The actions on the show have provoked a Malaysian minister Abdul Raman Suliman into saying that Clarkson was like a football commentator who cannot play football. He also claimed that the Perodua had not received a single complaint from UK owners.
While the Perodua is not going to win any awards for design anytime soon, I feel that Clarkson took things a bit too far. The clip is not from Top Gear, but from one of his videos – ‘Clarkson: Heaven and Hell‘. Clarkson has a reputation to uphold and he found an easy and cheap target. The stunt may have been done to sex-up the straight to DVD video.
Watch the video and comment.