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Originally Posted by jimsaq
heh that's cos it's badge doesn't say 'range rover'
jeremy clarkson is a funny bugger, love watching top gear and reading his write ups, but I never take anything he says as being remotely close to reasonable conclusion - it's pure entertainment rather than informative and fair vehicle comparison
the other thing is that driving around in the UK is nothing like driving around in much larger-area open countries like australia or the US. the entire continent is a tiny piece of land where people think a 10 mile drive is a journey - and so much of jeremy clarkson's commentary relfects this. and top gear's idea of 4x4'ing is driving around in a quarry through a couple of puddles of mud, or through a boggy field - it's no wonder they think the range rover is so awesome 
jeremy clarkson for some reason also has a fixation on categorising an X5 as a vehicle that tries to be a 4x4 when clearly it doesn't. it's heavily biased for road driving with limited utility
have plenty of grains of salt ready when you read his writeups or watch top gear |
You'd be amazed we do actually drive more than 10 miles in the UK...which by the way isn't a continent it's a country. It is however conveniantly located near to a continent called Europe which you may or may not have heard of. I'd bet most people in Brisbane don't use their cars to drive much further than Noosa or Surfers....which given the speed limits and lack of great driving roads doesn't make Australia the best place in the world to drive a car