Old Top Gear 1997 - Modified Cars
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- Andy Wilman (Producer of the Clarkson/Hammond/May Era of Top Gear) looks at some modified cars, like you would have seen in the now defunct Max Power magazine
Taken from an early 1997 edition of the old format Top Gear - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
The 90s. when swirling the camera like that was cool :')
3:13 I died of laughter as I thought this was some kind of meme but no, it is the intern screwing around with effects
First instances of 21st century humor but it's 20th century
@@Umar2010ist Well ahead of their time.
hahaha yeah
*deep fried megane*
That is 100% shitpost material before it even existed
This guy, Andy Wilman, Is the brain behind the old new Top Gear and the Grand Tour.
@@westistanbul He's The Producer himself. When they say "The Producer" they might as well say: Andy Wilman
First time Iv'e seen him lol.
Clarkson May and Hammond do far more writing than Andy Wilman
@@oll6531 nO
JCs mate
This video breaths 90's
Fr
Also hello from the future
Pull a bird?!?!? That Sierra owner is savage!
yea, a peacock...
21 year old bird lmao
He looks like a dropped plum though, the car would help him
@Fernando Maia
"Bird" is slang for girl, and "pulling a bird" means, well, ...
I agree, he is indeed ...a savage.
The cars reflect the style at the time. I've never understood the motoring establishments hatred for modified cars.
That Dimma 306 was sweet!
Ed H It's car that have all the appearance of a fast car, but aren't. We went through that in America with the Pro-Street movement during the 80's--cars that became more and more modified/customized that were primarily built for showing-off, but only ran well enough to putter about the fairgrounds. Eventually, some even took the focus on appearance alone to the point that other than "tubbed" wheel-wells out-back, and a well-trimmed interior w/fancy paint, they just production-stock cars... sporting N/A six- and four-cylinders, no-less! This was known as the Pro-Fooler movement... And to anyone serious about building a cool, performance-oriented car wasn't fooled. And those that built such just "looked the fool".
In time, Pro-Street builds became more realistic/practical... and the Pro-Touring movement started. But when kids from California and Urban Centers began modifying their hand-me-down FWD imports, we laughed! Especially at those that essentially were only doing what those in the Pro-Fooler movement did, but to a worse extent.
The Dimma 205 was better
@@pancudowny so you're just going to pretend that the original hot rodding has nothing to do with all of this those cars looked faster than they went because when you take a bunch of weight off and tune the engine it will go faster. however a 1940s Ford deluxe still wouldn't go as fast as a open wheel Bugatti Maserati auto Union whatever you blaming the 80s for a 1940s problem next thing you know you'll be telling people to tear down that wall Mr Gorbachev.
w@@ridanann hot rods are fast. They're 'hot' as in fast
@@SkinweedCorp and “hot” hatches are fast in corners not straight lines
The Sierra looks pretty much how it left the factory besides the engine bay, very nice.
20k pounds for that tiny soundsystem??? Boy, times have changed with the prices
This era is long gone. Blokes/Women have plenty more to spend their money on now, gym membership/online shopping etc etc. I seem to remember a high percentage of 17 year olds wanting to get a car asap, and even if you weren’t into cars you could get drawn into the car scene once you got on the road. That 950 fiesta popular you have is a great first car but you were soon making plans on how you could get that XR2 etc.
I like the Sierra Cosworth, but I'm not keen on how the others look.
Cosworth has only been detailed and (unfortunately) lots of chrome parts added. Still; it keeps the punter off the street taking drugs or worse, selling them.
So much rice
RPKVids didn’t one sell for £200k a few years ago?
@@AC72 no rice what so ever they fast asf fuck
I love any car, as long as the owner is genuine in his love with it. Rice, muscle, German sedan, Italian Supercar, it's all good.
Andrew Cuthbertson what about a Prius?
Rusty Rivet what the fuck is that suppose to mean?
Brandon Hall it means it knows nothing about cars
matthew turner but how? He literally says he likes every type of car, is that a foreign concept to you guys?
You love any car, as long as the owner is genuine in his love? What are you trying to say?
Do you have trouble in understanding/ speaking English, or are you just fucked up?
The VW Corrado was a MAX POWER MAGAZINE giveaway car!!
I remember, it was their 1st one wasn't it?
After they had that horrible Pink Escort WRC look-a-like
1st one was MK4 RS Turbo Escort
that is true so in reality it didn't really cost the guy anything really as he won the car from mag great times from back in that day modifying has changed now it's less in your face with kits and stuff it's mostly oem where you can with little changes
I remember having a look around that vw corrado at a show. The sound system nearly blew my head off lol
@@MrMcKane The pink WRC Escort was recently owned by Monky London (TH-camr). He had the engine rebuilt and the bodywork restored. I think he raffled it on his channel. There’s a few vids on his channel if you’re interested
Nostalgia is kicking in watching this in 2022.
