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Clarkson on: hybrids
So the car industry is now obsessed with hybrids? Big mistake, says Jeremy. This is the same road that led to the catalytic converter. And what did that achieve?
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Clarkson on: women
“I once took a multi-tasking test set by the RAF. I was rubbish. All men are rubbish apparently. Only women can do it. So they would do well in F1”
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Clarkson on: personalisation
"Large chunks of my being want to buy a Jaguar XKR. I absolutley love it. It is an excellent, five-star car. Except for one small thing. It was designed for you. Not me"
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Clarkson on: the end of it all
"The number of people who dislike cars is very small. A few ramblers, Friends of the Earth and people who run road safety charities. But they’re noisy and motivated"
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James on the Porsche 911
"I’m on my second old 911 – a 3.2 Carrera coupe from the Eighties. It cost £15,300 with 48,000 miles on the clock and in perfect condition. It’s the best thing I’ve bought"
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Richard gets tooled up
"I can recall my first socket set with wondrous accuracy and could, if pressed, remember the size of every socket, extension lever, ratchet and break bar"
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Hammond’s Haya education
“A bike with 145kW demands your attention. And the fact that this power is wrapped up in a form too ugly even for a mother to love onl kind of adds to its bad-boy appeal”y
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Clarkson on: supercars
‘I’ve been down the supercar road three times now, and I can assure you it’s not lined with girls and jelly. It’s mostly a forest of pot holes, expense and dirty trousers’
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James on Ferrari
“Every time I step into an F430 I want one, quite badly. It stays with me for several days afterwards, like a bad hangover”
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Hamster vs mouse
“Since the bankers ran off with everyone's money, there are fewer people wanting to take on a used car that could present its owner with an upsetting bill”
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James and the Fireblade
“So, what’s a Fireblade doing here, in my supercars column? The truth is that I cocked up the admin, but the official line is that it’s here to put things into perspective”
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Clarkson on: cheap cars
"I want Tata to make lots of money that they can spend on more supercharged Jags"
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Smokin’
"I just belted around in it as best as I could, grinning, whooping, shouting and laughing at the whole glorious experience"
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Last traction hero
"I turned up at the workshop and out came the traction engine. We were to drive around the yard at the machine’s top speed of 5km/h..."
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James on Aston
"I couldn’t shake off the thought that the DBS was trying to be a bit of a Ferrari; that is sophisticated, knowing and making an overt performance statement"
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Clarkson on: drinking
“Drinking one small glass of wine does not make me feel different in any way. But the Sega experiment shows that even a pipette of booze affects my reactions”
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It Must’ be love
“The Mustang started, of course. And then made it to the end of the road. And to the end of the next road. We had a moment then, but not THE moment…”
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James and the Caterham R500
"After some miles it occurred to me that I was probably supposed to drive the R500 in a crash helmet"
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Richard on Saville row
"I live in the countryside, where I get to play with my Land Rovers. A passion which can, through an early chain of events in my life, be traced back to Jimmy Saville"
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Clarkson on: roads
"With every move, our glorious leaders attempt to thwart and penalise the driver. Penalty points. Sleeping policemen, traffic wardens from the Nazi party"
Clarkson on: roads
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