Top Gear UK insulted Mexican on air

Reviewing the Mexican-made Mastretta MXT sports car, presenter Richard Hammond said: "Why would you want a Mexican car, because cars reflect national characteristics... Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence, asleep, looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat."

Earlier, fellow presenter James May joked that he couldn't remember the name of the car but suggested it should be called the "Tortilla." He then described Mexican food as "refried sick."

"Just imagine waking up and remembering you're Mexican?" added Hammond.

"It'd be brilliant because you could just go straight back to sleep all day," said co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson. He then joked that the show wouldn't receive a complaint from the Mexican Embassy because the ambassador would be sitting in front of the television snoring.


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