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One of the chemistries in the Clarkson ear was that they were 3 men from middle England and so had more opportunity to deride things they didn't like/understand because of gender, race, language, upbringing, culture. Imagine a bemused sort of look at a car that comes in pink.

Much harder to get a banter going if parts of the team are "different". But not impossible, needs a lot more work though, especially with Sabine whose first language isn't English. Just think of you learning a foreign language as an adult, you keep thinking in your home language and its idiom and that like doesn't work in the target language.

One thing I'd change other than gagging Chris is the star in a car. The new format doesn't give the star much focus or time as there are 2 of them and the voting on the best car at different stages in the stars driving history.