Clarkson does know his stuff. Okay, maybe he made a cockup with the engine size, but that is rare.
He was right about many things in that programme. Regarding the Mclaren, German company maybe, but an American who plastered all that crap all over it, in America!
The fact is, try driving an American car on a British, or indeed any European road, and the flaws will become very, very apparent. Clarkson is totally spot on when he talks about the suspension of American cars. Who in the hell still uses leaf springs?!
And McQueen, the programme was about European vs American, not British. And Aston Martin is owned by BMW, not Ford. Lotus cars are still British designed. The Lotus guys are legendary (apart from the 1976 Espirit, which we'll forget).
And despite Ford parenting the other British companies, you can bet that it most certainly isn't American people designing the new models.
The Hummer is a useless offroader. No doubt about that.
Sorry for my rant. But if you are American and haven't driven a car on a road that has corners, please come to the UK.
I once drove in America. I can't claim to have driven a huge variety of American cars. But I drove a Dodge somethingorother. Some kind of futuristic looking family saloon, powered by a V6. I drove from LA to SF along the coastal route. Amazingly for an American road this one did have corners. One corner had a 20mph warning sign on it. Me being a Brit saw the corner and thought the sign was talking bollocks. I mean the corner was tight, but it was the sort of thing I could take at 40 quite happily even in my own modest vehicle. So I powered on, only to find the car just lolloped and sponged its way across the road, and nearly into the rocks on the other side of the road.
Sorry guys. Your space programme is great, your other technology is great. But you just can't build cars!