How A Top Gear Review Made Tesla Sue Jeremy Clarkson

In 2008 Jeremy Clarkson & Top Gear reviewed the first incarnation of Tesla, The Tesla Roadster. So why did this bad review result in Tesla suing Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson having a decade long rivalry with Elon Musk....

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00:00 - 00:47 - Intro
00:48 - 01:25 - Jeremy's Opinions On EV's
01:26 - 03:24 - Tesla Roadster Review
03:25 - 03:59 - Tesla Responds To Top Gear
04:00 - 05:37 - Top Gear vs Tesla
05:38 - 06:37 - Elon Musk Speaks Out
06:38 - 07:49 - Was It Even A Bad Review?
07:50 - 08:45 - Jeremy On Getting Sued & Tesla
08:46 - 09:23 - Model X Review
09:24 - 11:35 - Elon's Side Of The Story
11:36 - 12:08 - Twitter Spats
12:09 - 12:47 - Making Up Over A Beer
12:48 - 13:13 - Top Gear's EV Agenda
13:14 - 13:58 - James May On The Future Of EV's
13:59 - 14:49 - Conclusion

[phatmemer]

A few corrections in the video -
2:15 - Clarkson didn't say the battery was the size of a watermelon. He said the motor was.
0:32 - Subtitle is slightly wrong
And yes, I accidently refer to EV's as "Electronic" a couple times - I just misspoke lol

[patrickfox-roberts]

The brake failure was 'nothing more than a blown fuse' The brakes fail if a fuse blows ?? I really don't want that.

[thMandalorian]

Joe Rogen: "A lot of us rely on Top Gear as a car review show"

That is hilarious, i assume he also relies on Have I Got News For You for top political opinion too

[Caplonky]

joe rogan claiming to be a car enthusiast and so obviously sucking up to musk is hilarious

edit: thanks for all the likes guys : )

[KadenWarrior]

Joe Rogan when top gear makes fun of any car in an exaggerated manner: 😂
Joe Rogan when top gear makes fun of a tesla in an exaggerated manner: 😡

[NiceTriGuy]

Did you catch Elon lying to Joe about the ‘script’? He said the brake failure was written into the script in advance yet his PR person acknowledged the brake failure was a blown fuse. Which is it Elon?

[CZpersi]

James May's review of how difficult is to cold-start a Tesla with a dead battery (to get even inside the car!) was in my opinion even more savage. And frankly, he did have a point.

[KyloB]

man Rogan couldn't fit more of Elon inside of him if he had two mouths.

[davideyres]

Sorry but you cannot charge a Tesla roadster in 3.5 hours from a 13 amp, it’s not physically possible. 13amps x 230volts x 3.5 hours is no where near the battery capacity. 10.5 kWh available vs 56 kWh battery. Sory Tesla. You are lying.

[JustMartha]

Musk cannot stand criticism, that isn't anything new.

[gideonk]

10:16 “remember, Tesla was not a big company, it was a little company”. But now in 2024 Elon is in the midst of turning it back into a little company…

[JamesDorsett]

It is hilarious listening to Elon on Joe Rogan claiming the car didn't break down on the top gear episode when Tesla's own spokesperson came out and said it was "just a blown fuse". That sounds like a breakdown to me...

[entropyachieved]

Musk likes free speech except when its negative towards him or his companies. What a child

[philsblogs]

Americans don't get humour. You watched TOP GEAR for entertainment, you watched FIFTH GEAR for factual car content

[bernardoberner]

"Cars enthuasists like myself" Joe you cannot be a Tesla fan and a car enthusiast at the same time, that just doesnt work

[DarkCobra]

I doubt the script being left out for a engineer of Tesla to see, even by mistake. If that did happen, why did the engineer not report this to Tesla and why wouldn't Tesla make a public statement before the episode airs? There is a good gap between the episodes being filmed to the episodes airing so what's the issue? They might of been small but all the more they could "predict" the outcome with proof, not only giving them cause but proving the reviews and such are fixed before its even tested. Yet... nobody mentioned this ever until years later? Even in the court case?? Come on, i struggle to believe anyone would be so uninterested in their own brand going under before it has chance to shine for no given reason.

[BigAlCapwn]

Thinking Top Gear was a serious car review show is a bit like thinking the Eurovision Song Contest is a showcase of Europe's top musical talent

[bittripper]

Musk blaming Top Gear for being dishonest is like the kettle calling the pot black

[Rondoooo]

Tesla is the typical litigious US company handled by a narcissistic person, who can't handle criticism. I'll never buy a Tesla.

[billhanna]

Top Gear was right, The down turn in EVs worldwide buy the ordinary motoring public is evident, Most car companies have stopped with the 'All EVs buy 2030' My local dealer refuses to have them on his lot "No one wants to pay the high prices & NO ONE WANTs a SECONDHAND ONE"... NO ONE ?