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  1. Nathan

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    #2 Nathan, Jun 16, 2015
    Keep an open mind, different show now, same name.

    I keep telling this to myself.
     
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    #4 Steve, Jun 16, 2015
    Indeed, and for those of us who weren't devoted to the show and/or cast before the sacking, etc, it's just a change and there's no way to know whether it will be entertaining until it airs. I figure it'll also take a new cast/crew a few episodes to find their footing so I plan to give it more than just the chance to make a good first impression.
     
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    #5 MCS02, Jun 16, 2015
    Top Gear is dead. Long live Top Gear!

    It may be good it may be bad, I will watch and see. I hope it is good. I also hope Clarkson, Hammond and May start their own show. I hope it is just as good as the old Top Gear, that way we end up with two good car shows.
     
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    #15 minimark, Jun 17, 2015
    The three Amigos or it isn't Top Gear.
     
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    #16 Metalman, Jun 17, 2015
    Bet the BBC is sweating bullets on this one.... It's their biggest cash cow...

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    #28 M1N1, Jun 17, 2015
    I know that the BBC will not do it because of the potential earnings that Top Gear would/could make for them, but they should let the show go. It had pretty much run it's course anyway. As someone rightly said in another thread, over the last 2 or 3 seasons it was getting kinda stale, the same old/same old.
     
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    #11 Firebro17, Jun 16, 2015
    Sorry, my mind is closed. I'm afraid it'll be like watching Bewitched with the new Darren.

    He looks like a virgin!
     
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    #13 B.A.D., Jun 17, 2015
    They could almost make an entire season just using his car collection.
     
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    #14 Crashton, Jun 17, 2015
    I'll watch & hope for the best. :fingerscrossed:

    Could be worse they could have picked Tanner Foust.
     
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    #18 Crashton, Jun 17, 2015
    I like Tiff Needle.....
     
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    #21 Metalman, Jun 17, 2015
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    I hope I'll be able to understand him.... Some Britt's have a hard time speaking English....:D

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WvIwkL8oLc"]Learn the Cockney accent with Jason Statham - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #22 Angib, Jun 17, 2015
    Yeah, you have to think they picked Chris Evans as he is the only guy who thinks more of himself than even Jeremy Clarkson does....
     
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    #27 TheModFather, Jun 17, 2015
    Because the US version pretty much SUCKED!
     
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    #30 Angib, Jun 18, 2015
    The BBC have said that the new team will have at least one female presenter and the front runner appears to be former model Jodie Kidd, who is a car nut, has presented a classic car TV show already and even was a racing driver briefly.

    In a nice twist, Jodie Kidd did a 1min 48.0sec lap in the 'reasonably priced car' Suzuki Liana while Chris Evans did a 1min 47.9sec, so you can see there might be some discussion about that on air.

    Oh, and given her former occupation, Jodie isn't ugly....

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    #7 B.A.D., Jun 16, 2015

    That's been making it's rounds on a lot of different forums. If it happens, I wonder if there will be a spike in Netflix subscriptions "the Howard Stern Effect"
     
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    #8 RallyMini370, Jun 16, 2015
    I hear Netflix were calling the show House of cars! I remember the US top Gear. fail.
     
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    #17 Eric@Helix, Jun 17, 2015
    Or soulless drone Tiff.
     
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    #25 rkw, Jun 17, 2015
    Which gave me the thought, although not British I wonder if they considered Jay Leno.
     
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    #29 Steve, Jun 17, 2015
    But he's a real character, that's probably the point. You don't want beige wallpaper. And he's full of himself, which is practically a job requirement for that show. Plus he knows why Clarkson was sacked and he knows how and why Clarkson got himself in trouble time and time again long before the sacking. I imagine there was quite a discussion before he was hired.

    Of course, none of that means he'll be successful.....either at entertaining the Top Gear audience or staying out of trouble.
     
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    #33 Firebro17, Jun 18, 2015
    I'd watch Jodie!
     

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