Buoyed by its ratings results, HISTORY is giving Top Gear a season two extension with eight all-new episodes. Production on the new episodes is underway and they will roll out in early 2012. For its second season, Top Gear on HISTORY has averaged 1.9 million viewers and 1.1 million with both A18-49 and A25-54 viewers. The show’s second run also has the distinction of attracting HISTORY’S youngest audience ever with a +24% increase among A18-49 viewers compared to the first season. Top Gear is hosted by comedian and car enthusiast Adam Ferrara, champion rally and drift racer Tanner Foust and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. Top Gear is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions and is a co-production of HISTORY and BBC Worldwide.
Source: Cynopsis