I had this on VHS. I know I've watched this 1000 times. But yet here I still sit watching 26 years later! 90"s forever remain the greatest decade for me
To me, the '60s was the greatest car decade mainly because of the AFFORDABLE 'muscle cars' which you could get away with 'street racing'. You try drag racing on the street NOW and the "bulls" will send out a 5-state alarm for YOUR ARREST!
Sadly, very few people will ever get to drive any of these cars. But now, at least, you can watch this tape over, and over again, and dream pleasant dreams.
I wish car programs now used camera angles like the ones from this video, they do a really good job of showing all the best angles of the cars and how they look on track and give you plenty of time to really soak in how absolutely gorgeous each and every car in this video is. Nowadays most videos are all about crazy editing, cutting to new angles every 2 seconds, and lots of effects that don't really show off the car.
doalwa need for speed was out way before the ps1 existed it was actually first out when sega mega drive’s and super Nintendo’s was about it was on a very good console called a Panasonic 3do i was lucky enough to own one
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! 2023, nearly '24 atm... 30 years on! I'm 64... so i was 34 at the time... I remember having a Lambo Miura corgi toy (red) as a kid (around 9 or 10?)... never fell out of love with cars. Top Gear Legendary! JC especially! His expressions!!! Still faf Today! I laughed at so many of Jeremy's expressions... even though by now i've heard them before! LEGEND
@@Obi-WanKannabis i bought the super car i dreamed about as a teen. The ferrari and porsche killer of the early 90s. The original godzilla!! And with a little help it now can easilly keep up with supercars 20 years younger. Late 80s early 90s is the time when japan was on top of their automotive game.. And those are still reasonably affordable.
The McLaren F1 remains the greatest supercar ever made. 30 years old and she still looks unbelievably sexy. The fastest naturally aspirated car even today.
Once upon a time, Top Gear featured the shy and humble presenter Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson, and Tiff Needel showed how to really drive a sportscar. The Ferrari 456 is a gorgeous 90s GT, but the Lambo Miura still knocks me out in any era.
I was 18 in 1994. I remember the first time I saw cars like the Diablo, F40 and 959 in a magazine and just couldn’t imagine the power they had back then. Over 25 years later and cars like the Mustang GT have 460 horsepower and can do 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds.
Yeah, the performance is in lesser cars now but nothing modern matches the looks of a diablo xj220 f40. There is a diablo near where i live and it is epic in person on the road
Heavy, British, ugly, pretends to have a good performance, costs too much...What could that be? Austin Princess Vanden Plas? Edit: I forgot loud and noisy..😸
The engine is assembled in Nippleston, the gearbox at Womblesley, before being shipped to the main Jaguar factory at Whipplebottom where they’re mated to the chassis, which was made by TWR in Bell End.
Tiff Nedell AND Jeremy Clarkson! Brilliant! Reminds me of the early internet days when we would search and scramble and steal, beg and anything else to try and get TOP GEAR and 5th Gear episodes in the US! I joined a super cool car forum called JabbasWorld in the early 2000’s to get access to Top Gear episodes. Now they’re easily accessible and so mainstream popular, not quite as special or exciting as it used to be.
yeah, I've driven a 911 from the 90s and a few other German cars with "only" 250+ HP and never at the limit, but it's enough to get a feeling for them and what kind of handling they required. Totally different to anything built in the last two decades. Back then cars with a lot of power were capricious machines, seemingly with a life of their own. O_o
Do you Know what the difference is between then and now? I get Sick in my Stomach when I See the Shitty Cheap Superficial Annoying Today's Shows. When I see this.. 80S / 90S My Heart and Mind Opens again. The Music.. The Quiet Images.. Emotions. Everything was Exciting.. Ok. In 1990 I was just 11 Years of Age. But still.. Everything was Rising.. Wealth.. Economy.. My Father was Rocketing in his Career and Flying around the World and so on. I'll Never Ever Forget it.
@@jamesregiste960 Exactly, anyone who shuns an XJ220 as a slow, lumbering whale would probably never be able to even approach and properly push it's limit on a track.
No social media to make you depress and feel like a loser compared to everyone else in the 90s, it was all about looking forward to pictures of new cars on magazines at your local bookstore. What a time to be alive!
I always forget the sheer absurdity of the original Viper, its one of the few production cars to look almost exactly like the concept version. Even back in the 90's you had to think of things like crash standards, meeting emissions, people expected creature comforts like a quiet ride, nicely trimmed interiors, a/c, power windows, hell windows and a functioning top were just givens at that time(we had come a long way since a 1950's MG). Then this outrageous looking brute just shows up and gives everybody the middle finger. The OG Viper is one of my favorite cars for all those reasons. I know the newer model Vipers had hardtops, windows, were more usuable/comfortable cars, but the original RT/10 roadster is by far my favorite.
