I think there is room for a decent motoring programme on mainstream TV. Like many others when Top Gear went to Clarkson and his playmates and so on it became a right turn off, hammering high performance cars, smoking tyres etc etc, who drives like that???

The whole genre has been well and truly trashed by these so called 'enthusiasts'. I have always been an enthusiastic motorist and owned or driven many makes and models over the years. Not once have I longed to smoke the tyres of a Lambo or Ferrari etc. I like sports cars and used to enjoy driving them. More difficult nowadays because of traffic but still nice to drive on occasions. Mainly though, once adulthood sets in motoring becomes more prosaic and interest in cars changes to more mundane features like space, comfort, reliability etc. That is what the previous shows would focus on. A new show with similar focus would do equally well IMHO. Maybe sad old geezer territory but there are plenty of us around.

Cheers Concrete

It is a competent clone of Fifth Gear which was itself a clone of the original (pre-Clarkson) Top Gear. The problem is that for most people the format gets boring after 30 min even if you break up (ordinary) car videos with some genuine car news and car mechanic DIY tips.

Clarkson and his producer understood that and turned Top Gear into 60 min of car related entertainment. They proved that is what viewers want by making it a smash hit around the world.