I suppose, Your knowledge about European cars is very limited (just to say it in a fiendly manner). The OPEL Kadett was a much loved car by its owners, by meeting exacly their needs. Renault R4 and VW Beatle had a different customer target group. So nothing to comare with.
The Opel "Manta" was a direct competitor to the Ford/Mercury "Capri". The Manta was a VERY nice car, but didn't have a V6 like the Capri. So Capri would run rings around the Manta!
Yes. Their knowledge is lacking. I imagine that the Opel was a fine car. In Britain, the slab sided little Vauxhall Viva was intended for the same kind of market, and much appreciated by many.
As someone who was born at the end of WW2 and grew up in the 50's and 60's your comments on British cars of that era are missinformed and out of context,unlike America our infrastructure was destroyed by warfare and it had to be rebult,how much of your industry was destroyed by bombing?? The cars and commercial vehicles built here reflected the petrolrationing post war hence small engines not V6's used by you,the same goes for European countries raviged by war how do you have the nerve to compare your car industry in a country that suffered no damage to its factories with European manufactures.
What's wrong with the good old Opel Kadett A? The pride and joy of many European working class family. Who rejoiced in finally able to own a real automobile. It was a much better car than for instance the Renault Dauphine.
The Renault Dauphine had about 30HP from it's 845cc 4-cyl water cooled rear engine. But, it weighed about 636 kg (1400 lbs), so performance was about equal to the European economy crs from that era. The lack of a 4-speed gearbox hurt the car's performance!
I agree. The video has also mixed up the Kadett A and the Kadett B, as it shows several pictures of the B model. Clearly, the Kadett B was a big improvement from the Kadett A. But I still find it wrong to classify the A model among the dumbest and worst cars of the 60s. It deserves better than that!
The Renault Dauphine was much more elegant but the Opel Kadett was made of almost rostless steel and cld reach decennia of age. I had both, it was not trash vs quality but elegance vs robustness.
Whoever put this together talks a load of ROT. Most of these cars were acceptable in their time, and it is great to see them again. However, it would be better without the inane commentary, so if you haven't got anything worth hearing, stay silent.
The British Hillman Husky was the estate version of the Hillman Minx which was a well built quality car compared to a Ford of similar size. Of course there were numerous badge engineered version with increased interior and exterior trim together with more powerful engines. The Ford popular was a very popular model and sold well. It was meant to be a no frills car even down to having just one wiper just for the driver. Even a heater was an extra. The Austin Atlantic was a disterous move on both sides of the Atalantic but today it is a reare much sought after car that commands decent prices especially the convertible
I agree 100%! If nothing else, the Dodge Lancer/Plymouth Valiant were EXCELLENT handling vehicles compared to their American counterparts like, Falcon and Corvair. They used "torsion bar" suspension which gave them superior suspension geometry. Sadly, the build quality of "Chrysler" products was lacking, even today!! The "voice over" in this video seems to not realize that cars of the '50s, '60s were all lacking in performance, especially European vehicles, except for the EXPENSIVE "sports cars" !!
"They designed this car to be cheap and practical, but it didn't have the pace of a Lambo or the luxury of a Roller. I can't understand why anyone bought it." Repeat until everyone is snoring.
The Ford Consul Classic was introduced as a 'stop-gap' model until the Cortina was introduced, people who I knew who owned Classics often rated them superior to the Cortina, as for the reverse raked rear window and tail fins they didn't do the 105E Anglia any harm did they? Those things sold like hot cakes!
I did grow up with a white Gogo from my dad. The sucsess of the Gogo was, that this was the first car in germany that could be driven with a driver license for motorcicles. First step to buying a car or like that...
Another car in that class was, the 2-seater "Messerschmitt". Kind of like sitting in a German fighter plane. I saw one in Minneapolis in 1957, I loved it!!
