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Top Gear America Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, and Eric Stromer present this American spin-off.

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Looks like they're having a cheap car challenge!


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ha hah! i knew it and also it looks like to be the cheap porsche challenge
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ha hah! i knew it and also it looks like to be the cheap porsche challenge
Cheap 2 seater probably. Note the Datsun.
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I like this part of that Vortex thread:

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But about the stig... none of the first line crew knows who he is, he was shuttled in for his portion of the segment then immediately shuttled right out. (I.E. Didnt get sh!thoused in the hotel bar with the rest of us) I don't even think the cast has ever even seen him.
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Suerleggera, X6, Ariel...
they are not cheap, what sort of cheap car challenge is that?
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they are not cheap, what sort of cheap car challenge is that?
It's two separate things. images/smilies/wink.gif
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Superleggera? Ariel? Something that looks like a Radical?

Any bets that they're taking a few cars round to set a decent laptime?
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It looks like the cheap car challenge is probably old Datsun/Nissan Z cars, at least that's what the silver and maroon ones are.
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My worries of this show look to be coming true, I was hoping it was going to be "top gear" inspired not, "steal things they've already done"

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It looks like the cheap car challenge is probably old Datsun/Nissan Z cars, at least that's what the silver and maroon ones are.
Pretty sure the silver one is a 944
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My worries of this show look to be coming true, I was hoping it was going to be "top gear" inspired not, "steal things they've already done"
I am not going to give up that easily, if it is executed in a way that brings some of our ummmmmm..... let's call it "american flair" without getting too commercial, I think it could still work. I also would not mind if they brought some of the true car parts back thru TGUS... Top Gear is great on it's own, but a decent sidekick on US soil would certainly not be a bad thing!
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My worries of this show look to be coming true, I was hoping it was going to be "top gear" inspired not, "steal things they've already done"
I think even if they do "steal" a few ideas, it will still be unique. When watching top gear I often have no clue who half of the people/ celebrities they are talking about during news segments, along with who the SIARPC are. Same thing with some of the challenges.. the alfa challenge was awesome, but I've NEVER seen an Alfa in this country. It'll be nice to say "oh I've been there before" or "hey, thats my car". It'll bring top gear closer to us and make it much easier to relate and understand. Not to mention testing cars you can actually buy in the US (not necessarily afford..)
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Well they said that they wanted to recreated Top Gear exactly for what it was. They take the ideas and just make it their own by having their own adventure. Whats so bad about them taking the idea? Its not like both sides of the ponds haven't taken shows that were originally their own country. Pop Idol was first and than American Idol same thing.
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Well they said that they wanted to recreated Top Gear exactly for what it was. They take the ideas and just make it their own by having their own adventure. Whats so bad about them taking the idea? Its not like both sides of the ponds haven't taken shows that were originally their own country. Pop Idol was first and than American Idol same thing.
As long as the chemistry is good between presenters, I like the idea of having similar concepts on both sides of the pond. Cheap car challenge is cool, but I'd rather see them go places I've personally been. Places where I know where they are.

Keep in mind, the show is making the assumption most of the audience hasn't seen the British version.

Edit: I really can't wait to see how the GM Ecotec powered Ariel Atom that is the US version does around a track.
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Top Gear works so well that they'd be stupid not to try and copy it exactly.
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I'm looking forward to an AMC challange. Sort of like the British Layland challenge but with American Motors Corps. cars. I can see Tanner or Adam with a Gremlin putting it through some challenges.
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It looks like the cheap car challenge is probably old Datsun/Nissan Z cars, at least that's what the silver and maroon ones are.
Just got back from the taping, i wont go into detail but it was part of a cheap car challenge between a german car (porsche), japanese car (datsun), and an american car (pontiac). It was a pretty funny challenge and they had the wrecked remnants of the cars in the studio.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Adam chose the Datsun. What car was behind the 944?
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Who picked what is here: http://forums.finalgear.com/top-gear...-7/#post749757
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