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Top Gear abandonó los autos en Tolhuin después de ser atacados a piedrazos
Top Gear abandoned cars in Tolhuin after being attacked with rocks
VIERNES 3 OCTUBRE 2014
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2014



La filmación del programa especial de Top Gear en la Patagonia terminó anoche con escándalo. Y todo por una patente. Los incidentes comenzaron a registrarse ayer en Ushuaia, cuando un piquete de ex combatientes de Malvinas obligó a cancelar la filmación en el Cerro Castor de Ushuaia (ver nota).

El equipo de la BBC planeaba quedarse hasta el domingo en esa ciudad, pero abandonó el Hotel Arakur por la tarde, rumbo a Chile. El momento más tenso se vivió por la noche en Tolhuin, a 100 kilómetros de Ushuaia. Allí los esperaba una pueblada, que los recibió a piedrazos. La producción abandonó allí los autos. Huyeron a Chile con custodia policial.

“Los autos los dejamos, no queremos más problemas. Si quieren, préndanlos fuego”, reportó el sitio Resumen Policial que aseguraron los miembros de la producción.

En la agresión resultó herido Norberto Rivero, piloto argentino del equipo Paneus, que conducía el camión de asistencia de la producción. La lesión no reviste gravedad e incluso rechazó la asistencia médica.

Los autos en cuestión son el Porsche 928 GT del periodista Jeremy Clarkson, el Lotus Esprit V8 de James May y el Ford Mustang Mach I de Richard Hammond. Todos recibieron piedrazos, pero también resultaron dañados el Citroën 2CV que llevaban como auto de repuesto, el camión de apoyo del equipo Paneus y las Land Rover Discovery de filmación.

Y todo por una patente. El auto de Clarkson tenía la matrícula H982 FKL, que puede ser interpretada como “1982 Falklands”.

La BBC publicó hoy declaraciones de Andy Wilman, productor ejecutivo de Top Gear: “El equipo de producción de Top Gear compró tres autos para un programa. Sugeir que este coche fue elegido por su matrícula o que una matrícula fue sustituida por la original es totalmente falso”. Wilman es productor histórico del programa y amigo de la infancia de Clarkson.

Para saber más sobre la travesía de Top Gear en la Patagonia se recomienda leer estas notas.

Top Gear abandoned cars in Tolhuin after being attacked with rocks

The filming of the Top Gear special programme in Patagonia ended last night with scandal. And all for a license/ number plate . The incidents began registering yesterday in Ushuaia, when a squad of veterans of the Falklands forced then to cancel filming in Cerro Castor in Ushuaia (see note).

The team from the BBC planned to stay until Sunday in that city, but left the Hotel Arakur in the afternoon, bound for Chile. The most tense moment was experienced at night in Tolhuin, 100 kilometers(62 miles) from Ushuaia. There awaited them a insurgency who welcomed them with rocks. Production cars abandoned there. They fled to Chile with police custody.

"The cars we leave them, we do not want more problems. If you want, set them on fire", the website reported that police summary assured members of the production.

Norberto Rivero, Argentine driver of the Paneus team, driving the production support truck was wounded in the attack. The injury is not serious and even refused medical assistance.

The cars in question are journalist Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 GT, James May's Lotus Esprit V8 and Richard Hammond's Ford Mustang Mach I. All received vandalism, but also damaged were the Citroën 2CV carried as a backup car, the Paneus equipment support truck and a Land Rover Discovery filming car.

And all for a license/ number plate. Clarkson's car had registration FKL H982 , which can be interpreted as "1982 Falklands" .

The BBC today published statements by Andy Wilman, Top Gear Executive Producer:"Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its number plate, or that an alternative number plate was substituted for the original is completely untrue." Wilman is the historic program producer and childhood friend of Clarkson.

To learn more about Top Gear's cruise in Patagonia it is recommended to read these notes .


El Porsche 928 GT de Jeremy Clarkson ya no tenía las patentes de la polémica.
Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 GT it had the controversial license/number plate.


Igual fue apedreado en Tolhuin.
It was the same stoned in Tolhuin.


Los cascotazos también los recibieron el Lotus y el Mustang.
The Lotus and the Mustang also received hard blows from thrown pieces of rubble  


El Citroën 2CV también fue abandonado en Tolhuin.
The Citroen 2CV was also abandoned in Tolhuin.


Lo mismo que el camión de Paneus.
Just as the Paneus truck.


Y las Land Rover del equipo de filmación.
And the crew's Land Rover's.




Fotos: Resumen Policial

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VIDEO: El momento de la pedrada en Tolhuin

Apedrearon a Top Gear en Tierra del Fuego por burlarse de la Guerra de Malvinas
They stoned Top Gear in Tierra del Fuego for mocking the Falklands War

Los integrantes de la polémica producción televisiva de Top Gear finalmente emprendieron su retirada luego de ser repudiados por parte de la poblacion de Tolhuin, debido a que los vehiculos del programa ingles de TV tenian chapas patentes que aludian a la Guerra de Malvinas, a la cantidad de muertos del bando argentino y del ingles.

Un grupo táctico de a policia y numerosos patrulleros esperaron para escoltarlos en su retirada a Chile, donde numerosas personas, incluyendo ex combatientes, se juntaron para insultarlos y apedreados.

Members of the controversial Top Gear TV production finally began their withdrawal after being repudiated by the population of Tolhuin because the English TV programme's vehicles had license plates that alluded to the Falklands War, the amount Argentine dead, and the English side.

