#1) I'd take those vented covers off the back side windows of the Roush Mustang.
#2) JC's misinformation on the V6 base vs V8 GT mustang was unforgiveable.
#3) If the Ford GT is British, then the Lotus, with it's Toyota Engine, and the Ariel with it's HOnda Engine, are Japanese.
#4) How is the Toyota Prius an American car? Not only did he use the 3+ year old model...but isn't it a Japanese car?
#5) Tourists in Las Vegas are not representative of the nation. Just as people who take caravan holidays are not representative of your ilk, Mr. Clarckson. Hell, I'm from rural Mid-west and most of the people visiting Vegas make ME sick!
#6) The perfect Mustang: the supercharged Jaguar engine, Roush's suspension set-up, and the hood from the GTH-350 Rental car/the Shelby Concept. Granted, the interior would still suck, but still...
#7) I wish his DVD's were edited like Top Gear...otherwise they just seem like something that would be ain a discount-bin, shrink wrapped to a "Jerry Springer, too-hot-for TV" DVD.
#8) I prefer the sound of a burbly V8 over the high-reving Ferrari's sport bike sound. Don't get me wrong, I know for certain that the ferrari engine is the better engine...I just prefer the lower register...almost a Harley "potato-potato-potato" sound.
#9)
Erm...I'm pretty sure it said "GT" on the back, which makes it a V8.
Umm...no, it didn't. So, no...it doesn't.
#10)
If you can annihilate us all by pressing a tiny red button
Actually, it's two red buttons, and a key...that way you can't accidentally set it off yourself. You're welcome.
#11) I could give a shit about the "America-Bashing". I mean, there are enough US television shows that make fun of British teeth, cooking, and how we had to save them in "the war."
#12) The main reason so many american cars' interiors are crap, is because of US environmental law. It states that a certain percentage of materials MUSt be made out of recycled materials, in cars built in the US.
#13) Complaining about the Z06's every-day driveability, and then comparing a Mustang to an Exige was really lame. (Note: I'm not taking that as anti-american...imagine if he said the Monaro was a very good car...but look how bad it handles compared to a Radical. That means the Monaro is a very bad car.) The Exige, if I remember right, doesn't even have a radio or electric windows.
#14) He should have tested the SRT-10 Ram...pick-up truck with a viper engine.
#15)
You don't want a sophisticated truck --
Could you tell that to Lincoln, please? They didn't learn their lesson from the Blackwood.
#16) Should have done the Range Rover (the quintessential British 4x4) against either a Jeep Wrangler or a Jeep Cherokee (ignoring the stupid SRT-8 version, or any of the models that aren't "trail rated")
#17) Anyone looking for a sporty car would know that any version of the 300C is NOT sporty, just by looking at it. Anyone who says people think otherwise, is lying.
#18) I live in the US, and I'd say about 95% of my driving is done on either 65mph, 5 lane freeways, or stop-and-go city traffic. So, that means, that 95% of the time, a car with a fast straight-line score is fine in my book if it's suspension is a little soft to take a sharp left at 60.
#19) Again, the America bashing doesn't offend me at all...I don't like it when something is just...stupid. *shrugs*
~nj?
edit: Oh, and Harley Davidson motorcycles are not meant to be an "Ariel Atom-equivilant." Light, agile, and scary fast? What? Harleys are cruisers...not sport bikes.