Autofiends caught up with Tanner Foust about his new NBC show Top Gear. Here is a clip from the interview that AutoFiends did.

Jonny Lieberman: You just got every car guy’s dream job. What’s that like?

Tanner Foust: I’m really excited about getting started on Top Gear. I think it’s a rare situation where you get a chance to live out your car fantasies, as it were: doing some stunts, driving certain cars on certain roads around the world, etc. And than have someone else put the money up so you can make those come true.

JL: How’d you get the job? I’m asking that because I’m maybe one of three car journalists that didn’t try out for the gig. I’m just curious how you got it.

TF: The BBC went on a pretty extensive headhunt for the host and when they landed on Adam they knew they had a really good booking. He’s a great lead host for the show and obviously very opinionated and has an amazing passion for cars and he’s a gearhead throughout. So it was really finding people who matched up with Adam and who had chemistry with Adam and also had some sort of authority that they could bring to the plate, some piece of the puzzle that they filled. Adam and I get along great and so that was one reason. Probably another major reason was just the driving background that I have and the fact that I’m still actively competing in these sports gives me an opinion about cars that comes from a more race inspired, experience based angle than the other hosts.

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