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Originally Posted by tgagneguam
England has no auto industry-Richards' Aston Martin really isn't an industry. They gave it up to the Americans, the Germans and even the Indians more recently.
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Be careful what you say - America might have no auto industry soon! What has this to do with his review? Because
someone else can't run an auto industry in England - long before he arrrived on the scene, Clarkson can't review a car for his audience? Americans can't run it either, the way Ford is losing $millions
a day and bailing on JLR.
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Originally Posted by tgagneguam
Question to Clarkson: why do I care what you think about automobiles?.
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His reveiws aren't for you - it should be obvious this is an irrelevant question. You don't like it when he writes a bad review, or a good review(?????) How does that work?
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Originally Posted by tgagneguam
It's akin to asking a Jamaican to teach you how to ski. It's like asking France to fight a war. I think I'd rather have Putin teach me nation-building.
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As distinct from nation-building, US-style in Iraq, where five years after it was bombed to pieces everyone needs an AK47 to scrounge for food and there are barely any of the pre-existing public utilities running?
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Perhaps Clarkson could stick with something more befitting his talents: British elocution, perhaps?
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It's unfortunate Americans can't understand the subtleties of English self-deprecating humour. I laugh at his jibes. That's how they are about everything - including themselves. Americans are 'have a nice day'. The English are 'I don't see why you should have a nice day when I know I'm going to have a rotten one".
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Originally Posted by tgagneguam
The American-engineered, American-designed, American-built Cadillac CTS-V is an awesome machine. And I don't need anyone to tell me that.
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No, but the prospective British buyers might!
Which is who he writes for!
And American designed and made? Maybe for the most part. But Brembo is Italian, Recaro is German, the handstitched trim is European and the Michelins? The French maybe don't have the best recent track record on wars (although Americans didn't seem to find their assistance unwelcome in the War of Independence) I'm sure you agree the French know how to make a tyre!
Without those and quite a few other strategic components non-
fabrique en USA it just might be a bit less of a car...........