The man seems to make it his lifes work to anger as many groups possible.
This week he did the whole advert which has apparently pissed off both the Germans and Polish. Not to mention insulting the PM ... again lol
YouTube - Top Gear VW Scirocco Polish Ad
I like Clarkson but in the interest of fairness, should he get some form of reprimand from the BBC?
If you say that he expects to get some negative reactions when he does this kind of thing, then whatever consequence he receives should not upset him.
Perhaps but i do feel they are getting a bit too touchy over just a line.
Its not like Clarkson just picks on Germans or Polish. He picks on British, Scots, French are his particular favourite lol
:rofl
Jeremy Clarkson HATES American cars.. think I remember one American car he liked, and that was only because it looked cool. He called it a cool looking badly built plastic car or something similar to that.. think it was corvette.
He has his "views" on things and is not shy in voicing those views. Normally he likes German cars.. (BMW M3 is one of his favs and he owns a merc), but all he is doing here, is jumping on the same populist xenophobic right wing bandwagon of blaming poles and others for the problems of the UK
Not the first time btw he has done something like this, but it is usually America that gets the thick end of the stick... he loves saying "you want cheeeeeseeee with that" when talking about American food
But he also loves going after the PM, London mayor and anyone that does not promote cars ahead of everything else. He hates bus lanes, pulbic transport and what not, even though he has had to admit defeat several times when they have done car vs public transport races.
He also famously drove a Rolls into a pool once.
He's actually liked and even owned a number of American cars, when they did their trip to the Bonneville Salt flats, all three of them drove American cars (Clarkson in the Corvette, James May in a Caddy and Richard Hammond in a Mustang) and they all absolutely loved them.
And it's his show, he can say what he wants. If people don't like it, they don't have to watch it.
He goes after everything and everyone, he has insulted just about every country in Europe, much more often than he has insulted American cars. That's why the show has been on the air for 13 series so far and still going strong.
They don't have any sacred cows on Top Gear which is exactly why it's such a good show. There is nothing on the planet which cannot and probably will not get made fun of.
GMAX sports suspensions are very good on bumpy or rutted roads, it would be a big ask of them thought to run over Clarkson.
Maybe if you ran over him lenght ways using the off side front and rear tyre only, in fact if you raised his trunk and head to create a ramp you could do the two wheel stunt from the Bond movieHe is to big for that.. rather a large person over 6 feet I suspect.. (then again hard to be sure, since Hammond is like 2 loafs of bread stacked on top each other).
Maybe if you ran over him lenght ways using the off side front and rear tyre only, in fact if you raised his trunk and head to create a ramp you could do the two wheel stunt from the Bond movie
The man seems to make it his lifes work to anger as many groups possible.
This week he did the whole advert which has apparently pissed off both the Germans and Polish. Not to mention insulting the PM ... again lol
YouTube - Top Gear VW Scirocco Polish Ad
I like Clarkson but in the interest of fairness, should he get some form of reprimand from the BBC?
And yet all 3 trash just about every American made car after the 1960s they are unfortunate to get their hands on. They even trashed an Aussie car because it was basically an American car (GM) with a different name lol. As for James May liking a caddy.. the man drives a rolls daily, so ..
Not exactly true. It is on the BBC, which is 100% tax payer funded. Hence if people dont like it, they can complain to the BBC who then can discipline him.. which they have done before. Although this.. doubt it.
True, but that is mostly because they stay clear of American cars. The only "American" car they actually look at at a regular basis are Fords and yes those they are very positive about. However to be honest.. they aint much American in those cars they sell over here in Europe. Then again Vauxhaul/Opel have gotten some okay mentions and they are "technically" American cars..
I have as of yet seen only one positive mention of an American car (other than European made Fords) on the show and that was a tongue in cheek positive mention as it only delt on how "cool" it was and not on quality. He often makes jokes against Americans, usually in some sort of "funny" outrageous America accent with "you want CHEEEESE with that" satirical comment on fat Americans .. yes it is semi ironic considering he aint exactly "thin" himself.
They do have one, which Clarkson attempts to protect as much as possible.. the car is the superior transportation method anywhere. The scared cow is protecting cars at all costs, even it means rambling on about speed cameras, fines, bus lanes and congestion charges.
No it was a joke. I guess free speech is only acceptable when not in the EU.
And yet all 3 trash just about every American made car after the 1960s they are unfortunate to get their hands on. They even trashed an Aussie car because it was basically an American car (GM) with a different name lol. As for James May liking a caddy.. the man drives a rolls daily, so ..
We came here wondering if America had finally made a car that might actually work in the civilized world. The answer is no, they haven't. As you can see from our smiles, they've made three.
Oh i agree it was a joke but someone mentioned this on radio and a huge host of people phoned in and said it was offensive and i wanted to see if others truly saw it as offensive enough to get suspension or a reprimand
No it was a joke. I guess free speech is only acceptable when not in the EU.
There is no such thing as "free speech".
Limited and reasonable free speech is closer to the truth; but far too many abuse this, and this includes all of the governments.
I never have heard of this Clarkson feller....I do not think I am missing anything..
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