What it's REALLY like hosting TOP GEAR Australia | How I Got The Job 

While we may not know Moog personally, it still feels like one of your mates has been given an awesome opportunity and it makes me proud that “one of my mates” has made it.

When Moog starts getting teary eyed talking about Martin, that’s when you know he loves him like a brother. Always a special moment to see

My favourite part is when he shares that Marty pushed him to do it. A sign of true friendship to truly inspire your mates to get out of their comfort zone

Throughout the whole episode, Moog constantly directs the attention, and the praise to everyone else - to the Top Gear crew, to Marty, To Ian, etc. a very humble guy. Appreciate you Moog 👊

I never thought I'd watch Top Gear again after the Clarkson, Hammond, May era. I'm now excited for the new series. Thanks, Moog!

I'm SO happy you said yes to the opportunity. It's nice that you've surrounded yourself with people that push you forward.

You’ve come a long way from that driveway. Also, can we all agree what an amazing mate Marty is? To be so supportive of you for something like this - that’s a true friend. What a legend.

Sounds like a blast, and leaving Marty unattended actually produced some classic unhinged MCM moments.

Congrats on the gig, Moog. Great early feedback for Aussie TG is no surprise to the 38 of us.

From mum's driveway to Top Gear! It is wonderful to have witnessed your journey. I am sure that we all feel some connection with Moog and Marty and are proud of your achievements. Well done boys.

With the Cancellation of Top Gear UK, I think Top Gear Australia is going to be the new Global Top Gear especially with the Streaming on Para+ and hearing Moog talk with the old uk crew working on it, sounds like its gona be a banger!

Can't get enough of how Moog talks about Marty when he's not there! So wholesome.

I'm very happy for Moog and for his success, but Marty is the GOAT. Supporting your mate to succeed, and be humble enough to stay in the background is always the most important, and the man knows. You try to elevate people around you, always. Respect off the scale.

Marty is such a GC, he knew instantly that Moog needed to take the opportunity. And Moog trusting Marty and taking the leap is awesome. Props to both of them for getting to this point.

I really like when you guys do this more "serious" style of interview. Its of a quality missing from the mainstream now days

This is fantastic, great interview. Moog, the fact that your favorite part of this experience was meeting the crew and how much that impacted you is a clear indicator of your heart for people. The MCM community loves cars of course, but yourself and Marty make the connection to the fans real. Great work, can't wait to watch TG!

Watching Blair stripped back from the Moog-MCM product is always such a fascinating and educating conversation, I really wish we could get more of your time :)

When you announced you were going to work on Top Gear, I was bouncing off the walls! I'm just a guy from the UK who's loved your RU-vid channel for many years. This venture just feels right and very well deserved, Moog. Looking forward to hopefully seeing it soon in little blighty.

Fantastic stuff Moog, I'm so glad you took the opportunity, once in a lifetime stuff brother. And so excellent of marty to back you to the hilt. Bloody ripper, and I'm excited to pirate top gear australia when it's available, sorry, not sorry.

I absolutely 💯 love Marty for supporting Moog through this and no matter what I will forever support MCM ❤️

Funny, years and years ago when Top Gear Australia first aired I thought, "they should get MCM to host, they actually love cars" turns out I was half right about 13 years later. Well done Blair.

Towards the end of the interview you express your love for Marty and it is just so obvious what good friends you are and how you support each other. Life is short and we need to tell people arounds us that we care. When I think about the RU-vid shows I enjoy like VGG, Project Binky, Matt's Off Road Recover etc, the common thread is the interactions with people. As you say, good on you mate.

Congrats Moog,i hope they threw silly amounts of money at you for it,well deserved as a top gear host.You're a genuine petrol head and car enthusiast.When's Marty appearing as a guest?😁

Frank, honest, interesting, without the inflated egos and a real joy to hear the passion come through. I am keen to see what this incarnation of the show is like after the abysmal efforts that have proceeded it that were 'trying too hard' to mimic what was done before. I hope the guys get the reward for effort and it's a success. Good luck.

