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14-09-2008, 05:03 PM
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14-09-2008, 05:10 PM
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Looking forward to the first show. So far it looks ok. Good to see a stig, but its hard to tell how good or bad it will be from a preview. Wait till the show has aired first.
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14-09-2008, 05:11 PM
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so wish i had more experience to apply for the job of being a presenter
i hope they dont have to wear helmets all the time in the car, it wont beat the original but ill still watch it
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14-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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Does anyone think The Stig looks like Mark Skaife?
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14-09-2008, 05:15 PM
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Looks ok from that, will never be as good as the BBC's version but hopefully in a Footy Show sort of way, have a few good blokes that know what they are doing, having fun while giving us a look into cars that most will never see let alone steer.
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14-09-2008, 05:23 PM
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is it just me or did that preview really seem to show alot of that Lotus...
As much as I want to see some Ferraris etc, the UK version has already done them all. Some good reviews of Holdens, Fords, TRD's, HSV's, FPV's, maybe a TS50 drive, and some Aussie built pre-1985 challanges sound good!
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14-09-2008, 06:03 PM
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Looks good to me so far...will have to wait and see how the dynamic of the presenters comes across
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14-09-2008, 06:11 PM
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14-09-2008, 06:23 PM
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Hopefully they're not scared to give their honest opinion of the cars they test drive, unlike the other puff pieces that masquerade as car shows in Australia.
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14-09-2008, 06:30 PM
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I was a little disappointed to not see any turbo 6 fords (or any fords) in the preview!!
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14-09-2008, 06:32 PM
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sadly i don't think it will take off that well here.
i really hope the producers are like the UK ones and just tell all the do gooders to eff off if they start kicking up a stink, also hopefully they don't have to wear helmets driving around, cause that would suck. i think i'll stick with Clarkson, May and Hammond, you can never beat the original. |
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14-09-2008, 07:00 PM
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They won't have to wear helmets on public roads - that would sort of suggest they were going to be naughty wouldn't it?
Looks ok I guess, a bit miffed the "shorts" didn't show any Ford or Holden - it is Top Gear Australia after all. If we wanted to see all euro & american cars, we could just watch the existing & awesome Top Gear as we currently know it. |
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14-09-2008, 07:32 PM
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I personally think this Australian series should go the same way as the U.K. series but have Australian cars on the show too. |
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14-09-2008, 08:27 PM
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This show will (within 12 months) become a running advert for Holden. Lets wait and see if I am wrong. A year from now we will evaluate what I have just said. The Holden promo exec's are even now plotting how they can use the show to their advantage. Meanwhile, the ford people are sleeping at the marketing tiller.
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14-09-2008, 08:37 PM
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14-09-2008, 08:54 PM
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This ad that has been airing on SBS recently seems to give a good idea of what one of the challenges will be, good to see an early e-series in the challenge
 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/0...review-videos/ |
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14-09-2008, 08:57 PM
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Stig looks like the other "Stig" to me, as long as he can drive well and thrashes some FG FPV's around at some stage I'll be happy.
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14-09-2008, 09:01 PM
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can't wait to see the show though.  :
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14-09-2008, 09:10 PM
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Whats with the excessive lotus love?
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14-09-2008, 09:13 PM
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Maybe it's the only car available during the filming of the clip.
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14-09-2008, 10:02 PM
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Ford Marketing in 12 months: You mean we can fire the hand model and show footage of the car?
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14-09-2008, 11:07 PM
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The Stig had a beer belly.
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14-09-2008, 11:19 PM
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15-09-2008, 06:14 AM
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My guess for the Stig has always bin for John Bowe, Still a good pilot, and i;m sure has time to kill.
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15-09-2008, 09:36 AM
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I can't wait to watch it.
But they need to start with a bang (unlike the first episodes from the UK series where they sucked) BTW, they need to test aussie cars and review them honestly not like the infomercials (i.e. the car show)
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15-09-2008, 07:42 PM
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SBS just had a great snap shot of what is on Top Gear Oz - looks like we will be in for lots of fun. Utes, outback bash challanges. Heaps more too...if only the Top End was still unrestricted....
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15-09-2008, 10:41 PM
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Love the UK version, and I really hope teh Oz version goes well. Spin versions rarely do the as well.
From that clip, some interesting points, helmets in the cars, pretty soft for an open paddock and bitumen IMHO, but I guess thats insurance. An Oz Stig will get the lips moving in the V8 paddock. One aspect of the Oz version which I think has more flexibility is the location. East coast has plenty of flexibility between major cities, LOTS of open bitumen, and plenty of open country to test a variety of vehicles in their natural habbitat. At the end of the day I would be happy with some witty content and the occasional explosion wiht some honest reviews. Keen to view.
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16-09-2008, 01:24 PM
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omg the challenges - whats the bet the first one will be "who can bling a VL to go the fastest" :P
but the show looks good. Looks like theres gonna be more speed in there compared to the UK series  AND DRY TRACKS!!!p.s. i heard thatThe Stig is this guy..  They bribed him with a future full of beautifully crafted german sports cars.. Nazi technology had created a hanger full of supercars just for him of the likes the world had never seen, - billions spent on their creation..he was forced to do unspeakable things like test drive russian cars and design a "peoples car" with little more then a prototype microwave and a lawn mower.. he created the first VW Beetle with that lawnmower! ...But little did the nazi's know he would go on to betray them, leaking the enigma code (The American's covered for him, saying that they themselves had decoded it- pah!) and taking those cars and hiding them away.. sometimes letting the technology leak out to car companies the world over!! Luckily now he lives only for SPEED! some say you can still hear Hitler screaming STIIIIIIGGG, infuriated by the betrayal near the autobarn where the cars were once tested...
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