BBC Top Gear [It's back!]

[TimBud]

That TopGear turned into fifth gear.

[TIMELESS]

Freaking brilliant that they dropped him, maybe they now can bring back Top gear as a car show rather than a show about 3 middle aged men being idiots!

 

Agreed. "New" Top Gear was great up until a few years ago when it stopped being about the cars.

[TimBud]

But it also won't go back to that, because it was the BBC that made it like it is because they cared more about the ratings... all 3 of the boys have said as much in their many columns over the years.

The BBC have only ever wanted an entertaining show with cars, rather than a car show thats entertaining.

[Ryzza5]

The ironic thing is that Jeremy seemed the happiest of the bunch to eat weird and wonderful things in the middle of nowhere out on their specials. (i.e. Japan, Vietnam).

[Camel]

Mays twitter is worth a look. Quite funny.

 

James May (@MrJamesMay) on Twitter

 

Also says that he's a former TV presenter. :hmmm:

[calster17]

My guess for there new show (C'on, we all know it'll happen) will be on Sky, but I could see Netflex trying to nab them.

 

I've said before, the whole thing seem's like Clarkson found a way to get out a contract and start a clean slate.

He's on his last warning and maybe doesn't have as much control on what can happen on the show. Does somthing, reports himself and get's the boot. He's open game for another network who's be more than willing for him & 'the gang' (that's anyone who was to do with TG) and can start all over and less people will care as there TV license aint paying for it.

 

Anyway, filling the boot's for a new gen of TG.

 

I'd say Jason Plato, Edd China and Chris Evens.

 

Or, BRING BACK WILLIAM WOOLARD! :lol:

[TIMELESS]

Edd China would be awesome. He does build most of TG's inventions after-all :lol:

[Ryzza5]

While Jeremy considers whether to 'kindly cooperate' with a job offer from a Russian Broadcasting organisation, James has been learning to play the recorder

 

 

Poor guy

[The Compensator]

Wut? So yesterday we've seen the leaked email from Andy Willman and everyone thought it's a resigning email, etc., but...

 

Yesterday Top Gear’s executive producer Andy Wilman sent an email to everyone who has worked on Top Gear in the last 13 years, thanking them for their contributions to the show. This email was subsequently leaked to the press, and taken as confirmation that Andy had resigned from Top Gear. This is his response:

 

“The email I wrote yesterday was not a resignation statement, and nor was it meant for public consumption. It was a private note of thanks to 113 people who have worked on the show over the years, but clearly one of those 113 is a bit of a tit, because they shared it with a website. I don’t get this modern obsession with sharing, linking, forwarding, re tweeting; whatever happened to a private moment? And if I were to resign, I wouldn’t do it publicly, I’d do it old school by handing in my, er, notice, to someone upstairs in HR. I work behind the camera and I wouldn’t presume for one moment to think people are interested in what I do. Now, everyone back to work.”

 

Transmission - BBC Top Gear

 

What a soap opera this is.

[TIMELESS]

Haha, great reply. What a load of nonsense this whole drama is though.

[hassan1995]

This is getting old :yawn: top gear is dead, it's the sad truth...

[Ryzza5]

 

A few :) moments therein

[CarMadMike]

 

Anyone spot anything different? Any interesting reflections? :hmmm:

 

Might be good news for that shootout.

[The Compensator]

They did this few months ago in the mag: LaFerrari vs McLaren P1 vs Porsche 918: the verdict - BBC Top Gear

 

However, if that means that they managed to get all them hybrids on the same racetrack... :clap: Especially after MotorTrend said that they couldn't get the Fiat for their test at Laguna Seca.

 

I really can't believe Fiat has so much control over your cars, what you buy, what you cannot buy and what you do with the cars. It's like some sort of long-term loan than an actual purchase really. Now of course LaF buyers do love the brand even though they say their behaviour is stupid, and they'd rather buy another exclusive model than let some journous test their LaF and then be banned for that particular reason.

[CarMadMike]

It's even more ridiculous when you think about how much people that have actually reviewed the LaFiat have absolutely loved it. It's obviously comparable to the other 2, so it just makes no sense to me.

[The Compensator]

Douchebags.

 

Now, where's the bald Swede and his 1000+hp monsters?

[Ryzza5]

[Milli]

topgear.com have removed Jeremy, May and Richard from the website header. Only Stig is there now.

 

Edit:

 

Sauce: Roadandtrack.com

[TIMELESS]

topgear.com have removed Jeremy, May and Richard from the website header. Only Stig is there now.

 

Edit:

http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/14/1427992952-topgear.jpg

 

Sauce: Roadandtrack.com

 

God that's ridiculous. It's like the BBC and TG Presenters have gone through a breakup and the Beeb isn't taking it too well... cutting her ex out of pictures...

[Kelvjy]

I like the new header :btup

[Ryzza5]

Why is there a lake in the middle of the track? #JustNoticed

[Andreas¹]

God that's ridiculous. It's like the BBC and TG Presenters have gone through a breakup and the Beeb isn't taking it too well... cutting her ex out of pictures...

 

Makes perfect sense though if you think about it. Didn't they use to be header of their Facebook page as well? Maybe I'm making that up but they're gone anyway.

[The Compensator]

But why should they be there if they're not at BBC anymore?

[Camel]

I imagine the BBC could get sued if they carried on using their images.

[Eudemon]

The Stig and cars. Works for me. :D