Yep. It was meant to be a "modern" Cobra. Nasty, Brutish, but insanely fast. The original F40 was in a similar vein... no comforts, no radio. Just a twin turbo V8 and the accessories needed to get that power down. If buyers wanted a Harmon Kardon 10 speaker stereo (which you would never hear over the engine and gearbox anyway...), they were advised to apply elsewhere. Although of limited use as actual 'cars', I have great admiration for these single purpose machines.... and for those who demand comforts and luxuries, there's always a bloated Cadillac waiting for you at the dealership!
Are you fucking dumb? Nothing was different. Maybe there was no social media to push it up your face, but the world was just as shit then as it is now.
It would be. It was your youth and before tech took over and became a life support machine. Mine was the 80s as tech started and we just came out of the tech less 70s.. Computers to play games on and electronic games etc.
The mid nineties were really the golden age of supercars. Raw, visceral, brutal, with little in the way of driver aids and the propensity to kill you if you ran out of talent. And the sheer beauty of the cars on offer was (and still is) a joy to behold. Granted, there are some cracking cars in the segment today, but I'd take a Porsche 959, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, Lamborghini Diablo or Jaguar XJ220 over any of them, and that's largely because today's supercars just don't have the soul. If someone offered me the choice, I'd take the Jag in a hearbeat, because even in 2019 it looks like it was designed in the future.
lol Right?? I think I would still take the "frighteningly fast" cars of those days over the "ludicrous speed" cars of today. The style and culture was so much better.
@@Aegisltd My 4 door hatchback can do it in 4.6 apparently. It doesn't quite turn heads like any of these though. But if the pattern continues (and with electric cars it's likely) then in 20 years the average hot hatch will be hitting 60 in 3 seconds, tyre technology permitting.
Seeing Jeremy Clakson in his black hair is just incredible! this is so awesome!!!!!!!!! nostalgiaaaa thanks man for finding this out and uploading on youtube for us =)
...Agree 1.000.000 % !...The fact is that most supercar fans simply didn’t realise it yet , and the few ones who once in their lives had a chance to try the NSX , have been simply “ astonished “ how amazing that car really is and how they have never found out before . NSX FOREVER ! 👍
@@milesr4609for its time, against other high end sports cars , it was dominant on a track I’ve seen a few episodes of best motoring out of Japan with professional race drivers testing it against the worlds best It held its own
@@Meowface. best motoring is biased towards japanese cars. You truly believe that a 300hp NSX could defeat an F355 or a Lancer could beat a Mclaren...lol The only trustworthy episode is the one with the F50 and F40 beating everybody in Suzuka.
J.J.moony It did have striking looks, but I was surprised how boring and tame the engine sounded when he started it. It sounded like a 1.2L 4 cylinder thing, didn’t sound like a creamy V6 at all
I have watched this at least 20 times, and I am just now noticing that at 8:15, the XJ220's bonnet looks like it's preparing for liftoff. Imagine driving well over 200 mph, and having that giant body panel fly up, blocking your vision.
Thanks so much for uploading to TH-cam in good quality for its age it was such a good program. Christmas morning 94 a 10 year old me loved watching this so much and this has brought back superb memories.
Those hair! Those hair! Those times and cast! It's like watching and living a completely different era, for the world and for cars especially! Just blown out
Man. The 90s. Where grey, cheap plastic, white letters, dull colors and corny tv ruled the world. I do NOT miss those things. But i would still give anything to go back!
"There is enough headroom for people up to 6'3 Which means only people like Jeremy Clarkson can''t fit in......shame." LOL Pure British and they have been ribbing each other since the shows inception! This is great!
As a matter of comment: I did drive a V550 Vantage not so long ago, but not in the best time of the season. What surprised me was general opulence of feel in the interior and the car controls: the steering is light, the clutch and brakes are so light you barely feel them. The car has somewhat beefy 275 mm high profile tires, they flex on the road quite a bit. However, the power seems to be endless. I haven't unleashed it, but really, that car is extremely brutal in its engine. You push the gas, and it wacks the tail on the straight, lol. It's quite a thing.
I can confirm that the power is indeed endless. This video, and the Vantage clip in particular, is the very reason that this car has been in my head for 30 years. So much so that when the opportunity came, I bought one. I took it on the Autobahn this year (2023) and my bottle and driving skills were found wanting way before the Vantage's capabilities were reached. That was around 170mph, and she was still pulling. I've some videos on my channel of it.
Had this on VHS back in the day. Great upload. Funny to think 25 years later, a Mercedes A class would keep up with most of these cars to 60mph, and embarrass a few!
In 1993, I was 10, my grandad bought me a 9" scale model of the Jaguar XJ220, it was my 1st car porn. To this day, it still stirs my... prepubescent soul!
Nice memories,my grandad got me a blue one from shell fuel coupons and it worked out at 2/3 grands worth of fuel to get,so i used to tell my freinds this,smug little kid i was.
