Top Gear (American TV series)

Top Gear
Top Gear title card from season 2
GenreMotoring
Based onTop Gear
by Jeremy Clarkson
Andy Wilman
Directed byBenjamin Fitzgerald McBryderson
Vage Dickinson
Presented byAdam Ferrara
Tanner Foust
Rutledge Wood
The Stig
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes72 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsFormer MCAS El Toro, Irvine, California, USA
Running timeapprox. 40–45 minutes
Production companiesBBC Worldwide
Reveille Productions (2011–12)
Original release
NetworkHistory
ReleaseNovember 21, 2010 (2010-11-21) –
June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28)
Related
Top Gear worldwide
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Top Gear is an American motoring television series, based on the BBC series of the same name.[1][2] The show's presenters were professional racing driver Tanner Foust, actor and comedian Adam Ferrara, and automotive and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. As with the original British version, the show has its own version of The Stig, an anonymous racing driver, and a celebrity guest is featured each week for the first two seasons. The show premiered on November 21, 2010, on History.[3]

  1. ^ "Top Gear to have spin-off in US". BBC News. April 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "An American version of Top Gear: it's official!". BBC. April 21, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  3. ^ "Top Gear USA Premieres November 21, Debuts New Trailers".