- Top Gear filming a "demolition derby"
- $200,000 repair bill
- Car companies outraged
FILMING of the Australian series of
Top Gear has turned into a demolition derby with a repair bill close to $200,000.
Eager driving and wild stunts have left a trail of destruction behind the
Top Gear team that goes beyond the expected bill for bald tyres from slides and burnouts.
Luxury cars have needed total resprays because of flying stones, and lesser brands have reported damage from silly stunts created for the SBS TV series, which is unofficially confirmed for a second series in Australia in 2009.
Some of the most expensive repair bills involved a Lamborghini, which is believed to have sustained about $25,000 damage during filming, while a group of Holden Astras needed $30,000 to restore them after they were used in a game of "lawn bowls".
We have no appetite for automotive
Jackass," the spokesman for one of the damaged brands said. "When they revisit series two, they will encounter a lot of shut doors," said another.
The damage bill for
Top Gear goes way beyond anything seen in any form of Australian motoring journalism.
"All we will say is that it turned out to be a very expensive test drive," said Holden spokeswoman Kate Lonsdale of the Astra bowls stunt.
The show's producers failed to return the
Herald Sun's phone calls.
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