you mean like those massively successful programmes he's done before? not always a fan myself (liked original TFI, it was of its time) but a lot of people like excited, shouty person on TV.
spot on, it will "fail" measured against last incarnation of Top Gear but probably do relatively well...
Top Gear will only fail if try to mimic the previous incarnation. you cant recreate the same character and chemistry, as countless remakes of things have shown over the years. however, Evans is a big enough personality himself, he's not going to try to be Clarkson. the format will be adjusted...