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Subscribe to this threadClarkson tries out the BMW 135i and likes it!
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Carguy @ Dec 31st 2007 10:24AM
Clarkson's opinion is probably the single most important one in all of the industry. There are others that matter, like Car and Driver, Car, and Consumer Reports, but those tend to be groups or editors that no one really knows. Clarkson, as a single human being, controls more market share than practically anyone. The entire world looks to him...
NewJerseyBMW @ Dec 31st 2007 10:26AM
Yes and %49 listen to Pat Goss's garage from Motorweek.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Dec 31st 2007 11:09AM
True. An enormous number of people listen to Clarkson for their car info.
But... other than those actually in the UK, the rest of them are 19 year olds on the internet who don't have enough money to buy anything fancier than a Jetta anyway, so the actual impact of his reviews on sales is surely a lot less than it might seem.
Guenther @ Dec 31st 2007 11:21AM
NJBMW- I think I might have slipped a disk while laughing uncontrollably. I suppose we have to remember that Motorweek is PBS.