I was 17 when this aired. I literally skinted myself on an xr2, nothing like 40 grand, but a gas flowed lump, updated suspension, exhaust and sound system was all I could afford lol. Wish I still had it.
Pokerclown 79 i bought my xr2 in 1996, i still have it in the garage. just started to try and restore it back to original.
Pokerclown 79 I loved my xr2 wish I still had it
My older brother had a white mk2 xr2, I thought it was the fasted car in the world and nobody could beat my big bro until one day a Renault 5 GT Turbo left us for dead like we were standing still, The sound the turbo and dump valve made to me at the age of maybe 12 was like nothing i had ever heard, i was in awe, 20 years later at the age of 32 i got my first 5 turbo
Soo... you're 40 niw?
@@chanuda4824 Shut up you neek.
I can't be the only one actually digging the distorted bass at 3:12
The Sierra owner is hilarious, wonder how he's doing now in 2022
Kicking him self he sold it 🤣
@@gavster023 he might still have it?
i checked the numberplate to see if the car still exists.
The numberplate is now on a Ferrari 599 F1.
@@Shuts but does the cosy still exist? not interested in the numberplate.
@@snakeybriskins6432 not sure, I don’t have that information
the cossie is the only car there id still be happy in today
Kay Cee but the driver is cringeworthy
A- Cossa
If that dude still has that Cossie he will defo make his money back on it, if he has taken care of it that is
John Higgins
In that condition the car today is worth over 100k easily
Yep seen a few for sale over the recent months over and about the 100k mark, those have very love mileage, but even if he has done a fair bit its still worth a fortune.
not quite, rs500s yes, this looks like the std sierra non 500. and even then just coz one gets 100k doesnt mean they all will, 50k plus is going 500 rate. 122k upper end. as of last week! 20-45k for 3dr.
John Higgins Not really. Considering the opportunity cost, he could've put the money in a property at that time which would now be worth several times more than the car.
Jatt Lalkar holy hell! Are you serious? I had no idea Cossies were in such demand.
It was due to guys like these and the modding scene back in the day is the reason why car makers make fast versions of their models. Golf R, civic type R, VXRs etc which is why the modding scene is now dead.
Peter keogh agreed
Lotus Cortina? Escort Mexico? Talbo Lotus Sunbeam? Chevette HSR? The car scene had 0 input on what the offered other than 106 Quicksilvers and Corsa SRIs.
wrong on both counts
So true, 80s/90s modding scene more or less dead, you just rarely see it now, they buy them off the peg now. Same as car stereos and a speaker upgrade with a sub in an MDF box in the boot, who fits them now?
I feel old.. I remember that Corrado when it was featured in a Max Power mag (I think)
I remember sticking my head in the boot of that Corrado and getting my head blown off 😂 it was facking loud !!!!
I had the Prima Megane Coupe on my wall!
These guys are more into their car's than the guys of the day throwing their money into the new Audis and BMWs
All these amazing cars that I couldn't afford when I was a kid....now years later I still can't afford them LMAO.
I was 18 when this was on and after watching I decided to pimp out my nova lol,the good old days with a pull choke
3.04 to 3.12 best replay to a shit question ever
the earrape hahahahaha
I'm guessing this appeared in everyone's suggestion feed, hence the mass views this is getting.
That corrado is sexy as hell
@@steezenx7399 I agree
Did he just refer to the Peugeot as a Froggy? That's a sackable offence now...haha
That poor corrado
AR47vet Rieger Body kit, if you dont know that, you dont like real VW scene..
I agree, that sound system is so unnecessary on a car that size.
Fukkk off Reiger Kit and ex max power car
It’s legendary believe it’s black now
I love that Peugeot 306, I imagine that body kit on a AWD turbo-charged racer :D
Obviously that one is FWD, but still great.
MegaRingstar even the works rally car was fwd.
that's not the point.
MegaRingstar well you need to butcher up a rusty or written off evo. fast 4wd pugs are very rare and old. (t16, vatanen or kankunen era).
Was it called a dimma kit the flared wheel arches I can't quite remember
Sierra Cosworth is the only car here that is worth anything today! That Corrado would be as well, if Halfords hadn't gotten hold of it!
The peugeot...
And 5 years later this comment is redundant 😂 mad how prices change.
Its the Only one that has the engine fitted the right way round and drives the correct wheels.
@@Biscuits645 Are the others worth a lot now?
