All in all I think the program probably did more good than harm, because it made the 3W look fun. The show was fairly amusing, and as has already been mentioned, the Hamster did well in his now traditional rôle as the defender of Malvern.
As always with TG some of the comparisons were fairly specious - for example suggesting that because the KTM costs fifty grand that the cars are in the same price bracket as an M3. Really ? You could buy a golf GTI & a M3W for the price of an M3.
They did admit in the conclusion that the 3 wheeler isn't really a track day car, but the way the stig had it squirming around all over the track made the point eloquently. How fast do you have to drive most modern sports cars in order for them to be "fun" ? Hardly any of them are really fun at speeds that are appropriate on a public road; in many ways the 3 wheeler is the opposite of a track day car in that you don't need to take it onto a race track to enjoy strong sensations. Something that can be made to slide that easily, and can give a powerful sense of speed at modest velocities has to make a lot of sense on today's crowded roads.
