I am starting to get a little tired of them trying to overhype everything they do. "WORLD EXCLUSIVE!!!!!" It's only a "world exclusive" because of RHD, you could have one in your driveway 4 years ago so no the Ford GT is not a world exclusive. What's next week? "World exclusive" Zonda because it has a pink racing stripe and it's the only one in the world? Just admit it's nothing special and review it IMO.
Challenge was kind of boring, not enough happened to justify how long it was. Truck got messed up but we didn't get to see how, proton got lost for a couple seconds, and than 2 sideways shots.
The Smart hearse thing was just beyond stupid, not even a chuckle. Makes me dislike the wanna-be pornstar even more.
4/10, 1 more bad episode and I am changing my RSS to only get top gear uk.
EDIT: Now rewatching it in pieces to get a better idea why I didn't like it, the GT review he keeps saying things like it's a dream you don't want to wake up from and it's better than sex... but doesn't give enough (IMO) reasoning WHY it's better than sex. Just some sliding around and spinning out? Than an acceleration where you get an idea how fast he was going but no reference. No actual #'s, even if it's old give some #'s. If I didn't already have an idea how fast it is I wouldn't know after watching that.
The Holden/Ford was a bit half assed, a drag test and a braking test, that's it? The entire segment felt like a "joke" to keep the reps from the two companies happy. Coulnd't even get the stig out to do a lap? Watch the bmw vs audi vs benz where clarkson had to eat an apple. That's a test, cut out the cocking about for time reasons and you have a legit review. They didn't list any #'s they didn't really make a case for either car, it's much better with the UK boys where they pick the car and defend it.
Than the longest segment (12+ minutes) was filled with the least information. There wasn't enough cocking about to make it like UK team doing road repairs so I am not really sure what it was trying to be. Could have been a decent 5 minute segment since a lot of the same happened, but that extra time made it feel less interesting.
Than the hearse thing, well... let's just say if I was the editor that would be on the floor instantly. It wasn't crazy enough to be funny, it was just a mini with some fake handles and a casket tied to the back. Just felt yet again "half assed"
I think all my annoyances come down to the aus version has 10 minutes less, but they setup the show like they have those 10 minutes. They try to match # of segments. You don't need a review, 2 challenges, news, wall, siarpc, and "funny" bit mixed in with long intros. The show would just be so much better if they cut 1 per week, maybe don't do the news every week, swap it with that guys "funny" videos every other week.