Top Gear America Is Now A Thing, And Its Hosts Have Been Revealed

BBC America has announced it's to air a new series called 'Top Gear America', with William Fichtner, Tom Ford and Antron Brown at the helm

Matt Robinson

Updated: 12 Sep 2024

Top Gear USA was always the ugly cousin to the main, then Clarkson-fronted version of the motoring show. Its ratings were never anywhere near as good as the original show, and it never went down as well with fans or critics. After its sixth series, it was as good as cancelled, but now, it’s back. Sort of.

BBC America this week announced it’s to launch Top Gear America, with none of the TG USA presenters - Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, and Rutledge Wood - in the new line-up. Instead, it’ll be hosted by William Fichtner of all people - the actor who’s turned up in everything from The Dark Knight to Independence Day: Resurgence.

Joining him will be long time Top Gear magazine writer and former Fifth Gear presenter Tom Ford, and Top Fuel drag racing champion Antron Brown.

The first, eight episode series will kick off on BBC America “later this year”. Will you be watching?

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

What the hell was this then?

I loved the three idk ab anyone else

Perfection

I miss those guys

I actually thought they were starting to hit their stride for the last couple seasons. Chemistry was alright, sure no clarkson’s top gear but those guys had over 20 seasons to get that perfected

I really enjoyed watching them. A few episodes were actually shown here in Germany as well, the other ones I watched on YouTube. Let’s hope they will host their own car show…

Ken Rosenberg from GTA? Is that you?

Hell yeah!
Now where’s Tommy?

Does it better than thesse two

Might as well just make a Top Gear America consisting of Jason Cammisa, Johnny Lieberman and Carlos Lago with Randy Pobst as the Stig. Oh wait, that already exists.