Top Gear US
-The presenters of the show are professional racecar driver Tanner Foust, actor/comedian Adam Ferrara, and auto analyst Rutledge Wood. As with the original British version, the show has it's own version of The Stig, an anonymous driver, and each week, a celeb guest is featured.
-Debuted on History Channel on Nov. 21, 2010
-Follows the same format as the British version. 3 presenters, they put vehicles through different tests and celebs are invited to test vehicles around a track.
-This is the American version of what the BBC version would call Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
-Lap times
1:42.4-Arlene Tur
1:43.2-Tony Hawk
1:43.9-Kid Rock(wet)
1;44.3- Bill Engvall
1:44.4-Bret Michaels
1:46.6-Ty Burrell(wet)
1:48.1-Rick Harrison
1:49.2-Adam Levine
1:55.2-Steve Schirripa
1:55.2-Michelle Rodriguez(wet)
1:55.6-Buzz Aldrin
2:06.9-Bridget Marquardt
Episodes
-Began in 1977
-Currently hosted by James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson
-Has a mysterious driver known as The Stig, who's been played by at least 3 different people.
-Regularly features long-distance races, which usually ends up pitting all 3 hosts against each other
Challenges
-These can go in any direction, such as a nun driving a monster truck, building custom cars, being roadies for The Who, participating in the Britcar 24-hour endurance race, trying to build an electric vehicle that's cheap, trying to find the perfect car for a 17 year old, etc.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
-They have had at least 3 different cars for this portion. This is where a celeb of some sort would take part in driving a car around a test track and seeing how fast they drove. And usually most of the celebs will end up being British musicians, actors/actresses, racecar drivers, etc.
Suzuki Liana
-For the first seven seasons, it was a Suzuki Liana.
Celebs
-Joanna Lumley- 1:51.5
-Trinny Woodall as passenger to Susannah Constantine- 1:55.7
Chevrolet Lacetti
-Format was changed so each celeb would have 5 laps and a final timed lap
Celebs
-Ronnie Wood- 1:49.6
-Billie Piper- 1:48.3
-Gordon Ramsay- 1:46.3
-David Tennant- 1:48.8
Kia Cee'd
-On June 27, during the 15th season, Clarkson said something about getting a new car. And they did. A Kia Cee'd.
Celebs
-Rowan Atkinson-1:42.2
-Rupert Grint-1:45.5
-Peta Todd-1:49.9
-Alice Cooper-1:56.3
