I've just about lost all respect for TopGear and especially Jeremy Clarkson.
In this clip (from his latest DVD "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) he races the Mustang car against the Mustang horse around an oval track, and the car loses!
But how is that possible? Well, have a look at the video and decide how professionoal do you still think TopGear is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5lJI0mjKU

 

I think it's a joke. He says this car has a 4.6liter with 300 hp but he's driving a V6.

 

+1 the guy's a moron he was driving a v6, vert, auto possibly the slowest combo for a stang.

 

wow, that made me angry. I normally love Top Gear, but that was just stupid. Do a little research Clarkson, my mother could tell that was a V6.

 

Of course the horse is going to win in an oval. but at the drags, a different story

 

Maybe (and I really hope so) you're right. His whole DVD is about him trying to find at least one good car in America, at some point they even shoot at a Prius with every imaginable hand weapon, from a .44 revolver to a .50 machine gun.
But still, even admitting that he doesn't know what are the exterior differences between the V6 and the V8, how could he not notice that the engine sound was not that of a V8? I mean, that should be the first clue! Not to mention seeing the single exhaust, or more complicated things like popping the hood...

It seems it was either a joke or somebody at TG really screwed up on this one.

 

I would hope this is a joke...plus, if you take a look at the way he was driving the car, there was at least one turn that he went into really oddly...

 

Talk about flat out lying!!! 300HP?!?! 4.6L?!?! That's the V6 you moron!

I'm with the crowd as well that it looks like he purposefully screwed up those corners.

 

That guy is an I D I O T !!!

 

I can't see this being a joke, in all honesty.

We're expected to believe that Ford accidentally supplied them with a V6, and that no one on the production, nor Clarkson, noticed?

Ain't buying it.

That just leaves one possibility: He intentionally tried to pass the V6 off as the GT, in order to dishonestly prove his pet theory that American vehicles are all crap for the benefit of his Euro audience. It's all part of Clarkson's shtick, and it helps keep Top Gear's ratings high.

I love Top Gear, but that was above and beyond. It'll be interesting to see if he gets publically called out anywhere on that one.

Incidentally, if anyone wants to download the entire episode, you'll find it here.

 

The guy is brilliant. He is funny and tactful.

For a moment I thought I was visiting the 2004 Camaro forum.

 

Rumor has it Clarkson lurks around this site!

We should create a special section for him >> "Shelby GT500 4.6L Engine Forum"

 

Maybe that's how Mustang GT looks in Europe ...

 

i think people are generally supposed to know that anything coming out of clarksons mouth should never be taken very seriously. Any car this side of a U-Haul cube van could beat a horse around a track.

 

this guy is anti american cars look at all his reviews f^&king D%& A@S

 

Put down the shotgun and take a vallium, it'll all be OK.

 

um i dont have one im puerto rican lol

 

The English media has always taken an interesting view towards all things American. If you watch BBC productions even on history subjects, its quite different as to how we know it. I bought a collection of videos on WWII and you would think the war in the Pacific was won by an Avro Lancaster and a dam buster bomb I think there is a little chip on that shoulder sometimes. Being that most of the noteable 'English' cars are developed with Ford(or BMW) parts at the heart of them these days, they surely have taken a liking to the newer Lotus products, Toyota engine or not.