Jeremy Clarkson is angry. It turns out that his former employer, the BBC, has scrapped many of the famous Top Gear cars.
Jeremy Clarkson, the former Top Gear host, is angry at the BBC's decision to scrap a collection of custom-built cars from the program.
– I'm sorry that so many have been destroyed. I guess the problem is that some people see cars as just a ton and a half of glass, plastic, metal and rubber.
"But for fans of the show, the cars are more than just the parts they were put together from. This is especially true of the cars we used on Top Gear," Clarkson writes in a column for The Sun.
The decision to scrap the cars comes after a series of accidents during the filming of Top Gear, including Freddie Flintoff's serious accident in 2023. Following the tragic incident, the BBC banned all attempts to build and test special cars.
Flintoff's accident also meant that the BBC had to dig into its pockets and find a gigantic compensation rather than close the case. Read more about it here .
The collection of special vehicles includes more than 60 different vehicles that have been modified for use in the program.
Among the most famous is the converted Mini Cooper with skis and a jet engine, which was used in a program for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Jeremy Clarkson's Fiat Panda, converted into a limousine, is another iconic vehicle from the Top Gear era.
The BBC has chosen to scrap the cars as they are in too poor a condition to be restored or sold, a decision that has drawn criticism from both Top Gear fans and the British public, who see the cars as an important part of television history.
Jeremy Clarkson, who recently underwent heart surgery, is also not happy with the BBC's decision, criticizing management for destroying a collection of unique cars.
Not all of the cars have been scrapped, however. Some of the most iconic vehicles, such as Richard Hammond's VW camper van used in an attempt to cross the English Channel, still exist.
On the other hand, Hammond's airship from 2020, which he attempted to fly over England, is no longer on the 'roads'. Or rather, in the air.
