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forum_emoticons.html	[quote=G-MANN,42148] It's meant to be slightly humourous. I don't know exactly if he meant to use the term "Germanic" like it was a bad thing, he might have only intended to say that it is German, but after all this was the car originally dreamt up by Hitler to be the "people's car". Even if he did mean it in a slightly xenophobic way, this would not be unacceptable in Britain and a lot of people are still amused by this kind of humour (as long as it's relatively harmless) At the end of the day, it's an opinion. The Beetle is a cult car and I think the author is just rebelling against this because he doesn't buy into its cult appeal enough to overlook its flaws. I think he gives a fair explanation for why he dislikes it (noisy, uncomfortable and faulty), when he says it's slow that may be a fair comment because this car stayed around for years and it's lack of speed probably became more and more obvious and as newer cars came along. People don't usually want a car to be slow and unable to keep up with the rest of the traffic. When he says the engine's in the wrong place, that is a joke, he really means he thinks the design is awkward.[/quote]
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Jax Rhapsody

I don't think it's a Catera.

G-MANN

Quote From: Jax Rhapsody

Seville STS, STS= Seville Touring Sedan

CTS = Cadillac Touring Sedan

Isn't it called CTS because it's the successor to the Catera (Cadillac smallest sedan, based on the Opel/Vauxhall Omega and Holden Commodore)?

Gomsel

Cool!

aussiemuscle308

yes i'm concentrating on challenge cars, as they are more unique. i've got an Alfa spider to do as Hammonds and a GTV to do as May's alfa. I'll do what cars i can find a model in 1/24 scale.

http://aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net/models/top_alfaspider001.jpg

currently needs a change of colour (to silver) and i need to build and paint the GTV.
This is my current project

http://aussielt1.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/img_8791.jpg

http://aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net/models/top_pandalimo21.jpg

owlman

Those are cool! Are you focusing on cars from challenges? Have you made any others?

antp

nice idea

aussiemuscle308

i'm planning to build a heap of the cars from Top Gear in 1/24 scale.

here's my model of Jeremy's Alfa 75 (Alfa Challenge)

http://aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net/models/topgear_alfa02.jpg

http://aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net/models/topgear_alfa08.jpg

and james may's Lexus (cheap police car challenge)

http://aussiemuscle.totalnfs.net/models/topgear_maypol15.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll101/roy59_photos/Dunsfold20and%20Wheels/S6300195.jpg

i'm currently stretching a Fiat Panda to replicate Jeremy's stretch limo.
more pix here. http://www.thepartsbox.com/BB/viewtopic.php?f=252&t=3462

Jax Rhapsody

Seville STS, STS= Seville Touring Sedan

CTS= Caddilac Touring Sedan

SLS Seville luxury Sedan

So on and so fourth. Just don't ask what the XLR stands for...

DeltaGolf

Quote From: ingo

The first gen of the LT had the same engine (1.8 or 2.0 liter, I don't) know, as the Porsche 924 and the Audi 100 [C1].

That these clowns only have noticed the VW-engine in the 924, shows two things:

a) the Porsche 924 contains a wild mixture of parts of the whole VW/Audi-range of the early 70ies. There's stuff included from Passat, Polo, Beetle, Typ 3, Typ 4, Audi 100 and even K 70 (cooling water pot, wipers).

b) they don't know anything about the history. The 924 was originally developed as an Audi. By Porsche engineers, but planned as an Audi. But one more sportive car in the range besides Scirocco and Audi 100 Coupé S was too much, so it was a left-over, which was built by Porsche theirself then.

I forgot to mention that the book does tell that the 924 was originally developed for VW, and they complain about it not feeling like a true Porsche. This doesn't change my opinion on that the book is crap in itself.

I don't really understand why the book carries Top Gear branding at all. While the TV show is sometimes quite good (I find the cheap car challenges quite interesting, as well as the history segments which seem to get rarer in newer episodes, and the humour is mostly good too), the book is really bad, as it contains next to no real information of any of the cars, and most of the text isn't funny at all, even though it tries to be.

ingo

Only one time on Youtube. Parts of the episode about the demise of the British car industry. Clarkson has interviewed retired automotive engineers. As example they took the Triumph Stag, and for what reasons (technical, logistical, administrative) this car became such an terrible disaster.
That's all.