Thank you so so much uploading this video it’s amazing to watch again as remember when was out first time I had a green model xj220 on the shelf in my room Bugatti eb18 on the wall and of course a Lamborghini Diablo and contash I miss those days the Ferrari 456 is one of the few Ferrari’s I like and as for the Aston vantage stunning still to this day especially in the flesh thank you
1988 & 1994 are two of my favorite years for lots of things, music, movies, video games, cars, firearms, clothes, styles, etc. Jeremy looks like he's still stuck in '86 in this!
I loved watching this again. Though probably nobody cares... I believe Clarkson was wearing a Seiko SKX007, whilst reviewing the Dodge Viper. Thanks for the amazing video.
I was born in 2001, i remember some parts of this vividly i think iwatched it in my old house which would have been 2005ish on VHS, brought up such a lost memory from my past, i even remembered the music as soon as it started.
met a guy in oxfordshire who has 2 silver xj220's,question is,why? a doomed car from the get go.as the original car was supposed to have a v12.it never sold in the amounts jaguar wanted,but i would say leap forward to today and its prob making money.
The real issue is the maintenance... the XJ220 requires an engine out service every 6 years that includes a fuel bladder replacement at a cost of around $75K to $100K. There are only a few places in the world that can correctly perform this service. My experience with some of the owners that I know is that this is not common knowledge and takes new owners by surprise.
Moriquendiii I agree... interesting as I believe there were even less XJ220 built (271) . The point I was making was really about the maintenance to car value comparison. Someone buying a $2.4 million Ferrari compared to a $350k XJ220 with similar $100k maintenance impact.
When I was a kid in the early 90's I always thought the XJ220 was the best looking of all the exotic supercars that had appeared like Diablo, F40, EB110, 959, etc. Even today it hardly looks dated at all. It was such a beautiful, sleek car.
When a car "super car" video lasting over one hour starts of with a Lamborghini Miura, you have to seriously ask yourself if it's worth watching any further? Then the next car is a glimpse of a jaguar XJ220. So of course. You have to watch all of the video :-))...
doɔʇoɹ ɯıdnıƃɥʇ how dare you sir! I’ll have you know my associate Dr Miles Tavistock St. John-Smythe showed a clean pair of heels to some flashy Arab in a Veyron in his ‘74 Morgan. Mind you, he had a pair of larger main jets in it and had fitted overdrive.
Jeremy still made the effort to dress properly in those days. 1994 wasn't so long ago, yet it seems like 1954. The world has moved on rather fast, hasn't it.
The F1 is a beast. Love the early Viper too. Supercars in America were starting to come back with the Mustang SVT Ford Lightning Pontiac had good trans ams too. And the almighty Corvette was getting even faster and faster.
I was just thinking that as I was watching. I mean I am glad with the snobbishness they are about their prized european speedsters they sure do love skipping over iconic cars that where absolutley as good as anything they where putting out at the time. We just happened to be more geared at straitline numbers for a while. That zr1 and viper started our evolution to where we are today for sure. Then bringing in supra and nsx but no rx7 and 300zx which where all in the same range. sigh.
@Lawrence L. If you are talking about a factory standard corvette that model year yes. However we are not we are talking about the zr1 which was on par with what the viper could do and easier to do it with and more comfortable. That viper was known for just slidding out at any time because of how crude it was. I just would not have put any of our American cars on the list with xj220 and such. Hell some of the cars they put on there should not have been that where european models. Same with the nsx. It was a superb driver but in no way a super car.
Pretty sure the Renault A610 shared a good bit of its chassis with the DeLorean. It has the same PRV V6 mounted behind the rear axle like the DeLorean, only turbocharged and now fast. Kind of a pity that DeLorean never could get a mass market car maker behind his idea, because the styling was wild but the mechanicals and reliability were garbage. Also didn't help that he launched the car in the middle of a nasty recession.
@@InspirationDose Not where I shop. That said, I'd forgotten how much more expensive milk could be in other areas, so thank you for the reminder. I'd forgotten just how troublesome it was to buy milk in Philadelphia.
compare the money worth in 25years ago when the owner bought that car for 1million...that 1million is now around 4-5million, so maybe a double up "only".
@tfs2O3 If you are talking about P390GJM (Rowan Atkinsons old car) it's Burgundy and is a gorgeous colour. I would keep it exactly as is. Way better than a boring black or silver like most of them were. I also never liked white dials and I think this is the only one of the 64 which has black ones.
@tfs2O3 I might still prefer a lighter red too. I do love that Metallic Blue one though google F1 MAC Metallic blue Mclaren F1. I'm OK with black wheels on the right colour car but am happy with standard silver ones.
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I had this on VHS. I know I've watched this 1000 times. But yet here I still sit watching 26 years later! 90"s forever remain the greatest decade for me
To me, the '60s was the greatest car decade mainly because of the AFFORDABLE 'muscle cars' which you could get away with 'street racing'. You try drag racing on the street NOW and the "bulls" will send out a 5-state alarm for YOUR ARREST!
also that's not how you write "90s"... you fking rtard
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70s 80s best xx
I agree, 90’s….
