Buell wrote:
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To me Clarkson doesn't review cars he just rips on cars.
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I'm not sure that he just rips on cars. But he is a sarcastic chap to say the least.
Personally I enjoy Jeremy's take on cars. He has a sense of humor. And he is secure enough to say what he thinks. Not only is he amusing to watch on Top Gear but he is a pretty good read in his day job. Here is a sampling:
Jeremy Clarkson LTI TXII Black Cab review | Driving - Times Online
Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Clarkson's greatest flops review | Driving - Times Online
mikeyd wrote:
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Completely agree - but it's really entertaining when he rips on cars you loathe. Does anybody really take him seriously anyway?
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I'll bet that Honda does!
Back in in the late 60's or early 70's Car and Driver reviewed the then new Opel Kadett. Opel was still owned by GM at the time. GM was Car and Driver's biggest advertiser. C&D didn't particularly like the car but felt that they couldn't come right out and say so, at the risk of losing GM as a customer. But to demonstrate how they felt the pictures of the car were taken in a junk yard. It was really quite humorous. Jeremy would have approved.....But GM still cancelled buying any adverts in C&D for a while.
So previous to this article by Clarkson, that was the most scathing road test of a major car/automaker that I had ever come across.
But Jeremy has been able to top C&D by a wide margin. About a month ago he managed not only to rip the road test car, the company for building it and all of the people who might buy it. A real grand slam! Check out his review of the new Honda Insight hybrid in the 17 May issue of the Sunday Times of London:
Jeremy Clarkson Honda Insight 1.3 IMA SE Hybrid review | Driving - Times Online
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at Honda when their top management read this.
Regards,
Ron