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Outcry over Top Gear ad poll

  • By Carsguide team
  • Carsguide
  • 05 August 2009

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Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and Germans go together in much the same way that petrol and naked flames don?t.

So when the controversial host announced he had prepared his own spoof ad for the launch of the new Volkswagon Scirocco, the BBC prepared for the worst.

And the worst it got - scores of complaints from outraged viewers after Clarkson lauded the VW’s ability to go from “Berlin to Warsaw in one tank”.

More than 6.7 million viewers watched Clarkson’s “ad”, in which panicked Warsaw citizens fled the city, rushing to board buses and trains as sirens warned of the approaching Germans.

The reference to Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland that triggered World War II has sparked a storm of debate in the UK and Europe, with onlookers struggling to decide whether Clarkson’s ad was tasteless or just a bit of fun.

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  • Ah!!! at last I found what I was looking for. Sometimes it takes so much effort to find even tiny useful piece of information.
    Nice post. Thanks

    Car Insurance Guy of USA Posted on 11 November 2009 10:38pm

  • Ah!!! at last I found what I was looking for. Somtimes it takes so much effort to find even tiny useful piece of information.
    Nice post. Thanks

    Auto Insurance Guy of USA Posted on 08 November 2009 7:30pm

  • really funny!If time heals all wounds,maybe in a few years he can do an add including Spain and little Maddie McCann??You’r top of the tree Clarkson (white,tall,rich)you can “crap” on whomever you like. Can’t you?

    Sharon Pope of Ladysmith,Australia Posted on 06 August 2009 11:18am

  • I’m not sure how a bit of word play regarding an historical event could be construed as being disrespectful to those killed in the war that followed.
    There are quotes from Polish citizens pointing out that the British aren’t mocked for wearing poppy flowers to remember the war dead.  Right away the subject of the debate has shifted from an event to rememberance events.  So where does association stop?  Mention the Army and immediately get in trouble because an army killed people durign every war we’ve ever had?
    Some people really do try hard to be professional victims.

    Dave of Australia Posted on 06 August 2009 9:40am
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