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Argy bargy over Top Gear car plate

The cast and crew of TV's Top Gear had to abandon their cars at the roadside and flee Argentina after being pelted with stones by an angry crowd.

The attack happened after it emerged they were using a vehicle with a number plate apparently referring to the Falklands War.

That vehicle - a Porsche with the registration number H982 FKL which some people suggested could refer to the Falklands conflict of 1982 - was among those abandoned.

BBC bosses have said the number plate was merely a coincidence and was not chosen deliberately, but it led to protests in Argentina, including a demonstration by a group of war veterans who protested outside the hotel used by the show team.


Argy bargy over Top Gear car plate - BT

[Shambles]

Time to boycott Argentinian cars.

[Lorian]

great publicity

[Doggie 1]

Seriously?   
Beaten fairly and squarely.
Get over it.

[diablo]

Time to boycott Argentinian cars.

I won't be buying one anytime soon. 

The Top Gear team are sometimes deliberately offensive to the locals, I recall one of the deep south American trips when they were a bit naughty.

Wonder if they'll show it, even without the 'proper' ending??

[Dazzler]

Has the world gone crazy... bit of a spooky coincidence with the number plate

[asathorny]

Lorian has hit the nail on the head it's ANOTHER publicity stunt.   The one in America's Southern states was the one where the dressed their cars  up as gay boys cars to get the rednecks wound up.

Will they show it you ask, I'll stand knockin in Burtons winder if they don't 

[Phil №❶]

Please don't show it, please don't show it. 

[Dazzler]

You think there would be some way of checking if it was a random number plate or a requested one?

[succulant]

I saw on the news earlier that they did a DVLA check and the car last changed plates in something like 2001

[FatBoy]

According to Clarkson's Twitter account, the "veterans" protesting outside the hotel were in their twenties.  Do the math.

[Doggie 1]

According to Clarkson's Twitter account, the "veterans" protesting outside the hotel were in their twenties.  Do the math.