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December 26th, 2004

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The BMW 1 Series elbows its way into the world of the small hatchback, Jeremy and James look at the range of cars flooding the market from South East Asia and the Ariel Atom takes to the track. Meanwhile, Richard splashes about in a supercharged German army half track and Trinny and Susannah are this week's Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car.
 
Ooo, army toys! :D
 
This is my first time chiming in. Many thanks to VUK and Viper for their relentless pursuit of TG & FG perfection. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. I mean really - can any one stomach Motorweek/Autoweek (SpeedChannel) or Motoring 2004 (TSN) episodes after watching these gems??

Thanks guys.

Now, I'm a Clarky fan, but my guess is that Trinny & Susannah are going to give him what for on his shabby-chic attaire. In other words, they'll crucify him - as they are wont to. Either that or they can make fun of Hamster's dodgy shirts. Or James' hair....

For those in North America - these are the original "What Not To Wear" girls from the BBC. Long before the TLC knock-off and the Queer Eye blokes these ladies were putting the boots to anyone in acidwash jeans and shaker knit sweaters. They are merciless.
 
Overheat said:
range of cars flooding the market from South East Asia
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hmm... might be some protons on the show... can't wait to see what JC says about the crappy build quality of the car... but Proton cars handle quite well TBH... mainly because of the lotus engineering the the suspension setup... as far as I know... lotus is owned by Proton or Proton has loads of share in lotus
 
Uhstra... Offtopic but... Your avatar just looks like the dashboard of the Rinspeed Bedouin, am I right?
 
First post - wanted to get a few things off my chest. Plus I've seen far worse digressions in this category than mine.

Not the Bedouin, although I see the similarity. Its the AMV8 prototype dash.
 
swek said:
What is a half track ?
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wheels in the front to steer, tank tracks in the back to push...

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thats a cute name
 
Daniel said:
Im very very excited!
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I can picture it now. The Review will be like: Beeing German the design lacks passion and it still uses leaf springs :lol:
 
Halftracks are actually pretty well phased out of most modern armies, its interesting that the Germans still have some.
 
sounds like an exciting episode once again :)
 
Gunner said:
Halftracks are actually pretty well phased out of most modern armies, its interesting that the Germans still have some.
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the german army didn't use them any more. i guess the borrow one from a collector.
 
Finally, the BMW 1! How come they didn't test it earlier? It could be the best small car for 2004 and they didn't get it on the show until now.
 
I doubt they'll like it too much, Clarkson doesn't I think.
 
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