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The season premiere of Top Gear USA drops tomorrow, February 14th, on History at 9:00 PM EST. We saw a preview of the episode in Detroit and it is — literally — explosive. Find out how to win some autographed swag below. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5884608&view=rss&microfeed=true The all-'Merican version of Top Gear USA returns to the History Channel for its second season of silliness on July 24. Given what happened in the off- season, we have high hopes for this one. Maybe they'll drag race desks. More »
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Remember Tanner Foust's 332-foot jump at the Indy 500 last month? It almost didn't happen. On a rehearsal attempt, Foust was going too fast when he hit the takeoff ramp and nearly faceplanted on the landing. Endos never end well. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5814401&view=rss&microfeed=true As we exclusively reported last month, Tanner Foust will be Global RallyCrossing for Ford. Flat-billed hats for all. More »
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This week's best rumor: Tanner Foust was given the $500,000 Global RallyCross Ford sponsorship after Ken Block was fired for showing up in shorts 90 minutes late to a meeting with Bill Ford Jr. That's half true. More »
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Just as Nascar spurs ardent fans and detractors, there's an equally strident break between supporters and haters of "Top Gear USA." This May, they can all come together at Nascar's Top Gear 300, the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell of motorsports. More »
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Top Gear USA, the American version of the popular British motoring show, must have been popular enough for HISTORY as Jalopnik just confirmed the network's picking up TGUSA for a second season with hosts Rutledge Wood, Adam Ferrara, and Tanner Foust. More »
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Formula Drift announced today that Tanner Foust would be retiring from the drifting circuit after a race in Abu Dhabi later this month. The reasons? A full plate of other work, including television. More Top Gear USA, anyone? More »
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This week's Top Gear USA challenge will be to prove to GM they should bring back one of these Old GM products: Buick Roadmaster, Pontiac Fiero, or Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. We're voting Roadmaster because, you know, Buick still exists. More »
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If you want to Gymkhana but don't have a 650 HP AWD Fiesta, DiRT 3 will give you the chance to shred around a Gymkhana course in style like Ken Block. To win, we suggest shredding like Tanner Foust. More »
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Tanner Foust told us earlier this year he taught Ken Block how to Gymkhana. This weekend he showed Block he's still the master, beating Block at his own 2010 Gymkhana Grid Invitational. Say Tanner's name, bitch! More »
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After five long years, Top Gear's American cousin debuts Sunday on the History Channel. You'll probably watch it anyway - but in the words of a very successful car guy: Is it any good? More »
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Every single U.S. fan of Top Gear thinks History Channel's new Top Gear USA will fail like British colonialism. I don't. I think it'll quickly become better than any on-air American automotive show. Not that there's much competition. More »
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This afternoon we were taken for a ride by Top Gear USA's Tanner Foust in a Lamborghini dressed up as a taxi. Here, in his own words, Tanner gives us three reasons why the new show won't suck. — Ed. More »
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The 'merican Drift King. Top Gear USA host. Converted Ford fan-boy. Taxi cab driver. Emperor of all he surveys atop Ford's SEMA display. Photo Credit: Me More »
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This is the first photo of the studio from the U.S.-spec version of Top Gear, complete with a V12 table, old backseat couch, and a layout similar to the British version. Bonus photos of the Stig/SX4 below. More »
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The American version of Top Gear, which we can't help but call Top Gear USA, will start filming in-studio a few weeks at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine Ca. Here's how to get tickets. More »
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This just-released new video from Top Gear USA shows us a different side of the hosts from what was seen in the first trailer. Here the threesome displays a little less hugging and a little more profanity. More »
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You've seen the trailer, now hear the stars of American version of Top Gear give Jalopnik some dirt on the upcoming show in an exclusive interview, including how two of them nearly died in the backseat of a Camry. More »
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We first caught Top Gear USA shooting Hyundais in California. Now they've been spotted in Georgia filming a Dodge Viper trying to outrun a Cobra... attack helicopter. Maybe there's hope for Top Gear USA after all. Photos and video below. More »
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I'm currently in Los Angeles for the North American launch of the 2011 Jaguar XJ. Who do you think I spotted filming on Mulholland Highway with a handful of test cars? Is that Top Gear USA? Yep! More »
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In an exclusive interview with John Hesling, executive producer of the recently-announced-as-heading-to-the-History-Channel motoring show Top Gear USA, we learned this new American show plans on meeting or exceeding the bar set by the UK original. Wait, there's more. More »
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As we reported first earlier this year, Top Gear USA, the twice aborted attempt at colonization by the famous BBC franchise, will hit the history channel this fall. Here are the three hosts. Update! More »
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Before Steve Millen, winner of the 1994 24 Hours of Daytona, could compete in this weekend's Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, he had to attend a beginner's driving school. Here's a first-hand account he wrote exclusively for us. —Ed. More »
