I don't see where all the "but all they'll have to review are Commofalcons" guys are coming from, just looking at the PCOTY line-up for next month's MOTOR they have the R8, RS4 Avant, S5, M3, Z4 M Coupe, FPV GT Cobra R-spec, Maloo R8, XKR, Gallardo Superleggera, Murcielago LP640, 911 GT3, Boxster S, Megane F1 R26 and Caterham SVR200. That's 14 performance cars there, with only a single car from both Holden and Ford. Throw in a bunch of 2008 cars like the GT-R, 911 GT2, EVO X, Lancer Ralliart, new STI, F430 Scuderia, new Falcon, RS6, M3 sedan, 135i, etc and there's more than enough cars on sale in Australia for the show. It's not like they'd be filming 40 episodes a year requiring them to pad with stuff like the Holden Epica, probably 20 or so episodes at the most.
Obviously there's no certainty that the show will be any good, but saying it'll be crap based on the horrible Ch 9 and 10 attempts at car shows doesn't really make much sense. This is SBS we're talking about, look at Ch 9's attempt at a Daily Show type of thing with 'The Nation', and absolute piece of crap while SBS come up with Newstopia which is hands down one of the funniest shows on TV. If Channel 7 were making this show, there's a 99.9% chance it'd be terrible, but with SBS you have to give it at least a 50/50 shot at being ok.