Originally Posted by Shini
I hardly see how him going "This car is very good, but I'll never have it, since it's from america." classifies him as a loon.
All you have to do is tune out the anti-american crap and realise it's just a gag.
The car is pretty much all mercedes, america just put it all together. Is anything he said about the car a lie? Normally when people listen to those videos all they say is "Oh well he's biased, he hates america!" They never say anything about that anything he said about the car not being true to some extent.
I know what you're talking about though. He doesn't completely trash any car to oblivion if it's from america though, he will be a bit more negative about it, but he does tell it like it is. Whenever they did the C06 Vette, he said "Bah well I hate to admit it, but the car is brilliant", of course he had some nit picky things here and there, but he said over all it's a great car.
Same thing with the C5, it was a good car, and one of the things he b****ed about was that it used leaf springs. Who cares?! He still said over all it's a good car to have.
People focus WAY too much about the stupid negative things he says just as a joke, if people laugh and think it's funny when he makes jokes about america, then why would he not say something about it?
Just get over that hump and the show is actually enjoyable.
All I'm going to say is, even though he is negative, he still does have positive things to say about every car, but he didn't have much of anything to say about the Xfire. And when it was the RX-8, the only thing he b****ed were the stock tires, which are bad.
BUT that isn't to say thats the end all be all for the car, it's only one persons opinion.
If you want an un-bias opinion go to Consumer Reports. At least they don't take advertising dollars from the company's they review. Un-like Top Gear. They give both the RX-8 and Crossfire a Recommend. Now back to the Brit. I just watched a video where he puts a two seat Lotus vs a Mustang. Can't say anthing bad about his beloved British Made Lotus and refers to it as a Triumph of British Engineering. "Come on" they slaped a supercharger on a Toyota engine and his giving credit to the British for it's engineering. If their such great engineers why didn't they engineer their own engine. It's that kind of dribble coming from this guy that makes him suck a joke. It took the Ford Motor Company to turn the Jaguar into a car which can actually stay on the road more than it stayed in the shop. But this guy will never give them credit. I will agree he is entertaining to watch and I know it's just his opinion. But I can't take him seriously because there's no logic to his reviews. You and I could, and most any person on these forums could do what this guy does. I guarantee we couldn't be much worse. What makes this man an expert. Where's are his Credentials which makes him so right-on.