A tactical group of police and numerous police cars waited to escort them in their retreat to Chile, where numerous people, including veterans, gathered to insult and stone them.

autoblog.com.ar/2014/10/top-gear-abandono-los-autos-en-tolhuin-despues-de-ser-atacados-a-piedrazos/

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Autoblog Argentina@autoblogcomar 3 Oct 2014
Uno de los heridos en los piedrazos contra @bbc_TopGear: piloto argentino Norberto Rivero, del camión Paneus de apoyo
One of the wounded in the vandalism against @bbc_TopGear: Argentine driver Norberto Rivero, of the Paneus support truck 

* Hopefully everyone is alright and none of the cast or crew were seriously injured*

[dit]

Looks as if the Porsche number plate is legit, according to the GOV.UK website. I find it difficult to believe that TG would send out a researcher to find a Porsche of the kind and the year that Jeremy is known to like for this type of challenge with a deliberately provocative number plate. It would have been like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

[RedMoon11]

Top Gear driven from Argentina after Jeremy Clarkson number plate row

Cast and crew had to abandon cars at roadside after being pelted with stones due to row over ‘Falklands’ number plate

John Plunkett
Friday 3 October 2014 06.54 EDT


Damaged Top Gear Lotus Esprit in Argentina with Falklands number plates Photograph: Cronicas Fueguinas/blog spot

The cast and crew of TV’s Top Gear have had to flee Argentina after they were pelted with stones by a crowd incensed that one of their vehicles had a number plate that appeared to refer to the Falklands conflict.

The crew, including presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond were filming in Patagonia, southern Argentina, as part of a programme featuring a remote highway passing through Chile and Argentina.

May and Hammond were driving an old Lotus Esprit and a Mustang, but it was the A Porsche 928, with the number plate H982 FKL, driven by Clarkson, that caused controversy, after it was suggested that the plate referred to the war of 1982.

The BBC has denied any intended reference, saying the car was bought by a member of the production team and its plate was entirely coincidental.

A group of war veterans protested outside the British crew’s hotel in Ushuaia and one local politician said they were escorted to the airport, reportedly flying out of the area three days early. Local press reported that one of the Top Gear team was injured, apparently an Argentinian hired to assist them.

A receptionist at Ushuaia’s five-star Arakur hotel, where the crew were staying, said police were called to clear their hotel lobby after it was invaded by angry war veterans. Martin Marcilla said: “They were very tense moments. The war veterans were furious and shouting insults. Police had to remove them. Luckily things didn’t get too out of hand.


Jeremy Clarkson’s Porsche with the number plate H982 FKL in Argentina.

“They left the hotel just before 7.30pm. It was all very sudden and unexpected. They left by a service door and in such a hurry that they even forgot a computer.”

All three cars were abandoned at the side of the road. “We’re leaving them here, we don’t want any more problems, set fire to them if you like, but we’re getting out of here,” a member of the crew said, according to local media.

Juan Manuel Romano, secretary of social development for Ushuaia in southern Tierra del Fuego province, said: “They have taken the decision to leave.”

The row follows follow a string of controversies to hit the long-running show. Clarkson was given a “final warning” by BBC bosses earlier this year after unbroadcast footage emerged in which he appeared to use the N-word, although he denied actually saying it.

Another edition of the programme was found to be in breach of Ofcom’s broadcasting code for the use of a racially offensive term during a two-part special filmed in Burma.

A story about Top Gear’s visit in the Patagonian daily newspaper, Diario Jornada, was headlined: “Top Gear is filming in Patagonia and there’s controversy.”

The paper said: “Even though the BBC authorities asked the popular presenter Jeremy Clarkson to behave himself during his time in Argentina, he chose to use the provocative number plate H982 FKL on his Porsche, in reference to 1982 Falklands (Malvinas).”

But the executive producer of Top Gear, Andy Wilman, said: “Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its number plate, or that an alternative number plate was substituted for the original is completely untrue.”

Clarkson denied reports last month that he had been warned by the BBC not to misbehave while filming in Argentina.

Writing about his “final warning” in his Sun column in May, Clarkson said: “I’ve been told by the BBC that if I make one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time, I will be sacked.

“Even the angel Gabriel would struggle to survive with that hanging over his head. It’s inevitable that one day, someone, somewhere will say that I’ve offended them, and that will be that.”

www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/03/top-gear-argentina-jeremy-clarkson-bbc

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Jeremy Clarkson banned from filming in Argentinean city with controversial 'Falklands War numberplate'
Oct 02, 2014 21:24
Government officials in Ushuaia won't allow the Top Gear cast to film using the H982 FKL numberplate, believed to be a Falklands War reference
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-banned-filming-argentinean-4369635

Jeremy Clarkson Falklands row: Top Gear team leaves Argentina after angry mob 'stone vehicles'
Oct 03, 2014 09:05  
Clarkson, 54, is at the centre of a controversy over the plate - H982 FKL - that is being seen in the country as a reference to the 1982 conflict
 www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-falklands-row-top-4370792

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Now Argentinians SMASH UP Jeremy Clarkson's 'Falklands War' Porsche as BBC crew flee

FURIOUS Argentinians have smashed up Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche and pelted it with stones today after the car's number plate appeared to reference the bloody Falklands War
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/517859/Jeremy-Clarkson-outrage-driving-Argentina-Falklands-War-numberplate

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Now Jeremy Clarkson sparks fury in Argentina by driving through country with number plate H982 FKL in 'provocative' reference to the Falklands War

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777693/Jeremy-Clarkson-sparks-fury-Argentina-driving-country-number-plate-H982-FKL-provocative-reference-Falklands-War.html
 
Clarkson driven out: Presenter flees Argentina as mob threatens to 'barbecue' him after inciting Falklands outrage with H982 FKL number plate

