So, we’ve just witnessed the second episode of the second season of the second Top Gear franchise. Was it any good? As it happens, the answer is both a thumb-raising “yes”, and a head-shaking “no”.

While my colleague Steane was generally happy with the improvements made in the last episode of TGA, I was a little [...]

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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 [...]

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Top Gear Australia co-host Charlie Cox is, well, host no longer. Citing media and business commitments in the UK – where Cox has spent a good chunk of his life and career – the inaugural TGA presenter will step aside for the 2009 season.

Cox’s current co-hosts Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown will be joined next [...]

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Top Gear Australia’s Warren Brown - yep, the one with the fire truck and the dodgy moustache - has popped up online with an article and a video to get us all a little more excited for the debut of the world’s first Top Gear series to be produced outside of the UK.

The video shows [...]

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Following on from yesterday’s news that SBS have announced the identities of the three presenters of the Australian Top Gear series, there’s now a short bio available at the SBS website for each of them.

At a cursory glance, it looks as if the popular opinion at the moment may still be the right one: these [...]

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