Awesome to see a return of the show and to see you involved and enjoying new adventures. Gotta figure out where to watch this.

Wow! That’s amazing! So happy for you Moog! I can’t wait to see you in the TG episode. Hopefully here in the states I can see it soon.

When this popped up on my feed, I dropped everything, moved this up to the top of my watching list and I'm really excited to watch your new adventure!

Moog, you are seriously one of the most humble, intelligent, compassionate humans I've encountered. Thank you. And congrats, you deserve it and so much more. ✌🏻

Holy crap can't wait to see it, so awesome to know MCM Marty is such a big part of your heart. Truly legendary 🙌

i have to say Moog! very impressive that you were given the amazing opportunity to be a genuine top gear host! and even more impressive was the fact that while you were off filming top gear all over the planet, we had NO IDEA! that you were not at home hanging out with your best mate filming MCM episodes to keep all of us fans entertained! amazing! amazing that Marty did such a spectacular job keeping that whole deal under wraps and that you wee able to get back periodically and film episodes of MCM that enabled Marty and you to hide that fact! well done guys very VERY well done!!!!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👍👍

Moog and Marty, long time fans are so happy with how far you've come. Well done Moog on the gig mate.

"Excited about this Top Gear because it feels real, genuine" - the perfect sum up and insight. I can see these 3 personalities working well together and Moog brings that real, common man, tinkering in the shed, backyard hero vibe to TG. Glad to hear you got the poms into the Super Garage too. 🤩

Congratulations Moog so happy for you and your team. Can’t wait to see what the future brings for you and Marty.

I can't wait for May 17! Moog I'm glad you've given TG a go & it'll go well. Apart from you and Marty on MCM, please show more footage of your friends like Iain doing nuggets.

Congrats, Moog! Love the friendship you and Marty have, always pushing each other forward to do great things.

Love you guys. So happy for you Moog! I was glad to see this today, got home from work and was having a rough time (PTSD/depressed). This pulled me back to feeling mostly normal. I'm really happy for you, congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉!

When I saw you/Moog on the trailer, one of my first thoughts was legitimately. “When did he shoot this?” It was really seamless, well done.

Massive congrats man. I've never met you, but I've watched you since you guys were kicking around in your driveway while the birds tried to overpower your audio levels. Seeing you guys succeed on such an amazing journey has been beyond inspiring.

Long ago, I was watching blue turd videos and now, here we are. It´s awesome to see where you got it and how humble you still are and how supportive and true friend you got in Marty. Love you guys.

Wow that is amazing, i have been watching mcm probably since 2012 and top gear much longer. Well deserved, this is the ultimate crossover and im really proud of you after all these years, youre going to kill it!

Yay! I’ve been waiting to see a bit behind the scenes!

Really enjoyed this. You deserve all the success in the world,Moog. I've followed MCM since 2017, you are one of the nicest blokes there is. All the best. Hope TopGear Oz is a huge success. Will always be a fan of your work. Come to South Africa!

Congrats Moog! Great seeing you & Beau at 10 on this gem of a show.

Being away hasn’t been noticed on mcm thank you for your extra time and effort for doing so. Can’t wait to watch top gear but it’s an amazing opportunity supported by all.

Can't wait to see you on Top Gear. That's awesome. Congratulations. You and Marty are bringing us a ton of pleasure. Thanks

I'm glad you and Marv put this interview out cos I'm now pumped to watch it, cos to be honest when I first saw the add showing the co hosts I was a bit unsure how it would turn out. I was however definitely glad to see Shane (takes any role offered) Jacobson wasn't making a return!😂

HELL YEAH, looking forward to watching TOP GEAR AUSTRALIA. That's such a great opportunity, Marty being a great mate in encouraging you to do so.

Well done! Fantastic interview Ian. So proud of you Moog!