For about an hour i was a happy man
Sadly, very few people will ever get to drive any of these cars. But now, at least, you can watch this tape over, and over again, and dream pleasant dreams.
Yeah, right.
Most of those cars were horrible to drive and not very reliable . Few of them will still be daily driver usable , in fact most couldn't be when new .
A man can dream
@@faircompetition1203that is why you need a Harley Davidson. Enjoy your two wheels because your pocket book won’t be touched every time you fill up. 😂
Awful hair, awful clothes, and wailing guitar solos. Welcome to '90's sillycars.
Can't tell you how unbelievably Happy I am, that this has been Uploaded to YT!
I wish car programs now used camera angles like the ones from this video, they do a really good job of showing all the best angles of the cars and how they look on track and give you plenty of time to really soak in how absolutely gorgeous each and every car in this video is. Nowadays most videos are all about crazy editing, cutting to new angles every 2 seconds, and lots of effects that don't really show off the car.
True production quality has come down. Medioctity has crept in this internet age
Attention span is so poor, the retention amongst other useless analytics is the driving force of today.
This is like watching the videos from the first Need for Speed game. Nostalgic
Dude I had that game on PC as a kid, one of my all time favorites along with Doom.
i was thinking the samething i thought need for speed 2 when the ferrari came on
Alexandros L I was thinking the same damn thing...I’ve sunk hours into NfS1 on the good, old PS1...driving the Diablo in that game was awesome!
@@doalwa nfs1 was a great game as well, i love how it came in the road and track magazine
doalwa need for speed was out way before the ps1 existed it was actually first out when sega mega drive’s and super Nintendo’s was about it was on a very good console called a Panasonic 3do i was lucky enough to own one
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! 2023, nearly '24 atm... 30 years on! I'm 64... so i was 34 at the time... I remember having a Lambo Miura corgi toy (red) as a kid (around 9 or 10?)... never fell out of love with cars. Top Gear Legendary! JC especially! His expressions!!! Still faf Today! I laughed at so many of Jeremy's expressions... even though by now i've heard them before! LEGEND
90's was a great era for us car lovers
yes everybody was driving supercars in the 90s
Dude now it's better because we can afford the cars that we dreamed about in the 90s... Ahaha jusk kidding we can't
@@Obi-WanKannabis lol, i know such a shame. Most of them have tripled in price
brandon faris didn't u triple ur net worth ? ☺️
@@Obi-WanKannabis i bought the super car i dreamed about as a teen. The ferrari and porsche killer of the early 90s.
The original godzilla!!
And with a little help it now can easilly keep up with supercars 20 years younger.
Late 80s early 90s is the time when japan was on top of their automotive game.. And those are still reasonably affordable.
I can't get over how great tiff is at driving and presenting!
Why are you surprised? Tiff drove in F1 for a short period, he's a very talented driver.
The McLaren F1 remains the greatest supercar ever made. 30 years old and she still looks unbelievably sexy. The fastest naturally aspirated car even today.
I would say the countach turbo s was better the countach was so appealing it lasted from 1971 to 1990 only 4 years before this was made
Yes, it does. The styling is japanese tho... So don't be surprised that today they changed that, they never owned any of it.
The McLaren F1 does not come close to the shear awesomeness of the Nissan Be-1, or the Mazda Carol supercars though. But it is an amazing machine.
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Can’t wait to see the T50 on the road Gordon claims he’s done what the tech wouldn’t allow back then - I’m with you the F1 is still the best car IMO
Once upon a time, Top Gear featured the shy and humble presenter Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson, and Tiff Needel showed how to really drive a sportscar. The Ferrari 456 is a gorgeous 90s GT, but the Lambo Miura still knocks me out in any era.
It's Jeremy Clarkson I think
@@kylelander9901 That`s what he said. he just quoted his full name. Try reading more carefully.😉
Dear Jeremy, As far as I'm concerned, you are Top Gear
I was 18 in 1994. I remember the first time I saw cars like the Diablo, F40 and 959 in a magazine and just couldn’t imagine the power they had back then. Over 25 years later and cars like the Mustang GT have 460 horsepower and can do 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds.
Yeah, the performance is in lesser cars now but nothing modern matches the looks of a diablo xj220 f40. There is a diablo near where i live and it is epic in person on the road
And yet that still doesn't devalue any of the cars you listed. They are the best for a reason.
The Dodge Viper was basically Jeremy Clarkson in automobile form.
i was very surprised to learn the 2016 viper holds the most track records
Heavy, British, ugly, pretends to have a good performance, costs too much...What could that be? Austin Princess Vanden Plas?
Edit: I forgot loud and noisy..😸
It has Richard Hammond written all over it.
Clarkson is more like a Range Rover
The most unpredictable, brash, out of control automobile............... In the world
Even 90’s Clarkson is brilliant and the best part of the show
The engine is assembled in Nippleston, the gearbox at Womblesley, before being shipped to the main Jaguar factory at Whipplebottom where they’re mated to the chassis, which was made by TWR in Bell End.