What’s wrong with reliable boring cars, by the way, whoever told you about the Austin Atlantic talks a load of rubbish it was brilliant, same about the husky. Why Americans should be worried about performance I don’t know, your speed limit was 55 mph
I don't know about a consistent 60's theme. The history here is a bit upsidedown. Some of these models like the Austin Atlantic and Jeepster are cars from at the early 50's. While the Hillman Husky may have been available up until the early 60's, it too was first released a the late 1950's. In fact, the Ford Popular was pretty much a 1930's throwback, and like the "more modern" Morris Minor, was first produced in Britain when car production started to resume after the end of WW2! Without checking, I am willing to bet that the antiquated little Renault was also a late 40's product from what they term: the Post-War Austerity Era. Dismissing all of these old cars as dumb, is another issue.
In 1967 a friend had a suhiny new Opel Cadet. With four teen passengers on board, the brakes couldn't bring the car to a stop. I have always regarded brakes as highly important.
The Lancer does not belong on this list, and they definitely were not sluggish with the 225 and the torsion bar suspension was ahead of it's time,when you cosider gm ford Toyota etc.used torsion bars in later years, also the 63 dart you say had better performance used the exact same engines the 170 and 225
I do not know, wise or not. About 70years ago Ford Cortina was the most bought car in Finland. Volvos were expensive and Ladas are what they are. Ladas are no more Cortininas also.
Volvos were expensive because Sweden had the HIGHEST "standard of living" in Europe at that time. But, you have to remember that "Swedish Steel" was the BEST in the World! Their labor rates were among the highest in "Western Europe", therefore you WOULD expect very high quality products to be produced!
Why keep on showing the Opel Kadett B when you're critisizen the A model? Opel Kadett A, B, and C had all been popular and reliable cars. Well known for quality and economic drive. You can't compare them to some petroleating american V8. Remember that european citizens didn't drove big american V8 cars. And IF you had looked further about Glas (Hans Glas, Goggomobil) you would have known, that Glas made some very well builded cars. From 1300 ccm to the biggest 2,6 and 3 litre versions. Hans Glas was overtaken by BMW.
This fool claims that the Dauphinois was a version of the Dauphine and had an engine in the rear, but this car was totally different, with the engine n the front, while the Dauphine had the engine in the rear.
It's horrifying how wrong the narrator can be. He give direct wrong information and he value the cars out of todays standard. I only see the video for the wonderful cars from times without internal computers broke down.
The Lancer may have tried unsuccessfully to incorporate the styling of it's bigger brothers, but it certainly was was not as bland and boxy as it's main competitors, the Ford Falcon and the Chevy II, and it's slant six was legendary for its reliability.
I bought a used kadett when I moved to Spain with the Air Farce back in 73. I think it was a 69. Great car for the 3 years I was there. I could not ship it back and had to sell it. I wanted to bring it back though. It reminded me of a smaller version of the Chevy 2. The Kadett took my family all over Spain. I think at the time tires were better made in Spain than buying from the base.
Not sure about your view of the Ford Consul Classic . They looked pretty good when compared to everything else on Britain's roads at that time, along with the Zephyr and Zodiac bringing a US car flavour to UK roads.
The styling and performance of the dodge lancer was exact opposite of stated. More power than the tired, droopy looking falcon. Lancer was simply a restyled Valiant which was the styling and performance success over its rivals. Same bs about any other old cars of the era calling them basic and utilitarian- all cars back then was basic compared to now.
The 225 Slant Six was not a sluggish engine. I had a mid size '67 Dodge Coronet with thst engine and it easily ran at our interstate speeds. It also had the torsion bar front suspension and it hsd very good handling. There are too many mistakes concrrning other cars as well in this video, so no subspcription.
Tell me that the Renault has a rear engine, then show me the engine under the bonnet at the front. I've seen some stupid posts, but today you win. 🤣😅🤣😅
The first car I ever drove was a Citroen Bijou ! It was a very good car ! Very few were made ! It was a product of the British Citroen factory at Slough ! Most of this video is a load of rubbish !
That would be one hell of a rare find today. I remember in the 80's, one was still pottering around the streets of Clifton in Bristol. Few people today would realise that Citroen once had a factory in Slough. The British built 2CV's were also slightly different.
