Page 2 starts his Mustang rant, although he approves of Roush's offerings.
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2006/08/stories/15/1.html
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2006/08/stories/15/1.html
Rock36 said:Clarkson kinda has a flobbery brain....
He is just like every other retard that wants to compare a $25K Mustang GT to a $40K BMW or Aston Martin or some other car it was never meant to compete with. Oh and all of his data on the GT500 is completely dated....he said it still has 475 bhp, and no suspension improvements or brake improvements.
I knew he was off his rocker when he talked about the "new found fondness of modding." American's have been tweaking thier cars for generations. Dumb @$$.... He is an arrogant European.
And then there's the politics. This car means you are aligning yourself with US policies. You're driving around saying you support the war in Iraq and the strategy in Afghanistan. Maybe you do. But I don't.
LV51FER said:Now having read that article, he is right about modifying a hardcore track car like the Exige. He is also right about the see-saw suspension of the stock Mustang GT which rises and falls like a speedboat. He is also right about the qualities of the Roush Mustang..
LV51FER said:What he is wrong about is the social perception of the Mustang in the UK. It commands attention and has most people salivating at the very sight of it. So don't worry about it or his opinions. We don't and to be honest, he doesn't either...
LV51FER said:Finally he says 475bhp. He is almost certainly referring to the metric figure in PS which is power measured at the back wheels as opposed to horsepower which is quoted at the crank. In Europe, they always quote the metric figure.
LuS1fer said:But who cares when you can hand them their sorry asses in their technically brilliant cars.
Mr_Q said:Clarkson rants on Americans and Mustang
I will go one step more. I work in the engineering world with some of the cutting edge technology that exist, it is part of my job to know my stuff technology wise. The same Germans that are designing suposed "best quality cars in the world" , with there "world class technology" are doing it on a Windows 3.11 platform. Outdated American technology. After working with engineers from Britan, Germany, and Barvary on a regular basis; I will buy American every time. Or until someone that is smarter than me(easy to do) can honestly convince me that anyone makes a better product than Americans.Marine One said:What an arrogant snot. His column is more of a slap at our society than our cars.
"The slightest mistake causes at the very least a great deal of horn blowing and, at worst, a three-second burst from some kind of powerful automatic weapon."
I don't know about anyone else here, but the last time that I carried an automatic weapon while traveling in a vehicle it was while traveling down the Baghdad Airport Road, also known as the "Highway of Death" and "the most dangerous road in the world".
Thank good our founding fathers had the gonads to declare our independence.
Ever own a British car, say a Triumph, MG, or Austin Healey? I rest my case!
APowers said:I will go one step more. I work in the engineering world with some of the cutting edge technology that exist, it is part of my job to know my stuff technology wise. The same Germans that are designing suposed "best quality cars in the world" , with there "world class technology" are doing it on a Windows 3.11 platform. Outdated American technology. After working with engineers from Britan, Germany, and Barvary on a regular basis; I will buy American every time. Or until someone that is smarter than me(easy to do) can honestly convince me that anyone makes a better product than Americans.
Nowadays, the American motorist drives at the same speed we do, 80 or 85. And he's the most aggressive creature on earth. If you wish to change lanes on the freeway, because, say, your turn-off is approaching, you can indicate all you like, but no one will slow down to let you in.
They won't speed up, either. They'll just sit there until you remember you're in a rental car and make the move anyway. Then you'll get a selection of hand gestures that you never knew existed. I know of no country in the world where motorists are so intolerant of one another.
Ernad said:wow, what an idiot!