1:26
"hamster cage"
Foreshadowing???
He opens the trunk and Hammond pops out
Tiff Nedell AND Jeremy Clarkson! Brilliant! Reminds me of the early internet days when we would search and scramble and steal, beg and anything else to try and get TOP GEAR and 5th Gear episodes in the US! I joined a super cool car forum called JabbasWorld in the early 2000’s to get access to Top Gear episodes. Now they’re easily accessible and so mainstream popular, not quite as special or exciting as it used to be.
Jabbas World yes I remember that! Little clips with a watermark! Those were the days...
JabbasWorld morphed into TAU, The Auto Union. Terrific bunch of guys!
@@DarkHumorWritesItself
Not just the watermark, but some intros too
lol
I was a member of Jabbas World too, small world 🤩
I wonder if Tiff ever yelled, CLARKSON!!
Never.
had this on vhs when I was a kid.. for some reason bits have stuck with me.. so happy to found it again
same, some strangely long recollections coming back. particularly the milk, petrol comparison!?
People can't even comprehend how much more work/balls was needed to drive these cars at high speeds like Tiff was doing.
yeah, I've driven a 911 from the 90s and a few other German cars with "only" 250+ HP and never at the limit, but it's enough to get a feeling for them and what kind of handling they required.
Totally different to anything built in the last two decades.
Back then cars with a lot of power were capricious machines, seemingly with a life of their own. O_o
And Clarkson. Can't believe how fast he was going along the country lane at 24:00. At least 70 up to the bends!
Michael Allott video was sped up!
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Do you Know what the difference is between then and now? I get Sick in my Stomach when I See the Shitty Cheap Superficial Annoying Today's Shows. When I see this.. 80S / 90S My Heart and Mind Opens again. The Music.. The Quiet Images.. Emotions. Everything was Exciting.. Ok. In 1990 I was just 11 Years of Age. But still.. Everything was Rising.. Wealth.. Economy.. My Father was Rocketing in his Career and Flying around the World and so on. I'll Never Ever Forget it.
217 mph in a road car in 1994!! that Jag was incredible.
It was a race car trimmed for the road, those prototypes derived from Group C racing! Or Le Mans.
@@jamesregiste960 Exactly, anyone who shuns an XJ220 as a slow, lumbering whale would probably never be able to even approach and properly push it's limit on a track.
No social media to make you depress and feel like a loser compared to everyone else in the 90s, it was all about looking forward to pictures of new cars on magazines at your local bookstore. What a time to be alive!
I always forget the sheer absurdity of the original Viper, its one of the few production cars to look almost exactly like the concept version. Even back in the 90's you had to think of things like crash standards, meeting emissions, people expected creature comforts like a quiet ride, nicely trimmed interiors, a/c, power windows, hell windows and a functioning top were just givens at that time(we had come a long way since a 1950's MG).
Then this outrageous looking brute just shows up and gives everybody the middle finger. The OG Viper is one of my favorite cars for all those reasons. I know the newer model Vipers had hardtops, windows, were more usuable/comfortable cars, but the original RT/10 roadster is by far my favorite.
YUP RT/10 is also my fav, wish they did a remake of it before stopping production of the vipers.
Yep. It was meant to be a "modern" Cobra. Nasty, Brutish, but insanely fast. The original F40 was in a similar vein... no comforts, no radio. Just a twin turbo V8 and the accessories needed to get that power down. If buyers wanted a Harmon Kardon 10 speaker stereo (which you would never hear over the engine and gearbox anyway...), they were advised to apply elsewhere.
Although of limited use as actual 'cars', I have great admiration for these single purpose machines.... and for those who demand comforts and luxuries, there's always a bloated Cadillac waiting for you at the dealership!
this is just an excellent program... wish we could bring more stuff like this back dammit
Thank you for uploading this. This is literally my childhood. I still remember receiving a VHS tape of this as a 7 year old child.
Wow, pre batshit crazy world, far more innocent times. Take me back.
The lack of smartphones looks so appealing.
The batshit crazy started that year though. Rodney King riots, OJ trial, Columbine and OKC bombing the nexr year.
Yeah, cuz crazy shit happening is a new thing. I'm so fuckin tired of the idiotic waxing nostalgic about shit that ain't true.
The 90s "innocent"??? lol No, just the world was too dumb to look around. In the 00s all the bubbles burst and here we are today.
Are you fucking dumb? Nothing was different. Maybe there was no social media to push it up your face, but the world was just as shit then as it is now.
Can't believe how clarkson has aged ! ! ! ! must be all that speed stretching his face . . . lol
I can’t even remember what I looked like back in 1994 because I was a year old.
8:16 the bonnet on the Jag looks like it's about to take off any second..
Still watch this in 2019.
It's now 2020.. I'm watching it yet again. I love it, those were the days.
