Top Gear Australia loses Cox and blows Morrison’s trumpet
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | 3 Comments »Charlie Cox has told SBS he will be leaving the Top Gear Australia franchise to spend more time in his native Britain. He will be replaced by Australian jazz icon James Morrison, who will join existing hosts Warren Brown and ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 8
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 2 Comments »The final episode of Top Gear Australia Series 1 has just gone to air. Tonight's episode started with a great concept, 'The Ultimate Drive'. Pick your ideal car, and add some truly great driving roads. The lads headed to Tasmania, ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 7
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 1 Comment »Lots of good content in tonight's episode, the Nissan GT-R package was the highlight for me. Shooting the dark silver car through Sydney's city lights at night looked stunning at times. The clips driving past the Ferrari and Porsche dealerships ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 6
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 3 Comments »Due to an, erm, error in scheduling I've not seen episode 6 as yet, but I will update this post with my thoughts when I have. In the meantime, there's a few more pics and an SBS press release below...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 5
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 4 Comments »Monday night's episode of Top Gear Australia was a bit of a hit and miss affair. The amphibious car challenge (pictured above) was quite good, if a little predictable. But, like previous TGA segments, it didn't really forge a meaningful ...
Top Gear Australia test track
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | No Comments »The SBS hosted Top Gear Australia website has recently published a working drawing of their test track. The location is Camden Airport, Sydney—follow this link for the Google-Maps-eye view. Currently a right-hand drive Ford GT holds the record for the fastest ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 4
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 4 Comments »Another great step forward from the local Top Gear crew this week. In fact, I'll go so far as to say tonight's episode was comparable to Top Gear UK. Sure, the Australian version is not reaching the consistent highs each ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 3
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 3 Comments »Much better episode this week. Comfortably the show's best to date. Warren Brown, the glue holding the hosts together, posted an entertaining piece on the BMW X6. Steve Pizzati was confused by the Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG 63 Black Series—is it ...
TopGear.com has mid-cycle upgrade
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear, Top Gear Australia | No Comments »TopGear.com has just been given a new look. There's games, videos and heaps of stuff about the show and pretty much all things Top Gear. Even confirmation of AUSmotive's world exclusive news about the lads filming in Vietnam. Their new ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 2
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 5 Comments »The second episode of Top Gear Australia has just gone to air—have they improved on the promise shown in last week's debut? Well, the episode got off to a very slow start. This, despite Charlie testing a right-hand drive Ford ...
Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 1
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 7 Comments »Top Gear Australia has arrived. It is clear, now, that the Top Gear format has been franchised, in the true sense of the word. Everything from the cast, the theme music, the set, right down to the seating positions of ...
Top Gear Australia launches this Monday
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | No Comments »A quick reminder that Top Gear Australia premieres at 7:30pm tomorrow night on SBS. Thanks to AUSmotive reader Ali for sending in this clip.
Top Gear Australia teaser
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 3 Comments »Spotted on CarAdvice, here is a two and a half minute teaser for Top Gear Australia. The first episode will air nationally on SBS on Monday 29 September. If this teaser is anything to go by, I reckon the show ...
Sneak peek at Top Gear Australia launch
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | No Comments »Last week SBS launched Top Gear Australia to the country's media. Unfortunately, I was busy that day and couldn't make it, haha. You can catch a few highlights from this SBS video and read a few more details at CarAdvice. ...
Top Gear Australia to premiere on 29 September
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | 4 Comments »Ladies and gentlemen start your televisions! SBS has announced a premiere date for the Australian production of Top Gear—7:30pm Monday 29 September. Series 1 will run for 8 episodes. Many fans of the original UK version of Top Gear remain skeptical ...
