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Malaysian Parliament Blasts Clarkson For Comments On Their CarsPosted April 5th, 2007 at 01:03 GMT by Viper007Bond in Top Gear
Oh, this is just too funny. From BBC News:
Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has come under attack in the Malaysian parliament for labelling one of the country’s cars the worst in the world.
The BBC presenter has been filmed attacking the Perodua Kelisa with a sledgehammer before blowing it up.
But minister Abdul Raman Suliman defended the nation’s car industry, saying Mr Clarkson was like a football commentator who cannot play football.
He told MPs, Perodua had not received a single complaint from British owners.
He added that the comments were made merely to boost sales of the Top Gear magazine.
‘Soulless’
Mr Clarkson has voiced his frustrations with the small three-cylinder model in both magazine articles and on the Top Gear motoring show.
In one article, he said its name was like a disease and suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes.
And on the show, he described it as “unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion”.
He then smashed it, hung it from a crane with a one-tonne weight attached, before blowing it up.
Perodua is Malaysia’s second national carmaker and began producing small compact models in 1995.


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well, we all know Jeremy Clarkson has a "flair" for dissin people where it hurts most but in my honest opinion, malaysian car makers Perodua and Proton deserves every bit of it....

if you ask me, "a football commentator who couldnt play football" is the same as "built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes". this football anology the malaysian minister adopted is mimicking Jeremy's style of humour, just like malaysian car industries- "designing" cars that are mimicked from others.

the malaysian minister also said the comments made by Jeremy were merely used to boost sales in the magazine. im guessing he accused Jeremy of using slanderous words and cheap criticism to boost sales of his magazine. then let me draw upon the malaysian car industry as an example too;

proton and perodua resorts to cheap car parts, shoddy workmanship, materials of questionable quality and faulty car designs to minimize the producion cost but yet sell their cars at market price. isnt it, JUST to earn more revenue?

please... look at yourself before turning outwards...

"unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion" -Jeremy Clarkson
/signed by me.

and i'll end with another quote from Jeremy Clarkson, cant remember how it goes but it runs along these lines,

"Dont buy a car where the makers made the car because they want to sell it; Buy a car where the makers made the car because they want to make a good car..."