@@obesetuna3164 My Uncle was a Citroen dealer in Cleethorpes ! He tried various options even three wheel cars and The Singer Chamois but Citroens took of like hot cakes ! In those days the big Citroens the D.S. and I.D. were decades ahead of anything else ! In my opinion the best cars you could buy ! That was why we were helping to drive Citroens to Cleethorpes !
The Renault Juvaquatre (1938-1953) was basically an Opel Kadett with modified front (1003 ccm SV engine, 27 bhp). Its break version named AHG, built from 1946- 1954, I owned for some years. Easy to drive, but the weak engine and a three speed gearbox, ahem... These cars vanished quickly as in the mid fifties more and more motorways came up. You can drive a sv engine forever at 80 km/h, but do not dare to drive for 1-2 hours at top speed - it will be killed soon. So after1954 these breaks were fitted with a 4 CV engine (747 cc ohv), later with a Dauphine engine (845 cc ohv, some 30 bhp), called Renault 2100 or Dauphinoise. The bodywork was the same, distingiushable only by the Renault rhomboid on the grille. With the outcome of the R4, it was hopelessly outdated and vanished in 1960.
I owned a Ford Classic for eight years and 100,00 miles, 1340c column change to 1500GT floor change bullet box , the best boot capacity, toolbox, trolley, jack stand’s the odd gearbox or engine that car supported our family income whilst working for main dealer. Only towed once when the crank broke,
The Comet does not belong on this list... it was one of the better looking compacts and came with good engines, incl. a nice Windsor V8. Also, as for the Checker Marathon, Phoebe Buffay would strongly disagree with the negative comments ..
Don't you dare diss the Hillman Minx one of the best British cars of the 60s! And the Opel Kadett look similar to the Vauxhall Viva HA which went on until early 80s as a van. Do you know nothing?
A van version of the pre-war Renault Juvaquatre, which remained in production until 1960, because the new, rear engined Dauphine was not available as a van. Front-engined throughout, as is clearly obvious.
You have upset Richard Hammond picking on 'Oliver' 🤣 yes i have some pretty dull cars; a Mini 850 van that barely got above 50mph, a Morris 1100 it was ok performance was very average, a Ford Escort Mk2 1300 ( i think the motor was Tired ) it was GUTLESS and it did Not like the change when unleaded fuel came in!!
The Renault Dauphinoise has little in common with the Renault Dauphine. The Dauphinoise is a late version of the front engine "Juvaquatre" sold since1937. In the sixties, this was already an old fashioned car, produced until its replacement by the Renault 4 in 1961. The Renault Dauphine, rear engine type, built since 1956, was a larger and more comfortable version of the 4CV built since 1947. The only common feature of the "Dauphinoise" and the "Dauphine" is the use of the same post WWII engine. Even if the "Juvaquatre" was a pre war design, it remained in service until its replacement by the Renault 4 and its F4 and F6 versions.
Of course cars have improved since then but that doesn't mean they were bad cars, the people that designed them weren't silly, they were engineers and many cars that have been named here were reliable and good vehicles in their day, you say it's the 1960's many of these cars are much older than that.
The discrepancies between commentary and actual film is hilarious. E.g, Renault Dauphinoise described as having a rear-mounted motor, but shown with one in the front. Who wrote this drivel?
The Renault presented as the "Doofen" (name that never been on a Renault) Dauphine il the real name, but there, it a Renault Juvaquatre released in 1937 and ends in 1960 (I am french, sorry for my poor english !)
About the Kadett A, all of a sudden you show pictures of a Kadett B. Is that intentional or pure mistake due to lack of knowledge of what you are talking about? You should have kept on the US auto market, my friend!
Listening to an AI-generated voice slaughter the English language written by someone who never understood the post-war auto world and really blew some of the content is hilarious. "Gogglemmble mumble." A laugh riot.
2 of the cars that I'd consider the best for their time and price have been labeled as the worst in these videos, this video is absolute nonsense and i don't take it seriously as a result.