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2779236/Jeremy-Clarkson-Top-Gear-team-forced-leave-Argentina-early-police-escort-inciting-Falklands-outrage-H982FKL-number-plate.html

[RedMoon11]

Oct 4, 2014 1:03:42 GMT dit said:

Looks as if the Porsche number plate is legit, according to the GOV.UK website. I find it difficult to believe that TG would send out a researcher to find a Porsche of the kind and the year that Jeremy is known to like for this type of challenge with a deliberately provocative number plate. It would have been like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Yes it was just dumb luck the production member found a Porsche 928 with an "interesting" number plate. Who ever originally registered the car might have purposely bought a plate with a 9-2-8 on it.  
It looks like the are doing a luxury powerful sport car type challenge. They stayed at a fancy pricey resort popular with celebs in Bariloche at the start of the trip.
I imagine the episode opening up like this: Jeremy probably is shown first in his Porsche 928 GT, dressed up, in his own way, in what looks like a brown corduroy blazer/jacket. He talks about wanting to drive a nice,fancy,powerful sporty car on one of these trips for once and why he is dressed up. James shows up with the Lotus Esprit V8 dressed in a linen suit, he explains to Jeremy why he chose his car. Then Richard turns up in the Mustang, Jeremy and James criticize his choice and call him something along the lines of a moronic, stupid idiot secret American.I have no idea if he is dressed up, I haven't seen any photos of what he is wearing on the first day. I imagine him in a pair of expensive dark denim jeans and cowboy boots.



James' Red, 1996 Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo 2 Door Saloon

James' Red, 1996 Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo 2 Door Saloon 

Richard's Green 1971 Ford Mustang

Richard's Green 1971 Ford Mustang

[RedMoon11]

 

twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/with_replies

Jeremy's Porsche with new number plate HI VAE and James' Lotus


Richard's Mustang and Jeremy's Porsche with "old"controversial plate

[RedMoon11]

Jeremy Clarkson @jeremyclarkson · 6:45 AM - 4 Oct 2014
This is my car on its last day in Argentina. Note the plates that everyone says caused offence.

[Vivienne]

Oddly enough Jeremy's Facebook page is not working. No picture, stories, photos. You can post that is all. James and Richard's pages are ok. Sorry if this is in the wrong category. Must have something to do will all this.

[dit]

Someone's take on the maths of the number plate situation:

This is getting silly: the odds are now 114,112,500 to one for that number plate ending up on a given Porsche 928 from 1990/91.

So how in the hell would you give a researcher the job to deliberately go find this?

Plus this appears to be the plate that the Porsche was changed to, to avoid possible misunderstanding/controversy. Personally, I would see this as an attempt not to offend:

[RedMoon11]

Oct 5, 2014 0:53:23 GMT dit said:

Someone's take on the maths of the number plate situation:

This is getting silly: the odds are now 114,112,500 to one for that number plate ending up on a given Porsche 928 from 1990/91.

So how in the hell would you give a researcher the job to deliberately go find this?

Plus this appears to be the plate that the Porsche was changed to, to avoid possible misunderstanding/controversy. Personally, I would see this as an attempt not to offend:

I've seen farfetched claims that even James and Richard cars' number plates were chosen because:
the Lotus plate's "N269 KNG" refers to the 255 British military personnel killed in the Falklands Wars, you know because 269 & 255 are practically the same amount and "KNG" mean Killed England.
The Mustang's "EKH 646 J" refers to the 649 Argentine sailors & soldiers that died because 646 and 649 are basically the same amount, hey a 6 is just an upside down 9.
So the researchers just had to simply find three specific cars with plates with references to the Falklands War, easy peasey lemon squeezey

[Vivienne]

I saw those references also. Any excuse to get the guys in trouble. More than likely Jezza.

[thestig]

WARNING: Rant.
this constant Clarkson bashing seems to come more from the mirror these days obviously the mail still puts the boot in but the mirror does it constantly, i am absolutely convinced that mirror has set out to destroy top gear (more specifically Clarkson,they barely mention James and Richard)
i cannot wait for the day this willfully awful newspaper gets shut down and they can take the daily mail with them.
Both are awful excuses for newspapers and want to destroy Clarkson and let's not forget the mail supported Hitler and the mirror printed fake pics of British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners,they also hacked a dead girls phone and gave her family and friends false hope that she was still alive,when that came to light they should have been shut down there and then. These papers want to destroy Jeremy both professionally and personally and wont rest until they do I hope Jeremy destroys them and no i don't think i'm being too hard on the mirror because i don't think its possible to be hard enough.

i also think the Argentinians have acted disgracefully i'm not saying they shouldn't have been upset by the Porsche's number plate (if they made the connection) but they put peoples lives in danger and 2 people were injured, then the government had the sheer cheek to applaud the mob. there is no doubt in my mind this was attempted murder .the Argentinians will not come out of this well, their economy is in the proverbial and have probably lost a much needed tourism boost because of the way they behaved.

[RedMoon11]

 David Jack@DJack_Journo 4 Oct 2014
Jeremy Clarkson’s new numberplate . . . courtesy of Haldane @thetimes thetim.es/10nGP7X

Clarkson hounded out of Argentina over ‘Falklands numberplate’


Alex Spence and Nadeem Badshah Media Editor
Last updated at 8:55PM, October 3 2014

The crew of Top Gear had a narrow escape from Argentina today after local residents, angry at a perceived slight about the Falklands conflict, pelted them with stones.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond and their production crew fled across the Chilean border, abandoning three cars used in filming.
The BBC confirmed that after an anxious wait at a remote border crossing, all of the team made it out safely.

The BBC Two programme — no stranger to international controversy — was accused of being deliberately provocative by using a numberplate on a Porsche driven by Clarkson, H982 FKL, that referred to the Falklands war.

