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 look is pretty cool, check it out… Speaking of Top Gear websites, the Australian version [...]
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 GT40 and then Charlie and Steve chucking a couple of Aussie supertaxis around Wakefield Park. [...]
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 the presenters during the news segment pretty much matches the UK show frame for frame. [...]
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.
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 will be a bloody good value.
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. Don’t forget, there’s just over two weeks until Top Gear Australia makes its television premiere [...]
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 about the merits of the Australian production. However, on paper at least, I think [...]
The debut of Top Gear Australia is getting closer by the day. So much so that SBS has started an audience call for Series 1. If you are over 18, can easily get yourself to Top Gear Australia’s Sydney studio in September/October and don’t mind if your mug gets on the telly then this could [...]
BBC Magazines, the publishers of Top Gear magazine, have done a deal with Australian Consolidated Press to bring an Australian version of the mag to our newsstands. Edited by Ewan Page, the launch issue is on sale now. Looks like they have the finger on the pulse as far as humour goes. Source: CarAdvice and [...]
Top Gear Australia’s new presenters—Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati—will be breaking the ice on set this July when filming of their debut eight-part series kicks off. In a recent interview with UK staple The Times, Matt Campbell, SBS head of content, claims the Aussies won’t be outdone when it comes to the type [...]
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