New Top Gear with

Broncho · 12-23-2015, 09:07 AM

Chris Harris, Sabine Schmidz and David Coulthard, interesting!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a6784441.html

Apl440i or 335d? · 12-23-2015, 09:10 AM

Good line up

Wills2 · 12-23-2015, 09:28 AM

Yeah I like that line up great for a car show I wonder what the format of the show will be like?

Broncho · 12-23-2015, 09:30 AM

I don't think it will work being as daft as it was with this line up and hopefully not as boring as fifth gear, somewhere in between would be good.

....,,,,..,,.. · 12-23-2015, 09:35 AM

Should prove interesting, we might see more car stuff.

However, hopefully it's not all £200k plus cars every week.

Nice if they cover more of what people watching actually buy.

Not sure they should do wacky stuff in the first series either.

Well apart from blowing up caravans and Audi's

Broncho · 12-23-2015, 09:36 AM

Can't really see any of them punching a producer either....

Wills2 · 12-23-2015, 09:43 AM

TBH I don't want a car show that reviews 220CDI/320d/A4 TDI and run of the mill Vauxhall/Ford/VW cars for me that would be as dull as ditch water.

Palexr · 12-23-2015, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Brigand

Should prove interesting, we might see more car stuff.

However, hopefully it's not all £200k plus cars every week.

Nice if they cover more of what people watching actually buy.

Not sure they should do wacky stuff in the first series either.

Well apart from blowing up caravans and Audi's

Surely that's what 5th gear or whatever does and what TG didn't do. It isn't about being a perolhead, it is about making something interesting that includes cars.

This sounds like 6th Gear more than TG...

I'm not particularly interested in reviews, Practical Caravaner has plenty of those. I want car based entertainment, something that shows the fun you can have with vehicles (not just cars). Surely the point about non-dick, goofs looning around with supercars (ie cars "people" don't drive) a la TG is that it is the closest 99.99% of us will ever get to do it and what made it interesting and worth watching. Reviews can be watched online - there's a bloke who does it some bod called some'at Harris....

Apart from Sabine, it looks like a yawn-a-thon. I hope I'm wrong, but on the off-chance I have Amazon Prime.

Broncho · 12-23-2015, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Wills2

TBH I don't want a car show that reviews 220CDI/320d/A4 TDI and run of the mill Vauxhall/Ford/VW cars for me that would be as dull as ditch water.

Agree, there's plenty of that crap on YouTube and because of that the market for proper reviews on TV must be pretty small so a well written entertainment show is what's still needed.

TodmordenLad · 12-23-2015, 10:38 AM

Chris Harris is one of the few motoring journos who actually knows what he's talking about. As a result, his YouTube vids have a loyal following. Good luck to him

Tengocity · 12-23-2015, 11:13 AM

I like it. Chris Evans can keep it rooted in entertainment but Harris and Sabine will give it much more car enthusiast credibility.

SkyJawa · 12-23-2015, 11:19 AM

"Relative Unknowns"

WTF - anyone into cars knows them both well, not like Schmit wasn't on the old one several times. Stupid press!

rocketretro · 12-23-2015, 11:43 AM

Chris Harris and Sabine Schmit, yes. DC is a little straight and boring, but I'll give him a chance and see if the format suits him. Chris Evans a definite no.

Thehoss · 12-23-2015, 12:21 PM

Chris Harris is superb.

He did a podcast with joe rogan for about 2 hours talking cars.

teaston · 12-23-2015, 12:22 PM

The independent say Chris Harris is the gamble!

I'd say the German woman and the boring ex F1 driver are the gamble!

Hearing Chris Harris is going to be on TG is the first thing that has actually got me excited about the new series!

philiper1 · 12-23-2015, 12:23 PM

I say Chris Evans is a gamble

dubdemand · 12-23-2015, 12:49 PM

Chris Evans is still a twat.

Wills2 · 12-23-2015, 02:01 PM

Yeah really pleased that CH is getting a TV gig at last, he's been on 5th gear a few times though I think.

HiBee · 12-23-2015, 05:28 PM

Looking forward to the new series. Don't mind the presenters.