The BBC insisted that the numberplate was merely coincidental. However, war veterans staged a demonstration outside the hotel in Ushuaia, the Tierra del Fuego capital, where the crew had been staying. As things became too heated, the Top Gear staff decided to cut their trip short and head for Chile.

Their convoy came under attack as it crossed the town of Tolhuin on the way to the border, according to local reports. Amid dramatic scenes, the Top Gear team abandoned Clarkson’s Porsche and a Lotus and Ford Mustang that had been used by his co-presenters on the side of the road.

Clarkson said that he and his team were attacked by hundreds of Argentinians who hurled rocks and pickaxe handles at them.

He told the Sun: “I’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan and this was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever been involved in.

“They were shouting, ‘Burn their cars, burn them, burn the pirates’.

“Make no mistake, they 100 per cent wanted to kill us.”

It was unclear last night whether the presenters were in the vehicles that were pelted with stones, or further back in the convoy. An Argentinian technician hired for the shoot was injured after a stone hit him in the face.

BBC executives scrambled frantically to get everyone out yesterday. Last night a spokesman said: “We’re pleased the team is safe and would like to thank all of those who have helped. As the executive producer has made clear, the numberplate issue is a very unfortunate coincidence.” It is understood that the Top Gear team was badly shaken by the incident and will now return home to Britain.

They had been in South America filming a special on a remote highway that passes through Chile and Argentina. Their plans came off the road after claims that the numberplate was chosen to be provocative: one local councillor suggested that the number 269 on the car that Hammond was driving was close to the 255 Britons killed during the Falklands conflict and the 646 on May’s Lotus was a reference to the 649 Argentinian casualties.

Mariano Plecity, the regional government minister, who sat in on the meeting as mediator, said: “The British group agreed to leave Tierra del Fuego voluntarily before the deadline was up, with some leaving by air and others by road.”

He later tweeted a link to an article in a local paper that gloated: “Government expels the English Top Gear producers from the province.”

Locals expressed no sympathy, with one saying on Twitter: “It looks like Jeremy Clarkson got a taste of his own medicine.”

Andy Wilman, the executive producer, said: “Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its numberplate, or that an alternative plate was substituted for the original, is completely untrue.”

Top Gear has been accused of insensitivity in the past. An episode in March filmed in Burma and Thailand, ran into trouble with regulators because Clarkson referred to an Asian man as a “slope”. On another occasion, the show referred to Mexicans as being lazy and feckless.

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4225491.ece?CMP=SOC-Twitter-thetimes-28_07_2014-468-0-0-0#

[thestig]

Oct 5, 2014 13:21:44 GMT RedMoon11 said:

 David Jack@DJack_Journo 4 Oct 2014
Jeremy Clarkson’s new numberplate . . . courtesy of Haldane @thetimes thetim.es/10nGP7X

Clarkson hounded out of Argentina over ‘Falklands numberplate’


Alex Spence and Nadeem Badshah Media Editor
Last updated at 8:55PM, October 3 2014

The crew of Top Gear had a narrow escape from Argentina today after local residents, angry at a perceived slight about the Falklands conflict, pelted them with stones.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond and their production crew fled across the Chilean border, abandoning three cars used in filming.
The BBC confirmed that after an anxious wait at a remote border crossing, all of the team made it out safely.

The BBC Two programme — no stranger to international controversy — was accused of being deliberately provocative by using a numberplate on a Porsche driven by Clarkson, H982 FKL, that referred to the Falklands war.

The BBC insisted that the numberplate was merely coincidental. However, war veterans staged a demonstration outside the hotel in Ushuaia, the Tierra del Fuego capital, where the crew had been staying. As things became too heated, the Top Gear staff decided to cut their trip short and head for Chile.

Their convoy came under attack as it crossed the town of Tolhuin on the way to the border, according to local reports. Amid dramatic scenes, the Top Gear team abandoned Clarkson’s Porsche and a Lotus and Ford Mustang that had been used by his co-presenters on the side of the road.

Clarkson said that he and his team were attacked by hundreds of Argentinians who hurled rocks and pickaxe handles at them.

He told the Sun: “I’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan and this was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever been involved in.

“They were shouting, ‘Burn their cars, burn them, burn the pirates’.

“Make no mistake, they 100 per cent wanted to kill us.”

It was unclear last night whether the presenters were in the vehicles that were pelted with stones, or further back in the convoy. An Argentinian technician hired for the shoot was injured after a stone hit him in the face.

BBC executives scrambled frantically to get everyone out yesterday. Last night a spokesman said: “We’re pleased the team is safe and would like to thank all of those who have helped. As the executive producer has made clear, the numberplate issue is a very unfortunate coincidence.” It is understood that the Top Gear team was badly shaken by the incident and will now return home to Britain.

They had been in South America filming a special on a remote highway that passes through Chile and Argentina. Their plans came off the road after claims that the numberplate was chosen to be provocative: one local councillor suggested that the number 269 on the car that Hammond was driving was close to the 255 Britons killed during the Falklands conflict and the 646 on May’s Lotus was a reference to the 649 Argentinian casualties.

Mariano Plecity, the regional government minister, who sat in on the meeting as mediator, said: “The British group agreed to leave Tierra del Fuego voluntarily before the deadline was up, with some leaving by air and others by road.”

He later tweeted a link to an article in a local paper that gloated: “Government expels the English Top Gear producers from the province.”

Locals expressed no sympathy, with one saying on Twitter: “It looks like Jeremy Clarkson got a taste of his own medicine.”

Andy Wilman, the executive producer, said: “Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its numberplate, or that an alternative plate was substituted for the original, is completely untrue.”

