Well shit anyway.
Of course now the truth is out. He did hit a producer and was in a scuffle with him for 30 seconds followed by 20 minutes of verbal abuse. It's not acceptable in any job of course but Top Gear wasn't just any job and Clarkson wasn't just any staff member. It was be a massive loss for the BBC.
May and Hammond won't stay on and whatever Top Gear comes back next year won't be one i'll be watching. Sounds like sour grapes I know but i've been watching the show since the 80s with Clarkson. I loved the current Top Gear and spent many a night with a beer or two laughing my head off which I sometimes sorely needed to do.
I'm with you. As an American, I saw the UK version first and for several years, so I think the US version is completely lame and lacking any of the chemistry of the UK version.
I'm not sure I would have liked TG US even if I had never seen TG UK. I'm not really a "car show guy" for the sake of it.