The Clarkson review: “Toyota GR Supra —speeding through the climate crisis”
The original was posted on /r/thegrandtour by /u/FlipStig1 on 2024-10-27 06:28:51+00:00.
Even though Clarkson wouldn’t buy the car for himself, at least he reviewed it with his tough but fair assessment. This part stood out for me:
“Today’s Supra is aimed more at the European sports car market. Which is why it shares a great many parts — by which I mean the engine and gearbox — with the BMW Z4. And now it’s been breathed on by the team that brought us that modern-day Lancia Integrale, the GR Yaris.”
(Before anyone complains about it, paywall disclaimer applies if you encounter it while clicking on the story link.)
Jeremy Clarkson visits Richard Hammond!
THIS week I needed to go to see Richard Hammond, who lives 50 miles away in a part of the country he doesn’t call Wales. But it is really. This would mean driving through the Cotswolds on a beautif…
The original was posted on /r/thegrandtour by /u/FlipStig1 on 2024-08-03 00:51:49+00:00.
Apparently Clarkson’s trip was memorable enough that he wrote about it in the first part of his column for The Sun. Here’s the part that stood out for me (and gave off Grand Tour adventure vibes!): 😅
“Eventually, after driving past a selection of fields that were empty due to some weird government policies and a very wet spring, I reached Hammond’s workshop, exchanged a few insults and then, after I’d put my watch forwards by 200 years, I headed back to England.”
As multiple crises converge again, like they did in 1848-1849 — war, inflation, social inequality, recession — sometimes resulting in economic, social and political stagnation, new political nationalists seek to benefit.
![[Column] What Europe's 1848 revolutions can tell us about 2024](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a7a1da41-815f-4d66-868e-d139167c4c14.jpeg?format=webp)
How did they manage this? How did Europe's governing elites get away with it? His answer: they pulled it off by focusing on new horizons, so it looked like they had moved on and left the old problems behind. In reality, they rather ignored most of those problems and left them unsolved, by choosing a new narrative and drawing attention to future developments and opportunities.
The real new story distracting us from the current crisis mood, then, had better be about what Europe and its member states really need.