{"id":16402,"date":"2016-02-05T23:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/?p=16402"},"modified":"2016-02-05T23:20:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T15:20:05","slug":"top-gear-uk-new-host-matt-leblanc-joins-chris-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/top-gear-uk-new-host-matt-leblanc-joins-chris-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear UK New Host &#8211; Matt LeBlanc joins Chris Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/top-gear-uk-new-host-matt-leblanc-joins-chris-evans\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tg_-line-up-630x354.jpg\" alt=\"Top Gear 2016 Host\" width=\"618\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tg_-line-up-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tg_-line-up-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tg_-line-up.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Top Gear UK just announced the a new presenter along side with Chris Evans and Stig. * Drum rolls* &#8211; Mr Matt LeBlanc. Do you recall the famous sitcom ( Friends) , that funny dude &#8211; &#8220;Joey&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Matt LeBlanc is the fastest-ever Star in a Reasonably Priced Car \u2013 he famously set an as-yet unbeaten lap time of 1m 42.1s in the Kia cee\u2019d \u2013 when Top Gear UK was hosted by the Clarkson and friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs a car nut and a massive fan of Top Gear, I\u2019m honoured and excited to be a part of this iconic show\u2019s new chapter,\u201d said Matt. \u201cWhat a thrill!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Evans said of his new TG presenter: \u201cMatt\u2019s a lifelong fellow petrolhead and I\u2019m thrilled he\u2019s joining Top Gear. Acting out our craziest car notions on screen is a dream job and I know we\u2019ll both be debating some epic road trip ideas.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to share what we\u2019ve been up to on screen later this year,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Matt of course, is no stranger to TG screens. After setting that scorching lap time, he reappeared in the following series to test the new Kia cee\u2019d against its predecessor, drove The Stig around in a McLaren MP4-12C, and recently presented the standalone spin-off Top Gear: The Races.<\/p>\n<p>We were remain sceptical about Chris Evans as host, however with Matt LeBlanc now, we are looking forward to see who else will be included to this interesting line up of presenters for BBC Top Gear UK.<\/p>\n<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/top-gear-uk-new-host-matt-leblanc-joins-chris-evans\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Top Gear UK just announced the a new presenter along side with Chris Evans and Stig. * Drum rolls* &#8211; Mr Matt LeBlanc. Do you recall the famous sitcom ( Friends) , that funny dude &#8211; &#8220;Joey&#8221;. Mr Matt LeBlanc is the fastest-ever Star in a Reasonably Priced Car \u2013 he famously set an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9701,9700,9702,9693,9692,9695,9694,9696,9697,463,9698,9699],"class_list":["post-16402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-bbc-top-gear","tag-bbc-top-gear-uk","tag-bbc-top-gear-uk-new-host","tag-top-gear-2016-host","tag-top-gear-bbc","tag-top-gear-chris-evans","tag-top-gear-matt-leblanc","tag-top-gear-new-host","tag-top-gear-new-presenters","tag-top-gear-uk","tag-top-gear-uk-new-host","tag-top-gear-uk-new-presenter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16406,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402\/revisions\/16406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}