Maaaate, with you in it. TOP GEAR is back. I'll look forward to it. As for McM, im loving it too, for me, it shines a light on a completely different car world to what i grew up with. Growing up in a coastal nsw town, we had 4 car dealers. Toyota, Nissan, Ford and Holden. We grew up on the spanners and you could show me a bolt and i could tell you what part of the car it came from. As kids we had rego motors, which we would throw in just to pass inspection then put the the hot motor back in it, in under 2 hrs. On friday night we would convert a car from an auto to a manual just because there was nothing on TV that night. Keep it up boys. 😊 long live McM.

I’ve been watching mcm since the very beginning and I’m so happy to see Moogs take on this role - I’ve watched the first two episodes and it is the best Australian iteration they have released - it definitely feels like the old uk version. Well done Moogs, absolutely well deserved!

I’m so excited! I was the only one in town with a Chops sticker on the back of my car for years now! Congrats

Forget that the whole amazing Top Gear chat is happening and Moog has done heaps of things, but Iain Kelly! He is not on the camera enough. What a guy. Good laugh. Good fun bloke.

I'm so looking forward to watching the new Top Gear. I saw a trailer for it the other day on Paramount+ since I have a sub to it and when I saw Moog on there I knew I wanted to watch it when it comes out. Awesome stuff dude.

YEAH DUDE!, I'm so proud for you dude just wish you took over for top gear UK so we could watch you over here, just wish Marty was joining you though as that dynamic between the two of you would have been beautiful, just hope I can find a way to watch it in the UK

I barely noticed moogs absence, you’re a legend and can’t wait to see the series!

I've been a fan of Top Gear since I have memory of it. And since the first video I saw of MCMods. I'm very happy for your success. New beginnings, new horizons. Excellent.

Really cool interview. I've always felt that Moog was the alpha of the friendship. My wife hasn't watched in a while so she doesn't see the evolution in Moog as he respects and truly loves Marty. Such an awesome thing this Mighty Car Mods. I truly hope it goes on forever!

I'm very excited for the show. Don't remember the last time I've watched top gear, only the other big show but I do believe there's a lot of great in it. Maybe it'll be a new and right perspective to give a new approach to the tv shows about cars. Thank you for everything and hope the sucess remains strong!

Love you guys and am so happy you did this. hope i can watch top gear australia here in germany somehow. Like so many ppl here already wrote "it feels like one of your mates has done this" and I couldn't agree more. Watching you two archive so much over the years and still be yourselfs is amazing.

What a guy! Moog’s so humble. Can’t wait to watch it

Been watching MCM for over a decade from the US and I am so pumped to watch this!

I’m so happy to hear this. Congrats Moog. !!!!

Marty and Moog are aussie car industry/youtube icons absolute legends hence the reason i been watching for 15years ever since workn in the drive way of martys mums. U both deserve all the acollades possible.god bless guys🙏🙏🙏

Maaaaaate! I just saw you on the Project! Congrats!! 👍👍

Great Interview! So happy you guys are so genuine to us the 'consumers'. Love you all!

It’s exciting to see you succeed and carry on the Top Gear legacy;I always thought you and Martin together would somehow manage to become the hosts of this fabulous series someday - I think the BBC is missing an opportunity to showcase that unique friendship - Stiil, I can’t wait to see the new Top Gear and imagine a future TG where you and Martin are the co-hosts together. MCM is the best, but the world deserves a new TG to rival the era of Clarkson, May and Hammond and you two could bring us that together 👍👍

Congrats brother. Great to see that you made it mate. Martin is great for supporting you like he did. If you ever want a fill in I'm always ready to help Martin. That'll be my big break 😊❤

Ooo, adding top gear AU to my list. Great on yah mate!

I really hope the US gets to watch this show. Congrats Moog. Much deserved. I'm excited to see how it all plays out.

Great interview session. Good to see Marv/NotMarv making an appearance also

Congratulations on all your achievements buddy! I'm sure you feel blessed to be able to do the things you get to do.

Got to meet Moog personally whilst he was on set for top gear. He took time out of his busy day to say hello to me and my family. I will be forever greatful for it. wishing you all the success with top gear and wonderful to see you back on mcm as well

Couldn't get into the old Top Gear AU series - genuinely excited to see this one.

