CarAdvice invited to TopGear Australia event
August 29, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
Although we are told it’s top secret and we can’t talk about it, we couldn’t really help ourselves. TopGear Australia has invited us to a special day to meet with the hosts of the Australian show, Charlie Cox, Warren Brown and Steve Pizatti.
Of course, we will also get to meet the Aussie Stig and try our very hardest to figure out who he is, although we suspect he will not be saying a single word.
The invitation mentions such words as Hummers, helicopters and hotlaps so we are expecting a rather exciting day, TopGear style.
TopGear Australia has already begun filming and the first episode is expected to air in late September.
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were is the live audience ?
how do you get tickets to go watch them live or will it be something different?
You can register on the SBS website.
These guys will never have the charm, whit or humour of Clarkson. Look at their dumb pomos of been lost in a car park trying to work the GPS, how very funny NOT. I just hope they don’t stop airing the UK version for these clowns. Typical Australian crap testing Hummers? PERFORMANCE CARS that’s what we bloody want, not bogan mobiles!
I can’t wait to see the first episode of TG-A and see how good it’ll be. So you’ll personally get to meet the Aussie Stig or just see him with his helmet on?
These poor guys, there on a hiding to nothing.
No matter how good it will be, it can never be as good as Clarkson et al.
Anyway hope it’s awesome. I’m prepared to be surprised.
geez John, with people like you, it wouldnt surprise me if it dosnt do well simply because your not prepared to give it a chance…youve already made ur decision as to what its gonna be like!
I’m really looking forward to the show. I have already submitted my request for tickets.
Though, much like the auditions, I expect not to hear from them.
Sadly, as much as I will still enjoy the show, I agree that it’s not going to be the same as the UK boys. But SBS said that it wasn’t suppose be.
Though, on the same token. Having silly promo ads like they have, it appears this is exactly what they are trying to do. Which means it’ll be a rip off of the UK version and no where near as good. You can’t substitute British humour.
Good luck though, I really do hope we have a show we can actually be proud of. The Car Show was certainly not.
SteveC
With regard to an “Aussie” Stig that will not be possible, because an Australian by nature could not stay anonymous, so the “Aussie” Stig will have to be foreign not necessarily English.
And someone mentioned The Car Show – that is a joke. I watched it for the first and last time a few weeks ago. Half hour show with 4 ad breaks. If they take out the ad breaks then it’s a 15 minute show, but that is the problem with all Australian commercial stations. At least on SBS they follow the British model and have a short ad break every 15 to 20 minutes, and an ad break in between programmes not just before the show finishes or has just started.
The Aussie Stig is rumored to be Jamie Whincup.
i watch the brit top gear every monday never missing one show. i cannt waite for the australian one but i hope they test drive high performance all fpv and hsv vehicles also xr and ss series cars and utes as well as smaller cars with proper test drives and not the hum drum stuff of the car show lets get it done with humour, good australian made cars and imports eg bmw,mercs ect like we see on the roads dont put in old bevan cars and dont make it like the car show (stay on sale of the _____ )