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yeah james morrison is a huge improvement. i couldnt even remember the other guys name lol.

not as silly this year, they are doing much better. and its nice to see an episode of top gear that is not a repeat

i feel sorry for topgear australia, all the 1st season got was a slaggin, give it a few seasons and it will be good, i enjoyed the 1st season as they done very well for a 1st time, topgear uk has an endless budget and there was a time where topgear uk was crap, (quentin wilson era),

sorry my 2 cents. ohh and i miss the 1st one tonight - worked back gutted.

I've got to disagree with you.

I'm not a fan of the new Trumpeter host. I never liked the Cartoonist as a host to begin with - he just way too over the top. Steve (I think that's the young fellas name) is not too bad, tries to hard sometimes. Biggest problem they have IMO is that there is no main main. TG UK clearly has Clarkson as the main host. TG AU has all 3 trying to get themselves on camera together - just doesn't work.

What really shits me is that a car show can't even get the name of a car correct. They keep referring to the Ford GT as the GT40. It is not, it's just GT. GT40's are from the 70's and were only 40"'s high. The newer GT is 43"'s tall. It's something that's not that big of a deal, but for a car show you would of thought that someone somewhere along the line would have picked it up by now!

Also they constantly refer to the show as Top Gear Australia - we all know what show we are watching and we can tell by the accents that it's not the UK version. There's no need to tell me the name of the show 5 times every episode!

I think after a bit more time it will get better, remember when Top Gear had "Insider Trading" (ugh!), shows grow!

In saying that the show is still lacking (not knowing the anme of the Ford GT and not being able to pronounce Murcielago properly) and wheres the R35 without the speed limiter!?! And next weeks show doesn't really look wonderful.

However they got rid of the rubbish what were you thinking segment, that can only be a good thing!

Sorry for slight off topic, but

When is this on? & what channel?

I haven't touched Free-to-air TV for years, kinda left behind in the dark...

Interested in checking it out. I liked the UK series (which I watched some episodes on internet TV).

Yep rub out the cartoonist!

Better than last season, but i still cringed on a regular basis.

Bet part though is someone finally taught them how to film a lap of their circuit.

Skaify was gold when he gave him the first lap time. He looked like he was about to kick him in the nads.

Well i thought it was better than the 1st season but still needs improvement. As long as they dont copy the uk season word for word and segment for segment it should be ok but the cartoonist inst very good.

Skaife looked like he was going to kill someone if he didnt have the fastest time.

cheers rich

TGA .....its an hour of abominable boring crap interspersed with the rare bit of watchable stuff .........mostly warmed up dog turd served by 3 persons with no real car cred..........how the f**k do they pick those tosser comperes ? - its like watching the muppets (but at least the real muppets have personality) ...imo these scripted/manufactured clowns on TGA are not even original or funny.......

Depending on your taste and breadth of interest in cars and things automotive, if you want something closer to real car show on TV you watch TVS in Sydney on Tues nites (Ch 31 in Melb?) GASOLINE and Cruizing, with the anally fixated other tosser compered show, Classic Restos on Wed nites.

And Drive It from Germany on TVS on Saturdays (in Sydney) is not too bad, and gives reviews on most newly released models of Euro sports cars very soon after they hit the showrooms, plus sections on more mundane car stuff and classic cars etc but all these alternative shows are only 1/2 hr episodes - tape them if the scheduled times are inconvenient !

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