By Nick Aziz
Monday, Mar 20th, 2006 @ 9:24 am

Andy Wilman, the producer of Top Gear, explains the ground rules for what makes are car cool, and what makes one uncool. Wilam says to avoid cars that celebrities buy, because one wrong owner “will crush the coolness of a Rolls-Royce Phantom.” Second, “even the proper charismatic celebs can’t make an uncool car look cool — Cameron Diaz is a sad sight in a Prius — so what chance have you got?” So-called “fashion cars” should also be avoided, he says. “Fashion cars are the ones that make a massive impact for five minutes and then look clichéd and vaguely ridiculous. I give you the Audi TT.” Other “fashion cars,” according to Wilam, include the VW Beetle, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Jaguar S-type, which are all “deeply uncool anyway.” And a car’s coolness “has nothing to do with how quickly it goes round a corner.” For example, the “ Chrysler 300C has the driving dynamics of a donkey, but no car matches it for sheer Sopranos presence.”

  

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