lukenwolf
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I don't think you can take even half of what Clarkson says, seriously. He's been around this business for almost 20 years now, so he can pretty much say what he wants. With fifth gear I would suppose it is a different matter.
If they lambast a car, chances are that they'll be on the black list of that manufacturer and with them being a strict car show it could be very bad. I noticed that with German car shows (which in general are less entertaining than watching paint dry). Even if they have criticism about cars, they critisize but try to find a positive argument immediately afterwards. I've never seen any car show that really thrashed a car, except Top Gear.
And that makes sense, for Top Gear the cars are just entertainement bits, something to fill the time between cocking-about and the SIARPC. Thats why they mainly look at cars that we mere mortals will never lay hand on anyways. I happened to watch some episodes from series 1 were they were looking at things like Ford Focus, Scoobies and whatnot, but in comparison to Series 10 despite all of Jezza's efforts, it was still dull as ditch-water.
If you go for a realistic review, watch Fifth Gear, if you want to see the thing being thrashed around by a loonatic, watch Top Gear
If they lambast a car, chances are that they'll be on the black list of that manufacturer and with them being a strict car show it could be very bad. I noticed that with German car shows (which in general are less entertaining than watching paint dry). Even if they have criticism about cars, they critisize but try to find a positive argument immediately afterwards. I've never seen any car show that really thrashed a car, except Top Gear.
And that makes sense, for Top Gear the cars are just entertainement bits, something to fill the time between cocking-about and the SIARPC. Thats why they mainly look at cars that we mere mortals will never lay hand on anyways. I happened to watch some episodes from series 1 were they were looking at things like Ford Focus, Scoobies and whatnot, but in comparison to Series 10 despite all of Jezza's efforts, it was still dull as ditch-water.
If you go for a realistic review, watch Fifth Gear, if you want to see the thing being thrashed around by a loonatic, watch Top Gear