I was wondering on what DC was going to do, seen as the BBC have gave up their F1 rights to Channel 4.

TodmordenLad · 12-24-2015, 01:47 AM

Let's hope the new programme actually focuses on cars and avoids the adolescent pranks which the old crew were so fond of - driving Peugeot 405s into ditches, smashing up caravans, demolishing buildings with diggers etc. Yawn.

Definitely go with the consensus about Evans - he is an insufferable tosser, fact.

Let's hope the chemistry in the new TG team works better than Fifth Gear's. Found myself watching it last night. Proof yet that a programme can be made using presenters whose personalities have been surgically removed!

Billy Cheeseman · 12-24-2015, 05:12 AM

i love Sabine - loved the way she hustled that transit van round the 'ring as quick as Clarkson could in a jag

Chris Evans is a true petrol head and although people love or hate him, I think he will try to make a good programme

bodtwo · 12-25-2015, 03:37 AM

Monkey joining does it for me. His Drive stuff was very good as is his newer stuff.

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Wills2 Barge driver 8647 Rep 12,421 Posts Drives: 730d Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Yeah I like that line up great for a car show I wonder what the format of the show will be like? __________________ 730d/Z4C
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Broncho Banned 2310 Rep 5,101 Posts Drives: Chav white Mercedes Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Rainhill iTrader: (0)	I don't think it will work being as daft as it was with this line up and hopefully not as boring as fifth gear, somewhere in between would be good.
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....,,,,..,,.. General 6733 Rep 20,651 Posts Drives: xxxx Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: xxxx iTrader: (0)	Should prove interesting, we might see more car stuff. However, hopefully it's not all £200k plus cars every week. Nice if they cover more of what people watching actually buy. Not sure they should do wacky stuff in the first series either. Well apart from blowing up caravans and Audi's
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Wills2 Barge driver 8647 Rep 12,421 Posts Drives: 730d Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	TBH I don't want a car show that reviews 220CDI/320d/A4 TDI and run of the mill Vauxhall/Ford/VW cars for me that would be as dull as ditch water. __________________ 730d/Z4C
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Tengocity General 8566 Rep 19,982 Posts Drives: 911, Cayenne Turbo, Disco 4 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland iTrader: (0)	I like it. Chris Evans can keep it rooted in entertainment but Harris and Sabine will give it much more car enthusiast credibility. __________________ Current: Porsche 911 991 C4S, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Land Rover Discovery 4. Gone...G01 X3 M40i, Cayman S 987, F31 340i, Cayman GT4, F82 M4 CP, Lotus Exige V6, G20 330e, F30 330e, Boxster S 987, F31 335d, Mini Cooper SD, E89 Z4, E90 330d 320d, E60 520d, E46 330d 320d, MX5s, E30 325i
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SkyJawa Major General 3716 Rep 8,636 Posts Drives: F10 530d Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hampshire iTrader: (1)	"Relative Unknowns" WTF - anyone into cars knows them both well, not like Schmit wasn't on the old one several times. Stupid press!
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teaston Banned 10994 Rep 32,881 Posts Drives: X3 M40d Join Date: May 2012 Location: The High Seas iTrader: (1)	The independent say Chris Harris is the gamble! I'd say the German woman and the boring ex F1 driver are the gamble! Hearing Chris Harris is going to be on TG is the first thing that has actually got me excited about the new series!
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TodmordenLad Brigadier General 2868 Rep 3,962 Posts Drives: Audi A4 Avant Join Date: May 2015 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Let's hope the new programme actually focuses on cars and avoids the adolescent pranks which the old crew were so fond of - driving Peugeot 405s into ditches, smashing up caravans, demolishing buildings with diggers etc. Yawn. Definitely go with the consensus about Evans - he is an insufferable tosser, fact. Let's hope the chemistry in the new TG team works better than Fifth Gear's. Found myself watching it last night. Proof yet that a programme can be made using presenters whose personalities have been surgically removed! __________________ Owned: 440i GC LCI with MPPSK, F31 330D M Sport with MPPK, F11 530D SE, F11 520D SE, E61 530D M Sport, E36 325i plus many MB's, Audi's & Volvo's
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