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12:00PM Jess McGuire | Can life get any better for Warney? Beloved by the nation and safely back in the arms of his missus Simone, he recently enjoyed a fantastic (although sadly Uma-less) 40th birthday party where vodka and Red Bull concoctions were consumed with celebratory gusto – and absolutely nothing inappropriate was photographed or recorded on a mobile phone. Win! And the good times just keep on rolling… More »
2009 Is The Year Of The Warne
12:00PM Jess McGuire | Can life get any better for Warney? Beloved by the nation and safely back in the arms of his missus Simone, he recently enjoyed a fantastic (although sadly Uma-less) 40th birthday party where vodka and Red Bull concoctions were consumed with celebratory gusto – and absolutely nothing inappropriate was photographed or recorded on a mobile phone. Win! And the good times just keep on rolling… More » 
Top Gear Australia Presenter Returning To The UK; Jazz Musician James Morrison Will Be Bringing His Best Dad Jokes To The Team
11:30AM Jess McGuire | Perhaps Top Gear Australia host Charlie Cox was somewhat disappointed with the response from viewers to the Antipodean remake of the beloved British car show, or maybe – as he claims – he genuinely has too many work commitments in London. Whatever. Either way, he’s leaving the show!
Cox, who presented the first series with Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown, said he couldn’t give enough time to the show due to business commitments.
“My time on Top Gear Australia was very special and it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of launching an extraordinary series,” Cox said. “Sadly, though, I’ve lived in the UK for the past 19 years and I’m not able to give the time I want to series two.
And what can we expect from replacement James Morrison then? More » Top Gear Australia’s Warren Brown Defends The Show Against Complaints Made By Angry Car Companies
9:28AM Jess McGuire | After the nation learned yesterday that certain car companies were less than thrilled with the way the lads at Top Gear Australia had treated their vehicles ($200,000 worth of damage, anyone?), one of the show’s hosts has defended the program in the Daily Telegraph.
Let’s give Warren Brown a moment, shall we?
Newspaper reports have this week suggested that Top Gear Australia has racked up a significant figure in car repair bills as a result of “eager driving” and “wild and silly stunts”.
Anyone who knows anything about either the UK or Australian versions of Top Gear knows the basic premise of these programs is pretty much about “eager driving and wild and silly stunts”.
Rightio, so the cars were begging for it. I can understand that. Do go on. More » Top Gear Australia Angers Car Companies
10:45AM Jess McGuire | The folks at SBS’s Top Gear are apparently in trouble with some big name car companies, with the Herald Sun reporting that the program caused over $200,000 worth of damage to vehicles which appeared in the first series of the show. Now that’s some good driving!
Filming of the Australian series of Top Gear has turned into a demolition derby with a repair bill close to $200,000. Eager driving and wild stunts have left a trail of destruction behind the Top Gear team that goes beyond the expected bill for bald tyres from slides and burnouts.
Luxury cars have needed total resprays because of flying stones, and lesser brands have reported damage from silly stunts created for the SBS TV series, which is unofficially confirmed for a second series in Australia in 2009.
More » Looks Like Some Of Top Gear’s Fans Are Really Taking The Rubbishness Of The Australian Version To Heart
3:24PM Jess McGuire | Trawling through the 200+ comments on news.com.au on the Top Gear Australia article we referenced earlier today, I was struck by the passion of Top Gear’s fans, and somewhat astounded by how riled up they seemed to be over the disappointing attempt to produce a localised version of the program.
But the following comment was an absolute blinder. Surely someone taking the piss? More » 
Top Gear Australia Appears To Be Changing Down Gears, Possibly On The Verge Of Stalling
2:39PM Jess McGuire | Last week I declared that the real indication of Top Gear Australia’s success would not be the fantastic ratings for the first episode, but rather how many viewers decided to bother tuning into the second episode. Given the general air of disappointment from viewers regarding the show in the letters section of the paper – and in our very own comments section from discerning readers who had watched the debut – I suspected there may be a drop in ratings due, and it seems I was right.
The second episode of motoring TV show Top Gear Australia has slumped in the ratings.
More » Top Gear Australia Perhaps Misguided In Hoping Being The Cause Of A Traffic Jam Will Lead To Even More Viewers
10:33AM Jess McGuire | I was reading the letters published in yesterday’s Green Guide in The Age, and there seemed to be an overwhelming sense of disappointment over the Australian remake of the popular British program Top Gear. Having not seen much of the original show and not seeing any of Top Gear Australia, I’m in no position to judge (but hey, you are! Did you like it? Hate it? Let us know!), but I am fairly certain that bringing havoc to Melbourne’s roads probably isn’t the best way to win over potential viewers.
The boys from Top Gear Australia took to the swank streets of Melbourne yesterday morning for a spin in a tractor. Hosts Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown trundled along Chapel Street and Toorak Road to a chorus of honking horns from angry motorists banked up behind their $200,000 slow-moving farm machine.
Again, I don’t watch either version of the program, so I cannot be sure if it is typical motoring show behaviour to hammer home the important concept that farm machines do not go as fast as normal automobiles and have no place on public roads.
And hey, what do Green Guide letter writers know anyway, other than how to sook? Because the ratings for the launch of Top Gear Australia were top gear indeed. More » 
Sneak Peek- Top Gear Australia
5:13PM Kym Weathersten | We’re on the home straight (sorry couldn’t resist). With just 3 sleeps to go until Top Gear Australia graces our screens, another sneak peek has hit You Tube. If the preview is any indication, the local version of the popular UK program should make for entertaining viewing.
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