I thought it was ok, looking forward to the Nile episode, the last series was utter sh*te IMO.
I think there's still a lot of people (me too for a while) struggle to realise that it is a car based entertainment program that is sold all over the world and in it's current format makes the BBC an absolute fortune so it aint gonna change anytime soon.
I do however think they could do a little more proper car reviewing than they do, there's loads of fantastic cars out there and it's a shame not to see them get the "old fashioned" Top Gear treatment. 5th gear do a reasonable job but I think that Clarkson and Hammond are really good at proper motoring journalism.