Text to voice synthesis is rubbish. 'powered by a one point zero litre engine', nah mate, no-one says that, and 'produced between nineteen forty eight and nineteen fifty zero', well that's weird.😮😮
What a load of Tosh, can't speak for the American cars, but the Rest were cars of their time, sold well & were reliable, again for car's of their time, absolute nonsense 🤔
Sad to say that you know Nothing about English conditions after the war petrol was rationed and Very expensive my father came home after the war and rode a James 150 CC motor cycle to work 14 miles for four years in all kinds of bad English weather until he could afford a car then he was glad to get an old [1930] Morris oxford which he kept for about 3 years. Then he Had an Opel Capitan that got good gas mileage. We had very narrow roads so cars did not need big gas guzzeling engines. I started to drive in 1958 while gas was still high price then i came to USA 1972 was amazed at being able to buy gas around 38 cents a gallon after paying over a dollar a gallon in England. Maybe that was why English cars had small engines in most cars Gas milage was important. Maybe you need the research your Subject before spouting off on a subject you know very little about.
Showing a Kadett A first. Telling negative subjective "facts" and switching to pictures of the successor Kadett B. Opel was fine with selling the Kadett model. It was quite successful. All that puchased a Kadett you indirectly ambarras to have buyed such a minimalistic abd ugly car. 😮
It is not so bad and little of better car in of my earlier used cars that I used well . Really Opel Kadett is a simpe and able to maintain easily and eleven hundred c c petrol consuption under normal of desired speed please. One think kindly do not load so of heavy in the luggate room and think of driving in up side of mountain and rock even certain road and litlle of power use on one side parking lights in of control switich at dash board
GOOD OR BAD, THEY ARE HISTORY OF MOTORING. APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THEY WERE BUILT IN. THEY ARE NOW JUST FUN HOBBY MOTORS, ENJOY THEM.
I suppose, Your knowledge about European cars is very limited (just to say it in a fiendly manner). The OPEL Kadett was a much loved car by its owners, by meeting exacly their needs. Renault R4 and VW Beatle had a different customer target group. So nothing to comare with.
The Opel "Manta" was a direct competitor to the Ford/Mercury "Capri". The Manta was a VERY nice car, but didn't have a V6 like the Capri. So Capri would run rings around the Manta!
Yes. Their knowledge is lacking. I imagine that the Opel was a fine car. In Britain, the slab sided little Vauxhall Viva was intended for the same kind of market, and much appreciated by many.
You said the same things about each of the cars . Really boring.
My father had one and it was a wonderful car !
Yes. But the cadette super boss run them all into the ground. @@TheOzthewiz
As someone who was born at the end of WW2 and grew up in the 50's and 60's your comments on British cars of that era are missinformed and out of context,unlike America our infrastructure was destroyed by warfare and it had to be rebult,how much of your industry was destroyed by bombing?? The cars and commercial vehicles built here reflected the petrolrationing post war hence small engines not V6's used by you,the same goes for European countries raviged by war how do you have the nerve to compare your car industry in a country that suffered no damage to its factories with European manufactures.
Opel Kadett A was a very successful car. It also paved the way for Opel as a rally car. Please stop making s..t up!
Indeed! Additionally, this particular Opel Kadett (07-99-NP, Dutch, from 1970) is still on the road in 2024!
A Lot Of These Cars Got You From Point A To Point B. 😁
What else do you need? 😉
What's wrong with the good old Opel Kadett A?
The pride and joy of many European working class family. Who rejoiced in finally able to own a real automobile. It was a much better car than for instance the Renault Dauphine.
Not enough chrome?
Mee eens, de Kadett was een hele betrouwbare en goede auto, in tegenstelling tot Renault, Rommel!
The Renault Dauphine had about 30HP from it's 845cc 4-cyl water cooled rear engine. But, it weighed about 636 kg (1400 lbs), so performance was about equal to the European economy crs from that era. The lack of a 4-speed gearbox hurt the car's performance!
I agree. The video has also mixed up the Kadett A and the Kadett B, as it shows several pictures of the B model. Clearly, the Kadett B was a big improvement from the Kadett A. But I still find it wrong to classify the A model among the dumbest and worst cars of the 60s. It deserves better than that!
The Renault Dauphine was much more elegant but the Opel Kadett was made of almost rostless steel and cld reach decennia of age. I had both, it was not trash vs quality but elegance vs robustness.