@@ayrshiresoundman disagree. You can still have a lot of fun in a hot hatchback that drives the front wheels. So much easier to push to the limit too
that 306 was on eBay the other day, made just over 5000. it costs 45k in 97, 77k in 17 ha
I'm sure it's worth way more. There's currently a dimma 205 on there which needs work for the same price
0:38 Helicopter Tune one of the best Drum and Base songs ever created
The 'helicopter' tune was one of the biggest and best tunes of its era.
Used to play it all the time because of its killer bass line
@@shazash1 can you tell me the name of the tune from 1:29 that's something I would like to blast in my DC5 RSX-S.
It's jungle and it's the music of the gods haha
@@giancarlolugo9586 it’s by Star Crash. I think. Substances were taken at the time and it was a few decades ago 🤣
@@ChrisBeevor0511 thanks man
3:12 MUSIC ? Best song I've ever heard !
Im pretty sure its the start of that michael jackson, janet jackson song scream
Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
It's the intro to Michael and Janet Jackson's duet Scream
song is YG: My Nigga My Nigga
Nick Walker
I also think so!
Absolutely love the Astra, and with the Turbo engine conversion I'd love to have one even today :D
Thanks a lot. I love the look of european cars that has been modified in Britain during the 90's. :)
supremefantastic thank god its over, it was disgusting even at the time.
Love the bit at end where the producers torture Jeremy with testing a Vectra!
The 306 actually looks clean
Shultz yeah the cosworth and the peugeot are the only ones that I like, the rest are awful
That Corrado was built by Max Power magazine and given away, matey acting like he dropped 20k on the audio install 😂😂
Had the magazine rolled up in his arse pocket to quote the prices I’d say 😂
back in the days when "sound systems" were a mod
As the owner of a 3dr Sierra cosworth I am relieved to see that the Cossie is the most tastefully done one of the lot, I would drive that with no shame today (if it weren't for the fact mine is already much more heavily modified)
Christ this is an editing nightmare, I feel like I'm watching an episode of BrassEye!!
Welcome to the '90s! :)
The flares on that 306 actually looked pretty nice IMO. Nice Cossie too, the owner had a few quick comebacks in him 😆
This is the first TopGear clip I've seen with Andy Wilman as a presenter
"About 4,000 watts"
"5,000 watts?"
More like 6,000.
Try 7.
The guy with the Astra, Scott, he's got a haircut you could set your watch to.
Nice trousers. What chest size are they?
Guy Bailey Oh f--k! I'm using that one
This comment is underrated as fuck fucking laughing my ass of here
I tell you what,cars may have looked ghastly back in the day but it shows how much imagination people had compared to today
Everything looks like a fat egg now
I love the wide body 306. Probably my favourite car from the clip.
Prefer car scene back then not BMWs and Audi you see today
The good old days 😎
Talk about pissing it up the wall
Like the cosworth and 306 Dimma. Used to have a 306 xsi good car underrated
I can't believe the transition at 3:12 it was like a bad YTP
6:11 Is Andy Wilman even a car enthusiat? Choosing a soulless new car like an Audi A8 over a Sierra Cosworth just because it's the "same price" is a serious non-car person attitude. I dropped £20k+ on a Mazda RX-7 last year, and for that price I could've got a brand new VW Golf. But would I have done it? Absolutely not; because the FD is full of character and has been my dream car since I was a kid, and the Golf is, well, a Golf.
Would you even get a new Golf for £20k these days? I had an FD also. A '96 Efini one.. it was a special edition, I think it was one of three hundred, had a lot of nice little differences. It was chaste white with red leather inside and the little mini red leather seats in the back, opposed to the plastic storage bins I think came in most. I regret selling it in some ways.. it probably was the best car I ever owned.. well, the most special anyways. It gave me a feeling when driving it that I never got from anything else. It was a fantastic car. It was immaculate throughout. I'd thought about doing a single turbo conversion on it but ended up just selling it on. I really miss that car. God only knows what it'd be worth today. The FD is, in my view, the most perfect sports car ever to come out of Japan.. that unique rotary engine and not to mention the styling, like if you look at its contemporaries, R33, 300zx etc, they're not anywhere close, even the Mk4 Supra looks ugly beside it.
Its a close one, but the cars of the 90s were actually cool, unlike the bulk of what's on offer today as a new car. So I can see why you would take the RX7, because now there's nothing new like it. But comparing the sierra to the A8 in the context of the 90s the A8 would attract a high proportion of car enthusiasts. I mean the Sierras only got a straight 4 but that A8 probably has a V6 or V8, 4 wheel drive and it won't rust.
