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Clarkson on Cars
Clarkson on Cars is a revamped, rejuvenated and expanded edition of Clarkson's classic collection of car journalism. Clarkson rewrote the rule book for motor journalism and here's how.
Opinionated, original and laugh-out-loud funny, this is Clarkson at his best.
Opinionated, original and laugh-out-loud funny, this is Clarkson at his best.
Paperback, 357 pages
Published
August 30th 2006
by Penguin Global
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Quite enjoyable but not always good. I enjoyed starting the book, but let's start with the length. There's over 100 stories in the book or so. My kindle at least goes up by 1 percent almost every time I finish one, but not always. So there's a lot of information.
The book is filled with articles from Clarkson's time at Performance Cars. He's quite witty, he has some great zingers, and the stories are good to begin with. You get an idea what the life of a professional car reviewer is really like...more
The book is filled with articles from Clarkson's time at Performance Cars. He's quite witty, he has some great zingers, and the stories are good to begin with. You get an idea what the life of a professional car reviewer is really like...more
Although I am politically diametrically opposed to Jeremy Clarkson – and therefore many of his opinions – I do find his books to be very witty. (I Know You Got Soul is actually one of my favourite books of all time and was read at a single sitting.) This book however left me feeling angry. I think that because the articles reprinted here date from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the hindsight that I now possess demonstrates that this bigoted and intolerant Tory arsehole does spout a lot of bollo...more
This book feels very dated now, Jeremy is berating Austin Rover and dreading when the Welshman (Neil Kinnock) will get into power. I think he has got better and funnier with age...the later collection "The World According to Clarkson" is much funnier.
Here he is offensive to just about everyone, but its more of a whingeing right wing rant with flashes of humour, than his later works which are laugh out loud funny. Old people are forever driving snail like to beetle drives in Japanese cars. He is...more
Here he is offensive to just about everyone, but its more of a whingeing right wing rant with flashes of humour, than his later works which are laugh out loud funny. Old people are forever driving snail like to beetle drives in Japanese cars. He is...more
Jun 02, 2012
David Szondy
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A collection of Clarkson's columns from the mid-1980s to mid-'90s, Clarkson on Cars airs Mr Clarkson's views on Volkswagen Beetles (Nazi cars), vegetarians (expect everyone to conform to their whims), Beards (just weird), the Jaguar XJS (Glorious) and the usefulness of car performance stats (0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds is less informative than calling it "terrifying").
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Much of the humour's a bit dated now ("as sensitive as Ian Botham on the cocaine issue"), and I found myself skipping a lot of the specific-car related articles (eg on the "new" Honda CRX ... I don't care much, 20 years later), but there was enough in there not to have to consign it to the "couldn't finish" shelf.
If you like Clarkson's brand of humour, just watch Top Gear.
If you like Clarkson's brand of humour, just watch Top Gear.
Hm, seems some people don't like collections of newspaper/magazine articles.
I do. Just the right length for a quick 'dose' of snark before turning out the light and going to bed.
I have read this book more times than I care to count.
I do. Just the right length for a quick 'dose' of snark before turning out the light and going to bed.
I have read this book more times than I care to count.
Love Jeremy, but I just couldn't get into this book. I read a few of the essays and they were ok, but I had no desire to read all of them. I think this is a compilation of his early career work and obviously he has improved over the years!
Great entertainment, Clarkson style. If you love cars, annd enjoy Jeremy's dry, sometime politically incorrect humor, you'll love this easy read.
Oct 27, 2010
Leonie
marked it as to-read
I'm taking this one on holiday to Zanzibar to relax and read.
Light book, with light humor. It's good for subway reading.
simmilar to the rest
audi rulez!
A bit long in the tooth, but still entertaining.
more for boys, like the humour but not the car detail
I was close to halfway through this book and realised that I actually wasn't enjoying it. I can tolerate Clarkson's views on Top Gear but I couldn't stomach a book of it. I thought the book might have some humour in it, but it didn't.
I like Clarkson's later stuff so it was a surprise I didn't warm to his early writings, usually its the reverse with many authors. Most of these articles are outdated (made worse with no dates and therefore context), more whinging pom rant than humorous, and many of the cars he talks about are just too damn European for an Australian to relate to.
Some of this is dated in an amusing kind of way (Jezza's first encounter with a car phone, for example) but other articles are dated in a way that makes them fairly pointless for a modern reader. Still, the majority of the pieces in here are still well worth reading.
Klasický Clarkson - jízlivý, Britům, Francouzům, Američanům ani Japoncům nic nedarující, přesto schopný ocenit dobré auto. Škoda jen, že není u jednotlivých článků datum, člověk by byl schopen víc zasadit obsah do kontextu doby.
Very well-written and quite funny. However, a little outdated in this day and age. Also, Clarkson tends to rant which gets a bit tedious at times. Despite all this, it still remains entertaining and I loved reading it.
Okay-read but don't grasp the jokes made in paper-form, although on Top Gear they are pretty funny. Didn't laugh-out-loud-or-in-silence once.
Enjoyable read, full of sarcasm and humour even for someone who (like me) isn't into cars at all.
All the hilarious musings you would expect from Jeremy Clarkson. A quick, but enjoyable read.
Mar 15, 2012
Johan Erlank
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Very opinionated, but quite true to himself
a worthy read for any Clarkson fan.
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Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring.
He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear.
From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988....more
More about Jeremy Clarkson...
He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear.
From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988....more
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