This guy knows nothing about the cars he wants to talk to somebody who had liver knowledge ! 12:58
Whoever put this together talks a load of ROT. Most of these cars were acceptable in their time, and it is great to see them again. However, it would be better without the inane commentary, so if you haven't got anything worth hearing, stay silent.
The British Hillman Husky was the estate version of the Hillman Minx which was a well built quality car compared to a Ford of similar size. Of course there were numerous badge engineered version with increased interior and exterior trim together with more powerful engines. The Ford popular was a very popular model and sold well. It was meant to be a no frills car even down to having just one wiper just for the driver. Even a heater was an extra. The Austin Atlantic was a disterous move on both sides of the Atalantic but today it is a reare much sought after car that commands decent prices especially the convertible
The Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger were a sports. Car body on theb Hillman Husky/Commer Cob chassis parts
Do even know anything about these cars? The dodge lancer performed better than most of the other cars of the time
I agree 100%! If nothing else, the Dodge Lancer/Plymouth Valiant were EXCELLENT handling vehicles compared to their American counterparts like, Falcon and Corvair. They used "torsion bar" suspension which gave them superior suspension geometry. Sadly, the build quality of "Chrysler" products was lacking, even today!! The "voice over" in this video seems to not realize that cars of the '50s, '60s were all lacking in performance, especially European vehicles, except for the EXPENSIVE "sports cars" !!
There are far too many AI generated listicles masquerading as motoring content here.
The cars aren't 'shit' but your comments are 😂
Owned a Kadett for many years, 0 problem, lots of km in very different types of situations. Very good car
I'm only watching because the ignorance is hilarious!
"They designed this car to be cheap and practical, but it didn't have the pace of a Lambo or the luxury of a Roller. I can't understand why anyone bought it." Repeat until everyone is snoring.
Who spotted the really slow, boring car fitted with a Cobra engine?
The Ford Consul Classic was introduced as a 'stop-gap' model until the Cortina was introduced, people who I knew who owned Classics often rated them superior to the Cortina, as for the reverse raked rear window and tail fins they didn't do the 105E Anglia any harm did they? Those things sold like hot cakes!
They were fantastic cars ! I don't know why they were not made for long !
I did grow up with a white Gogo from my dad. The sucsess of the Gogo was, that this was the first car in germany that could be driven with a driver license for motorcicles. First step to buying a car or like that...
Another car in that class was, the 2-seater "Messerschmitt". Kind of like sitting in a German fighter plane. I saw one in Minneapolis in 1957, I loved it!!
What’s wrong with reliable boring cars, by the way, whoever told you about the Austin Atlantic talks a load of rubbish it was brilliant, same about the husky. Why Americans should be worried about performance I don’t know, your speed limit was 55 mph
Atlantic.had.healy.engine.power.
I don't know about a consistent 60's theme. The history here is a bit upsidedown. Some of these models like the Austin Atlantic and Jeepster are cars from at the early 50's. While the Hillman Husky may have been available up until the early 60's, it too was first released a the late 1950's. In fact, the Ford Popular was pretty much a 1930's throwback, and like the "more modern" Morris Minor, was first produced in Britain when car production started to resume after the end of WW2! Without checking, I am willing to bet that the antiquated little Renault was also a late 40's product from what they term: the Post-War Austerity Era. Dismissing all of these old cars as dumb, is another issue.
This man knows nothing whatever about cars of the 1960s.
He does know how to sneer, though.
In 1967 a friend had a suhiny new Opel Cadet. With four teen passengers on board, the brakes couldn't bring the car to a stop. I have always regarded brakes as highly important.
Owned many of these....all good
The Lancer does not belong on this list, and they definitely were not sluggish with the 225 and the torsion bar suspension was ahead of it's time,when you cosider gm ford Toyota etc.used torsion bars in later years, also the 63 dart you say had better performance used the exact same engines the 170 and 225
If you do not know anything about something, FIRST study your subject, THEN make a video, this is laughable and sad at the same time....
