Hi
I've always wondered if the cars they use on programs like Top Gear ever get back into the general sale stream, I.e the Suzuki Liana that was thrashed round a track for years, had numerous Gear boxes and clutches and was left for days on end then thrashed of the limiter for 6 or 7 laps then left again, not good for a car, and they show the reg on the program so surely if you had brought this car you would be slightly miffed??
But on the other hand they wouldn't just scrap the car its only 3 years old??
Jon
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I don't know about "Top Gear" but most cars shown on TV and films are supplied by the vehicle manufacturers as publicity.For major films and series the manufacturers pay for their vehicles to be used.
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It would be interesting to see the state of the engine once TG are done with it.
Wonder how often it gets serviced? (Excluding safety items which I assume are checked religiously)
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I thought about this when watching the 'football' match with Aygos in the last series. I assumed that the damage to the cars would have been offset many times over by the value of a 10 minute commercial for their new model on prime-time TV.
The same principle would apply to the Liana,-even if a lot of the contestants say uncomplimentary things about the car!
P.
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There is a strong possibility those Aygos were never going to be in a showroom. It was shown just after they were launched and manufacturers make cars to test the production line. I went on an Audi day just after the current A4 was launched and all of them were due to be scrapped. They were all RHD production test cars.
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I agree, I qould think a SUZUKI Liana was probably a motorbike unless I'd seen it every week on top gear, If someone had just said Liana, I would have even less idea, - a what?
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If someone had just said Liana, I would have even less idea, - a what?
A woody climber:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liana
"Lianas are useful navigation tools for arboreal species such as lemurs"
explains the driving....
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A lot of the cars used by Police for skid training are models that are forbidden from being used on public roads. They're provided to the forces for a nominal sum.
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A lot of the cars used by Police for skid training are models that are forbidden from being used on public roads. They're provided to the forces for a nominal sum.
Why are they forbidden? Do you mean old models or cars built with faults?
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I think it's cars that are built with faults.
I gather that the Nissan plant sometimes ferry vistors around the plant in top spec Primeras etc. that have had some sort of fault like a sheared bolt in the steering assembly when being built. Rather than put them out on the road they use them to run about the site in and then dispose of the car after a short while...
Blue
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>> A lot of the cars used by Police for skid training >> are models that are forbidden from being used on public roads. >> They're provided to the forces for a nominal sum. Why are they forbidden? Do you mean old models or cars built with faults?
I remember when I did a driving day at Silverstone and did the skid pan with the outrigger on, the instructor told us that the cars didn't last long at all because of the constant unusual strains and stresses the chassis gets twisted and occassionally cracks. I think they only lasted two years at the very most.
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The ones used by my Force are development cars that aren't 'type approved' (or something like that)
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