Top Gear has been accused of insensitivity in the past. An episode in March filmed in Burma and Thailand, ran into trouble with regulators because Clarkson referred to an Asian man as a “slope”. On another occasion, the show referred to Mexicans as being lazy and feckless.

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4225491.ece?CMP=SOC-Twitter-thetimes-28_07_2014-468-0-0-0#

That's Argentina off my list of places i want to visit

[Vivienne]

I agree with everything you said Stig. Is the Mirror the one Piers Morgan worked for? Jezza and target on his back just waiting for the right arrow. Why did Argentina let them in knowing about the cars in the first place and then attacking them? Politics. They are now in the limelight with Jezza, Richard and James who have known to offend.

[RedMoon11]

Richard "is the Mirror's motoring expert. His column appears on a Friday"
www.mirror.co.uk/authors/richard-hammond/
so I doubt the Mirror would be going after him, besides writing negative things about Richard and/or James or publishing photos of them around town or on holiday pointing out how unattractive,old and fat they look isn't going to sell that many more papers or get more clicks on their web site. Jeremy is a polarizing individual, whether you love him or loathe him he sells papers and gets clicks on their web sites  plus writes for their competition, The Sun.
Jeremy gives them free publicity, poke the orangutan with a stick he howls. When the Mirror and The Daily Mail publish half-truths and made up inflammatory crap about him and Top Gear, he responds to their accusations on Twitter,which in turn drives people to their sites to see what was written about him.

The Mirror

autoblog.com.ar/2014/10/jeremy-clarkson-dijo-que-la-patente-fue-una-coincidencia-y-acuso-de-estupido-al-gobierno-argentino/

Early Saturday morning at Heathrow




www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-falklands-row-top-4381407

[RedMoon11]

¿Qué pasará con los autos que Top Gear abandonó en Tierra del Fuego?
What happened with the cars that Top Gear left in Tierra del Fuego?

Sábado 4 octubre 2014
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 2014

Son la nueva atracción turística de Tolhuin, la localidad de Tierra del Fuego que, con sus 2.600 habitantes, saltó ayer a los titulares de todo el mundo por haber emboscado y apedreado a la caravana de Top Gear, que estaba filmando un programa en la Patagonia.

Los videos que se filmaron de la emboscada (ver abajo) permiten escuchar que muchos pobladores ni siquiera sabían por qué estaban haciendo ese piquete. Algunos estaban ofendidos por la patente “H982 FKL”, que puede ser interpretada como “1982 Falklands”. Otros estaban ahí sólo porque se trataba de ingleses.

Lo cierto es que, cuando comenzaron a volar las piedras, el equipo de Top Gear decidió abandonar en el lugar a los tres autos que protagonizaban la travesía por la Patagonia: el Porsche 928 GT de Jeremy Clarkson, el Lotus Esprit V8 de James May y el Ford Mustang Mach I de Richard Hammond.

Tal como reportó Gastón Labrone, paparazzo de Autoblog en Tierra del Fuego, los tres autos se encuentran ahora en la comisaría de Tolhuin. Están tapados con plásticos y la policía se encarga de que nadie se detenga en el lugar. Intentan evitar lo inevitable: que los autos se conviertan en una curiosidad local.

El dilema ahora es qué hacer con los tres vehículos matriculados en Inglaterra. Fueron ingresados al país bajo el régimen de importación temporaria y los responsables que los ingresaron ya no se encuentran en la Argentina.

Una alternativa es subastarlos, pero en Tierra del Fuego temen que esto vuelva a enardecer los ánimos. Si sus dueños no los reclaman, el destino más posible de estos tres clásicos es el desguace.

*They are the new tourist attraction in Tolhuin, the Tierra del Fuego town, with its 2,600 inhabitants, jumped yesterday made headlines around the world for having ambushed and stoned Top Gear's caravan, which was filming a program in Patagonia.

The videos that were filmed of the ambush (see below) allow you to hear that many people did not even know why they were doing this picket line. Some were offended by the "H982 FKL" patent, which can be interpreted as "1982 Falklands". Others were there just because they were English.

The truth is that when the stones began to fly, the Top Gear team decided to leave in place the three cars that made the trip through Patagonia: the Porsche 928 GT of Jeremy Clarkson, the Lotus Esprit V8 and James May Ford Mustang Mach I to Richard Hammond.

As reported Gastón Labrone, Autoblog's paparazzo in Tierra del Fuego, the three cars are now in the Tolhuin police station. They are covered with plastic and police is in charge of that nobody stops in place. They try to avoid the inevitable: that the cars become a local curiosity.

The dilemma now is what to do with the three vehicles registered in England. They were admitted to the country under the temporary importation procedure and that those responsible who entered them are no longer in Argentina. 

An alternative is to sell them at auction, but fear this will again inflame tempers in Tierra del Fuego . If the owners do not claim them, the possible fate of these three classics is scrapping.


El Porsche, el Mustang y el Lotus, en la comisaría de Tolhuin. Fotos/Photos Gastón Labrone.
The Porsche, Mustang and Lotus, at the Tolhuin police station.

VIDEO: Los autos abandonados por Top Gear
VIDEO: Cars abandoned by Top Gear


autoblog.com.ar/2014/10/que-pasara-con-los-autos-que-top-gear-abandono-en-tolhuin/

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Well, it looks like the guys finally found people who were worse then the Redneck morons who went after them in Alabama.

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El “partido” que Top Gear no pudo jugar en Ushuaia
The "match" that Top Gear could not play in Ushuaia
Lunes 6 Octubre 2014
Monday 6 October 2014



Jeremy Clarkson, el conductor del programa Top Gear, reveló ayer en esta nota que el programa sobre la travesía por la Patagonia iba a terminar con un partido de fútbol Argentina-Inglaterra.