I do not know, wise or not. About 70years ago Ford Cortina was the most bought car in Finland. Volvos were expensive and Ladas are what they are. Ladas are no more Cortininas also.
Volvos were expensive because Sweden had the HIGHEST "standard of living" in Europe at that time. But, you have to remember that "Swedish Steel" was the BEST in the World! Their labor rates were among the highest in "Western Europe", therefore you WOULD expect very high quality products to be produced!
Why keep on showing the Opel Kadett B when you're critisizen the A model? Opel Kadett A, B, and C had all been popular and reliable cars. Well known for quality and economic drive.
You can't compare them to some petroleating american V8.
Remember that european citizens didn't drove big american V8 cars.
And IF you had looked further about Glas (Hans Glas, Goggomobil) you would have known, that Glas made some very well builded cars. From 1300 ccm to the biggest 2,6 and 3 litre versions.
Hans Glas was overtaken by BMW.
On our side of the " pond " we had smaller narrower roads and petrol was dearer the complete opposite to the USA ,
This fool claims that the Dauphinois was a version of the Dauphine and had an engine in the rear, but this car was totally different, with the engine n the front, while the Dauphine had the engine in the rear.
He clearly doesn't know a thing of cars. Perhaps it's written in some sort of manuscript? But clearly filled with wrong information.
It's horrifying how wrong the narrator can be. He give direct wrong information and he value the cars out of todays standard. I only see the video for the wonderful cars from times without internal computers broke down.
The Lancer may have tried unsuccessfully to incorporate the styling of it's bigger brothers, but it certainly was was not as bland and boxy as it's main competitors, the Ford Falcon and the Chevy II, and it's slant six was legendary for its reliability.
Hang on a lot of the cars shown are 50's cars. The Austin Atlantic ceased production in 1952!
I bought a used kadett when I moved to Spain with the Air Farce back in 73. I think it was a 69. Great car for the 3 years I was there. I could not ship it back and had to sell it. I wanted to bring it back though. It reminded me of a smaller version of the Chevy 2. The Kadett took my family all over Spain. I think at the time tires were better made in Spain than buying from the base.
My uncle had a Consul Classic for years, he loved it!
Grab a load of AI tosh, voice it up with TtoS and nick a load of video clips. Hardly a winning formula.
Not sure about your view of the Ford Consul Classic .
They looked pretty good when compared to everything else on Britain's roads at that time,
along with the Zephyr and Zodiac bringing a US car flavour to UK roads.
Ford Consuls design should look like the american cars, with double headlights, flashy grills and tail finns. just in 60% of the size.
The styling and performance of the dodge lancer was exact opposite of stated. More power than the tired, droopy looking falcon. Lancer was simply a restyled Valiant which was the styling and performance success over its rivals. Same bs about any other old cars of the era calling them basic and utilitarian- all cars back then was basic compared to now.
The AI voice over is "180 out" of reality!
The 225 Slant Six was not a sluggish engine. I had a mid size '67 Dodge Coronet with thst engine and it easily ran at our interstate speeds. It also had the torsion bar front suspension and it hsd very good handling. There are too many mistakes concrrning other cars as well in this video, so no subspcription.
The Mercury Comet was dolled up Ford Falcon, The Dodge Lancer was a dolled up Plymouth Valiant.
YUP!
Tell me that the Renault has a rear engine, then show me the engine under the bonnet at the front. I've seen some stupid posts, but today you win. 🤣😅🤣😅
The first car I ever drove was a Citroen Bijou ! It was a very good car ! Very few were made ! It was a product of the British Citroen factory at Slough ! Most of this video is a load of rubbish !
That would be one hell of a rare find today. I remember in the 80's, one was still pottering around the streets of Clifton in Bristol. Few people today would realise that Citroen once had a factory in Slough. The British built 2CV's were also slightly different.
@@obesetuna3164 My Uncle was a Citroen dealer in Cleethorpes ! He tried various options even three wheel cars and The Singer Chamois but Citroens took of like hot cakes ! In those days the big Citroens the D.S. and I.D. were decades ahead of anything else ! In my opinion the best cars you could buy ! That was why we were helping to drive Citroens to Cleethorpes !
