FinalGear.com » Top Gear Australia http://www.finalgear.com There's Fifth Gear, There's Top Gear, And Then There Is Final Gear Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Top Gear Australia Officially Moving To Channel Nine http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/23/top-gear-australia-officially-moving-to-channel-nine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-officially-moving-to-channel-nine http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/23/top-gear-australia-officially-moving-to-channel-nine/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:46:28 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2294 It was announced today the the previous rumors were true — Top Gear Australia and the Top Gear UK reruns will be moving from SBS to Channel Nine in Australia. Top Gear UK changing channels down there probably also explains the confusing mention of Clarkson in the rumors.

Top Gear Australia Officially Moving To Channel Nine originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 23 October 2009 at 18:46 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/23/top-gear-australia-officially-moving-to-channel-nine/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia Changing Channels And Hosts? http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/20/top-gear-australia-changing-channels-and-hosts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-changing-channels-and-hosts http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/20/top-gear-australia-changing-channels-and-hosts/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:00:18 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2288 It’s been a busy couple of days — first rumors of Fifth Gear getting canceled and now multiple reports that Australia’s Channel Nine has gained the rights from the BBC to do the show instead of SBS.

Rumor is that Shane Warne is being talked to to host the show as well as Jeremy Clarkson, although I have no idea how that would work.

We’ll let you know as the news comes in and thanks to everyone who sent in tips.

Top Gear Australia Changing Channels And Hosts? originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 20 October 2009 at 21:00 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/10/20/top-gear-australia-changing-channels-and-hosts/feed/ 0 Hammond And TG.Au Host Steve Pizzati Both Wreck Their Cars http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/08/10/hammond-and-tg-au-host-steve-pizzati-both-wreck-their-cars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammond-and-tg-au-host-steve-pizzati-both-wreck-their-cars http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/08/10/hammond-and-tg-au-host-steve-pizzati-both-wreck-their-cars/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:14:41 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2204 On Saturday, Richard Hammond crashed his £110,000 Morgan AeroMax. Luckily he walked away with no injuries.

Not to be outdone, Top Gear Australia host Steve Pizzati rolled his race car two and a half times in a race on Sunday. Luckily he was fine as well though.

Drive more carefully, guys. lol

Hammond And TG.Au Host Steve Pizzati Both Wreck Their Cars originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 10 August 2009 at 06:14 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/08/10/hammond-and-tg-au-host-steve-pizzati-both-wreck-their-cars/feed/ 0 Final Episode Of Season 2 Of Top Gear Australia Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:57:47 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2110 As usual, apologies for the delay but timezones suck. You can find today’s Top Gear Australia right here though. This was the final episode of the season.

Final Episode Of Season 2 Of Top Gear Australia Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 29 June 2009 at 17:57 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/29/final-episode-of-season-2-of-top-gear-australia-out-now/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×07 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x07-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:07:57 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2087 Today’s episode of Top Gear Australia can be found here. Apologies for the delay in release, but I gotta sleep sometime. ;)

Top Gear Australia 2×07 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 22 June 2009 at 19:07 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/22/top-gear-australia-2x07-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×06 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x06-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:18:26 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2050 Today’s episode of Top Gear Australia can be found right here.

Top Gear Australia 2×06 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 15 June 2009 at 18:18 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/15/top-gear-australia-2x06-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×05 Out Now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:15:36 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2021 Apologies for the delay, but you can now get today’s Top Gear Australia right here.

Top Gear Australia 2×05 Out Now originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 8 June 2009 at 18:15 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/08/top-gear-australia-2x05-out-now/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×04 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x04-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:38 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2018 Today’s Top Gear Australia can be found right here. Enjoy. :)

Top Gear Australia 2×04 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 1 June 2009 at 13:53 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/06/01/top-gear-australia-2x04-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×03 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/25/top-gear-australia-2x03-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x03-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/25/top-gear-australia-2x03-released/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 13:01:30 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=2004 Snag it right here.

Top Gear Australia 2×03 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 25 May 2009 at 13:01 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/25/top-gear-australia-2x03-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 2×02 Now Available http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/18/top-gear-australia-2x02-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-2x02-now-available http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/18/top-gear-australia-2x02-now-available/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 13:17:05 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1994 Today’s Top Gear is now available. Once again, thanks to EZTV for being kind enough to host the torrent file for us since Mininova uploads now take hours to approve.

Top Gear Australia 2×02 Now Available originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 18 May 2009 at 13:17 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/18/top-gear-australia-2x02-now-available/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 02×01 Finally Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/12/top-gear-australia-02x01-finally-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-02x01-finally-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/12/top-gear-australia-02x01-finally-released/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 03:59:48 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1967 Oh what a day. It started with the Scene releasing the rip 15 minutes after I went to bed (I had stayed up hours waiting for a release) and culminated with Mininova’s new content filter sticking our torrent in the moderation queue where’s it’s been now for hours.

