I think the main problem is that Top Gear evolved into what it was over many years and its format was totally suited to the presenters (which is unsurprising given that they were the ones responsible for developing the style and content etc over the years). For whatever reason (franchise format, legalities?) the new team are having to crack on with the existing format and have hardly any scope to be themselves or to inject originality. It was a very hard act to follow anyway, but just trying to reproduce the 'whole' with new people in the chair is a recipe for comparison and disaster. They need to either scrap the programme or change the format....and then start anew with those most suited to the task. Top Gear was Clarkson, May and Hammond (in order of height) and it is difficult to see how anyone else can follow when hidebound by the existing format.
