Top Gear crew attacked, fled Argentina [updated]

Posted on 03-10-2014 at 15:02 by sir_smokalot – 43 Comments”

The reason? A OUTRAGEOUS number plate.

Where Top Gear and especially Jeremy Clarkson is, there is something in the tent. The British provocateur is now on his position is obliged to be everywhere he is a fire to stoke.

A couple of weeks ago we learned that the TG crew in Argentina is perched for a special, and the older ones among you can probably remember the Falkland war of 1982 remember. In this utterly useless prestigeoorlog sent the late Margaret Thatcher, a complete contingent of British soldiers to the other side of the world to fight for a few useless islands in both the UK and Argentina claimed were.

This conflict, in which numerous soldiers killed for nothing at all, is still an open nerve at the Argentinians, that the war is ultimately lost. How convenient is it then, if Clarkson above the number plate on his car screw, do you think? … Below, we see a picture of the Lotus in the company with ingekegelde windows (source: Resumen Policial).

According to reports, the crew by an angry Argentinian crowd pelted with stones. Or, the recordings nevertheless completed could be, or that there might be some clever editing involved, was not known. Stories doing the round that the crew Argentina had to flee.

To the extent that Clarkson incidentje number MCMLXVIII, thanks to Autoblog.com.ar for the photos in the gallery.

UPDATE 1: the group of attackers is according to the local media from Argentine Falkland veterans. The local governor had to mediate, and the crew a safe passage was given to neighboring Chile.
UPDATE 2: credit where credit is applied to photo Lotus Esprit.

UPDATE 3: Clarkson via Twitter to the innocence itself. According to him, has the whole crew then also nothing done wrong, and was the offending license plate is absolutely not intended as a provocation in the direction of the Argentine people.

Jezza believes that they are at a given time by thousands of people after were seated and they were the skirmishes so severe, that there is sometimes killing could fall. Anyway, everyone is safely back in the UK, so case closed. Nice bonus for the BBC, the episode will get through all the events of the number plate is an even more impressive castle than planned.

This is my car on its last day in Argentina. Note the plates that everyone says caused offence. pic.twitter.com/mCfncbMa6F

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) October 4, 2014

Gallery: Top Gear Argentina

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