Australian Filming of Top Gear turns into Demolition Derby
 

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...016681,00.html

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.

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Luxury cars have needed total resprays because of flying stones, and lesser brands have reported damage from silly stunts created for the SBS TV show, which is unofficially confirmed for a second series in 2009.

Some of the most expensive repair bills involved a Lamborghini, which is believed to have sustained about $25,000 damage during filming, while a group of Holden Astras needed $30,000 to restore them after they were used in a game of "lawn bowls".

"We have no appetite for automotive Jackass," the spokesman for one of the damaged brands said.

"When they revisit series two, they will encounter a lot of shut doors," said another.

"All we will say is that it turned out to be a very expensive test drive," said Holden spokeswoman Kate Lonsdale of the Astra bowls stunt.

The show's producers failed to return the Herald Sun's phone calls.

more: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/08/t...damaging-cars/

I've watched the entire first season and that show is not worth the destruction of the cars which is of course paid by the car makers. The real Top Gear could probably get away w/ this w/ their huge ratings.

Repost btw... it was in the aussie forum though, not sure why i was looking there...

but anyway... copycats are a waste of time. why do we need other versions of the show again? I hate tanner foust... I doubt ill watch much topgear usa...but i did make sure to see the new UK episode at 8 last night.

I didn't mind the aussie version, gave me something to watch while waiting for the new series from the original series. I find it funny they're bitching about repairs or whatever, shit man, it is a tv show after all so wtf? I wonder how many times Dodge complained about the general lee or pontiac about kitt? pfffft :rolleyes: