Should you watch Top Gear?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Top Gear
Documentary · 1978
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
The sides of Top Gear
- Cars of all types reviewed
- Presenters testing on road and track
- Decades of British motoring TV
Top Gear is good for you if…
- you like fast cars filmed on open roads and test tracks.
- you want light motoring TV with nothing at stake.
Top Gear is bad for you if…
- you can't commit to 45 seasons of a show.
- you need a story with people at its heart, not car reviews.
About: cars · speed · the open road
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