ACDChook
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- Joined
- Jul 22, 2007
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- Geraldton, WA, Australia
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- 1991 UZZ31 Toyota Soarer; 2005 Ford BF Falcon Ute
I really have to say, from the first moment I read that the aussie version is going ahead, I have been absolutely dreading it. I have no doubt it will be awful, with the presenters all having to hold back their more scathing comments for fear of litigation from the manufacturers.
Plus thanks to the ridiculous luxury car tax here, good high-end cars are about as common as antarctic polar bears. So it will just be stupid Falcoons and Commonwhores week-after-week. With the occasional Korean budget junkbox thrown in to appease the small-car market. Somehow I suspect we won't see much of the small European cars at all. Which will be a tremendous shame, as done right, it could move people away from the junk they tend to buy here.
One can only hope that after the first episode airs here, Top Gear UK shows a clip and ridicules it ferociously.
Plus thanks to the ridiculous luxury car tax here, good high-end cars are about as common as antarctic polar bears. So it will just be stupid Falcoons and Commonwhores week-after-week. With the occasional Korean budget junkbox thrown in to appease the small-car market. Somehow I suspect we won't see much of the small European cars at all. Which will be a tremendous shame, as done right, it could move people away from the junk they tend to buy here.
One can only hope that after the first episode airs here, Top Gear UK shows a clip and ridicules it ferociously.