Pero, como es sabido, la producción debió cancelar la filmación el jueves y escapar de Tierra del Fuego (ver notas).

“Filmaríamos un partido de fútbol con autos en la ciudad. Inglaterra vs. Argentina. El Mundial del Fin del Mundo lo íbamos a llamar”, relató el periodista de la BBC.

El plan nunca se concretó, pero estaba todo listo para disputar el encuentro con autos, todo un clásico de los programas especiales de Top Gear.

Las fotos enviadas por Correo, paparazzo de Autoblog, confirman que la Selección Argentina iba a estar representada por estos Fiat Siena pintados de celeste y blanco.

A pesar de que están numerados hasta el “5”, los autos son sólo cuatro. Se ignora quién o qué era el quinto ni qué autos iban a representar a Inglaterra. Sólo se supo que se esperaba la presencia en Ushuaia de Gary Lineker. El jugador que marcó el único gol inglés en Argentina-Inglaterra ’86 suspendió su viaje cuando Top Gear debió abandonar Tierra del Fuego.

*Jeremy Clarkson, the host of the program Top Gear, revealed in this note yesterday that the programme on the journey through Patagonia would end with an Argentina-England football match.

But, as is known, the production had to cancel the shoot on Thursday and escape from Tierra del Fuego

"We would film a game of car football in the city. England v Argentina. The Bottom of the World Cup we were going to call it", said the BBC journalist.

The plan never materialized, but was all set to play the game with cars, a classic of the Top Gear special programmes.

Photos sent by Mail, Autoblog's paparazzo, confirm that the Argentina team would be represented by these Fiat Siena painted blue and white.

While they are numbered up to "5", there are only four cars.  It is not known who or what was the fifth and what cars were going to represent England. As it became known that the presence of Gary Lineker in was expected in Ushuaia. The player who scored the only English goal in Argentina-England '86 suspended his trip when Top Gear had to leave Tierra del Fuego.


The four Fiat Siena which Top Gear did not use in Tierra del Fuego.
The four Fiat Sienas which Top Gear did not use in Tierra del Fuego.

Car Football! VW Fox takes on the Aygo - Top Gear - BBC autos


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ADEMÁS
Venden el remolque del Lotus de James May

Cuando Top Gear pasó por El Calafate, el Porsche 928 GT de Jeremy Clarkson, el Lotus Esprit de James May y el Ford Mustang Mach I de Richard Hammond pasaron por un taller para hacer transformaciones.

El Porsche y el Mustang fueron convertidos en pick-ups. Y el Lotus recibió un batán de remolque, pintado en sus mismos colores.

Pero, al parecer, el carrito resultó muy molesto para May y se desprendió de él al llegar a Río Grande. El batán quedó como propina para Lucas Arenas, recepcionista del Grande Hotel de esa ciudad.

Lucas ahora lo puso a la venta en internet. Pide “12.500 pesos charlables”.

ALSO
They sold James May's Lotus trailer

When Top Gear passed through El Calafate, Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 GT, James May's Lotus Esprit and Richard Hammond's Ford Mustang Mach I went through a workshop to make changes.

The Porsche and Mustang were turned into pick-ups. And the Lotus received a fuller trailer, painted in the same colours.

But apparently, the cart was very annoying for May and got rid of it to get to Rio Grande. The trailer left as a tip for Lucas Arenas , receptionist Grande Hotel in that city.
Lucas now put it for sale on the internet. Asks "12,500 pesos charlables"


El batán que James May dejó de propina en Río Grande.
The trailer that James May left as a tip in Rio Grande


El Lotus con el remolque, en Punta Arenas.
The Lotus with the trailer in Punta Arenas.


Su dueño lo vende por “12.500 pesos charlables”.
Its owner sold it "12,500 pesos charlables".

autoblog.com.ar/2014/10/el-partido-que-top-gear-no-pudo-jugar-en-ushuaia/

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James Procter James_procter Oct 9
@bbc_TopGear @jeremyclarkson Jezzer this used to be my dads old porsche. #Porsche #NoCoincidence #realnumberplate


9:01 AM - 9 Oct 2014

Jeremy Clarkson@JeremyClarkson
James_procter It makes me sad to think is where it is now.
9:16 AM - 9 Oct 2014

James Procter James_procter Oct 9
@jeremyclarkson was a lovely car. did you enjoy driving it? Next top gear challenge- repatriate the car!!
9:21 AM - 9 Oct 2014

[joandie]

So sad...

[Vivienne]

Mountain out of a mole hill. Proof the plate wasn't researched just for the plate or registered again with that plate. I hope there's a way to get the cars back.

[dit]

Andy's explanation. Sounds good to me.....


transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

[Vivienne]

Yes I agree. Andy put a lot of thought into it. I was reading some of the comments and they keep comparing it to the adventure in the US south. There is no comparison in my opinion they were in a lot more danger in Argentina.

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Oct 10, 2014 23:49:11 GMT dit said:

Andy's explanation. Sounds good to me.....


transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

I'd love to see a behind the scenes making of documentary,shown after the watershed, of what really happened along with the typical jokey scripted Christmas special, the real events sound way more interesting.
Very pretty scenery.


Picture: Rod Fountain

A message for viewers from Top Gear boss Andy Wilman on the whole number plate escapade

If you follow Top Gear in any way, shape or form, you won’t have missed the hoo-hah that’s kicked off following our recent filming in Patagonia. That’s probably the most boring opening sentence I’ve ever written for a blog, but this week isn’t the time for mirth and levity.