@@StPeteG8r in all honesty the 90s were shite.
i was born in 1992, but i think the 90's were the best years of my life
It would be. It was your youth and before tech took over and became a life support machine. Mine was the 80s as tech started and we just came out of the tech less 70s.. Computers to play games on and electronic games etc.
@@Richnineteenseventyone oh shut up
Man, how times have changed! That background music, however, is VERY 1994!
The mid nineties were really the golden age of supercars. Raw, visceral, brutal, with little in the way of driver aids and the propensity to kill you if you ran out of talent. And the sheer beauty of the cars on offer was (and still is) a joy to behold. Granted, there are some cracking cars in the segment today, but I'd take a Porsche 959, Ferrari F40, Bugatti EB110, Lamborghini Diablo or Jaguar XJ220 over any of them, and that's largely because today's supercars just don't have the soul. If someone offered me the choice, I'd take the Jag in a hearbeat, because even in 2019 it looks like it was designed in the future.
Oh how the times have changed... 5.2 seconds to 60mph is "frighteningly" fast.
It is still fast though.
A 2013 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L (Auto) does 0-60 mph in 5.5 seconds. (Just to add some perspective)
lol Right?? I think I would still take the "frighteningly fast" cars of those days over the "ludicrous speed" cars of today. The style and culture was so much better.
@@Aegisltd My 4 door hatchback can do it in 4.6 apparently. It doesn't quite turn heads like any of these though. But if the pattern continues (and with electric cars it's likely) then in 20 years the average hot hatch will be hitting 60 in 3 seconds, tyre technology permitting.
@@staggabob
rally cars have done it in 1.8 to 2.2 for a long time, on GRAVEL, so..
Seeing Jeremy Clakson in his black hair is just incredible!
this is so awesome!!!!!!!!!
nostalgiaaaa
thanks man for finding this out and uploading on youtube for us =)
I CANT BELIEVE HOW UNDERRATED THE ACURA NSX WERE FOR TOP GEAR BACK THEN IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING CARS EVER MADE.
...Agree 1.000.000 % !...The fact is that most supercar fans simply didn’t realise it yet , and the few ones who once in their lives had a chance to try the NSX , have been simply “ astonished “ how amazing that car really is and how they have never found out before . NSX FOREVER ! 👍
NSX is overrated by gran turismo players and F&F fans, just as any other JDM. Cool car, but like Jeremy and Tiff said, "not as special"...
Boring and bland like all Japanese
@@milesr4609for its time, against other high end sports cars , it was dominant on a track
I’ve seen a few episodes of best motoring out of Japan with professional race drivers testing it against the worlds best
It held its own
@@Meowface. best motoring is biased towards japanese cars. You truly believe that a 300hp NSX could defeat an F355 or a Lancer could beat a Mclaren...lol
The only trustworthy episode is the one with the F50 and F40 beating everybody in Suzuka.
1994 was a better time than now!
Even the sun shined brighter...
I've always wanted the old school V8 Vantage.
I love that car.
And the Viper.
The XJ220 wow forgot how awesome looking that car is.
J.J.moony
It did have striking looks, but I was surprised how boring and tame the engine sounded when he started it.
It sounded like a 1.2L 4 cylinder thing, didn’t sound like a creamy V6 at all
@@Rasscasse I know what you mean, but I guess a cat moves quietly.
Fastest car in the world when i was born was still the Ferrari F40
I always thought it looked daft and now it looks really daft.
@@jackwatson3944 each to their own
I have watched this at least 20 times, and I am just now noticing that at 8:15, the XJ220's bonnet looks like it's preparing for liftoff. Imagine driving well over 200 mph, and having that giant body panel fly up, blocking your vision.
Thanks so much for uploading to TH-cam in good quality for its age it was such a good program. Christmas morning 94 a 10 year old me loved watching this so much and this has brought back superb memories.
These cars are incredible but my God interiors have come a VERY long way.
Those hair! Those hair! Those times and cast! It's like watching and living a completely different era, for the world and for cars especially! Just blown out
"Those hair" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was actually surprised when tiff walked from that house.......he looks different from now but still sounds same
Man. The 90s. Where grey, cheap plastic, white letters, dull colors and corny tv ruled the world. I do NOT miss those things. But i would still give anything to go back!
There is only one Top Gear, god bless the boys from England. We want them back now!
"There is enough headroom for people up to 6'3 Which means only people like Jeremy Clarkson can''t fit in......shame." LOL Pure British and they have been ribbing each other since the shows inception! This is great!
This is almost the car review for the first Need for Speed game
I was elated to find out that you could swap a V12 into The Jaguar on Forza Motorsport 5-7, making it what it should've been from factory.
But can you make it AWD as well? (I've only played up to FM4)
When cars were cars.
I loved 70s, 80s and 90s cars
They had character
Memories, pleasant memories, of dreams, pleasant dreams.