Luckily the guys over at EZTV are awesome and we are happy to announce that we will be teaming up with them in the future. In addition to merging torrents (that means more seeders for both of us), they will be hosting our .torrent files for us as well.

Our site will need some reworking in order to link to the torrents hosted by EZTV rather than Mininova, so here’s a manual link for now: http://f.zoink.it/4a08e4ed

Update: After more than 12 hours, Mininova finally approved the torrent. You can find it right here.

Top Gear Australia 02×01 Finally Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 12 May 2009 at 03:59 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/05/12/top-gear-australia-02x01-finally-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia Back May 11th http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/03/09/top-gear-australia-back-may-11th/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-back-may-11th http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/03/09/top-gear-australia-back-may-11th/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:02:53 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1725 CarAdvice.com.au is reporting that Top Gear Australia will be back May 11th. I’ve updated the counter at the top of the site to reflect the new date.

Top Gear Australia Back May 11th originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 9 March 2009 at 11:02 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2009/03/09/top-gear-australia-back-may-11th/feed/ 0 James Morrison’s “Behind The Wheel” 1994 Pilot http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/20/james-morrisons-behind-the-wheel-1994-pilot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=james-morrisons-behind-the-wheel-1994-pilot http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/20/james-morrisons-behind-the-wheel-1994-pilot/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:09:08 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1601 CarAdvice.com.au has the very 1990’s-style “Behind The Wheel” pilot, an Australian automotive TV show hosted by the new Top Gear Australia host, James Morrison. This was long before Top Gear came to Australia (I assume) and long before the current format of Top Gear.

Here’s the first part, the other 2 parts are at their site.

Click here to view the embedded media.

If you ignore the 90’s-ness of it, he’s actually not half bad.

James Morrison’s “Behind The Wheel” 1994 Pilot originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 20 December 2008 at 14:09 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/20/james-morrisons-behind-the-wheel-1994-pilot/feed/ 0 James Morrison To Replace Charlie Cox On Top Gear Australia http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/19/james-morrison-to-replace-charlie-cox-on-top-gear-australia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=james-morrison-to-replace-charlie-cox-on-top-gear-australia http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/19/james-morrison-to-replace-charlie-cox-on-top-gear-australia/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:26:15 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1595 TV Tonight is reporting that Charlie Cox will be replaced by musician James Morrison for the second season of Top Gear Australia. You might remember Morrison as the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car in episode six.

The change was supposedly due to Charlie Cox having too many media and business commitments.

“My time on Top Gear Australia was very special and it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of launching an extraordinary series. Sadly, though, I’ve lived in the UK for the past 19 years and I’m not able to give the time I want to Series Two. It seems best to leave the show and I wish James all the best in joining the two best blokes in Australian television -Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati,” Cox said.

Thanks to Neerav Bhatt for the tip via Twitter.

James Morrison To Replace Charlie Cox On Top Gear Australia originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Fri, 19 December 2008 at 06:26 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/19/james-morrison-to-replace-charlie-cox-on-top-gear-australia/feed/ 3 TopGear.com Australia Launches http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/08/topgearcom-australia-launches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=topgearcom-australia-launches http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/08/topgearcom-australia-launches/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:28:28 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1572 The Australian portal of TopGear.com launched today. It has videos and umm, stuff. Actually it’s just a lot like the UK version but with less videos and more Australian-specific stuff. No mention of the Australian version of the show from what I can tell.

TopGear.com Australia Launches originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 8 December 2008 at 00:28 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/12/08/topgearcom-australia-launches/feed/ 0 No Top Gear Australia 01×09 Yet Ever http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/24/no-top-gear-australia-01x09-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-top-gear-australia-01x09-ever http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/24/no-top-gear-australia-01x09-ever/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:36:15 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1506 Looks like the Aussie Scene groups missed it or are having upload trouble as it’s currently over an hour late. Hopefully it shows up later today. If not, we’ll look into alternate rips.

Thanks for your patience.

Totally forgot there were only 8 episodes this season. I’ll blame this post on it being 4:30 AM where I am and that I’ve been doing Top Gear Australia for the past 2 months now (it became a habit). Sorry about that.

No Top Gear Australia 01×09 Yet Ever originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 24 November 2008 at 12:36 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/24/no-top-gear-australia-01x09-ever/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×08 + Mininova Currently Down http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/17/top-gear-australia-01x08-mininova-currently-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x08-mininova-currently-down http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/17/top-gear-australia-01x08-mininova-currently-down/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:27:28 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1483 Here is the last episode of the first season of Top Gear Australia. Mininova is currently down due to server troubles, so the torrent is hosted on The Pirate Bay. I’ll stick it on Mininova later today once they’re back up. Mininova is back up. Link changed to Mininova.

