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Originally Posted by Cphelps
Clarkson's "print" reviews are often less controversial than the things he says for ratings on TV. Good to see he likes the car, b/c considering he usually goes the extra mile to find things to hate on about most cars (especially American ones though), if he didn't feel the need to bring much up, that to me helps re-enforce what a great job Caddy/GM did with the CTS-V.
One specific quote I like is this one, "It also makes an utterly irresistible growl. Like an AMG Mercedes but more refined. More muted." So often reviewers like GM engine's power, but say it lacks refinement, great to see it being referred to as more refined as an M-B engine!.
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Just in case you need one for reference - here's a review he wrote on the same trip:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle4873574.ece
He apparently saved up all his ire for the rental car. If GM PR had anything to do with setting him up with that rental, great job...
Although something tells me that his review of the ZR-1 is not going to be this positive -
"...We see this with so many American cars. Dynamically, some of them are pretty good these days. One or two are even a match for what the Chinese are doing. And by and large they are still extremely cheap. But there’s a very good reason for this. They are simply not built to last.
I spent most of my time in America this time in a new Corvette ZR1. It is a fabulous car. Mesmerisingly fast, good looking and amazing value. But after three days the damn thing was beginning to disintegrate. It made me growl with annoyance and despair.
But I think I know the problem. Because America is a new country, the people who live there have no sense of history. And if you have no concept of “the past”, it is extremely difficult to grapple with the idea of “the future”..."
After that he goes into some rant about "What Jeremy Clarkson thinks caused the worldwide financial crisis". Poor shmuck doesn't realize that he's the monkey at the zoo - thinks people actually care what he thinks about cars, or business, or history.