As a matter of comment: I did drive a V550 Vantage not so long ago, but not in the best time of the season. What surprised me was general opulence of feel in the interior and the car controls: the steering is light, the clutch and brakes are so light you barely feel them. The car has somewhat beefy 275 mm high profile tires, they flex on the road quite a bit. However, the power seems to be endless. I haven't unleashed it, but really, that car is extremely brutal in its engine.
You push the gas, and it wacks the tail on the straight, lol. It's quite a thing.
I can confirm that the power is indeed endless. This video, and the Vantage clip in particular, is the very reason that this car has been in my head for 30 years. So much so that when the opportunity came, I bought one. I took it on the Autobahn this year (2023) and my bottle and driving skills were found wanting way before the Vantage's capabilities were reached. That was around 170mph, and she was still pulling. I've some videos on my channel of it.
Had this on VHS back in the day. Great upload. Funny to think 25 years later, a Mercedes A class would keep up with most of these cars to 60mph, and embarrass a few!
Had never seen this before! THANK YOU
Tiff is a lot different to Jezza but he's totally fantastic in his own right.
In 1993, I was 10, my grandad bought me a 9" scale model of the Jaguar XJ220, it was my 1st car porn.
To this day, it still stirs my... prepubescent soul!
You poor f*ck....you poor, stupid, miserable f*ck......
Nice memories,my grandad got me a blue one from shell fuel coupons and it worked out at 2/3 grands worth of fuel to get,so i used to tell my freinds this,smug little kid i was.
@@blacknwhitearmytoontoon8584 My own sh*t covered in puke would hold no lesser worth than a REAL XJ220, let alone a model one.
26:00!
Love that color!!!
I've always loved the look of the whaletail 911.
Thank you so so much uploading this video it’s amazing to watch again as remember when was out first time I had a green model xj220 on the shelf in my room Bugatti eb18 on the wall and of course a Lamborghini Diablo and contash I miss those days the Ferrari 456 is one of the few Ferrari’s I like and as for the Aston vantage stunning still to this day especially in the flesh thank you
I thought tiff needle was Michael McIntyre for a second 😂😂
Still have this on VHS
9:00 Great to watch TIFF, putting the XJ220 on the track 150+ mph.
Xj220 is a stunning shape
Same! thanks for uploading!
ooh the old Viper, my first ever dream car - so god damn sexy!
This is like watching Ron Jeremy's best of by Vivid.😁
This never gets old.
1988 & 1994 are two of my favorite years for lots of things, music, movies, video games, cars, firearms, clothes, styles, etc. Jeremy looks like he's still stuck in '86 in this!
I loved watching this again. Though probably nobody cares... I believe Clarkson was wearing a Seiko SKX007, whilst reviewing the Dodge Viper. Thanks for the amazing video.
Both of you rule Casio timex and seiko never done me wrong!
Skx007 has its origins in 1996
I care. I care lots. I was 8 when this was made
LOL I've a Tuna pro on he wrist watching this and was wondering the same thing!
When I was a kid I loved the Countach 5000qv and thought the Muira was ugly! How times change!
I loved the look of both and still do.
I was born in 2001, i remember some parts of this vividly i think iwatched it in my old house which would have been 2005ish on VHS, brought up such a lost memory from my past, i even remembered the music as soon as it started.
Out of those amazing cars, the XJ 220 is the one I'd want.
3:39 "Enough instruments in the dash to make a concord captain's happy" hahaha kids these days won't understand that reference.
Everyone already knows what the concorde is
Jaguar XJ 220 was the very first of many diecast models I’ve owned. It’s a car you don’t hear much about. But what a machine.
The intro BGM sounds like when Happy Gilmore goes to his happy place XD
Truly shows how timeless the F1 was made to look, Looked modern then and so it does now!
The song used throughout this video is called “Deep Sky” by Mark Shreeve. One of my favorite songs since finding it
Many years i go I started working on an update for an old super car I loved. Maybe I should finish the 'XJ 2020 Carbon' 3D Model.
LOL the XJ220 sounds like it has the GM 3800 from the Grand Am
no, no it doesn't.
It’s not a great sound.
Makes one wonder how it would have sounded if Jaguar did use the v12 they had originally planned to use.
@@bghoody5665 instead of the engine from a Mini Metro.
The Grand Am sadly never got the 3800. It typically had the 3.1 or in rare cases the 3.4.......
The Grand Prix had the 3800.....
i was so relaxing to watch this ep till the end
Thanks for posting!
Great Video.
Who cut the Miura?
Best car ever.
I demand a recut.
Luv and Peace.
How quaint that at tthe time of airing, an XJ220 was considered a "bad investment". Heh.
met a guy in oxfordshire who has 2 silver xj220's,question is,why? a doomed car from the get go.as the original car was supposed to have a v12.it never sold in the amounts jaguar wanted,but i would say leap forward to today and its prob making money.
The real issue is the maintenance... the XJ220 requires an engine out service every 6 years that includes a fuel bladder replacement at a cost of around $75K to $100K. There are only a few places in the world that can correctly perform this service. My experience with some of the owners that I know is that this is not common knowledge and takes new owners by surprise.
