A glimmer of hope?

Celebrity hosts for American "Top Gear"?

While I enjoy reading car magazines I wouldn't exactly call the average automotive journalist "entertaining". When you let automotive journalists have a TV show you get MotorWeek and while it can be informative I would only recommend it to insomniacs looking for a good nap. Sure they know A LOT about cars but holy hell is it boring. MotorWeek is a lot like what is referred to as "Old Top Gear" by fans of the show. While the "old" show was better than the likes of MotorWeek it was still highly technical and very dry. Once the BBC allowed Clarkson to recreate Top Gear the way HE wanted it became what it is today, entertaining. So while the Top Gear hosts are automotive journalists they are very unique in that field because they have great humor and charm.

Fine, no journalists. Then who better than a race car driver to host a show? Have you ever listened to a racing driver talk after a race or in an interview? They are the whores of the automotive world and are rarely seen without a sponsors dick in their mouth. That would be the least objective show on television....NEXT!

Celebrity car nuts, now that is interesting idea. Let's take the examples given in the article of Seinfeld and Leno. Here are two guys that are funny, rich and are absolutely insane about cars. Who better than to host a show like that? First, they've got enough money that they don't give a shit who in the car world they piss off. Second, they are both great on camera. Third and most importantly, they both LOVE cars.

I just had a look at Leno's website which seems to cast some doubt on his objectivity. It's plastered with GM ads. Also, Seinfeld is probably the world's maddest Porsche collector, hardly an indicator of objectivity. He owns 10 Boxters? Come on Jerry, variety is the spice of life!