I’m so happy for you! I can’t wait to see it!

Congrat's Moog, Marty & MCM, well done 😃👍. Bring on the future..............

Pumped to watch the new top gear, and great interview Mr Kelly :)

Congrats Moog!!!! I can’t wait to watch it!

Congratulations! Can't wait to see it!

congrats mate! your channel was one of my first subs since youtube started! have nearly 400 now! ;-)

I hadn't really noticed that you'd been gone! I'd assumed you were doing bits of Top Gear here and there. Look forward to it coming to the US sometime.

I been waiting to see this, you’re deserving of a bigger story, Martin too but gotta start somewhere eh? Good stuff.

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing it!

can't wait!! I'm gonna get my Paramount subscription on the 17th so they know what I've come for !!

Well done! I don’t have any social media so this was new to me, Congratulations. Haven’t watch top gear since Clarkson, but I’ll be watching this.

Looking forward to watching the series 🙂

I've been watching for a long time and this is probably the best insight into respect and integrity and the MCM philosophical approach. Thank you MCM for sharing your real thoughts.

I'm really proud of you, man. And very happy. Can wait for the show.

What makes Moog great is his lack of ego and his value of gratitude. It's the recipe for humility. And you can see it in his respect and appreciation for the talent of the crew he was fortunate enough to work with. Not to mention his love for his extraordinary friend, Marty. How can you not like the guy?

Amazing story! Could not be offered to a better person! Been a fan for a decade

I wish my car was available to you blokes and gals in Australia. I owned a 1989 Isuzu I-Mark RS . Sold in Australia as the Holden Gemini, ... Isuzu Gemini in other markets of the world. My car had a NA 16 valve 1.6 L I4 rated at 130+ hp/apx 95.615 kilowatts, and revved to an 8500 rpm cut off. It had a Lotus Tuned suspension, and model specific body cladding with aero upgrades . the hatchback was the most popular in my country. A truly unsung hero of Nuggets!

Looking forward to the Texas and Switzerland episodes!

Huge endorsement of the professionalism you and Marty have bought to MCM for all these years. @Moog - Well done mate, enjoy the ride !

I'm so happy for Moog, and very excited to see this series.

super pumped to see the Nuggets episode filmed at super garage , what a huge win

This is such a natural choice in my mind. I remember that there were only two motoring shows that really sustained my attention and fandom over the years. The first was Top Gear right up until Jeremy and the boys left, the other channel was MCM. I’ve loved seeing MCM grow over the years and branch out of tutorial videos, but the core energy of the show has persisted. Both Marty and Moog have become stellar and entertaining car hosts with a clear passion for what they do and I think Top Gear needs that.

Pardon my Kiwi....But How FN COOL!! Congratulations Dude, Hard Honest Work Pays off, I so hope its shown in Nz. I'll definitely be watching it when its available to watch...

Moog big man, so proud of you. Don’t be surprised if you find out MCM inspired Hammonds The Smallest Cog. He was smart enough to see the huge gap in the Uk market. Scripted comedy became a huge frustration for car guys and i often wondered how you guys would keep a show like that legit and less wasteful on a big budget. It’s inspiring man. Cheers

some other guys said it already but it feels like one of your friends is in this crazy opportunity and you can't help but feel proud off him, feel happy for him. I honestly kinda turned my nose when I first heard about it but looking now, I just want it to be awesome for Moog, and if he is enjoying it, if he feels like doing it and being himself on this other media, I'm all in for it! Regarding the Top gear brand, I don't think anything can ever be as big as clarkson may and hammond were, because of the moment onf the world they were doing it was so specific, so looking it as a comparison will only disregard the work Moog and the other guys will be doing here, but if there's chemistry between them, if they happen to make it unique in its on way, I reckon it can be big, and I hope so, I cheer for it!

Love your work, great chat 👍

Just want to say I saw the episode and even with the “this isn’t going well” incident I still truly think you carried the show Moog. Hats off to you. Cheers!