Top Gear is just a case of "Boys and their toys".
Pretty daft sometimes and sometimes mildly entertaining, but not to be taken seriously ;) .
As Martin says, none of the presenters know anything about the mechanical side of cars.
Regards,
Ian.

The only one who actually has a brain is James May. The other 2 are just trying to win viewers

i dont bother with any of those crap mags anymore............ all i read is ppc, theyre a bit obssed with v8's but of thier features 99% are home build projects everything from volvo estates to home build old beemers, its a bloody good mag, and most cars in their are worth about 4k at the most!

Just as a swerve ball...
 

The Asain American car-mag scene is OK...
Don't get me wrong I love the eye candy in one of my reads, Super Street... just Jap, loud and truly mental... but they do a feature (every month) called 'Back in the Day' this months was a '74 Corolla with the orginal lump pushing 190bhp very respectable for 1200cc. The same umbrella company run a magazine called 'Project Car' and their sole aim is to build on a budget, issue one was a 180sx, the pictures, the articles and lay out were so helpful it was unreal...
Swerve over...