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''Top Gear Australia'' is an Australian-British motoring television series based on the BBC series ''Top Gear''. The show premiered on SBS One on 29 September 2008 at 7:30 pm AEST, with its first season consisting of 8 episodes. A second season was announced following the release of ratings figures for the premiere and favourable comments from advertisers,〔 and began airing from 11 May 2009. After acquiring the rights to broadcast the UK version in 2009, the Nine Network started airing their own version of ''Top Gear Australia'' in September 2010. ''Top Gear Australia'' returned for a fourth season in 2011. The show has since been cancelled as of 14 September 2011 due to declining ratings. ''Top Gear Australia'' is also the name of a licensed version of the British ''Top Gear'' magazine. The Australian magazine is produced by ACP Magazines (Australian Consolidated Press). The magazine features articles on responsible motoring and road safety from many writers, including law enforcement officers, government officials and road trauma victims such as Schapelle Corby, Ken Lay, Dick Johnson, Dame Edna Everidge, Jeff Fatt From the Wiggles, John Howard, Peter Costello, Garth Tander, Harold Scruby, Dan Read and Paul Horrell. ==Presenters== Prior to filming SBS made an open casting call for presenters, resulting in over 4000 applications. The original hosts chosen for ''Top Gear Australia'' were cartoonist and motoring columnist Warren Brown, MotoGP commentator Charlie Cox, and race driver / driving instructor Steve Pizzati. Marketing prior to the first episode stated that the presenters would be joined by The Stig's "Australian cousin", but in the first episode the driver was introduced as just "The Stig". Steve Pizzati suggested that The Stig have an "Australian" name, such as "Stiggo", but the other presenters refused. The season 2 opener clarified that ''Top Gear Australias Stig is not intended to be the same Stig from the UK series. On 19 December 2008, Charlie Cox announced he was leaving the program as he felt he was unable to offer enough time to the show. SBS subsequently announced that trumpeter James Morrison would be his replacement, joining Warren and Steve for season two.〔(AUSmotive.com – Top Gear Australia loses Cox and blows Morrison’s trumpet )〕 Morrison had previously appeared as a guest in the sixth episode. For the third season, early reports claimed that former Australian cricketer Shane Warne would take over the hosting of the show alongside original ''Top Gear'' host Jeremy Clarkson, although the BBC ultimately ruled out Clarkson's involvement in the Australian version. On 20 June 2010, it was announced that actor and comedian Shane Jacobson and ''Top Gear Australia'' magazine editor Ewen Page would join a returning Steve Pizzati to present the show for the Nine Network, which premièred on 28 September 2010 with a 75-minute The Ashes special, in which the hosts faced off against their Top Gear UK counterparts in a series of motoring-related challenges. The UK presenters won after cheating in the final challenge by using a professional race driver instead of James May. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Top Gear Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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