YouTube - ‪Top Gear F150 Lightning‬‏

 

they don't have a clue too pickup trucks save for a few of them , and until they come visit the colonies they never will . trucks are the most versatile vehicle alive as they can be everything to everyone with a few checks on the order sheet , or the right parts added to an oldie . p.s. that episode is a lil' old , check out the one with the vauxhall vr8bathhurst and malloo as even though they are gm , hammond does get the whole muscle car / truck thing , and when he shows you what they call a truck you can begin to understand why they don't get them . i think it was a mazda or maybe a turdota he shows as what they refer to as a truck ........................

 

Man when I saw this way back when all I could think was dammit of course it's bad off road it's a lighting use an XLT or FX4. I know this was done a few years ago like 2004 2005 I'd be curious to see what their opinion of the 2011 Ecoboost F150 would be.. I read nothing but good things about them.

 

I'd say from watching that video that...

1) What a snobby British *******
2) He doesn't understand much about trucks, but then, the British aren't known for understanding much about anything automotive.
3) He certainly doesn't understand much about America.

 

British pickup

 

I watch Top Gear on BBC America sometimes. Sometimes it is quite interesting, informative & funny. The American guests are a hoot. Jeremy is the resident insulting A-hole-non-enthusiast-snob who plays the part to a "T". I suspect he would actually kill if they gave him a chance to keep that Lightning. Gaps in the dash be damned.

Its the "faster than a Boxter & 0-60 in 5" that is really important.

 

I spent a week in Perth, Australia in 1998, and I don't think I saw more'n 5 pickups in the whole city. Must be a Commonwealth thing? Went for a job interview and figured a country without proper pickups can't be worth moving to. Plus no skiing.....

 

WTF! Gaps in the dash... loose steering!? Really!? IT'S A TRUCK FOR PETE'S SAKE! Those damn Brits think they're so sophisticated! Their stupid overpriced Land Rovers aren't any better than my 79 Bronco! Let him take a new 6.2 Raptor for a spin through the whoopty doos and see how he likes it! Or an Ecoboost F150. Hell what do I know, I'm just a beer drinkin, red meat eatin, Ford Truck drivin, red blooded AMERICAN... AND DAMN PROUD OF IT!

 

It is amazing how many people here don't get the schtick that Top Gear has...