I would have put this in the Episode Specific section but I couldn't find this episode there.
I've been revisiting the old episodes, and at about 42:30 of the BBC Prime version Clarkson and Hammond are discussing the Holden Monaro, and having fun about the meaning of the number plate (2017) on the front of the car. They went on to say it was the rugby score between England and Australia at the time.
However, I must admit the first thing I thought of when I saw the plate was it is the year in which Holden is shutting down car manufacturing in Australia, which of course includes the Commodore.
I don't know what to call this; a peculiar coincidence, art prophesying life maybe. It certainly is curious that the very make of car being reviewed has, by pure happenstance, a plate on it that is the same year of the demise of Holden as a car manufacturer.
I've been revisiting the old episodes, and at about 42:30 of the BBC Prime version Clarkson and Hammond are discussing the Holden Monaro, and having fun about the meaning of the number plate (2017) on the front of the car. They went on to say it was the rugby score between England and Australia at the time.
However, I must admit the first thing I thought of when I saw the plate was it is the year in which Holden is shutting down car manufacturing in Australia, which of course includes the Commodore.
I don't know what to call this; a peculiar coincidence, art prophesying life maybe. It certainly is curious that the very make of car being reviewed has, by pure happenstance, a plate on it that is the same year of the demise of Holden as a car manufacturer.
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