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Tanner Foust recently drifted his way up a section of Los Angeles's famed Mulholland Highway. The video is everywhere, but I was once lucky enough to ride with him. Wanna know what it feels like to be inside the car? More »
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With the Late Night Wars carpet-bombing NBC's 10:00 slot, the network's hurriedly scrounging for filler. One show they're not contemplating? The ill-fated cargasm, Top Gear USA. Was the pilot so horrendous it's unwatchable? We've got $5,000 to find out. More »
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U.S. Top Gear non-host and racer Tanner Foust, a champion drifter, has traded in his Nissan 350Z to get fast and furious with this: a RWD, NASCAR V8-powered Scion tC Formula Drift car. More »
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Due to the failure of Knight Rider and expected production costs, NBC has decided to pass on Top Gear USA. The BBC's shopping the US rendition of the hit show to interested cable outlets. More »
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Confirmation of Travis Pastrana's recent hip and ankle injury comes today in a press release announcing he'll be replaced in this weekend's Race of Champions by fellow Rally America driver Tanner Foust. More »
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No, Tanner Foust is not being considered as a replacement for Kimi Raikkonen at Scuderia Ferrari, but the Top Gear USA host spent some time behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula One racer. Though by "seat time" we mean that he just sat down in the car, and was then asked politely to get out. Lame. Apparently is was all a shtick for the SPEED Channel show "Supercars Exposed," hosted by Tanner. Although, you know, it sort of makes his Lamborghini Reventón test drive seem really exciting. Visit Autofiends to read more as they lap up Tanner's every single waking moment. More »
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The 2008 X-Games Rally held in Carson, California this weekend saw Andrew Comrie Picard launch his Mitsubishi Evo over the big stadium jump, come up short, and flip the car end over end back onto its wheels. The driver and co-driver were uninjured, but the car, as you can see from the in-car angle, wasn't able to continue driving. More »
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Well folks, we've now heard from two separate sources that the reasonably-priced car that Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer will drop stars behind the wheel of will be none other than the Kia Rio. But that's not all we've learned. Our sources also tell us the first two stars to sit behind the wheel will be the Dealin' Howie Mandel and Spice Girl Melanie B. And with that choice, the producers have now set aside any questions about whether they'll be kowtowing to the needs of the network. But hey, we've got an added surprise for you — some on-set pictures that have come by way of the Motive Mag/VWVortex Car Lounge. Remember, if you happen to be on-set tomorrow, snag us some shots. More »
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According to a casting call for on-camera audiences, Top Gear USA's filming the in-studio segment for their pilot episode this weekend out in sunny Los Angeles. Interested in standing around for hours on end? Want to see whether Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer can pick up the mantle from Jezza and the UK team? Well then, head on over here and drop your name in the hat. Who knows? You might even make it on the air. Bonus points if you're caught on camera wearing a "Save The Enzos" or "I Am The Hoon Of The Day" t-shirt. [OCATV via AutoFiends] More »
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Among the personalities planned for Top Gear USA, Eric Stromer is the "who?" among the three. So when he made an appearance on Adam Carolla's radio show, our ears perked up. After listening to the broadcast, we learned the plan for the show is not to do an American version of the British programme, but rather to recreate the British version with American actors. We also find out Stromer was the last to be chosen, after Carolla, and Tanner Foust, and that he will remain on his old show while working on Top Gear. The last thing we find out? Carolla and Stromer both enjoy disturbing innuendo. And someone in the studio said they had never seen Top Gear, was that Stromer?! (Thanks Richard) [Final Gear] More »
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Now that we know Tanner Foust is going to be one of the three hosts of Top Gear USA, we're feeling out whether this guy is worthy of the job or not. So, while we know pretty much everything there is to know about the race driver/television host, we're still interested in seeing more of his prowess behind the wheel. Garage419 got the chance to ride shotgun with Foust during a drift session in a Nissan 350Z, so check out all the countersteering, tire-smokin' action after the jump. More »
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As part of our coverage of the announcement of the Top Gear USA pilot, we've put together a special feature on each of the three co-hosts. First was Adam Carolla. Next up is Tanner Foust. Nobody is questioning whether Tanner Foust can drive or not; he's already proven himself a pro hot-shoe having won a gold medal at the 2007 X-Games Rally and a championship in the 2007 Formula Drift series. He's also had experience in front of the lens, which is a good start, but will he be able to deliver wit on par with Clarkson, Hammond, and May, or will he be a silent Stig? More »
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With today's announcement that Top Gear USA is actually, finally, press-release-sent-out confirmed by NBC as a pilot (we'll have to see whether it gets picked up as a full series), we're now ready for the next round of speculation to begin. More »
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We broke the story on the official announcement of Top Gear USA first, and now we're breaking the very first screen capture of the just-announced Top Gear USA show for NBC. The photo features the new 'merican threesome — Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Strommer — doing what else other than what we hope they'll do best — chatting about cars. More »
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It's official — Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer will be the threesome of hosts for NBC's US version of the greatest driving show ever — Top Gear. We've got the full press release with all the details on Top Gear USA below the jump.
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