A car related show should be about the driving and the cars, not about the humor, yes clarkson may bring more humor but the drivers on 5th gear are just far better and its more entertaining to watch them drive then to hear them talk. Plus if you compare it to any auto show here in the U.S. either one of them is the greatest show on earth.

Hum, I find that the world is better with 5th Gear than without :wink: But, sometimes, it is frustating to watch as I expect a lot from this or this test but don't get what I was expecting (see the Koenigsegg and M6 tests). I am used to that because the french show, Turbo is even worse for that !!! ( the Veyron's test was a disastrous )
And there are a lot of good tests in 5th Gear : the F430, F430 Spider, SLR, Enzo ... they are not far from being as good or even better than Top Gear's one :wink:
BTW, I wait for a Carrera GT test :P

who cares? its just a tv show mate

Top gear is great because JC is a sarcastic clown :P

Tiff is more serious and really showing whats better on the car, in the other hand JC shows whats bad in great cars. So each program is great in their type :roll:

5th gear is really going downhill this series, and the new format of the show just isn't working.. a good concept spoilt by lacklustre presenters and lame features, only tiff doing tracktests is worth viewing now :(

they dont have a place like top gear hangar to show the cars, in top gear you see the car on the track and you can appreciate the car's beauty and power, insted fifth gear has a track with multiple camera angles but no camera-following car shot so its kinda boring :(

I agree with Dans comments

The new studio style is a piss poor attempt at mimicking TG, and it fails to work because there is no chemistry/comedy between the presenters.

Tiff's track driving is as amazing as ever, but it is ashame that this only lasts for less than 10mins in a 45min show :roll:

And the team are useless at getting a car to run. If it doesn't work, wait until you can get one that does instead of making a short-arse feature from a broken car - nobody wants to see a Koenigseeg sitting still, whilst somebody tells us the clutch is fucked :roll:

Definitely i would love to see a return to the normal 30min format, or even Tiff being snapped up by TG, and the other presenters placed in a jail for poor presenting skill

if you make a list of pros and cons in you head for top gear and 5th gear,
the amount of cons for top gear is less then the amount of pros for 5th gear
so simply
top gear > 5th gear

let's start :twisted:

The thing about 5th Gear that makes the viewer want to cry is the "fakeness" of the crew. When they are in the building and start talking...they try to be funny and just generally relaxed and easy going but it just doesn't work. Take for example the episode from a few days ago...when Tiff started arguing over who won the race- him or the scooter driver. Pathetic :roll: And VBH should stop with her stupid laughter, a time she sounds like an elephant being poked with a spear.

That's definitely a new way to describe her :lol:

she's trying a bit too hard to look "hot" as well
thats slightly weird i think

anyway, the show needs some new features cuz the existing shit (pointless crashes with some dyed dude) is getting boring

hope it gets better, cuz i'd hate to see it go down against TG
tiff's the best thing (and Tom's a riot) abt the show
i dont like JC but i love the show for the way they show cars.. makes me feel like a 4 4 yr old in a candy store

:drool:

@ sledgeham
It has already gone down against TG since it exists... TG is the MUCH better show with much higher budget and the much better presenters.

Re: 5th Gear's cheap shots @ Top Gear getting annoying?
 

yes.

and i agree, and i think the early 5th gear was better then now because of it.. they should return to that format and only if they think they can do it as well with the 40Min show then they should got for it.. other wise i prefer the 20min GOOD 5th gear..

I don't think i have been paying attention but i haven't noticed anything.
Can anyone give me an example?