@@ayrshiresoundman That's a good point. We look at this and it seems bizarre today but, you do have to look at it in the context of the 90s. What has become valuable classic icons today were not thought of in the same way 25 years ago. I remember looking at old car classifieds a while ago.. there were immaculate rear wheel drive Toyota Corolla GT Twincams. UK Model AE86s. Selling for like £2,000. I bought a lovely one with 53k miles on it for £2,100 in very early 00s and everyone told me I was insane spending that kind of money on an old Toyota. The same car, in the same condition today would make 20k+. You also used to see Cosworths for similar. I remember seeing numerous sub £1000 RWD 4 door Sierra Cosworths. Probably not mint but even so. Wheras Peugeot 306 D-Turbos were selling for like £10,000. Crazy. I even recall seeing a Lotus Carlton for sale for very low money once. I can't remember exactly how much. But even to me then it seemed affordable. I remember telling my Father to buy it and he was like "what the hell would I want that old thing for?"
"What I'm saying is this is my car. I love it, do you?" No.
Djpaul 1210 you said exactly what I thought.
Definitely would have been coming up or down while watching this 😀
Im 46 now and still love these cars, i still remembered them the minute they came on even after 25 years or however long it is since i saw them last! I would still rather have any of those cars than the garbage they spew out on the forecourt!
Aww yeah back when ice meant in car entertainment.
the speakers used by mclaren (orange speakers) can be replicated with bowers and wilkens 801 speakers
or any b+w replacement speaker because apparently their kevlar mid/ woofer speakers.
Just needs Jakki Degg laying all over them cars...Happy days...😍
the guy put 20 000 pounds in audio alone in 1997 where in 2017 this is a five year salary in my country lol
amazing :3
3:51 spent all the money in the car, had to go to TV with dads shirt... Lol It's like 10 sizes bigger than him
Man I miss these times!
the Sierra was the only good one
Turbotube yep
Maybe also Corrado
I miss Dimma kitted Peugeot’s and Vauxhall’s 😭
Had a buddy here in the states with a merkur, same color as that cosworth, fun ride
1997: Crikey! 2007: but can it ski
That Peugeot is timeless though, lovely!
Back in the days of the 80's and 90's when the words "red top" or "mi16" were king, and most modding normally implied you needed a screwdriver to start it
I seem to recall the orange Corrado was a Max Power project car that was then given away in a competition? I was a avid reader of that magazine in the 90s. That guy didn’t spend anything on it, but won it.
It's Mr willman what challenge will he be setting us today
Song: Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Moving Shadow Recordings) (1993 Jungle)
Helicopter tune!!😍😍😍
The dude with the megane though, them clothes that hair cut..... the 90's were savage!!!!!
The 306 and cossie are bang on
this was before fast and furious brought modded cars to mainstream culture
Wonder if any of these cars are still around now
So incredibly 90s it hurt
When I first passed my test back in the nineties I was driving capris my first being a 1.6gl auto😂😂. It was all about hot hatches back then as the coupes were going out of fashion at the time. I went on to own another 5 ford capris, the last being a 2.8i special in two tone blue. I've never owned a hot hatch but was close to buying an xr2i fiesta. Big fan of the Sierra cossie and a 3 door one today fetches megabucks!
I had a bmw 323I when everyone had hot hatches. It’s always been rwd for me
The style of writing by the script is the new Top Gear quintessential, and by new I mean the reboot 2002 until Andy left. Andy must have been the one who dictated most of Jeremy scripts.They are 2 parts of the same men these 2.
No matter if you like it or not. That Era was so nice for car guys.
The good old GTI Era
Mr wilman always good
Wonder how many of them are still alive today, that's the cars I am referring to?
Yeh they all live on as kettles, toasters and white goods they were melted down and turned into
god damn - deep blue, the helicopter tune. absolute classic. always cool catching a dnb record in the wild
0:34 Yo the Helicopter Tune!
Iv still got two of them alpine base 200 tucked away 😂
Guy who owns the Peugeot looks like the type to hang around outside high schools at half 3 . I'll keep my shitbox thanks .
Middle age bloke you see doing burnouts in McDonald's car park at 10pm trying to impress 15 year old girls and going to "cruises" thinking he's vin diesel.
Reminds me of the old max power mags
Get back in the office Wilman!
Does this remind anyone else of the old need for speed games?
Outtro what song is it???
Wonder how much there worth now
propably less then orginal ones 500?-700?
Louis Greenleaf, they were probably wrapped around trees a long time ago!
Christopher Robin Lol you couldnt be more wrong try £30k for the cozzie
wakeup2theNWO
No!!!!!
More like over 100k for that cossie. Check auto trader how much they are going for
Except for the Cossie.... I'll give 75p for the lot! 😝
Fuck!....I feel old....
You're the man Birdman!
Do anyone know what music was coming on 306 speakers?
starcrash1750
Take That 😂😂
i love the corrado
The 306 and foes looks great that Corrado not so much
I love that sierra
Each to their own
The good old days