Wednesday 23rd November 2005

During an episode of Top Gear’s news segment featuring BMW’s MINI Concept from the Tokyo Motor Show showcased what Richard Hammond quoted as a “quintessentially British” integrated tea set, Jeremy Clarkson responded by mocking that they should build a car that is “quintessentially German.” He suggested turn signals that displayed Nazi “Heil Hitler” salutes, “a sat-nav that only goes to Poland” in reference to the Nazi invasion of Poland that started WWII, ” und ein fanbelt that will last a thousand years,” a reference to Adolf Hitler’s propaganda slogan of “the thousand-year Reich”.