There is no question the Top Gear is a first class entertainment TV Programme which has its unique style, it could be even branded as a cult car show.
That is true even though Jeremy Clarkson and the other Top Gear blokes are still glorifying the 20'th century motoring values from times when the fossil fuels were available in abundance and at low cost.
Unfortunately for them in the 21`st century the same formula doesn't work in their favour any more.
The reserves of fossil fuels are running out, and the global warming is pressing gov's to impose measures on car manufacturers.

So promoting the sheer horse power, the roaring sound, and the muscle car performance is certainly not ecologically correct but may not be even politically correct any more.
To be more in line with the current trends these racing enthusiasts should be talking more about terms like these:
- doing 0-62 in under X seconds
  while consumed YY millilitres of fuel and emitted ZZ grams of CO2
- lap time of X minutes around their demanding test track
  while consumed YY litres of fuel and emitted ZZ grams of CO2

That's right the information about the performance is not enough, it should be measured against the energy cost and the CO2 emissions.

On the other hand, after seeing the Ford's Fiesta ECOnetic chase at shopping centre in the Top Gear on Sunday the 7th of December there is no other conclusion than:
Spot on Jeremy, the Top Gear is not good enough for us any more; we want the Shop Gear to test out our greenest small cars!




It appears that this liberty is the single most important value the Top Gear adheres to, and might be the main reason why the all-electric super sportscar Tesla Roadster also revived in the same show, didn't score too well despite the good impression it gave on the performance side.



Finally we have to agree with Jeremy on one thing though, that the era of all-electric vehicles has not quite arrived yet, but give it few years and the situation might look rather different (certainly the city transportation will).

All those who are keen to enter the future sooner rather then later, won't have to wait too long to get hold of the tuned version of Tesla Roadster from BRABUS.
And if the Top Gear racing enthusiasts are still in doubt, they should check out what the manufacturer of the world's fastest production car company Shelby SuperCars has in the pipeline. Compared to other manufacturers electric cars, the Shelby's 10 minutes charging time has to be its greatest promise.

Since then James May has been converted to hydrogen powered cars, and even Jeremy Clarkson seems impressed, definitely a huge leap forward.
On 14th of December the show named the Honda FCX Clarity sedan as the most important car since cars were invented.
Shortly after headlines like this appeared:
- Top Gear praises hydrogen powered car
- Green cars move into Top Gear - physicsworld.com
- Green Machine hits Top Gear - Hawick Today
Top Gear praised in particular the liberty FCX offers, which is more in line with our current motoring habits: Drive the car for few hours, refill in few minutes and then drive again. The Honda FCX Clarity sedan is the first commercially produced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle, and uses the hydrogen fuel cell that recombines the oxygen and hydrogen back into pure water to produce its electric power.


The latest news is that after its successful launch in the US, Honda's hydrogen car now leasing in japan.



Top Gear is showing us (intentionally or not) the not too distant future in all its glory, the muscle of the Tesla Roadster combined with the kind of green power source, found in the Honda FCX Clarity sedan.
In fact the design of such car has already arrived, and even Top Gear called the Honda's new green power source, found in the Honda's Honda FC Sport hydrogen sports car concept "drop-dead gorgeous". Top Gear's site also said: "No one expected it, everyone loved it, and the designer Jason Wilbur is clearly a star".
That is more like it, however someone will still have to standardise the fuel consumption measurement for such cars, and devise a method of calculating their carbon footprint, because the hydrogen production process is not CO2 free.