We’ve been accused by just about all of the press of setting out on that shoot knowing full well one of our cars was sporting a number plate that makes a nudge-nudge reference to the Falklands War: “H982 FKL” to be precise.

As a consequence, therefore, we got the stoning that we deserved when we were chased out of Ushuaia, a city where bitter feelings about the Falklands War run strong and deep.

As it happens, we didn’t put that number plate on deliberately – Jeremy has said so in print, James has said so on the radio, and Richard will be saying so on the radio again next week. Sadly I doubt their words will make one iota of difference to the newspapers, because our guilt is a lot more newsworthy than our innocence. In truth, though, the four of us and the rest of the team are much more concerned about what our audience believes.

I’ve read quite a few comments from viewers who are equally convinced we put the plate on deliberately, and I can understand that. We are, after all, a show known for getting into hot water through our antics, and now we’re protesting our innocence over this affair, we’re seen as merely crying wolf. I can also empathise with people who believe it’s exactly the sort of stunt we’d pull – cheeky number plate, wind up the locals, no harm done.

The truth is, however, this is most definitely not the sort of stunt we’d pull. For starters we would not base a joke around soldiers in conflict. Anybody who knows Top Gear knows how much work the presenters and the show does for Help For Heroes, and in our eyes soldiers are soldiers whatever the uniform.

Secondly, we set out on that trip to shoot a two-hour Christmas Special. It’s the most important film we make all year, and we would not plan such a crucial undertaking based on a number plate joke. Because, if you think about it for a moment, that’s precisely what we would have had to do.

We would have had to gather the whole team and say: “Sod what the cars are for this trip, just find one that’s registered with a number plate containing 982 and FKL.” The plate was a genuine plate, remember, not one we made up.

So our researchers would have got on the phone to the DVLA, asked them if such a car existed, and then when the DVLA came back and said, “There is, actually, on a Porsche 928,” we’d have then asked for the details of the owner.

At this point the DVLA would have refused, because that would be a contravention of the Data Protection Act (and they don’t pass on requests the other way to specific owners). So let’s say we persevere and obtain, probably illegally, the details of the owner of that car.

Then what? Then we would have to knock on his door and try and persuade him to sell us his car. And all this because we’re desperate to find a number plate with joke numbers and letters on it. It’s just nonsense beyond belief.

So let’s say we did know what cars we wanted for this shoot – V8 sports cars, as it happens. We would then be saying to the research team: “Make sure the Porsche has a number plate with that combination of numbers and letters.”

Right. Do you know how many Porsche 928GTs there were for sale when we were looking? Two or three, tops. The odds of one having the number plate we “wanted” are millions to one. The plate was genuine, remember, not one we had made up.

I explained all this to a chap from one of the national newspapers and he came back with a good question. “OK,” he said, “if it wasn’t deliberate, why didn’t you spot it and do something about it before you left the UK?”

Fair point, given we’re a car show. The fact is though, we didn’t. There were a core team of around four people in the office working on putting together the Special, and their priorities were getting the cars bought, mechanically checked for time-bombs and shipped to Argentina, with all the paperwork that endeavour requires.

On top of this they were booking crews and sorting hotels, fixers, camping, filming permits, crew travel, carnets, risk assessments, filming cars, props, mechanical back-up, the lot. Not only did they not have time to scrutinise number plates, but the eldest of the team was around six when the Falklands War broke out, so it’s not going to resonate even if they did see the plates.

As for me and the presenters, the older mob, we’re swamped with our own work too and likewise not looking at plates.

The truth is the first time we realised the plate could be a problem was on the third night of our shoot in Argentina (19 September, I believe), when Jeremy was scrolling through Twitter and spotted a comment on one of the auto fan sites, next to a photo of the plate. I remember his surprise and concern.

There are other witnesses to this fact. In fact, one of them – a mechanic we were using for the first time – has written to the Telegraph Letters page stating he saw Jeremy’s reaction and that it could have been nothing but genuine. (Weirdly, although he’s chased them, the Telegraph has so far not bothered to print his letter.)

Knowing this could be a problem, our office spoke to the local authorities in Ushuaia, the town where the war issue was most sensitive, and where we would end our trip in ten days’ time with a massive game of car football. We agreed with those authorities that the plates would be removed before we entered the town, and it was at this point – not before we left London – that we decided to get the BE11 END plates made for Jeremy’s car for the football match in the town.

Before we entered Ushuaia we duly removed the H982 FKL plates from the Porsche. For a day or two, the plate on the back said H1 VAE (the plate left there, underneath H982 FKL, from when one owner had privately registered the car). An advance party of our guys had been in there for a few days already, prepping the football game with no problem whatsoever. The local ski resort was looking forward to us filming there too.

There was nothing in the air to suggest trouble was brewing until the Argentinian veterans arrived and kicked off. We apologised that the existence of the plates earlier on would have caused offence. We explained they were now gone, and that they had not been a deliberate act. They didn’t believe us, told us to leave town or face the consequences, we did that very thing and drove into a night of violent terror.

That is how it all happened, and I would welcome the most rigorous investigation in the land to scrutinise our conduct in this affair. I probably won’t convince Damon Albarn, because he was happy to make his thoughts known before he heard our side of the story. But if I can get our point across to any one viewer, I’ll be content.

[RedMoon11]

Since his real name is Rod Fountain what the hell is his porn name?

Rod Fountain @occams_Cat · 27 Sep 2014
Patagonia. A Magical playground for any photographer.
 

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James is back to work filming but his stubble is gone

James May @mrjamesmay · 12:05 PM - 15 Oct 2014
Oh sod it. Think I'll go for a spin.