@@Fulloctanegarage The Ferrari F40 also has the same "issue" with fuel bladders, but that car keeps its value much better.
Moriquendiii I agree... interesting as I believe there were even less XJ220 built (271) . The point I was making was really about the maintenance to car value comparison. Someone buying a $2.4 million Ferrari compared to a $350k XJ220 with similar $100k maintenance impact.
When I was a kid in the early 90's I always thought the XJ220 was the best looking of all the exotic supercars that had appeared like Diablo, F40, EB110, 959, etc. Even today it hardly looks dated at all. It was such a beautiful, sleek car.
thanks for posting this!!!!
Excellent ,thanks ...
When a car "super car" video lasting over one hour starts of with a Lamborghini Miura, you have to seriously ask yourself if it's worth watching any further?
Then the next car is a glimpse of a jaguar XJ220. So of course. You have to watch all of the video :-))...
"Best is British"
Ha, well, now THAT has been a while already...
doɔʇoɹ ɯıdnıƃɥʇ how dare you sir! I’ll have you know my associate Dr Miles Tavistock St. John-Smythe showed a clean pair of heels to some flashy Arab in a Veyron in his ‘74 Morgan. Mind you, he had a pair of larger main jets in it and had fitted overdrive.
Great upload, Thankyou!
They really under sold the NSX, Shame as they probably could've signed, sealed and delivered it's future in the UK
Jeremy still made the effort to dress properly in those days. 1994 wasn't so long ago, yet it seems like 1954. The world has moved on rather fast, hasn't it.
The F1 is a beast. Love the early Viper too. Supercars in America were starting to come back with the Mustang SVT Ford Lightning
Pontiac had good trans ams too.
And the almighty Corvette was getting even faster and faster.
I still have this on VHS. Wish they would release it on dvd.
Thx for sharing!
I guess they forgot the 1994
Corvette ZR1
0-60 : 5 seconds, 1/4 mile : 12.9
Top Speed: 186
I was just thinking that as I was watching. I mean I am glad with the snobbishness they are about their prized european speedsters they sure do love skipping over iconic cars that where absolutley as good as anything they where putting out at the time. We just happened to be more geared at straitline numbers for a while. That zr1 and viper started our evolution to where we are today for sure. Then bringing in supra and nsx but no rx7 and 300zx which where all in the same range. sigh.
@Lawrence L. If you are talking about a factory standard corvette that model year yes. However we are not we are talking about the zr1 which was on par with what the viper could do and easier to do it with and more comfortable. That viper was known for just slidding out at any time because of how crude it was. I just would not have put any of our American cars on the list with xj220 and such. Hell some of the cars they put on there should not have been that where european models. Same with the nsx. It was a superb driver but in no way a super car.
C Parks yeah but the viper is more elegant
Yea he has really never liked American cars till recently and even that is hit or miss.
It might not have been available in the UK
30 years later and so much has changed.
I can't name you a single new Ferrari or Lamborghini after the F12 and Aventador. They are all cookie-cutter toycars for idiots with too much $$$.
Pretty sure the Renault A610 shared a good bit of its chassis with the DeLorean. It has the same PRV V6 mounted behind the rear axle like the DeLorean, only turbocharged and now fast.
Kind of a pity that DeLorean never could get a mass market car maker behind his idea, because the styling was wild but the mechanicals and reliability were garbage. Also didn't help that he launched the car in the middle of a nasty recession.
LOL Jeremy is right the 911 still looks exactly the same
Thank you for uploading!
Petrol was cheaper than milk. Those were the days, I guess.
not for a dairy farmer
Petrol still is cheaper than milk even today 😂😂
@@InspirationDose Not where I shop. That said, I'd forgotten how much more expensive milk could be in other areas, so thank you for the reminder. I'd forgotten just how troublesome it was to buy milk in Philadelphia.
Gary Wagers 👍 I live in Pennsylvania
@@GaryWagers England though...
$1 million for the F1 now worth over $10 million
compare the money worth in 25years ago when the owner bought that car for 1million...that 1million is now around 4-5million, so maybe a double up "only".
@tfs2O3 and the 2total rebuild costed around 2-3mills each :D great business.
@tfs2O3 If you are talking about P390GJM (Rowan Atkinsons old car) it's Burgundy and is a gorgeous colour. I would keep it exactly as is. Way better than a boring black or silver like most of them were. I also never liked white dials and I think this is the only one of the 64 which has black ones.
@tfs2O3 I might still prefer a lighter red too. I do love that Metallic Blue one though google F1 MAC Metallic blue Mclaren F1. I'm OK with black wheels on the right colour car but am happy with standard silver ones.
the one in the video was scrapped lmao....same shit happend to the jag
That time cars and tv shows were important... good times!
I worked at a Rover dealer in the 90's. We had one of these in the showroom. We also had a Judge Dredd Land Rover which I liked more.