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Old 07-11-2010, 08:58 PM
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Thumbs down OK that was stupid Top Gear Camaro SS vs E63 AMG????

Pointless...almost confirms that Mercedes has been paying off TG.
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LOL. I admit, I was really confused. I expected them to put the Camaro against the Mustang and Challenger. I still enjoyed it, even though it was pretty one sided. Though, Hammond still said he preferred the Camaro. I don't know where Jeremy got the homicidal camaro idea from, but it made me laugh.
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Everyone knows Top Gear will never love an American car, its a show for entertainment and they are always good at it. I rather enjoy watching it they can be pretty funny I mean they compared it to a car over double the price of that Camaro so yeah...lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01xZPbyNqo

For those who want to watch it.
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DUDE I posted this same thing on the Top Gear website. Absolutely ******* ridiculous. These cars are similar in no way besides the fact they both have 6.2 liter V8's. This episode sucked, hard. Take 3 overpriced euro sedan's and burn 30 minutes of the damn show with it. Eff that noise. Episode 4 better be epic to make up for the bullshit in episode 3.
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Originally Posted by violent_celerity
DUDE I posted this same thing on the Top Gear website. Absolutely ******* ridiculous. These cars are similar in no way besides the fact they both have 6.2 liter V8's. This episode sucked, hard. Take 3 overpriced euro sedan's and burn 30 minutes of the damn show with it. Eff that noise. Episode 4 better be epic to make up for the bullshit in episode 3.
I thought the show could have been funnier and I didn't like how they interviewed the F1 driver and that Harry Potter guy. The celebrity interviews are the only part I normally dislike and they essentially had two in this episode. I kind of liked the sedan segments though. I'm also glad they didn't choose the Panamera; that car is just horribly ugly IMO.

Overall, I thought the episode was good. Not as good as the first two, but good.
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Europeans cant stand a well made american muscle car over a girl 4 door car. haha.
Would someone challenge this foo. lol haha.
I hate that when they talk Ish about our cars.
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That guy is such a miserable flamer. I believe it was the ZO6 he was doing a piece on commenting on how flimsy it was as he hammer fisting the rear bumper.
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That was a fair test of both cars, the Camaro lost to the E63 because even though both cars are 6.2 liter V8's, the E63 makes almost an additional 100 hp over the SS. Being beat by 3 full seconds is an *** whooping and the AMG V8's sound incredible. Those of you who are upset by the results need to drive or ride in a C63 or E63, then make up your mind, they are truly refined muscle cars.
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Originally Posted by LEO
That was a fair test of both cars, the Camaro lost to the E63 because even though both cars are 6.2 liter V8's, the E63 makes almost an additional 100 hp over the SS. Being beat by 3 full seconds is an *** whooping and the AMG V8's sound incredible. Those of you who are upset by the results need to drive or ride in a C63 or E63, then make up your mind, they are truly refined muscle cars.
that's not the point.. Comparing and $85k car to a $35k car IMO is absolutely stupid. Even if the camaro costs 40,000 lbs over there, the E63 still costs 80!! Like i said before, if they compared it to a CTS-V, i would completely understand.
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Not sure why they chose to compare those two. Seems to me it would have made more sense to compare the AMG to the CTS-V. Hey, it's a 6.2L that costs about the same.
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Those guys on TG are just mad they live in Socialist Europe where 99% of the population lives in a 1500sf flat and drives a little shoe box to work... I don't listen to anything those morons say because they're mad their family wasn't smart enough to make the jump to the states back in the day.

And that **** when he was hammer fisting the vette talking about cheap plastic... I hope he never has go to a hospital because there's a lot of things used to save your life that are made out of plastic. Once I saw that part I lost all respect for the people involved with that show.
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0-60 in ....... yeah nobody gives a **** about that stat.
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Originally Posted by SSmoken
0-60 in ....... yeah nobody gives a **** about that stat.
Really? Isn't that pretty much the industry standard for showing a car's acceleration?

You're right, what kind of car enthusiast would care about that?
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haha "redneck mode"
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Next up.. Lets compare the ZR1 or GT500KR to the E63 AMG!

Only fair.. Since they said it could out perform any muscle car.

I thought it was a cool vid. Top Gear is a very entertaining show to watch. I liked the range rover and ford fiesta tests.
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Originally Posted by Revoroller
haha "redneck mode"
I LOL'd at that too..
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They can compare anything they want it's their show. why does it hurt feelings?
end of the world? no. sky is falling? no.
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Originally Posted by fdjizm
They can compare anything they want it's their show. why does it hurt feelings?
end of the world? no. sky is falling? no.
Because they did it to make the E63 look good and make the Camaro look bad. The E63 plays second fiddle to all the other super-sedans M5, RS6, CTS-V etc so they did this because it cant win against its real competition.
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You guys get too butthurt about this stuff.
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Originally Posted by _JB_
You guys get too butthurt about this stuff.
i agree ^^ i love top gear ya they are typical english guys who talk **** about anything american but so wat..

watch the first episode from this season with the Reliant Robin.. i havent laughed that hard in years..hahaha!


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