I disagree with nearly every
I disagree with nearly every aspect of this article. Top Gear 2012 would do well to resurrect some of the newness that came with these early seasons-- longer SiaRPC segments, interesting trivia items such as the car remote/head thing, less video polish and cuts that are more than a second long.
The current iteration is, unfortunately, TOO polished and TOO formulaic, and far too predictable. Used car challenges always feature sieve-like shots under the engines and parts falling off the cars; shop challenges always have Clarkson looking for a hammer and something being set on fire; Hammond and Clarkson are always "losing their brakes" when it presents an opportunity to crash into May; the Cool Wall has always been a waste of time.
As much as I enjoy the BBCs Top Gear, I find the old episodes far more re-watchable than the new ones.