History Series / TopGearUs

* TheJimmyHartVersion: Due to US licensing laws, most of the music that plays in eahc segment are cover versions.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Adam is actually subtitled "The Wrecker" in the Season 2 opening sequence. Notably, the actor/comedian is the only one of the hosts for whom cars and driving are a ''hobby'', not a job.

** One challenge in the Death Valley episode involves the hosts having to cross an asphalt road without their 4x4s' wheels touching the asphalt. Tanner uses some pipes and wood to build rollers and Rutledge creates a tread out of some carpet. Adam? He tips his Bronco on its side and drags it across. Add this to the fact that he managed to break the Bronco's rear axle during an earlier challenge and it's no surprise that of the three 4x4s, Adam's was the first to crap out.
*** In Adam's defense, the reason his Bronco failed to complete the challenge was due to a flat tire. However, he left the spare behind to save weight.

** Rick and Chumlee from Pawn Stars talked about the bad cars they had, including their first cars. Rick had a VW Rabbit. Chumlee had a '93 Geo Metro, which he says "three months later, I left it on the side of the road."*

* [[MisaimedFandom Misaimed Hatedom]]: Has quite a large hatedom composed of fans of the British Top Gear, despite the fact that Jeremy Clarkson says that they all love the show. [[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/10/u-s-top-gear-renewed-by-history-for-a-second-season/82306/]]

The show was originally to be developed by {{NBC}} (with help from BBC America) but spent [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell years in Development Hell]] before changing hands from NBC to TheHistoryChannel and finally premiered in September 2010. It recently concluded its second season and is hosted by rally-car driver Tanner Foust, racing analyst Rutledge Wood and comedian Adam Ferrara.

** Tanner refurred to his red Peterbilt as Optimus Prime.

** On the other hand, as of the end of season 2, American actress [[Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay Arlene Tur]] has the fastest time on the board.
*** Still played straight. She placed first, but in the course of doing so she drove over the checkered flag, a camera, and almost a cameraman.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: The segment on the Subaru Impreza WRX STI includes a snippet that sounds a lot like the intro to {{Metallica}}'s "One."

-> "Top Gear is clearly in safe hands, even if they do insist on speaking in those stupid accents. Watching an episode from series 1 with Richard and James, we were just three ordinary chaps watching a car show and loving it, which is exactly what Top Gear should be."

** The Tacoma is very much LighterAndSofter compared to the international Hilux, designed for a market that uses "small" pickups primarily as car substitutes.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent

* SeriousBusiness: The hosts treat the trucks in the Alaska Special as this. The first host whose American-made truck failed ([[spoiler:it was Adam]]) would be forced to drive a Toyota Hilux, which is not given the same regard as it is across the pond. Being forced to drive the Hilux is referred to as a "national disgrace."

*** Rutledge and Adam then challenge Tanner to a race between them on ''ForzaMotorsport 4'' and Tanner driving the real thing. Adam, being [[DrivesLikeCrazy the crazy driver]] that he is, somehow manages to flip his virtual car over, something that, apparently, isn't supposed to be possible.

* PimpedOutCar: Happened a few times on this show. One of them involved turning a Nissan into a time traveling Delorian.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Duh.
--> '''Adam''': We could explain what ''Top Gear'' is, or you could watch this [[BeyondTheImpossible awesome]] {{montage}}.
** Arguably, one of the big reasons the US version's been as popular as it has is that it really does try to be as generally equivalent as it can. Including the attitude of "We are number one, every other show/car/country out there [[MysteryMen are number two or lower]]" that the original ''Top Gear'' had.
---> "I know, the rest of the world thinks Americans are arrogant. And, to be fair, [[PrecisionFStrike fuck you]]."

** One challenge in the Death Valley episode involves the hosts having to cross an asphalt road without their 4x4s' wheels touching the asphalt. Tanner uses some pipes and wood to build rollers and Rutledge creates a tread out of some carpet. Adam? He tips his Bronco on its side. Add this to the fact that he managed to break the Bronco's rear axle during an earlier challenge and it's no surprise that of the three 4x4s, Adam's was the first to crap out.