I disagree, Top Gear are allowed to say what they say because it makes them popular and it sells the rights overseas, not because it's all legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
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I disagree, Top Gear are allowed to say what they say because it makes them popular and it sells the rights overseas, not because it's all legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
I have to agree with the boys from Top Gear. The Tesla is pointless as are all other electric cars at the moment. Until they can do at least 600 km on a single charge and are cleaner to make, they will remain pointless. Why don't we all just get a horse or a donkey? They can at least get past 200 miles on with thousand year old technology :p :
The Tesla is about as pointless as the Elise, which is just as pointless. They are track cars after all, which is why the Top Gear test was a fair one.
Well said Mark :up:
Fair points, but no excuse for misrepresenting the facts. I doubt Top Gear will win the libel suit
Did they actually lie about the car? They said it would run out after 55 miles on their track? If it did or would have done and they can show that, then the test is fair. They are under no legal obligation to point out that "if driven normally it could manage 200 miles"
Exactly. Top Gear doesn't exist just to advertise these cars, it's not their job to show any car in it's best possible light. Did Hawk start a legal campaign when they showed the Stratos rep to be a right handful? Did Chevrolet complain when they highlighted the plasticy nature of the ZR-01? Did Ford get all uppity because TG showed that you can't get out of the GT in a car park?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
And how exactly did they misrepresent facts, Daniel? If the car ran out of juice then it ran out of juice, just because it was being hammered doesn't alter the fact that it ran out of power.
They presented the piece in such a way to show that the Tesla roadster had run out of battery power which it hadn't. That's a lie as far as I'm concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
For the hard of understanding THE CAR DID NOT RUN OUT OF POWER!!!!! WHEN TESLA RECEIVED BOTH CARS BACK THEY HAD MORE THAN 20% POWER EACH!
That's all opinion. I could say that I think Mark is tall (he's not) and that's not really a lie because that could be my opinion, but if I were to say that Mark is Japanese then that would be a lie. There's a pretty clear difference and anyone not blinded by their love for Top Gear will see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
I'm not blinded by a love of Top Gear, blinded by a dislike of electric cars maybe, but not a love of TG. So it's only opinion that you can't get out of a Ford GT in a normal bay parking space?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Anyway I hadn't read the link before but having had a peak I realise that Clarkson said "Although Tesla say it'll do 200 miles, we worked out that on our track it would run out after just 55 miles." So they didn't actually say that it ran out, just that it would on their track. I fail to see how that's out of order, it's a trackday car being driven like it's on a trackday, hardly lying IMO.
Like I said before, TG isn't there to advertise the Tesla in the best way for the company. We all know that range and waiting for a charge are the problems with electric cars, and any regular viewer of the show could tell you that this would be focussed on as electric cars are generally thought of as a long way from being suitable replacements.