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Old 4/10/07, 12:06 AM
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Talking Clarkson Offends Malaysia!



Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been criticised by the Malaysian government for declaring one of the country’s cars to be the worst car in the world.

In the most recent episode of the cult motoring series, Clarkson labelled the Perodua Kelisa "unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion". He then attacked the car with a sledgehammer and hung it from a crane before blowing it up .
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Jeez, noone can take criticism.
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Maybe he's bitter that Malaysians (Proton) have controlling interest in Lotus.
At least he's not talking trash about America, Americans and American cars for once.
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I would love to see video of this
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Originally Posted by Vermillion06
Maybe he's bitter that Malaysians (Proton) have controlling interest in Lotus.
At least he's not talking trash about America, Americans and American cars for once.
The thing is that he actually liks alot of American culture and he's a huge fan of muscle cars, Mustangs, and 'Vettes. He pokes fun at us becuase we do dumb stuff (like shooting holes in road signs, letting New Orleans rot, or offering inferior product) becuase he knows we coould and should do better. I'd point out that he makes copius fun of the UK auto industry's currently pathetic state.
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Are you sure you're talking about Jeremy and not Richard?
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Originally Posted by Red Star
Are you sure you're talking about Jeremy and not Richard?
Actually, they both are. Clarkson loves the old GT390, and Hammond actually owns one.
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