TopGear

[MINI William]

What was everyone's thoughts? I thought it was a huge improvement over the last season. Sat and watched the whole thing rather than jumping in and out of it.

[Mon the fish]

An encouraging start, good to see that all 3 presenters are given what appears to be equal billing. Seemed much less pointlessly stupid than the last TG or the Grand Tour

[will69176]

Quite enjoyed it, a bit closer to how the old top gear was!

[maxibaby01]

Didn't watch it, as I didn't think much of the 10 minutes of the last series I watched.
Looking at the adverts for it, they've reverted to the 3 Stooges format that served so well before trying to relaunch it...
Not sure about the presenters, not a fan of the actor bloke, have no idea who the other guy is, though Chris Harris is a good chap. It's a shame that they didn't go for a big change and have Sabine on as one of the 3 main presenters. Would certainly have been a breath of fresh air.
It's filmed a mile away from me, and in the 11 years I've lived here, never managed to get a ticket to be in the audience, despite applying.
There's a planning application in place for 2000+ houses on the whole site that was approved last year, so unless there are more objections, they'll be looking to film it elsewhere in the future...


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[scottch]

I enjoyed it.

A wee bit disappointed that the format remains the same as when the 3 idiots were involved.

I like the line up, too. Harris being the pick of the bunch. His Drive youtube stuff remains some of the best out there, imho.

Still can't fathom out why the pressure washer got any screen time, though.

Hope they build on this and it improves some more, but a huge leap from last season for me.

[DigitalLemming]

For me it was a good opening episode, I liked that they've moved away from the old format a bit especially the studio guest stuff. I never could stand the 5-10 minutes of Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, so am quite happy to see this spread out more over the episode, although of course disappointed to see the MINI go.

The line up works better for me, last season there where just too many people competing for screen time, I think going back to 3 will work better in the long run.

Here's hoping the rest of the season builds on this.

[chillax]

Damn! Thought it was Sunday it was on! Will look for it on catch up!

[jdl_1967]

I really enjoy Matt and Chris' chemistry. I enjoyed the old three too, but it's just nice to have a change every once and a while.


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[a11y]

I've enjoyed TG regardless of presenters - it's usually been entertaining but not always in the same way. Thought last night was a step on from the first episode - maybe just settling into it. Chris Harris seemed more like his previous self and less forced.

Anyone else want an Alfa after last night? :D

[Big Gordy]

Or a Porsche 911 and a Lambo :thumbs up:
You just know the Alfa going to fall to bits at some point tho don't you....lol
They did get it wrong when they said the Lambo was the last normally aspirated engined supercar......what about the R8 where the Lambos engine comes from....:confused:

[ELFMAN]

I think the new series is improving with every episode and I'm well pleased that it's moved away from the 'totally scripted spontaneity' of 3 schoolboys annoying each other and blowing things up format. There's actually some genuine car stuff now, especially with Chris Harris, and last week's episode with the Uber-wunderbar Sabine in a Golf destroying everything at the Nurburgring was genuinely grin-inducing, for her and the viewers.

The Grand Tour was/is an improvement over their old TG, and had some worthwhile bits - not to mention a proper budget - but although it started well it wasn't long before it fell back into its old routine ("let's stick a potato up May's exhaust and abandon him, that'll be hilarious..." It wasn't). So the new Top Gear gets my vote. So far. And there's always Jay Leno's Garage...