Browsing the Wired blogs this morning I came across this post where Tesla is claiming they got ousted by Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson. Newsflash, it is Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson hates on about every car he drives. No one takes him seriously when it comes to reviewing cars and yet all his reviews are hilarious. If you were not prepared to get made fun of than you shouldn’t of sent your Tesla to the show. Let’s look at the world wide exposure your Tesla got on the show (probably more than Tesla has gotten in any other media forum).

Now I understand you feel like you have been ousted by Top Gear but personally I got way more excited about your brand from the episode. It’s a television show, it’s all about production and entertainment. How much reality television do you think is given to us straight or not altered in anyway? I understand your troubles but whining that Top Gear screwed you isn’t going to gain many fans in the automotive segment. When we were all watching Clarkson standing with a Tesla and a windmill saying it would take him thousands of hours to charge the car I don’t think anyone took him serious….. You guys ran as fast as a GT3 on the test track being piloted by Stig along with some other things that got me super pumped about the Tesla and now you are just annoying us all.

Watch the video from Top Gear: http://luxuryvice.com/blog/2008/12/15/telsa-on-top-gear-runs-same-time-on-test-track-as-porsche-gt3/

Wired Magazine Tesla Complains:

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/12/tesla-cries-fou.html#more