Tesla to sue Top Gear

[LuS1fer]

...for lying...who would have thought.

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5786995/tesla-sues-top-gear...

[kambites]

Good.

Top gear may only be fictional light entertainment, but many people do believe that it's a journalistic program. Doing stupid stunts with cars and leveling biased but valid criticism at them, I can understand. Outright blatant lying, however, isn't on, IMHO.

[Fossilface]

I hope they win.

[unpc]

They're suing 2 years after the program was made? Publicity stunt by Tesla if ever there was one. Sales a bit slow per chance?

[anonymous-user]

Is it still cool to hate Top Gear then?
Everyone moans about it yet still watches and then has a moan about how bad it was.

[benjfrst]

Very pleased with this.

[LuS1fer]

PSBuckshot said:

Is it still cool to hate Top Gear then?
Everyone moans about it yet still watches and then has a moan about how bad it was.

I think many, including me, have stopped.
Stupid stunts by stupid...er, people.

[Laurel Green]

TG should counter-sue for being so bloody naive.

[Caulkhead]

Sounds a bit like those people who have a small bump in their car and two years later when things are tough suddenly remember their neck hurts. . . . . .

[Turbodiesel1690]

Meh

[jake15919]

Tesla making themselves look very small time here as well as reminding everyone of Top Gears long forgotten, and not very funny, stunt. Obviously Tesla are trying to remind the press and public that they still exist.

Good luck to them suing a parody on a light entertainment show.

[Rawwr]

benjfrst said:

Very pleased with this.

Yes, it's a great day for erm, lawyers?

[y2blade]

feel the TG love flowing

lol at the title
Tesla sues TopGear over "rigged" test


who knew?

Edited by y2blade on Wednesday 30th March 10:21

[Pferdestarke]

Are Teslas good or bad? I've not heard much about them?

[LuS1fer]

They've sold 1500 so aren't doing too badly.

[FaineantFreddy]

Interesting to see how the Beeb will respond to this. They are so hung up about compliance and safeguarding trust ("trust is the foundation of the BBC, we are independent, impartial and honest") at the moment.

Is this the first time someone has legally challenged TG for making things up?

[Caulkhead]

Pferdestarke said:

Are Teslas good or bad? I've not heard much about them?

They're good if you consider spending £100,000 on a £30,000 Elise to save a couple of grand in petrol a good idea. I hear Gordon Brown has ordered one. . . . . . .

[Wills2]

Does this mean that Bentley will sue over the Albanian Mulsanne?

[mnkiboy]

For the hard of memory, can someone remind me what Top Gear did/said?

[y2blade]

FaineantFreddy said:

Is this the first time someone has legally challenged TG for making things up?

nope, it happens every week on PH