Iain May @iainmay72 · 2:03 PM - 15 Oct 2014
Back at the track. @mrjamesmay @drivingwizards @bbc_TopGear #TopGear
South East, England

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Jeremy Clarkson@JeremyClarkson
Going filming tomorrow. Will check number plate before setting off.
6:22 PM - 17 Oct 2014

[RedMoon11]

Attention Ladies! The Boys have gone Down Under

[RedMoon11]

www.pressreader.com/australia/nt-news/textview


TOP End GEAR
Clarkson and crew race in for Territory road trip

NT News
21 Oct 2014

By Fred McCue


Top Gear hosts Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May

JEREMY Clarkson and the BBC’s Top Gear team are believed to be in the Northern Territory to race a convoy of road trains on an open-speed section of the Stuart Highway. It is understood Top Gear will undertake the stunt while filming in the Territory for their upcoming series. But the BBC has refused to re- lease any details about the show’s plans. A spokesperson for BBC Worldwide said: “I will not be giving out any details of Top Gear’s forthcoming trip.”

The NT News has been told that Clarkson was seen disembarking from an early-morning flight from Singapore to Darwin yesterday. Top Gear Australia’s home page currently features a picture of what appears to be Lasseters Highway near Uluru. It is believed Clarkson and co-presenter James May will drive a yellow Bentley while filming in the Territory. A yellow Bentley had been sitting in the yard of Darwin car dealer Hidden Valley Ford last week. The Bentley has since been removed from the yard. The NT News yesterday tried unsuccessfully to get comment about the yellow Bentley from Hidden Valley Ford. People spoken to in the Kakadu area yesterday said they heard the Top Gear team was expected in the World Heritage-listed national park soon. Territory Traffic Police said they have not been advised about Top Gear’s visit. There is speculation that filming in the Territory will involve an attempt by Clarkson and May to overtake a number of road trains somewhere along the 276km open speed section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs.

Clarkson was recently caught on a speed camera driving at more than 100km/h in a 75km/h zone while travelling from his home in North Yorkshire to London. “Sadly, I was going too quickly,” he said. His speeding admission came not long after the Top Gear team caused controversy while filming in Argentina by using a numberplate that appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands War. Clarkson said the numberplate was a coincidence and the program’s producer denied it was a stunt. He said in a tweet that “thousands” of Argentine locals rounded on his team pelting them with rocks in protest against the numberplate.

www.ntnews.com.au/

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Top Gear trio spotted driving three luxury performance cars through the Northern Territory

FRED McCUE and STAFF WRITERS
NT News
October 21, 2014 5:23PM

www.ntnews.com.au/video/id-9nYWo4cTp3Yl9LxUzQNFm1uejUZ_A4yV/Top-Gear-hit-NT
Top Gear hit NT(video)
 
Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC’s Top Gear team are in the Northern Territory, driving a trio of luxury performance cars.

This video was shot on Tuesday in Berry Springs, in Darwin’s rural area, and shows the hosts driving a bright yellow Bentley Continental, a Nissan GTR and a BMW M3.
 
Facebook video

They were later seen further south, drag racing at an airstrip near the Territory town of Batchelor.


The Top Gear (UK) show is in the Northern Territory filming an upcoming episode. They were captured travelling along Cox Peninsula Road at Berry Springs, in Darwin’s rural area.

What exactly they are doing in the Northern Territory remains a mystery, with rumours ranging from racing a convoy of road trains on the open speed limit section of highway near Alice Springs, to recreating the Australian road trip depicted in the British movie The Inbetweeners.

There are also rumours that they will be filming at the Pine Creek open pit mine on Wednesday.


Top Gear at the Batchelor airstrip. Pic by Wesley Gottliebsen, posted to ‎NT Performance Cars, Parts & Services on Facebook.

A spokesperson for BBC Worldwide said: “I will not be giving out any details of Top Gear’s forthcoming trip.”

The NT News has been told that Clarkson was seen disembarking from an early-morning flight from Singapore to Darwin on Monday.


The Top Gear team: Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.

Top Gear Australia’s home page currently features a picture of what appears to be Lasseters Highway near Uluru.

A yellow Bentley had been sitting in the yard of Darwin car dealer Hidden Valley Ford last week, and is believed to be the car now being driven by one of the Top Gear hosts.


The yellow Bentley Continental being used by the BBC's Top Gear for filming in the Northern Territory. Picture: Supplied

The NT News yesterday tried unsuccessfully to get comment about the yellow Bentley from Hidden Valley Ford.

People spoken to in the Kakadu area yesterday said they heard the Top Gear team was expected in the World Heritage-listed national park soon.

Territory Traffic Police said they have not been advised about Top Gear’s visit.

There is speculation that filming in the Territory will involve an attempt by Clarkson and May to overtake a number of road trains somewhere along the 276km open speed section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs.


Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson in Sydney launching Top Gear Live at The Rocks.

Clarkson was recently caught on a speed camera driving at more than 100km/h in a 75km/h zone while travelling from his home in North Yorkshire to London.

“Sadly, I was going too quickly,” he said.

His speeding admission came not long after the Top Gear team caused controversy while filming in Argentina by using a numberplate that appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands War.

Clarkson said the numberplate was a coincidence and the program’s producer denied it was a stunt.

He said in a tweet that “thousands” of Argentine locals rounded on his team pelting them with rocks in protest against the numberplate.


www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/top-gear-trio-spotted-driving-three-luxury-performance-cars-through-the-northern-territory/story-fnk0b1zt-1227097775312

www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/top-gear-trio-spotted-driving-three-luxury-performance-cars-through-the-northern-territory/story-e6frfmyi-1227097787532

* I just love that the photo of the 3 of them is from I'm guessing circa 2003*