Article in the Sunday Magazine (herald Sun)

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There is an article in the Sunday Magazine of the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph (i think that's the one) about TGA. It's talking about the boys on a road trip from Alice Springs to Cairns in luxury 4wds. I've scanned them for you to see.
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whitehornmatt said:
Is it just me who thinks two 4WDs-going-off-road challenges is a bit much for the one series?
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One is a three-way comparison test of three small 4WDs in various environments and the other is more of an epic road-trip challenge. They will have a very different feel I suspect.
 
Unfortunately, 4WDs are a huge part of the Australian new car market - moreso than the UK. Hence, it's inevitable that more 4WD and SUV features will end up in TG Aus than in TG.

Thanks for the scan of the article, too. :thumbup: After reading that, I reckon that Messrs Cox, Brown and Pizzati are definitely the right men for the TG Aus job.
 
tone76 said:
Unfortunately, 4WDs are a huge part of the Australian new car market - moreso than the UK. Hence, it's inevitable that more 4WD and SUV features will end up in TG Aus than in TG.
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Not only that but TGA will want to use this first season to put an Aussie stamp on our version, which they will do by using a lot of distinctly Aussie locations. Mini-SUVs in the desert and the Snowies, an open-cut mine in Kalgoorlie, Alice Spirings to Cairns, sharks in the Great Southern Ocean, etc. Filming a lot in the Aussie environment means filming a lot of 4WDs. Next season they will probably be more comfortable with testing cars on the city streets.
 
whitehornmatt said:
Is it just me who thinks two 4WDs-going-off-road challenges is a bit much for the one series?
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Well this one is offroad challange #2. That would be enough for an 8-episode run, so no, I think thats fine.

Personally, I hate 4X4's but love it when they're actually offroad like this. If anything, I prefer these sorts of tests than regular city-tests. And just think of the scenery! If the camera work is as good as I'm expecting it to be - it should make for really good viewing.

Thanks for posting RichmondGal :thumbup:
 
tone76 said:
I reckon us Aussies dodged a bullet. Had Channel 9 been successful in winning the rights to TGA, we would have ended up with Glenn Ridge and two other generic Channel 9 spankers as hosts. :sick:
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Absolutely - had Channel 9 got it it would've been a woeful tragedy, a wasted opportunity. The show found it's right home with SBS.
 
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