Selasa, 23 November 2010
Top Gear USA - the first episode
/Not The Original, But Not Bad, Either
/
Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood
The logo. The exotic car-filled studio. The engine block coffee table.
The Stig. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. It all seemed so
familiar. The inaugural episode of /Top Gear USA /aired Sunday night at
10pm EST/9C on the History Channel with a lot of what made the original
British show an international hit, but without those three dynamic
blokes that have made the UK version so great. Or the amazing producers
who put that show together each week. Instead, we get new producers, a
new set, and new promise in hosts Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and
Rutledge Wood.
The first episode of /Top Gear USA/ started off with a bang by
transitioning from an original Shelby Cobra to the best modern
interpretation of the big engine on wheels: the Dodge Viper
<http://www.autoblog.com/model/viper+srt10>. The American-made missile
was driven by Tanner Foust who was charged with outrunning a Cobra
attack helicopter. The Viper was fitted with a missile detection
simulator that showed when the supercar was being missile-locked and
"hit" by the chopper. To win this competition, Foust and his
navigator/co-host Rutledge Wood needed to blast across town and back
before being hit by the chopper three times. We won't tell you how it
ends, but we will say this first stunt showed that while the camera work
and editing isn't yet up to /Top Gear UK/ levels of excellence, the
content is still engaging and fun to watch.
Take our poll below, then follow the jump
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Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, Rutledge Wood
The logo. The exotic car-filled studio. The engine block coffee table.
The Stig. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. It all seemed so
familiar. The inaugural episode of /Top Gear USA /aired Sunday night at
10pm EST/9C on the History Channel with a lot of what made the original
British show an international hit, but without those three dynamic
blokes that have made the UK version so great. Or the amazing producers
who put that show together each week. Instead, we get new producers, a
new set, and new promise in hosts Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and
Rutledge Wood.
The first episode of /Top Gear USA/ started off with a bang by
transitioning from an original Shelby Cobra to the best modern
interpretation of the big engine on wheels: the Dodge Viper
<http://www.autoblog.com/model/viper+srt10>. The American-made missile
was driven by Tanner Foust who was charged with outrunning a Cobra
attack helicopter. The Viper was fitted with a missile detection
simulator that showed when the supercar was being missile-locked and
"hit" by the chopper. To win this competition, Foust and his
navigator/co-host Rutledge Wood needed to blast across town and back
before being hit by the chopper three times. We won't tell you how it
ends, but we will say this first stunt showed that while the camera work
and editing isn't yet up to /Top Gear UK/ levels of excellence, the
content is still engaging and fun to watch.
Take our poll below, then follow the jump
<http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/top-gear-usa-the-first-episode-review/#continued>
to continue reading...
Continue reading /Review: /Top Gear USA/ - the first episode [w/poll]/
<http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/top-gear-usa-the-first-episode-review/>
<http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/top-gear-usa-the-first-episode-review/#comments>
