History Series / TopGearUs

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season tried to adapt the British format to US TV. After the second season, several aspects were gradually dumped in favor of a sweeping car challenge that would nearly encompass the episode. Most notably; the studio set, car reviews, ''Power Laps,'' ''Big Star Little Car,'' and The Stig have gone missing.

* CoolCar: Too many to list, as is expected for a show like this.

* PutOnABus: The Stig hasn't appeared on the show since Season 2. Although several promos for the show show him and the store has shirts of his likeness. He has reappeared in the Apocalypse Car show in Season 3.

* {{Adorkable}}: Rutledge.

Season 3 drops the Stig's lap times, and the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car; shifting to focus on full episode-long challenges, or a competition between the three hosts for the right to test a cool car.

** Adam gets his spotlight in season 4.

** The perception of the Corvair as unsafe has more to do with Americans at the time being unfamiliar with its rear-engine layout and its characteristics than any design flaws; both the ever-ubiquitous VW Beetle and the ever-desirable Porsche 911 use exactly this configuration.

*** On top of ''that'', ''Unsafe at Any Speed'' was lambasted by both ''Car and Driver'' and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for ignoring driver induced crashes and failure to adapt driving and maintenance habits to the rear engined layout.

** The perception of the Corvair as unsafe has more to do with Americans at the time being unfamiliar with it's rear-engine layout and it's characteristics than any design flaws, both the ever-ubiquitous first-gen VW Beetle and the ever-desirable Porsche 911 use exactly this configuration.
*** On top of that, it was the first-generation Corvair that received those complaints, whereas Rutledge's Corvair was of the second generation that addressed most of the issues. And while it ''did'' have the handling issues highlighted in the episode, it was mainly because "poor handling" was mainstay of '60's American car engineering.

*** That said, some would argue that not only is that list incorrect in every particular, but that one of the things that makes ''TopGearUS'' work is the fact that there's no attempt made to specifically mirror the UK presenting team.

Not to be confused with yet another adaptation of Top Gear that was short-lived on DiscoveryChannel (a re-edited version of the original's episodes with Jeremy, Richard and James filming new, America-specific interstitial segments). Compare to other American automotive magazine shows: ''CarAndDriver'', ''MotorTrend'' and ''Magazine/MotorWeek''.

Not to be confused with yet another adaptation of Top Gear that was short-lived on DiscoveryChannel (a re-edited version of the original's episodes with Jeremy, Richard and James filming new, America-specific interstitial segments). Compare to other American automotive magazine shows: ''CarAndDriver'', ''MotorTrend'' and ''MotorWeek''.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Duh.
--> '''Adam''': We could explain what ''Top Gear'' is, or you could watch this awesome {{montage}}.

** The Tacoma is very much LighterAndSofter compared to the international Hilux, designed for a market that uses "small" pickups primarily as car substitutes. On the DVD commentary, the presenters make it clear that it really wasn't a very good truck.

** In the Dangerous Cars episode, this is given plenty of discussion, including [[CallBack a list of some of the cars Adam had wrecked in past episodes]]. Then Rutledge attempts to train Adam to be a more careful driver. Only time will tell if it works...
** In the College Cars episode, the guys had to hit pinatas hanging on the backs of the other guys' cars using a stick tapped to the front of their own car. Adam just went ahead and smashed his car against the pinatas, killing Rut's bus, that just happened to have the engine in the back.

* PutOnABus: The Stig hasn't appeared on the show since Season 2. Although several promos for the show show him and the store has shirts of his likeness.

The show was originally to be developed by Creator/{{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 is currently in its third season. The show is hosted by rally-car driver Tanner Foust, racing analyst Rutledge Wood and comedian Adam Ferrara.

** Adam's concept car uses paint against tailgaters which is windshield wiperproof.