I've come to see Top Gear as not so much information, but more entertainment. When the CTR was released in march they had a hot hatch top 20 on the website and the CTR came out on top. What we saw todat was Jeremy's own opinion, which we all know is biased for sure. He pratically owns the program, but I bet not everyone in the programs team agrees. So after they put it in the 1st spot in march it looks like it was time to bash it.
I have to merit them on also being fair though. They did point out a few of the car's poorest points and I have to agree on some.
The rear-suspension has to go. Please Honda, make it 2000 pounds more expensive, forget the boot space and give us back independent wishbones. Do the same thing for the 5-door version, so you won't have to build 2 different versions. At least do this for the 9th generation you're designing right now.
The seat memory has been a Honda bug for years. Been driving Honda's for years and I get used to it. And I never get in the back anyway so I don't give a rats ass. But he is right. How hard can it be to fit that memory. The automatich windscreen wiper seems much more complicated and it has one of those.
But I have to disagree on the the rear-spoiler. When you get in you think it's a problem. But anyone who uses it daily knows it no problem whatsoever. It's even a benefit when you have someone behind you in heavy traffic. It blockes out the headlights for free.
The key warning is a typical "Jeremy want's to come across funny" thing. Just take out the key before you open the door, which is what the warning is for in the 1ste place. Usesless idiot.
As for the track time. In the end, it doesn't matter if a car is 1 or 2 seconds slower of faster then any other car. The results were close enough. And be honest, where can you drive your car at such limits that those 1 or 2 seconds would matter. Right, nowhere.
It matters if you like it. The bloke in the audience was right. The new one looks much better and has more gadgets.
