Fifth Gear Tonight, Clio 182

[DaveDreads]

Here's a 200 cup against Tony Hunters daily driver,
he told me they f*ked him about something chronic and treated his car like sh*t. :dapprove:

 

[Budgie]

Re: Archived Post from old forum

Didn't they fiddle the times also?

 

[scotty10]

Threads nearly 10 years old, Scotty

LOL i know

Going by the recent posts it sounds if a show is being aired later this year

 

[DaveDreads]

Didn't they fiddle the times also?

Oh yeah forgot about that, his standard cup was quicker than the 200,
but miraculously in the final cut it was slower.

Although if your TV show made their new flagship model look slower than an older model,
Renault would probably be reluctant to lend you any more cars.

 

[Haydn M]

Just seen the advert for the new fifth gear series on the disco channel , shouldn't be to long

 

[realnumber 1]

So it's back on now, does anyone know when the 182 will be on?

 

[realnumber 1]

On now lol

 

[Mr Plums]

On now lol

Disco channel??

 

[realnumber 1]

Yeah

 

[Mr Plums]

Yeah

Found it, discovery channel lol, i was looking for an actual disco channel, has the 182 been on yet?

Im going to watch it on +1

 

[Tony Hunter]

Re: Archived Post from old forum

Didn't they fiddle the times also?

Indeed they did, I still have the script somewhere, as they left it in my car.

Oh, and he had the aircon on.

 

[Mr Plums]

Re: Archived Post from old forum

Indeed they did, I still have the script somewhere, as they left it in my car.

Did you mention it to them?

I would have got back in touch with them and asked them why the tv episode showed the 200 to be quicker when it wasnt.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Re: Archived Post from old forum

Did you mention it to them?

I would have got back in touch with them and asked them why the tv episode showed the 200 to be quicker when it wasnt.[/QUOTE

Why, what do I care?

It's a marketing exercise, they are not going to say the new model is slower, somebody high up at Renault did deny it though when I quizzed them.

 

[Mr Plums]

Re: Archived Post from old forum

Did you mention it to them?

I would have got back in touch with them and asked them why the tv episode showed the 200 to be quicker when it wasnt.[/QUOTE

Why, what do I care?

It's a marketing exercise, they are not going to say the new model is slower, somebody high up at Renault did deny it though when I quizzed them.

It just shows we can never believe everything we see on the box, it would be nice to see a true outcome, i thought that was the whole point in the test.

 

[Tony Hunter]

It took all day, and I mean ALL day for those 5 mins. No never believe anything you see or hear.

 

[DaveDreads]

Chris Harris talked about this in an article specifically to do with Ferrari,
but i'm sure most if not all car companies fiddle test drives and media cars to get the desired result for their marketing campaign.

http://jalopnik.com/5760248/how-ferrari-spins

 

[Budgie]

Chris Harris talked about this in an article specifically to do with Ferrari,
but i'm sure most if not all car companies fiddle test drives and media cars to get the desired result for their marketing campaign.

http://jalopnik.com/5760248/how-ferrari-spins

Every manufacturer makes sure their press cars are the best they can be, but certain manufacturers have always been known in the industry to make them that little bit extra special. Ie, GT3 dampers on a track only test..,

 

[Tony Hunter]

We've just spent 24million on our new model.

By the way it's s**t.