Jeremy Clarkson Wound Up “Something Rotten” By Chris Harris’ Claim On Joe Rogan Podcast That ‘Top Gear’ Faked A Scathing Tesla Review
deadline.comJeremy Clarkson has denied that Top Gear ever scripted a scathing Tesla review after his successor Chris Harris claimed that the BBC show was “naughty” in its treatment of Elon Musk‘s electric car.
In his weekly column in The Sun newspaper, Clarkson said he was wound up “something rotten” by Harris telling The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the 2008 Tesla review was effectively faked. “Joe and Chris perpetuate the myth that my Tesla road test was unfair,” Clarkson wrote. “On Top Gear we cocked about and upset a lot of people over the years.
But our road tests were always scrupulously fair.” In the review of the Tesla Roadster, Clarkson said the battery died after 88km on a race track, that the vehicle’s brakes failed, the engine overheated, and that it took 16 hours to charge.
It was not all rude, however. In a drag race with a Lotus Elise, Clarkson was impressed by the Roadster’s speed. “I cannot believe this.
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