The second series of the Top Gear Australia begins on Monday, and while last year’s inaugural series failed to deliver on the hype, the show’s producers reckon that this time it’ll be a hit.
For those that have forgotten, Charlie Cox has left to pursue “other business interests,” and renowned car enthusiast (and jazz trumpeter) James Morrison has taken his place. Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati are back, and the together the new refreshed presenter lineup should make TGA season two deliver where season one failed.
Morrison himself was critical of the first season of TGA, and knew that to be successful, the dynamic needed to be changed.
“It wasn’t about a particular host, but that the show was too much like the English show. People were saying it was too much a copy of it. I had noticed that, too,” said Morrison in a recent interview with the Herald Sun.
“What was the point of doing an Australian one when it’s so much like the English one?
“The English show is Jeremy Clarkson’s show, but we said that that wasn’t very Australian. Australians are much more egalitarian.
“In fact, if that was an Australian show, the first thing the two guys would do is pull the other guy down and tell him to pull his head in”
Will the new grouping work? Will viewers remain interested in the show after being so disappointed with the first season? You’ll have to tune into SBS at 7:30pm on Monday May 11 to find out, but with the below promo vid showing plenty of automotive hijinkery to be in store, we’re sure we’ll get at least a bit of a kick out of it.
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To be honest and fair, Yes the ozzy topgear version was too much of a carbon copy compared to their english counterpart or should I say their colonial masters. heheh’s
Charlie cox really did himself in when he had a spaz attack promoting aussie pride with the commodore & ford and himself owning a Porcsha, practice what you preach.
What I want to see is Australianise host. 1 Ozzy, 1 asian & 1 Lebo.
Nothing racist or would there be. It be funny if the asian liked German cars, the ozzy liked asian cars and the leb liked American muscle…
I hope it’s good! Australia needs a automotive show so bad…
Now if they would just get rid of Steve Pizzati. I find him so irritating, even worse than Charlie Cox waving his arms about every time he talked.
I’m with Carey, Australia needs a good auto show. I was thrilled when it was announced last year that we would be getting our own Top Gear show. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our own but a poor rip off of the British series. I think James Morrison is a great choice and here’s to hoping that this time, they will make it their own and not a poor colonial cousin.