Renault Dauphinoise is a version of Juvaquatre. Nothing to do with Renault Dauphine.
The Renault Juvaquatre (1938-1953) was basically an Opel Kadett with modified front (1003 ccm SV engine, 27 bhp). Its break version named AHG, built from 1946- 1954, I owned for some years. Easy to drive, but the weak engine and a three speed gearbox, ahem... These cars vanished quickly as in the mid fifties more and more motorways came up. You can drive a sv engine forever at 80 km/h, but do not dare to drive for 1-2 hours at top speed - it will be killed soon.
So after1954 these breaks were fitted with a 4 CV engine (747 cc ohv), later with a Dauphine engine (845 cc ohv, some 30 bhp), called Renault 2100 or Dauphinoise. The bodywork was the same, distingiushable only by the Renault rhomboid on the grille. With the outcome of the R4, it was hopelessly outdated and vanished in 1960.
In most scenes of the Opel Kadett-A you can see a Kedett-B.😂
I owned a Ford Classic for eight years and 100,00 miles, 1340c column change to 1500GT floor change bullet box , the best boot capacity, toolbox, trolley, jack stand’s the odd gearbox or engine that car supported our family income whilst working for main dealer. Only towed once when the crank broke,
Die Kadett mit niederländischen und schwedischen Kennzeichen zeigen den Kadett B!!!!
Rubbish !!
I love the unique cars I owned two Barracudas in my time a 1965 and 1966 and dad owned a 1960 Valient ( similar to a Dodge Lancer
The Comet does not belong on this list... it was one of the better looking compacts and came with good engines, incl. a nice Windsor V8. Also, as for the Checker Marathon, Phoebe Buffay would strongly disagree with the negative comments ..
Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder. All these cars are now classics.
Don't you dare diss the Hillman Minx one of the best British cars of the 60s! And the Opel Kadett look similar to the Vauxhall Viva HA which went on until early 80s as a van. Do you know nothing?
That Renault has that motor in the front as per your video didn't you lookat it? Well done
A van version of the pre-war Renault Juvaquatre, which remained in production until 1960, because the new, rear engined Dauphine was not available as a van.
Front-engined throughout, as is clearly obvious.
You have upset Richard Hammond picking on 'Oliver' 🤣
yes i have some pretty dull cars; a Mini 850 van that barely got above 50mph, a Morris 1100 it was ok performance was very average, a Ford Escort Mk2 1300 ( i think the motor was Tired ) it was GUTLESS and it did Not like the change when unleaded fuel came in!!
Mercury was supposed to be a little better/more stylish point in the Ford lineup. Going down market with a compact just muddled Mercury's image.
Just another AI generated video... Waste of time
wrong picture of the Ford Classic - Consul Capri
An ad every two minutes. Gave up watching
Believe me, you DIDN'T miss much! I managed to SUFFER through because I loved the cars of that era!
Hilarious, competition for robot chicken.
The AI narration SUCKS, BIG TIME!!
The Renault Dauphinoise has little in common with the Renault Dauphine. The Dauphinoise is a late version of the front engine "Juvaquatre" sold since1937. In the sixties, this was already an old fashioned car, produced until its replacement by the Renault 4 in 1961. The Renault Dauphine, rear engine type, built since 1956, was a larger and more comfortable version of the 4CV built since 1947.
The only common feature of the "Dauphinoise" and the "Dauphine" is the use of the same post WWII engine.
Even if the "Juvaquatre" was a pre war design, it remained in service until its replacement by the Renault 4 and its F4 and F6 versions.
Half way in and I disagree on everything blabbed here. American standard I guess. Clearly a Trump voter.
Another AI scripted piece of clickbait.
My dad owned an Isuzu I-mark diesel. Woff,woff
Of course cars have improved since then but that doesn't mean they were bad cars, the people that designed them weren't silly, they were engineers and many cars that have been named here were reliable and good vehicles in their day, you say it's the 1960's many of these cars are much older than that.
The discrepancies between commentary and actual film is hilarious. E.g, Renault Dauphinoise described as having a rear-mounted motor, but shown with one in the front.
