Top Gear USA
| Top Gear | |
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Top Gear title card from season 2
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| Genre | Motoring |
| Created by | BBC Worldwide |
| Directed by | Ben Silverman Vage Dickinson |
| Presented by |
Adam Ferrara Tanner Foust Rutledge Wood The Stig |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 72 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Former MCAS El Toro, Irvine, California, USA |
| Running time | approx. 40–45 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Worldwide Reveille Productions (2011–12) |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | November 21, 2010 – June 28, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Top Gear worldwide |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Production website |
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Top Gear is an American motoring television series, based on the BBC series of the same name. The show's presenters are professional racing driver Tanner Foust, actor and comedian Adam Ferrara, and automotive and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. As with the original British version, the show has its own version of The Stig, an anonymous racing driver, and a celebrity guest was featured each week for the first two seasons. The show premiered on November 21, 2010, on History. Its most recent season, Season 6, began airing on April 26, 2016. On June 28, 2016, the BBC confirmed that the series has completed its contractual run on the History channel, and that they have "begun exploring new opportunities for the series in the US."
BBC America has announced that it will produce a new version of Top Gear, titled Top Gear America. A start date has not been announced, but the eight episode first season will be broadcast in 2017. The show will have 3 new hosts: American actor and race driver William Fichtner, British motor journalist Tom "Wookie" Ford, and drag racer Antron Brown.
The show's first two seasons followed a similar format of the BBC version: three main hosts present, The Stig (a secret race driver) tests vehicles, and celebrities are invited for interviews and to drive vehicles around a test track. In addition, challenges similar in nature to the ones presented in the original show are replicated in Top Gear. The "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" (retitled "Big Star, Small Car") segment uses a Suzuki SX4 Sportback. Filming of this segment, along with in-studio segments take place at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, now known as the Orange County Great Park, in Irvine, California.
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