LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – “Top Gear” aired offensive remarks about Mexican cars and food on Sunday; today Mexico’s Eduardo Medina Mora confirmed to news that Top Gear’s broadcaster BBC has since received from his office a furious letter about the TV episode.

Top Gear is a popular BBC produced TV program that airs in various parts of Europe. On Sunday, Top Gear Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May host began a discussion about a the Mexican sports car the Mastretta.

Suddenly, the discussion became less about a car and more about insults. Hammond reportedly told Top Gear viewers “Why would you want a Mexican car? Because cars reflect national characteristics don’t they? 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.”

The comments they headed to a discussion about Mexican cuisine. One host called food from Mexico “refried sick”.

But the remarks then even were directed personally at Mexico’s Ambassador to England. “That’s why we won’t get any complaints about this because at the Mexican embassy the ambassador’s going to be sitting there with a remote control like this” said Clarkson. Clarkson, as pictured above, then acted to snooze off in his chair.

Today Mexico’s ambassador in London confirms that is furious and has said off a threatening leather to the BBC. Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora wrote “The presenters of the programme resorted to outrageous…. and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people, their culture as well as their official representative in the united Kingdom …These offensive, xenophobic and humiliating remarks serve only to reinforce negative stereotypes and perpetuate prejudice against Mexico and its people.”

The BBC has reportedly not yet commented.