Who wrote this drivel?
that was a waste of an hour, big thumbs down here....
The Lightburn Zeta.Sales of 363 vehicles Manufactured by a company that made cement mixers.Say no more.
I had a cadtet around around 1987 must have been a 1974 model; ,.... It was very good
You know not of what you speak.
You would need to own an oilwell to buy an Austin Atlantic today.! When did you last see one on the road.?
This is uninformed bollocks from the US where powerful cars that couldn't handle bends were the norm .
The Renault presented as the "Doofen" (name that never been on a Renault) Dauphine il the real name, but there, it a Renault Juvaquatre released in 1937 and ends in 1960 (I am french, sorry for my poor english !)
Carravel driver needs lessons in steeringwheel operation this driver is a dangerous driver ! FIX IT !
Poorly researched video. Avoid.
Has this this person even got a licence
About the Kadett A, all of a sudden you show pictures of a Kadett B. Is that intentional or pure mistake due to lack of knowledge of what you are talking about? You should have kept on the US auto market, my friend!
The problem with British cars was the small CC 4 cylinder motors
They might have sold it in aus as a Torana
Listening to an AI-generated voice slaughter the English language written by someone who never understood the post-war auto world and really blew some of the content is hilarious. "Gogglemmble mumble." A laugh riot.
2 of the cars that I'd consider the best for their time and price have been labeled as the worst in these videos, this video is absolute nonsense and i don't take it seriously as a result.
How about the Volkswagen "The Thing"?
These video's are clearly seen from an American point of view.
The Austin Atlantic my father had one i have to admit one of the best cars he ever had and i don't care what you say
Jeepsters were featured in Kerouac novels.
hmmm engine is up front old man ,,it was a work vehicle ,it appears to be a 2 seater not a family station wagon,
Text to voice synthesis is rubbish. 'powered by a one point zero litre engine', nah mate, no-one says that, and 'produced between nineteen forty eight and nineteen fifty zero', well that's weird.😮😮
Rubbish video
What a load of Tosh, can't speak for the American cars, but the Rest were cars of their time, sold well & were reliable, again for car's of their time, absolute nonsense 🤔
I would take any of these cars any over todays computerrun and battery shit anyday
Lots of bs, and mixing Kadett A and C pictures make this contribution to wasting time. I didn't watch past the Kadett
Sad to say that you know Nothing about English conditions after the war petrol was rationed and Very expensive my father came home after the war and rode a James 150 CC motor cycle to work 14 miles for four years in all kinds of bad English weather until he could afford a car then he was glad to get an old [1930] Morris oxford which he kept for about 3 years. Then he Had an Opel Capitan that got good gas mileage. We had very narrow roads so cars did not need big gas guzzeling engines. I started to drive in 1958 while gas was still high price then i came to USA 1972 was amazed at being able to buy gas around 38 cents a gallon after paying over a dollar a gallon in England. Maybe that was why English cars had small engines in most cars Gas milage was important. Maybe you need the research your Subject before spouting off on a subject you know very little about.
I suppose you think the 59 Cadillac was the best car ever made!! The rest of the world laughs at American excesses and. wastefulness.
Showing a Kadett A first.
Telling negative subjective "facts" and
switching to pictures of the successor Kadett B.
Opel was fine with selling the Kadett model.
It was quite successful.
All that puchased a Kadett you indirectly
ambarras to have buyed such a minimalistic abd ugly car. 😮
👀 🤔 😁 😎
It is not so bad and little of better car in of my earlier used cars that I used well . Really Opel Kadett is a simpe and able to maintain easily and eleven hundred c c petrol consuption under normal of desired speed please. One think kindly do not load so of heavy in the luggate room and think of driving in up side of mountain and rock even certain road and litlle of power use on one side parking lights in of control switich at dash board
These Cars Are All Democrats. 😁 😎 🤣 😂
Listen to the stupid pronouncation of Goggomobil.
GOOD OR BAD, THEY ARE HISTORY OF MOTORING.
APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THEY WERE BUILT IN.
THEY ARE NOW JUST FUN HOBBY MOTORS, ENJOY THEM.