Memo# 20 : Cheap and Cheerful Cars

I saw this video about 2 years ago on DVD around December at my cousin's house. It was entitled "Jeremy Clarkson's Heaven and Hell". It talked about the best cars of the year and also the worst cars of the year.

Not surprisingly, The Perodua Kelisa made it into one of the world's worst manufactured cars. At first all I thought was him ranting out his disappointment at the piece of junk... and then it got real funny. He hung the car a few metres into the air suspending a tonne of weight and later exploding the car with dynamite sticks doing it the Clarkson way.

But sadly, i have already come to terms with reality and give in to the fact that my first car would be a Kelisa and NOT a Mercedes Brabus . What a sad day is it when the hopes and dreams of a little boy is crushed by cruel reality. O how cruel thou art on me! For shame! tsk tsk tsk

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has come under attack in the Malaysian parliament for labelling one of the country's cars the worst in the world.

The BBC presenter has been filmed attacking the Perodua Kelisa with a sledgehammer before blowing it up.

But minister Abdul Raman Suliman defended the nation's car industry, saying Mr Clarkson was like a football commentator who cannot play football.

Perodua had not received a single complaint from UK owners, he told MPs.

He added that the comments were made merely to boost sales of the Top Gear magazine.

'Soulless'

Mr Clarkson has voiced his frustrations with the small three-cylinder model in both magazine articles and on film.

In one article, he said its name was like a disease and suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes.

And in a DVD car review, he described it as "unimaginative junk, with no soul, no flair and no passion".

He then smashed it, hung it from a crane with a one-tonne weight attached, before blowing it up.

Perodua is Malaysia's second national carmaker and began producing small compact models in 1995.

link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6528087.stm

Here's the video


Recently Top Gear commented on the Proton Savvy. They weren't even interested in it.



I wonder what would Abdul Raman Suliman say to Jeremy Clarkson if they met.

let's just assume Abdul Raman Suliman is brought up in a chinese school.

Abdul Raman Suliman: Ah neh! Hey you stupid fler! Why u call our national car junk a?
Jeremy Clarkson: May I ask what country are you from?
Abdul Raman Suliman:Malaysia lar! Cibai lu .. tok bad bout the Kelisa..you jeles only bah!
Jeremy Clarkson: *snickers* You call that a decent car? Cars made in 1950 has more life.
Abdul Raman Suliman:You like a football commentator who cannot play football!!!
Jeremy Clarkson: Well Perodua is a car buyer who can't make cars.
Abdul Raman Suliman: *zha dao* li lao bu nehr teach manners ah! I never receive any complaint from UK buyers yet lerr
Jeremy Clarkson: That's because most of them are Malaysians and it's cheap . *mumbles* not in just the price but also in quality
Abdul Raman Suliman: What you say just now ar?
Jeremy Clarkson: Nothing
Abdul Raman Suliman: You blow up our car just for ratings only. Cheap publicity stunt wan.
Jeremy Clarkson: Of course it was. But I wouldnt blow up a BMW M5 would I? You know why? Because the Kelisa is crap. Pure soulless crap XD
Abdul Raman Suliman: Aiya you angmoh all have money larr.. can buy wat wat BMW M16 and fancy fancy interior.. MCH!!
Jeremy Clarkson:At least the Satria GTI was better.

*end of conversation*