I never liked this guy anyhow
12-16-2010, 11:23 AM
#23
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Clarkson is a British institution and anything he says should be taken with jest and a hint of irony.
He will quite happily lambast any nation (or part of England/Ireland/Scotland) just to get a rise out of people.
I wouldn't get too worried about him bashing Ford or a truck designed for this side of the pond - he will quite happily rip to shreds a Euro based family hatchback - so much so in fact that Vauxhall refused to give him or Top Gear any more cars to test.
He does love Fords and once owned an Escort RS Cosworth (a car not available over here unfortunately). He has a love of all fast Fords but cannot understand Trucks as there's no the need for them in the UK olike there is over here.
He will quite happily lambast any nation (or part of England/Ireland/Scotland) just to get a rise out of people.
I wouldn't get too worried about him bashing Ford or a truck designed for this side of the pond - he will quite happily rip to shreds a Euro based family hatchback - so much so in fact that Vauxhall refused to give him or Top Gear any more cars to test.
He does love Fords and once owned an Escort RS Cosworth (a car not available over here unfortunately). He has a love of all fast Fords but cannot understand Trucks as there's no the need for them in the UK olike there is over here.
12-17-2010, 11:00 PM
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I have always loved that show. Really do, its amazing..haha
He bashes almost every brand with anything thats not really perfect. So its ok. I like the truck, and he has pros and cons.
He bashes almost every brand with anything thats not really perfect. So its ok. I like the truck, and he has pros and cons.
12-18-2010, 04:42 PM
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The Mondeo is the European equivalent of the since-discontinued Contour. But the European version isn't poorly built like the US version and is actually a pretty good car.
12-18-2010, 08:39 PM
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The mondeo is the equivalent of the Taurus. Trust me, my dad owned a couple while we lived in england.
12-18-2010, 11:55 PM
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it depends on the model. trust me. the modeo is equivalent to a Taurus. 16 years in england with my dad owning a modeo for 8 of them kinda gives me a little perspective on it. I'm not denying the contour is the same, but the Taurus is also.
12-18-2010, 11:55 PM
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Clarkson has since sold his Ford GT, but he was in love with it...and Hammond secretly loves all things American, so if he would've done the "test", would've been a lot better. And I'm not sure on the interior, i think they may have made it look 5x's worse than it really was, even though it did look horrible. The newer Ford's interior is much better.