can say is it will be different at this stage, the rest is pure conjecture.
 
Housey said:
I think people are not giving it a chance. You put a group of people together and they can work. Put Hammond on his own on a TV program before Top Gear and no one would have looked twice, same with May. Put them together with Clarkson and for many it worked. Same can happen again if what people stop expecting is the same personalities and antics. It will be different and just because the people as individuals are not the same, doesn't mean it wont work. All you can say is it will be different at this stage, the rest is pure conjecture.
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Agree 100%. :)
 
Housey said:
I think people are not giving it a chance. You put a group of people together and they can work. Put Hammond on his own on a TV program before Top Gear and no one would have looked twice, same with May. Put them together with Clarkson and for many it worked. Same can happen again if what people stop expecting is the same personalities and antics. It will be different and just because the people as individuals are not the same, doesn't mean it wont work. All you can say is it will be different at this stage, the rest is pure conjecture.
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So dont call it top gear then, call it something else and all will be fine.

But I dont hold out for it to be any good
 
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