Bristol Article in Octane June '11 issue

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by GREG

Silly comment / silly car show

You may view my comment as silly and you may think Top Gear is a silly car show, but the fact is that there are tens of milllions of people around the world who would disagree with you.

That's why every notable car manufacturer have their cars on the show, including cars that cost a lot more than Bristols! There is no way they would risk doing that unless they thought it was worthwhile.

Originally Posted by jimfoz

Tony Crook willingly gave Top Gear magazine cars to try on several occasions and they were given good appaisals.

I know TG mag was able to review a Fighter in 2008, but I didn't know Tony Crook gave them cars to review, particularly after they described one of his cars as donkey shyte*. Do you know what issues of the TG mag they appeared in?

*referred to in an Evo article

Originally Posted by jimfoz

Clarkson either had no interest in testing them or wasn't allowed.

I can't imagine that was because there was no interest, particularly in the Fighter.