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Originally Posted by dark.knight I should atleast be one for the other side and the truth must be told. Top Gear, factually is the least credible car program of all time. Jeremy Clarkson is a badge snob king followed by the other two. The show doesn't focus on reliability, practicality, features, value etc which 99% of the audience would like to know.
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This is how they are differentiating their show. If they do it the regular guys way, how many would watch it? Now, who seek some comedy watch top gear. *Some* Auto enthusiasts do watch it. Its their way of presentation.
Does our Indian Autocar (The lady reviewer show) or some other show test automobiles on reliability? They just say, the product is from maruti (or other brand) so it is reliable. So, is this the way the reliability test be conducted?
They never broke a new car. They just broke an old car. Always, they buy in used for few hundred or thousand bucks. Yeah, we don't get such good cars in india at such a price, so we feel bad. Its our problem.
At Clarkson's age, he wont be able to drive 24 hours non stop. At our age, i don't think we will be able to drive so long. And that too above 100 MPH. They might have edited it so that both teams travelling time to be same. Also they might have edited it accordingly. i am not going to buy a car based on TG.
Boy, there was a lady, who spilled her coffee on her (Mishandled) @ a CCD in US. And she dragged them to court and she made them pay 2.6 Million $$$. That's how their law is. If BBC doesn't choose their own *scape goats* of their shows, they will be sued to death. You cant go to a public place and do all circus in these countries.
If you like 5th gear, you watch it. No one has a problem. Let me give demonstrate this with an example. There is a Hindi movie called, Ready or some other from Salman. This was a Huge hit in bollywood. However it was a remake of a telugu movie ABC. Not only me, Many telugites didn't liked hindi version. The same is the case with Dabbang. What we must understand is, these are regional movies which are catered as per specific customer requirements. If you are not the intended recipient, then you should refrain yourself from complaining.
During my stint in MH, the one thing that i hated was Vada pav. I hated it. I tried at least a hundred times to get accustomed. Every time i had it, i hated it. But, to my surprise, Vada pav is the one of the most had food in india. If i don't like an item it doesn't mean, it is bad. If an item is consumed by most indians doesn't mean i should love it everyday. (By the way, i love Dhabeli). Now Clarkson hates American cars. Doesn't mean, they are bad.
Top gear is called Top gear UK. They don't edit like Hollywood movies. If you watch any popular English Hollywood movie, you can notice that the audio speed is a bit tweaked to facilitate their international customers. TG doesn't do it. They maintain their own style & They still call it Top gear UK.
Again, TG doesn't hate all Japanese or Korean cars. Toyota truck was named Invincible. They love Civic, NXR, Nissan GTR and many other cars. What they hate are cars like Pink Micra. They hate Ford ecoboost cars with 1.0 liter engines which fail to match FE of a polo 2.0 TDI. I don't see anything wrong. aren't manufacturers misleading stating their art of design engines, when they cant match FE of an ageold Polo?
Clarkson bought a Ford F 40. He owned many Ford's. But he thrashes US brands and you can find his reasons in almost his shows. Handling.
Our Tata's launched our Indica in UK naming it a Rover. When indica was launched, I hated it. So, i hated Indica in India. Now, how does UK people feel when they see Indica?
How do they feel when you say that you are launching New LR or Jaguar?
Is this how we build our reputation? So we see it as wrong when they bash our LR and jaguar.
They are a part of Europe. They have been habituated to their brands and they love theirs. So they support theirs. Like we support our Maruti. Even though Suzuki had to shut shop ~throughout the world, we love our maruti's.
Car buyer reviews are good. Presentation style is good. Simple & elegant.
For entertainment, TG rocks.