Top Gear Disappointing??

[bodgit]

The old days Quentin Wilson,s report on VW Golf mk2 . All you need to know and lookout for buying used. You dont get this any more. Its just how fast the latest super car you cant afford will go and how much smoke the tyres can give off sideways.

[Spoolio]

Ah, the memories. Even Fifth Gear doesn't do that sort of thing anymore, it's all "Tiffany Dell squares off between a Perodua Kelisa and a Suzuki Wagon R at Cadwell Park" (very relevant).

Sadly though, that sort of thing just doesn't bring in the punters in the numbers needed these days to justify the production costs. It's a difficult one to address because whilst we can sit here and criticise what Jezza and his little pals get up to with our licence fee how could we improve it or make it sufficiently different that it'd be a refresh and still bring in the viewers. Yep, tricky. Although replacing Hammond with Sabine Schmitz would help .

[chickentikka25]

The disappointment wasn't just limited to the Xmas special for me. The last couple of series have just been tripe.

Still, it could be worse, we could have the USA version of Top Gear - now that's baaaad telly!

[SlowOne]

Originally Posted by Spoolio

Ah, the memories. Even Fifth Gear doesn't do that sort of thing anymore, it's all "Tiffany Dell squares off between a Perodua Kelisa and a Suzuki Wagon R at Cadwell Park" (very relevant).

Sadly though, that sort of thing just doesn't bring in the punters in the numbers needed these days to justify the production costs. It's a difficult one to address because whilst we can sit here and criticise what Jezza and his little pals get up to with our licence fee how could we improve it or make it sufficiently different that it'd be a refresh and still bring in the viewers. Yep, tricky. Although replacing Hammond with Sabine Schmitz would help .

Fair point - the series has made BBC Worldwide a small fortune in fees for the series', DVDs, etc.

It will take a brave person to cut it up and start again, but waiting until the ratings no longer justify the production costs makes it harder to start again. Clarkson is a busted flush all round, but you can't see any spark in the other two to make a new format work.

If it were me, a raid on Fifth Gear to bring VBH across, with Sabine as a visible, vocal Stig and it all held together by Jay Leno might be an alternative. OK, so Leno isn't likely, so can we come up with someone sparky enough to hold it all together? Just my thoughts...