Top Gear (Series 35, March 1996)

This episode of Top Gear was broadcast on BBC2 on the 21st of March, 1996, according to the Radio Times Genome website. I am uploading my VHS copy, just in case the original copy no longer exists anywhere else.
This episode includes:
Quentin Willson looking at the HMC Mk lV (a replica Austin-Healey 3000)
Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman having a go at siamese banger racing
Jon Bentley comparing the Hyundai Lantra with the Peugeot 406
Steve Berry interviewing Alan Marchant, about the history of car radios (and 8-Track)
Michele Newman reviewing the Renault ‘Next’ hybrid concept car
(Apologies for the slightly poor VHS quality, at times)

[@BryanSteacy]

Thank you for uploading. You can never have enough old top gear online.

[@ceciliachephetsa9384]

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[@swapsplat]

I didn't know Andy Willman was a presenter back in the day!

[@dictumobiter1365]

10.35...oops...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@BurtSampson]

That hybrid Renault towards the end really did end up being the future. I would've just ignored this segment back in the day and dismissed it as nonsense. lol.

[@alfsmith4936]

They wasted so much money this tech it had to be sold for a while. E.V's are not a good investment. :/

[@sarwat18]

Minus those nan breads they call wheels on it 😅

[@Embracing01]

"...would set you back £40,000, for which you could also have 3 Mazda MX5s, 2 MGFs and the very best Austin Healey". Sadly you couldn't anymore. A good spec runner Austin Healey 3000 today would cost you between 50-80 grand depending on condition.

[@TheBadBunny87]

£40k in 1996 is the equivalent of £78k in today's money. MX-5 in 2023 is £25k. You'd be able to get three and £3k left over.

[@giorgigagnidze3134]

6:55 and then the guy we all know appears

[@matthewking5612]

That Renault hybrid was junk.

[@ono3869]

Great car reviews. But I want to see how fast The Stig can get it around the eboladrome.

[@Bucking_Fastard]

That intro animation aged really well.

[@pit_stop77]

Clarkson played the fool back then too I see

[@1984ed101]

I remember this episode when it was new!

[@mrsensibletimewastingarrog4185]

The HNC is so fast, it blew your hair off.

[@Themadhatton]

Mr Wilman.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Steven Berry!!!🤢🤮🤮🤢

[@modigdapokerista6723]

Thank you for uploading this old video

[@C_0_D_E1]

The Renault looked a lot like a megan scenic

[@Bigbaldybear]

16:53 Rush: Animate

[@dictumobiter1365]

RIP Neil Peart.

[@dogmadogma5398]

Dear Jim can you fix it for me..............Oh dear BBC. Oh dear!

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Consul GT!

[@Shinx990]

I didn’t know they used Jessica back in the day.

[@colinstewart1432]

Quentin Wilson in Jeans ? Didn't see that coming 🙈🙊🙉

[@jordanshreds747]

The discman in the headrest cracked me up

[@jacknapier7036]

Greate thanks Tony.

[@Dekko-chan]

“We three blokes from bbc twoooooooo”

[@seanconnathon]

Ahhh, old, old Top Gear!

[@f1shf1ngers24]

JHC these early TopGears were dull.

[@colinstewart1432]

Pre - Clarkson equalls dull 😑

[@Mooselover1011]

@@colinstewart1432 Clarkson is on this though?

[@colinstewart1432]

@@Mooselover1011 true 👍

[@philhawley1219]

But the controls fall easily to hand,they always said.