Adam Carolla ready to bring own brand of dry wit and unfiltered thoughts to NBC’s “Top Gear”
Quick Stats: Adam Carolla, comic, radio DJ, and TV host of NBC’s "Top Gear"
Daily Driver: 2007 Audi S4 (Adam’s rating 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10)
Other cars: 1995 Ford Explorer (no rating: used as a work truck); 13 cars include Lamborghinis, Ferraris, BMW, Aston Martin, Datsuns (Rating: likes all his cars, but the old Lambos are his "babies" or "kids")
Favorite road trip: Highway 1 up to Pebble Beach, Calif.
Car he learned to drive in: 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit
First car bought: 1978 Mazda pickup truck
Daily Driver: 2007 Audi S4 (Adam’s rating 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10)
Other cars: 1995 Ford Explorer (no rating: used as a work truck); 13 cars include Lamborghinis, Ferraris, BMW, Aston Martin, Datsuns (Rating: likes all his cars, but the old Lambos are his "babies" or "kids")
Favorite road trip: Highway 1 up to Pebble Beach, Calif.
Car he learned to drive in: 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit
First car bought: 1978 Mazda pickup truck
There are those "Top Gear" purists who feel the show is Clarkson, Hammond, and May and that any other host would border on blasphemy. Then there are enthusiasts who just can’t get enough and are eager to see NBC’s U.S. permutation of this worldwide juggernaut with comedian Adam Carolla at the helm.
Carolla has been on TV since MTV’s "Loveline" and Comedy Central’s "The Man Show" and most recently competed on ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars." Listeners of his syndicated radio show know Carolla will bring his own brand of dry wit and unfiltered thoughts to "Top Gear." His honest rants about cars hint he might just satiate our need for more of the British auto show (with a 21-year waiting list), even if his name isn’t Jeremy Clarkson. Carolla’s 13-car collection is housed in a warehouse (which includes a heavy dose of his affinity for classic Italian sports cars). There are three he saw on eBay—a 1973 Datsun 510, a 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT (of 120 built), and his latest purchase, a Bob Sharp 1972 Datsun 610 No. 33. The others are a 1972 Porsche; a blue 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (of 247 built); a red 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2; a 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4; a 1999 Jaguar XJR; a 1989 BMW M3; a 2001 BMW M3; a 2004 Ferrari Stradale, which he wants to sell; a 2004 Aston Martin DB9; a 1984 Nissan 300ZX, which was Paul Newman’s old race car. At home, Carolla has a 1995 Ford Explorer he calls a "junker" for schlepping to the hardware store. But his daily driver is a 2007 Audi S4, a deliberate lease to get him to the 97.1 Free FM studio for his morning drive show. Carolla emphasizes certain words when he wants to underscore a point.
