Richard Hammond (Top Gear) predicts Toyota FT-86 will be massive success

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by RRnold

Jeremy is a hater. He will put down anything that is made in Japan, not a Ferrari and will praise anything British!

Not sure bout that. I remember Jeremy praised GT-R whole time he driven in the Fuji Speedway

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by 4agze

He liked the LFA only thing he made fun of is the price which is true, on the old segment of battle of roadsters he picked the S2000 vs BMW Z4 (richard) vs a cayman (captain slow).

he called the 370Z gearbox rev match "brilliant"

first time i seen him like a american car was the Corvette Z06, ZR1 and ford GT, he also liked the focus RS but thats not even american.

but when it comes to track testing i still like Tiff Needell from fifth gear

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Not sure bout that. I remember Jeremy praised GT-R whole time he driven in the Fuji Speedway

We're talking about Jeremy Clarkson... not Kelly Clarkson right!?!

"...it's also very noisy... and it's not a nice noise either...I'd rather listen to my own firing squad! The worst thing about this car though... you'll never get invited to a wife swapping party... people would think you were a bit oddy"

I know he hates American cars and motorcycles with a passion too!


This guy's comment sums it up

jbravo324 (4 months ago)
The problem is that jeremy is used to driving supercars and we're used to normal cars to drive so for us it's like WHOA!!!!!!, besides that he likes italian and british engineering over some not all of the german cars.........and hates almost all of the japanese cars. I think 370z is a great sports car and it shoulnd't have been criticized over some stupid things.

[4agze]

Originally Posted by RRnold

We're talking about Jeremy Clarkson... not Kelly Clarkson right!?!

that was funny, took me a few mins to figure out who is kelly clarkson, i was thinking is she in porn?

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by 4agze

that was funny, took me a few mins to figure out who is kelly clarkson, i was thinking is she in porn?

Na, mang, you gotta use the Porn Name Generator!

"Cara Sticky" classic!

http://gangstaname.com/names/porn

[chulooz]

Jeremy owns a ford GT... I seldom see them totally hating on a entire vehicle, they are there to entertain as their number one priority.

[mrtodd]

I think Jeremy is all of the above....almost. There are plenty of examples where he criticizes several aspects of an American car, then sometimes tags these condescending associations with American auto manufactures as a whole (occasionally even to Americans in general, lol). I'm not saying he hates American cars, because like mentioned above, he owns a Ford GT, but anyone who's seen more than one complete season of top gear knows that he LOVES to make fun of the lagging technology present in many American 'performance' vehicles.

HOWEVER, I have never seen a single episode where he expresses the same discontent for Japanese car makers. Like other members mentioned above, he loved the RX8. In older seasons, he has nothing but good things to say about the RX7 and Mitsubishi 3000GT. Getting back to more current models, he's loved practically every revision of the EVO, he liked the 370Z (as mentioned above), he was fanatic about the GTR, and he even goes to the extent of praising Honda; he loved the 7G Civic Type R, the ITR, and even the NSX back in it's glory days.

I'm sorry, but there are far too many examples of praise when it comes to Jeremy Clarkson and Japanese cars. Sure, he's given some of them (JDM vehicles) a few negative marks, but I think it's safe to say that he is not biased: he gives credit where it is due (at least in this category.)

Even after all of this, however, I can still imagine him giving the FT-86 crap because, and only because, Richard Hammond is steadily becoming obsessed with it. Therefore, Jeremy may talk shit just to piss off Hammond.

[no_name]

Thats good. But 20,000.00 EUR

=

27,495.68 USD

Hammond was talking in Brittish Pounds, not Euros. And there's two factors when talking about prices in Europe, and England in particular. Europe is overall more expensive to live in. A meal at McDonalds here is $6, in England it's still 6 pounds, or about $10. However wages are still about the same, only in pounds instead of dollars, so it evens out. Here's a better comparison: a Yaris in England starts at 10,256 pounds ($15,675 US) but in the US it starts at $12,605 US.

