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re: Jeremy Clarkson, formerly of Top Gear UK, dumps on Corvette Z06
Posted on 5/15/15 at 6:39 am to Rebel Land Shark
Posted on 5/15/15 at 6:39 am to Rebel Land Shark
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Clarkson always hates on pretty much anything from the U.S. but he is right on one thing
European Cars > American Cars
And class by class it is not fricking debatable. As an aside, I've never like Corvettes particular.
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Posted on 5/15/15 at 6:58 am to Superior Pariah
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That's cool. I'll stick to my practical car that gets me from point A to B without guzzling too much gas.
With a double overdrive the Z06 is capable of 30mpg...
Posted on 5/15/15 at 6:58 am to BRL79
Would wood. that's just plain sexy
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:00 am to thibodauxtigah
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Most European cars are better than American cars. The Porsche Cayman S shits on the corvette. Both are around the same price also.
How so, please do tell?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:07 am to fisherbm1112
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corvette though they keep trying to change is a straight line machine, until they can manage to make a mid engine vehicle that is competitive with Porsche and Ferrari we will always be the red light racers and most Americans are just fine with that.
You know how I know you know nothing about you are trying to spew?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:09 am to thibodauxtigah
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Most European cars are better than American cars. The Porsche Cayman S shits on the corvette. Both are around the same price also.
The Camaro Z28 beat a Turbo S around the track so I seriously doubt your claim is true.
Besides, didn't Clarkson pick the Corvette as his car of the year? Why the sudden, harsh change of heart?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:24 am to fisherbm1112
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European cars are meant to be monsters in every facet of the game whereas the corvette though they keep trying to change is a straight line machine, until they can manage to make a mid engine vehicle that is competitive with Porsche and Ferrari we will always be the red light racers and most Americans are just fine with that.
Wat
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:24 am to fisherbm1112
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whereas the corvette though they keep trying to change is a straight line machine
This statement proves that you have no clue what you are talking anout. The automatic 8-speed system shift- response times are on par with Porsche's PDK transmission. And the Magnetic Selective Ride Control and Performance Traction Management allow the Z51 to put up lap times as good or better than anything in its class - and many cars more than double the price.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:41 am to fisherbm1112
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the corvette though they keep trying to change is a straight line machine, until they can manage to make a mid engine vehicle that is competitive with Porsche and Ferrari we will always be the red light racers and most Americans are just fine with that
um noPosted on 5/15/15 at 7:51 am to Napoleon
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they always shite on American cars, but even they know they are lightyears better than British cars
Maybe because they are all crap? They loved the Pontiac GTO and the G8. Oh, but those were made by Australia.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:05 am to weagle99
A Corvette with 50,000 miles on it > any 50,000 km Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Jag, etc.
Maybe not Porsche, they're actually relatively reliable compared to some of their Euro competition.
On the last US Top Gear special Clarkson was quite fond of the Corvette ZedR1.
Maybe not Porsche, they're actually relatively reliable compared to some of their Euro competition.
On the last US Top Gear special Clarkson was quite fond of the Corvette ZedR1.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:09 am to Navytiger74
No doubt, as a whole, American cars can't hang. But this is not your ordinary Vette. I've always been a Porsche guy since I was a kid. Never really considered a Vette til a week or so before I bought mine. I also had a Camaro 2SS in 2010 when the new ones came out, and they are different as night and day when it comes to handling. I loved my 911 but missed the torque and raw power. I never expected the Corvette to compare favorably to the 911 til I actually put it on the track. People who rag on the Vette has obviously never driven one.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:10 am to weagle99
PR. Watch for his new show or BBC brings him back.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:14 am to weagle99
This has always been Clarkson's shtick. He loves to trump up European over American cars, which is justifiable. He's only praised American auto makers once, and that was during the special in which they drove across the American West in the Vette, Challenger, and Mustang (I think.) In the next season, however, he took the Vette around the Top Gear track and bashed the shite out of it, claiming "I don't know what I was thinking."
If you were to ask Richard Hammond his thoughts on the Vette, he would probably praise it, because loving the American way of life is his shtick.
He is also comparing a car that goes for ~$75,000 in the US to the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage, Audi R8, and the Italian supercar brands, so it's not really fair.
If you were to ask Richard Hammond his thoughts on the Vette, he would probably praise it, because loving the American way of life is his shtick.
He is also comparing a car that goes for ~$75,000 in the US to the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage, Audi R8, and the Italian supercar brands, so it's not really fair.
This post was edited on 5/15/15 at 8:15 am
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:22 am to BRL79
Don't forget this one. Panty dropper.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:24 am to weagle99
What kind of girly man doesn't drive a truck?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:26 am to weagle99
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:26 am to 911Moto
This is the car that will change the game for American sports cars:
$118,000 and rumor has it that it is demolishing track records everywhere. Supposed to put down hypercar times.
$118,000 and rumor has it that it is demolishing track records everywhere. Supposed to put down hypercar times.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:34 am to soccerfüt
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As to aesthetics, upper-end Jaguars do it for me. I won't own one but they are goddam gorgeous
The FType is one the sexiest cars ever made. the sound they got out of a V6 gives me a hard-on I want one so bad
Posted on 5/15/15 at 8:34 am to just1dawg
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A Corvette with 50,000 miles on it > any 50,000 km Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Jag, etc
Yeah, because C6 Z06 Corvettes didn't have any issues with excessive valve guide wear. Nor did the C5 have issues with the roof flying off. Oh yeah, the C7 stingray is now blowing engines left and right, but that's better than Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Jag, etc.
Have you ever ridden in a C6 Z06? They get extremely hot. I can only imagine the issues that the C7 are having.
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This post was edited on 5/15/15 at 8:35 am
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