AnGuRuSO
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It was a pretty poor video.
How would Google allow the whole video to be uploaded?
Oh, I know what all 3 are capable of. But it was most certainly staged, just like all the other races ... That whole segment was a joke, which fit right in with all the other segments.
Range Rover against an Escalade and H2. Please. While I don't doubt that the Rover will climb the hill better than the other two, I am still not clear on what happened to the H2... and the driver of the Escalade was clearly inept.
The test was rigged. Clarkson loves the H2. He hates the Cadillac Marmalade for good reason (it's driven by idiots in UGLY caps, wearing baseball jerseys even though they've never played it, with solid gold teeth playing a song where some other similar man wants to beat up his woman. That, and it's rubbish.), and to be honest, even if it wasn't rigged, both the Tahoe and the Marmalade would lose.
OK, I got bored through this film, I don't think at all it was one of the best, but attacking the 4x4 review? This I don't get. I thought this was actually one of the more impartial reviews that was done. Especially when compared to the atom piece.
First time he drove it back in, erm, series 1, he loved it. For det road.What? Clarkson hates the H2. Calls it a "terrible car". That's in the same rant where he points out it's a GMC in drag...
I think it was rigged because there was no real order to it. They all just drove off into the desert. The Escalade tried to climb a cliff and buried itself (driver error) and the Hummer H2 was parked on a hill, without explanation. I'm sure the RR would still win, even in a fair race, but it still would have been nice to see one.
Yeah, but as I pointed out above, the RR was being driven by a guy with a broken back and a dicky hip who *also* got into trouble... but because the RR is just a great car, he got out of it. I don't think that driver error is a good enough reason, especially considering that they're probably (at least) semi professional drivers/stuntmen employed to drive the cars.
I agree that better parameters would have made it more a more satisfying review, but ultimately, I just don't think that the charge of "rigging" or "unfairness" is warranted in this particular case.
But there's no denying that the SRT-10 actually drives very well, especially going sideways.a damn truck isn't intended for driving around a race track.
The Escalade driver was nothing short of a moron. Had the RR tried to climb the same hill that stuck the Cadillac, the RR would be buried right next to it. I've seen better driving skills in 10th grade Driver's Ed. It doesn't really matter what physical condition Clarkson was/is in. He knows how to sit on his ass and turn a steering wheel. The test itself was a joke. It seemed like he told the other 2 drivers to go get stuck in the desert, then Clarkson would drive up the nice little dirt road to the top of the hill and win.
We do a lot of off-roading here in Arizona. We've done more serious trails in 2WD. But I honestly can't take anything substantial from this test. It didn't really prove anything, except that an Escalade with 20" rims and low profile tires can't climb cliffs, and a Hummer H2 that won't work... uhh... won't work. Kinda pointless really.
It's like watching a race between a Mustang GT, BMW M3, and a Porsche 911 Turbo. Only the M3 won't start, the 911 went off the track on turn 1 and got stuck in some mud, and then proclaiming the Mustang GT the fastest and best car of the group.
I couldn't stand the weird way he pronounced Escalade.
[offtopic]I can't stand the way you Americans pronounce every word[/offtopic]