Clarkson had nothing but problems with his GT and had Ford take it back. My boss (yes, Barry Meguiar) has one and has had some ongoing trans problems with it. But then, what car model has ever been 100% problem free for every vehicle produced.

And Clarkson et al aren't into just high powered exotics - they love the VW GTI and hot hatches in general, and Clarkson has even ripped on some high powered MBs for being overkill. In a lot of case though, they comment about a cars behavior when pushing it to the limit. 99.9999% of people will never drive a car that way so in reality it doesn't make a hell of a lot of difference. Most people don't have the talent to drive a car at its limits either. Plus there's sort of a law of dimishing returns with a lot of this "feel" as well. While a Porsche 911 GT3 most likely does have sharper steering than a Crossfire, how much of a difference does that make in real world driving? Probably right around zip, zero, nada. Sure the difference is huge compared to, say, a Hyunda Elantra, but nobody cross shops the Elantra with a GT3.

It's entertainment, pure and simple. But it's entertainment with cars in beautiful settings, filmed with an artistic flair and delivered with great humor. Still the best hour on television.

I don't care what kind of car you drive, if a self appointed critic of any kind says something negative about it and you're personally offended then perhaps you need to stop taking yourself so seriously. Leave that attitude to Corvette owners (my god, what a bizarre group they tend to be!!).