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Back when Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond were in charge of Top Gear, it felt as if a day couldn't pass without some kind of controversy, complaint or incident.
With former-badboy-turned-BBC-darling Chris Evans now at the helm, you'd think those days would be gone. As it turns out, nope. Before we've even seen a single shot of the rebooted motoring show, it's been one thing after another, deserved or not.
Here's what's gone wrong so far, in chronological order.
1. Chris Evans's hiring in the first place
Remember Clarkson has a lot of fans. Vocal fans. They drive around in tanks and everything. After Jezzler was axed by the BBC for his high-profile producer punch-up, his admirers were not too fond of Evans as his replacement.
Look at any Top Gear-related video on YouTube and you'll see comments like "Poor Chris Evans, he'll always be living in the shadow of the previous hosts" and "This guy has a very punchable face". And those were the nicest ones. But then, that's YouTube for you.
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2. Executive producer Lisa Clark quit after a few months
A few eyebrows raised when the show's top dog decided to leave the whole project after just five months.
No precise reasons were given for her exit, and she wished everyone "all the very best". But the rumours eventually led to...
3. Chris Evans apparently being 'difficult' on set
Several newspapers claimed that Lisa Clark's departure was due to Evans's alleged controlling and difficult behaviour behind the scenes. Clark's business partner, Bob Mortimer (of Reeves & Mortimer) tweeted in reaction to those reports, "Well, we'll soon see if [BBC Director General] Tony Hall meant what he said about talent abusing their power at the BBC #topgeartimebomb". He also allegedly referred to Evans as a "c**t" in a now-deleted tweet.
Acting director of television Mark Linsey said of the claims: "It is rubbish to suggest Chris Evans' behaviour on the set of Top Gear has been in any way unprofessional.
"Chris is a consummate professional and a real team player. He is a passionate presenter who commits his heart and soul into everything he does - whether his Radio 2 show, Children in Need or Top Gear - and we are extremely fortunate to have him leading the show."
4. Evans apparently can't talk and drive at the same time
The show was mocked quite early on when Evans was spotted throwing up at the side of the road while filming a feature for Top Gear.
It was also claimed that he was finding it difficult to talk to the camera while driving at speed, but this was later dismissed too.
A BBC spokesperson told Digital Spy: "This 'story' is complete nonsense. The truth is that Top Gear producers have been blown away by how quickly Chris has taken to talking to camera whilst driving at speed, a skill which has taken some presenters a long time to master.
5. The new lineup reveal was mocked
Another inevitable storm in a teacup: as soon as the full lineup was revealed, there were cries of "who?" by some, while others simply laughed at how many hosts there were. And so came the memes:
Then there were those who moaned about the line-up being too PC by including a woman and hosts of different ethnic backgrounds. Because women and black people famously have no interest in cars, right?
6. Even Sabine Schmitz's shirt was attacked
Many Twitter users were not impressed with the racing driver's shirt, bearing the "female" symbol, and wondered aloud whether she was forced to wear it so Top Gear viewers would realise she is a woman:
(Note: A Top Gear source said that the t-shirt is Sabine's own - so make of that what you will.)
7. A controversial photo of Rory Reid was unearthed
This was very unfortunate for all the Top Gear lot. Soon after Rory Reid was announced as one of the surprise co-hosts, a photo from 2012 circulated of him posing with two shotguns and menacingly staring straight at the camera. The picture was captioned "yippee ki yay", referencing Bruce Willis in Die Hard.
However, the motoring journalist soon addressed the image on Twitter, explaining he was just clay pigeon shooting:
8. George Osborne asked them to pipe down
Even the 2016 Budget might have been affected by Chris Evans. The Chancellor tweeted angrily after Matt LeBlanc and driver Ken Block disrupted his work outside Whitehall, telling them to "keep it down, please".
Any excuse to attack the BBC, eh?
9. Cenotaph-gate
The biggest controversy to date occurred when LeBlanc and Block were seen performing some stunts close to the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall. Chris Evans soon apologised on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, saying that he did not think the footage would appear in the show.
The BBC later confirmed that the memorial will not be seen in the episode - adding that it was never intended to be pictured in the film.
"The Cenotaph was at no point intended to feature in the programme and therefore will not appear in the final film," they said. "However, we are acutely aware of how some of the images in the press look today via the angle and distance they were taken and for which, as Chris Evans has already said, we sincerely apologise.
"The driver of the car was briefed by production prior to filming as to where to drive and to not do any manoeuvres close to the monument, an instruction to which he fully adhered.
"We would like to make it absolutely clear that the Top Gear team has the utmost respect for the Cenotaph, what it stands for, and those heroic individuals whose memory it serves so fittingly."
They say that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and Chris Evans and co will be hoping that's the case when it finally returns to our screens later this year. But we fully expect to update this page before then…