[Matador]

Oh, by the way, I almost forgot..... with respect to Hammond's hypothesis;

[Infernal]

Originally Posted by no_name

Hammond was talking in Brittish Pounds, not Euros. And there's two factors when talking about prices in Europe, and England in particular. Europe is overall more expensive to live in. A meal at McDonalds here is $6, in England it's still 6 pounds, or about $10. However wages are still about the same, only in pounds instead of dollars, so it evens out. Here's a better comparison: a Yaris in England starts at 10,256 pounds ($15,675 US) but in the US it starts at $12,605 US.

I think you're the first person to get that! Ive mentioned before that £ != €

I didnt think top gear and 5th gear were watched so much in the US :S

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by chulooz

Jeremy owns a ford GT... I seldom see them totally hating on a entire vehicle, they are there to entertain as their number one priority.

Originally Posted by mrtodd

I think Jeremy is all of the above....almost. There are plenty of examples where he criticizes several aspects of an American car, then sometimes tags these condescending associations with American auto manufactures as a whole (occasionally even to Americans in general, lol). I'm not saying he hates American cars, because like mentioned above, he owns a Ford GT, but anyone who's seen more than one complete season of top gear knows that he LOVES to make fun of the lagging technology present in many American 'performance' vehicles.

HOWEVER, I have never seen a single episode where he expresses the same discontent for Japanese car makers. Like other members mentioned above, he loved the RX8. In older seasons, he has nothing but good things to say about the RX7 and Mitsubishi 3000GT. Getting back to more current models, he's loved practically every revision of the EVO, he liked the 370Z (as mentioned above), he was fanatic about the GTR, and he even goes to the extent of praising Honda; he loved the 7G Civic Type R, the ITR, and even the NSX back in it's glory days.

I'm sorry, but there are far too many examples of praise when it comes to Jeremy Clarkson and Japanese cars. Sure, he's given some of them (JDM vehicles) a few negative marks, but I think it's safe to say that he is not biased: he gives credit where it is due (at least in this category.)

Even after all of this, however, I can still imagine him giving the FT-86 crap because, and only because, Richard Hammond is steadily becoming obsessed with it. Therefore, Jeremy may talk shit just to piss off Hammond.

Yeah, he'll throw those little comments as possible cons but that's his nature I guess. His metaphors are hilarious too! That's what happens when you drive all the exotic cars, you'll tend to shit on the other ones.

[mrtodd]

Originally Posted by Infernal

I didnt think top gear and 5th gear were watched so much in the US :S

Better believe it. You've got some die hard Top Gear fans here in the US (such as myself). There has even been rumor after rumor of an American version of TG up and coming, but I hope it's all false. I'd never watch that redneck shit if it came up.. I'm all about the original. Jeremy, Richard, and James can never be replaced IMHO. I'm excited for the new upcoming season, or series, I guess you guys call them.

Originally Posted by RRnold

Yeah, he'll throw those little comments as possible cons but that's his nature I guess. His metaphors are hilarious too! That's what happens when you drive all the exotic cars, you'll tend to shit on the other ones.

100% agreed.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by mrtodd

Better believe it. You've got some die hard Top Gear fans here in the US (such as myself). There has even been rumor after rumor of an American version of TG up and coming, but I hope it's all false. I'd never watch that redneck shit if it came up.. I'm all about the original. Jeremy, Richard, and James can never be replaced IMHO. I'm excited for the new upcoming season, or series, I guess you guys call them.

They tried to do that with MotoGP when they had a race here at Laguna Seca... it just wasn't the same and so boring!

Got to love the British and Aussie commentators though!!

This was an awesome race, so many crashes!

WHOA BIAGGI!!!

"max, what are you thinking... that's not the time to do that!!"

[Midship Runabout]

Originally Posted by mrtodd

Better believe it. You've got some die hard Top Gear fans here in the US (such as myself). There has even been rumor after rumor of an American version of TG up and coming, but I hope it's all false. I'd never watch that redneck shit if it came up.. I'm all about the original. Jeremy, Richard, and James can never be replaced IMHO. I'm excited for the new upcoming season, or series, I guess you guys call them.

Ya i heard they were gonna have Tanner Foust host it.

[MtnDrvr86]

It was supposed to have Adam Carolla and Tanner Foust, but NBC couldnt get their shit together so the whole thing fell through after the pilot was shot.