Fifth Gear Recharged

Just started watching Fifth Gear Recharged. Great crew line up. Big fan of Jason from the Williams Touring Car days in 1999-2000. Recent show great with 3 Electric Bikes compared. Just caught up with the earlier show demonstrating the Citroen Ami. Hilarious. Sorry Vicki. 2 things that constantly annoy me, are; please, please don't abbreviate BHP to HP. They are not the same thing. I'm sure that everyone in the know about engine power are aware that horses were indeed rated against the power produced by low power engines. Engine power is now rated on a water brake.. Also, Hyundai, the company, have recently been running an Ad campaign to educate people into pronouncing the name correctly. I'm one of them as are many others. Your team regularly pronounce it High and Dye. It's actually pronounced Hay un Day. Great show; more series please.

One could say "we do both" but this seems more like check the boxes. How about stop with the corny jokes mixed with being super woke, car passion coming 3rd and rather find real chemistry between the team and a good writer to help behind the scenes.

This forced wokeness is getting to the point of being absurd.

I love cars, and I feel there's been a gap in the market for this kind of show for a long time, a car show about cars (not forced childish games), and cars that you can actually consider buying.

I also haven't managed to keep up to date on the electric car market, so I'm appreciating the content. I have been surprised about what's already there and even more about what's to come in the near future.

Don't be distracted by climate change deniers, this show is just about cars, and electric cars are here to stay whether they want to accept it or throw their frustrations against a great tv show.

Vicky and Jason are legends that give the show an extra humph.

Fifth Gear has had a chequered history - moving from channel to channel with repeated risk of cancellation, but the new Recharged version shows a maturity and expertise lacking in many automotive shows such as the increasingly embarrassing UK Top Gear. Jason Plato, Vicky Butler-Henderson,Karun Chandhok and Grace Webb know their stuff and genuinely seem to be having fun together, not pulling any punches but equally not going over the top. However, Sid North seems a bit out of his depth - occasionally just repeating what others in the team say. Tiff Needell is notably missed. Just reviewing EV's may limit its scope, and it must be made on a budget given its limited audience size, but it's good viewing even so - intelligent and imaginative.

Its a decent show, something for everyone here. I would like to see them push the limits of whats possible in the reviews a bit more but its a solid effort from the Team. Well done. One thing that is annoying though from these shows is the confusion between kWh and kW with constant incorrect references being made between the two very different metrics throughout the show.