Honda went from selling their first Sedan in the US to best-selling car in the country in 21 years; and you don't think that it's possible for the Chinese to do that with an Apple logo on the front? Especially at a time when the car itself is going through the most rapid transformation in a century? I think you're…

I’m not thinking of manufacturing; all of the engineering functions in modern car development are up for grabs. Its got nothing to do with the skillsets of American (or European) engineers, its got to do with where the value-add and intellectual capital are and they’re increasingly not in “traditional” automotive…

Yes. It’s inevitable. You’re just not looking at the issue from the right angle. The whole car ownership proposition is likely to change over the next 20 years and there’s massive overcapacity in the car industry. If any of the US big three look anything like they do in 20 years to the way they look now, the US…

You wouldn’t go near Ford or GM; complete waste of time (the UAW in particular would make them toxic for tech companies). The likes of Renault-Nissan would be far more palatable (especially given their development in electric cars) albeit there is an issue with the French government in relation to Renault (but that…

At this stage mass producing cars is an extremely mature process and if the tech companies wanted to make cars themselves they’d just buy a car company (there’s not exactly a shortage of those and all the big techs could afford it); but they don’t really want all that infrastructure and low margin labour (by tech…

But that particular McLaren was bought and delivered in the UK, so I fail to see your point.

In May 2016 he started a long distance romance with Top Gear presenter Chris Harris. The pair are said to be very happy together and planning an Autumn wedding replete with a super car convoy through Texas.

Your thesis is flawed; the vast majority of UK drivers learn to drive stick, irrespective of economic group or social class. It doesn’t mean this guy had any skill (clearly!), but almost certainly not because he didn’t have a clue about 3-pedals.

You wouldn’t be allowed to take ownership in the UK without insurance.

Yeah, because that’s what this is; “a sexual crime”. Get a fucking grip.

I think his point is that he feels Tesla are over-promising on the system’s capabilities in a way that could be dangerous. If Volvo aren’t over-promising their current systems (and I don’t believe they are), then has criticism has merit.

I think someone needs to remind him to Render Unto Caesar. And then slap him about the head.

Bullshit. Arseholes were keying Ferraris long before the banking crisis.

This is broadly true. Astons get a free pass whereas a Ferrari will be covered in phlegm after driving it 50 yards down the road. Clarkson is sadly right on the money here; there’s a very bitter, begrudging streak in the British psyche that a red supercar just sets off, but is counteracted by an undeserved respect for…

Yes, but if you pay in 14 days its actually half that. To be fair, central London has real parking problems and the fines have to have teeth, because there are more than enough people who wouldn’t give a shit about 40 quid tickets. The real deterrent is clamping and impounding though, which is a pain in the arse and…

Funny thing is, if you do contest, you often win. I’ve contested three tickets in London and won every time.

None of that matters because TG is funded out the licence fee, so how the show plays in the UK is always paramount. Any commercial money the BBC gets for overseas sales is reinvested back in the UK business to keep the licence fee down (in theory).

Radio 2 is more important than Radio 1 now (because, demographics) and Evans is doing a good job apparently (I don’t live in the UK any more so I haven’t heard it), so there’s no reason to sack him; and by the way the BBC has sacked him before (when he was on Radio 1) so it wouldn’t impossible.

Yes but BMW and Daimler are. They have very different sensibilities about data collection (more restrictive in Europe) and state access to data (more permissable) which makes deals of this type with American corporations very tricky.

In the US. That's not the case in most other countries.