As you will most likely be aware Series 14 of Top Gear premieres on UK screens tonight. Kicking the season off is an appearance by Australia’s own Eric Bana. According to Top Gear’s Transmission blog Eric was a popular guest, “You can always tell the really sound people amongst TG guests by how much they hang around after their interview.
“Suffice to say that the Top Gear team thinks Bana is a bloody good bloke because he was there until the end, watching the rest of the show and then enjoying some of the aftershow Terrible Buffet in the production office.
“In fact, he was still there talking diffs, carbs and the higher language of muscle cars with Hammond when most people were making their excuses and leaving.”
Without giving too much away the first episode will also include the film shot on the Transfagarasan road in Romania. Set to be a classic clip, for sure, the lads take on the road’s seemingly never ending corners in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder, an Aston Martin DBS Volante and a Ferrari California. With plenty of tunnels on this route, there’s certain to be some supreme aural delights, as well.
Season 14 of Top Gear is the first to be broadcast in high definition. That means we can expect the show’s brilliant production standards to be showcased at an even higher level.
If my memory serves, this series will be an seven episode run with the final episode likely to air on 27 December. For more of a teaser of what is to come this series, check out this previous AUSmotive post.
[Pic: Eric Bana Online]