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Old 12-31-05, 08:54 AM
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Thumbs up BBC Top Gear Independent Survey 05. 36 brands, 159 cars, Lexus #1!!

Over 76, 000 people took part in Top Gears (yah, your boy Clarkson and co) Car survey. IN 04, I posted a thread as well.
I'll scan b/c I don't want to type but the Honda S2000 was #1 again, KUDOS to them!!
BMW a very respectable 10th. Mercedes Benz, again near the end of the pack and a PATHETIC 32nd out of 36th.

I'll be picking up right where I left off very shortly.
 
Old 12-31-05, 09:02 AM
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As you can see, a nice pic of the RX 330 and some Lexus trouncing RR coverage.
 
Old 12-31-05, 09:58 AM
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Damn, check out Hyundai. Right in between Jag, BMW, Audi, Saab, and Volvo.
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I'll tell them where they went wrong... they make GOD AWFULLY HIDEOUS cars!!!! Why buy it when i cant stand to look at it, let alone be seen in it.

I thought this was a no brainer....
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Great job again Lexus.
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As usual.....and again no surprises.......British, French, and Italian namplates dominate the bottom third of the list.

The only real surprise here, IMO, is Jaguar. Its ranking in this list....in 9th place.......is far above what you would expect reading Consumer Reports ranking of it reliability-wise, and also the problems that auto magazines have experienced with their test Jaguars. .
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Old 12-31-05, 11:47 AM
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I'm laughing at Skoda being #2. They had just about the worst cars in Europe 30 years ago. An impressive improvement!!!

Mercedes ought to be VERY troubled by their standing.

The French? Well they just don't care and will just keep slapping bigger tarriffs on non-French cars coming into their country or subsidizing Peugeot and Renault even more.
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why isn't Chevrolet up there?
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Old 12-31-05, 12:38 PM
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That's very good, expecially from a European survey, at least the real car owners aren't bias like the Euro mags
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Originally Posted by shoehead
why isn't Chevrolet up there?
Do they have Chevy's in Europe? I never really thought about it till you mentioned it. I assume that's why they don't have Acura or Infiniti up there either.
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Old 12-31-05, 12:59 PM
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Almost 2% over the #2 Skoda, which is a larger margin than nearly everyone on the list. Lexus is tops on Top Gear!!!! Excellent.
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Old 12-31-05, 01:27 PM
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Nice list. Typical of Lexus. Wasnt Jaguar up there on some quality list this year in the US as well?? I could have sworn Ive seen that.
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Originally Posted by picus
Do they have Chevy's in Europe? I never really thought about it till you mentioned it. I assume that's why they don't have Acura or Infiniti up there either.
We have chevys, but they don't sell too good over here and most are grey import.
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Way to go Lexus
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Originally Posted by Richie
We have chevys, but they don't sell too good over here and most are grey import.
Dont laugh at me, but what is "Gray Import"?
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