For those who are at work and can't get to Youtube, then I'll summarise:
Jeremy Clarkson, on national television (in 2004), whilst stood in front of a Mazda MX-5, a Toyota MR2 and a Fiat Barchetta, saying he would rather have an MG TF.
Why is it/was it that the MGTF never appeared on this type of show?
Some deeply worrying anti-british product feeling going on there.
Perhaps it's Clarkson reflecting society's memory of anything from the BLMC empire (or it's siblings) and regarding it with the distrust that it diserves. Old under-invested shoddy product.
Jeez can you remember the Morris Ital? A moment of madness I think.
Actually, my first thought on watching this segment was "where the hell is the MG TF?". They were reviewing small-ish engined, small sportcars. They even refer to British sportscars all the way through the first part. And yet they didnt have the major british sportscar of the time...?
Even my 04 plate ZS has remnants of the shoddy work - project drive was really the epitome of it all. In my view, it essentially comes down to the fact that manufacturing lower grade stuff in this country can't be competitive and so requires cost cutting elsewhere.
Perhaps, but then if you look back through some of the reviews they have done (particularly of the MG side), then they're not all that bad. Granted, some are back handed compliments...
The ZS and ZT were favourably reviewed by Tiff Needell, the ZT260 was given an ok-ish review, the SV was liked, the ZS was favourably reviewed by Clarkson in his Times article.
At the end of the day, they are journalists. You need to make your own mind up rather than listening to the drivel they spout. Otherwise you may as well just go and read the Daily Mail.
I we all believed the bad press about rover/MG non of us would buy one. I worked there and yes sacrifices were made to save money, but half the fun I'm having in my MG is modifying and improving it. Still I do watch the temp
Jeremy Clarkson, on national television (in 2004), whilst stood in front of a Mazda MX-5, a Toyota MR2 and a Fiat Barchetta, saying he would rather have an MG TF.
Funnily enough I caught that the other day and thought it odd that it wasn't in the line-up. Gutted as I'm literally about to buy one and would have liked Jezza's opinion.
It seems to me that for a car to be reviewed on this show it needs to either have enough grunt for Jeremy to smoke the tyres on every bend on the race track or to be so bad that they can take the micky out of it and hope that they can break it.
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