And incase anyone’s wondering why we even bother using Mininova and don’t just host the .torrent files themselves, it’s because most hosts frown upon it. Even though BitTorrent and .torrent files themselves are perfectly legal (what you download via them of course can vary in legality), hosts just don’t want the trouble. So hosting them offsite is a (usually) great solution.

Top Gear Australia 01×08 + Mininova Currently Down originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 17 November 2008 at 12:27 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/17/top-gear-australia-01x08-mininova-currently-down/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×07 Now Available For Download http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/11/top-gear-australia-01x07-now-available-for-download/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x07-now-available-for-download http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/11/top-gear-australia-01x07-now-available-for-download/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:52:01 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1469 It took some string pulling and a lot of work to get a copy of it, but Monday’s Top Gear Australia is now available for download.

Top Gear Australia 01×07 Now Available For Download originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Tue, 11 November 2008 at 12:52 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/11/top-gear-australia-01x07-now-available-for-download/feed/ 0 No Top Gear Australia 01×07 Torrent Yet http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/10/no-top-gear-australia-01x07-torrent-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-top-gear-australia-01x07-torrent-yet http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/10/no-top-gear-australia-01x07-torrent-yet/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:30:34 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1462 A rip has been put out by PiX, but I haven’t managed to get my hands on it yet. There are a few x264 rips out there, but I don’t want to use those as I’d have to walk a million people through the codecs.

Just be patient and go watch Top Gear 12×02 again or something meanwhile. ;)

No Top Gear Australia 01×07 Torrent Yet originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 10 November 2008 at 12:30 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/10/no-top-gear-australia-01x07-torrent-yet/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×06 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/03/top-gear-australia-01x06-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x06-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/03/top-gear-australia-01x06-released/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:56:05 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1439 Okay, so it may not be as good as the UK version, but it’s still worth a watch. You can grab the 6th episode right here.

Top Gear Australia 01×06 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 3 November 2008 at 11:56 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/11/03/top-gear-australia-01x06-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×05 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/27/top-gear-australia-01x05/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x05 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/27/top-gear-australia-01x05/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:54:51 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1418 BiA’s 550MB rip of Top Gear Australia 01×05 is now available. Expect a 700MB release later this week probably.

EDIT: Or maybe not. No sign of a 700MB release. Sorry.

Top Gear Australia 01×05 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 27 October 2008 at 11:54 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/27/top-gear-australia-01x05/feed/ 0 700MB Rips Of Top Gear Australia 01×03 And 01×04 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/25/700mb-rips-of-top-gear-australia-01x03-and-01x04/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=700mb-rips-of-top-gear-australia-01x03-and-01x04 http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/25/700mb-rips-of-top-gear-australia-01x03-and-01x04/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:40:46 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1412 As promised (but a little late), I’ve torrented up the much better quality 700MB rips of Top Gear Australia episodes three and four.

Hopefully your BitTorrent clients will be smart enough to not automatically download them again just because the URL to the torrent changed in the feed.

700MB Rips Of Top Gear Australia 01×03 And 01×04 originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Sat, 25 October 2008 at 11:40 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/25/700mb-rips-of-top-gear-australia-01x03-and-01x04/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×04 Torrent http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/20/top-gear-australia-01x04-torrent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x04-torrent http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/20/top-gear-australia-01x04-torrent/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:31:18 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1373 Mininova is down at the moment for maintenance, so I’ve hosted the torrent file on The Pirate Bay meanwhile. Mininova is back up and the torrent is now linked to from the episode’s page.

BiA also opted for an even smaller rip this week — 350MB. PiX put out a 700MB rip as well though which I’ll probably release later this week (along with last week’s 700MB rip).

Top Gear Australia 01×04 Torrent originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 20 October 2008 at 11:31 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/20/top-gear-australia-01x04-torrent/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 1×03 Released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/13/top-gear-australia-1x03-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-1x03-released http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/13/top-gear-australia-1x03-released/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:54:36 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1350 The third episode of Top Gear Australia is now available for download.

EDIT: I just noticed that BiA opted for a 550MB rip. This is more in line with the bitrate of 350MB/42min rips of standard TV shows since Top Gear Australia has commercials. However I may release PiX’s “internal” 700MB release (which just came out moments ago) later this week if I can get my hands on it and if there’s any demand. We’ll see, but for now the 550MB rip will work just fine.

Top Gear Australia 1×03 Released originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 13 October 2008 at 11:54 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/13/top-gear-australia-1x03-released/feed/ 0 Top Gear Australia 01×02 Now Available http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/06/top-gear-australia-01x02-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-gear-australia-01x02-now-available http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/06/top-gear-australia-01x02-now-available/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:50:14 +0000 Viper007Bond http://www.finalgear.com/?p=1317 Apparently this second episode was better than the first.

Top Gear Australia 01×02 Now Available originally appeared on FinalGear.com on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:50 GMT.

]]> http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/10/06/top-gear-australia-01x02-now-available/feed/ 0