Top Gear (2014 TV series)

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Top Gear
Presented by Cheng Lei
Richie Jen
Tian Liang
Ma Dong
Ou Han-sheng
"The Stig"
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Original release
Network Shanghai Dragon TV
ReleaseNovember 12, 2014 (2014-11-12) –
December 21, 2015 (2015-12-21)

Top Gear is a Chinese television series about motor vehicles, primarily on cars, and is an adaptation of the British television series Top Gear . [1] The show premiered on 13 November 2014 on the network Shanghai Dragon TV. Series 1 was hosted by Cheng Lei, Richie Jen, and Tian Liang, Series 2 by Cheng Lei, Ma Dong, and Ou Han-sheng. The show also features a segment similar to Star in a Reasonably Priced Car (Ford Focus in Series 1 and Volkswagen Lamando in Series 2) and a Chinese Stig, whose identity is currently unknown.

Contents

Episodes

TotalEpisodeReviewsFeaturesGuestsAir Date
Series 1
11 Porsche 918 Spyder • Drive 310 kilometers from Zhangye to Jiayu Pass with a battery/fuel range of exactly 310 km left (Tesla Model S • Ford Mondeo) Qiao Zhenyu • Michelle Ye • Tiger Hu • Ma Tianyu • Alan Ko • Cica Zhou • Jiang Wu 12 November 2014
22 Ferrari F12berlinetta • Drive from Dali to Geladan (Jaguar XF • DS 6WR • Polaris RZR) to watch the night sky Chopstick Brothers 19 November 2014
33 Jaguar F-Type R • Climb to Bilutu Peak in the Badain Jaran Desert (Toyota Tundra • Arctic Cat Wildcat) Zheng Kai • Gülnezer Bextiyar 26 November 2014
44 McLaren 650S • Race near West Lake (Volkswagen Golf • bicycle • public transit)

• Parkour vs. BMX vs. Chevrolet Cruze

Zhang Liang3 December 2014
55 Bentley Continental GT V8 S Gary Chaw 10 December 2014
66 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante 17 December 2014
77 KTM X-Bow GT 24 December 2014
88 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale Kevin Cheng 7 January 2015
99 BMW M235i • Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG • MINI Paceman JCW • "Triathlon" in a zoo with Land Rover Discovery Wu Chun 14 January 2015
1010Ford Mustang21 January 2015
Series 2
111N/A• Race across Shanghai during morning rush hour (public transit • bicycle • boat • Toyota Reiz)

• Wingsuit flying vs. drifting (Subaru BRZ) in Tianmen Mountain

Aarif Rahman 19 October 2015 [2]
122N/A• Drive ¥300,000 (about $45,000) sports cars (Porsche 996 Carrera 4 • Mercedes-Benz SL500 • Ferrari 360) across desert Wong Cho-lam 26 October 2015 [3]
133 BMW i8 • Farewells to a to-be-decommissioned 14-year-old Volkswagen Polo Ming Dao 2 November 2015 [4]
144 Caterham Seven • Package delivery challenge (Arctic Cat utility task vehicle • Feng Xian (奉贤) bus) Christy Chung 9 November 2015 [5]
155N/A• London tour (Jaguar E-Type Roadster • Peel P50 • Abbot self-propelled gun)

• Travel to the Top Gear test track and Waddesdon Manor in vehicles with Chinese connection (Benelli electric bicycle • TX4 • Chang'an Eado)

• Race to Goodison Park in British lightweight sports cars (Morgan 3-Wheeler • Caterham Seven • Radical SR3 SL)

 Pan Xiaoting • Jeffrey Kung16 November 2015 [6]
166N/A• Uber driver challenge in ¥400,000 (about $60,000) cars (Audi A6 • Chevrolet Camaro • Ford Taurus (Chinese version)

• hot hatch face-off (Volkswagen Golf R • Renault Mégane RS)

 Kelly Lin • Ho-Pin Tung 23 November 2015 [7]
177N/A• Race across Chongqing (Volkswagen Lamando • NIU eScooter • public transit) Part 1 Jimmy Lin 30 November 2015 [8]
188 Porsche 911 GT3 • Race across Chongqing Part 2

• Off-road SUV challenge (Toyota Land Cruiser Prado • Ford Everest • Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara) on the Hulunbuir Prairie

 Stephen Fung 7 December 2015 [9]
199 Lamborghini Huracán • Volkswagen Golf GTI • Train for the CTCC Lynn Hung 14 December 2015 [10]
2010 McLaren 625C • Race to Mount Putuo (Peugeot 308 • Roewe E50 • Maserati Quattroporte GTS) with ¥500 (about $75) for gas and tolls Chang Chen 21 December 2015 [11]

History

The first attempt at a Chinese Top Gear was in 2011. [12]

In May 2014, BBC announced that it has signed a deal with Honyee Media to produce a local version of Top Gear in China. [13] On 13 November 2014, the first series of the Top Gear China premiered on Shanghai Dragon Television, presented by Cheng Lei, a veteran Chinese TV presenter, Richie Jen, a Taiwanese singer and actor, and Tian Liang, a former Olympic gold-medalist in diving.

Production started in July 2014. [13] Filming took place in various locations, such as: Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Chongqing, Guizhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Wuxi. [13]

Reception

Season 2 has had a total audience of 217 million with 5 episodes. [1]

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