Toyota only made 2 convertible 2000GTs. They were specially made for use in a James Bond movie because Sean Connery was too tall to fit in the standard model.
I was going to mention that too. I guess they have something in common, they’re both the best looking cars ever produced by their respective companies.
On the Bristol cars, narrator can't seem to decide on pronouncing the car names correctly or otherwise. 🤨 The sad truth is no company handbuilding a small number of high quality custom cars can remain in business for long. No matter the car quality, auto companies can only make profit on mass sales.
Great video...just a small point on the XJ12 segment, some of the pictures used actually show the Daimler model. Jags had a plain edge radiator, whereas the Daimler had the "fluted" top to their radiators. In many ways they were essentially the same car, although the Daimlers were seen as the more luxurious vehicle.
First up is the Bristol 412, a fancy British car from the 1970s. It was made by a company that used to build airplanes! The 412 had a unique roof you could take off and store in the trunk. Only 98 were ever made, so spotting one today is super rare. Next, we've got the Ginetta G21. This little sports car was built by a small British company in the early 1970s. It was designed to be fun to drive but also practical enough for everyday use. Ginetta only made about 80 of these, so they're pretty hard to find now. The Panther J72 is another cool British car from the 1970s. It looked like an old-fashioned 1930s sports car but had modern engines under the hood. Each one was built by hand, making them extra special. Moving on to France, we have the Panhard PL 17. This car was super light and aerodynamic, which made it really fuel-efficient. It even won a big rally race in 1961! Sadly, the company that made it went out of business not long after. From America, there's the Ford LTD LX. This was a family car with a muscle car heart. Ford only made about 3,260 of them in 1984 and 1985, so they're pretty uncommon today. The TVR Tasmin is another British sports car that's often forgotten. It had a wedge-shaped design that was really futuristic for its time. TVR was a small company, so they didn't make too many of these. Let's not forget the Triumph Acclaim. This was actually based on a Honda design, which was pretty unusual for a British car back then. It was reliable and popular, but not many have survived to today. We'll also check out the Toyota 2000GT, Japan's first supercar. Only 337 were ever made, and they're worth millions now! It even starred in a James Bond movie. Finally, there's the Jaguar XJ12, a luxury car with a massive 12-cylinder engine. It was super fast for its size but used a ton of gas. That, plus its high price, means not many were sold. Aside from the cars listed in the description, the other ones are the Marcos Mantis and Bond Equipe.
You can make huge lists of super rare cars and be sure you still missed a bunch. As a Romanian, there are seceral Dacia cars with under 10 units ever made, like the Dacia 2000, Dacia MaxiBreak, Dacia 1320 "ax în cap", Dacia Extase,.... And that's just Romania. Cool video idea, but you could make a lot more episodes of it.
Cool video. Some of the footage and pronunciations were a little off eg. film of a Miura when talking about the 2000GT, and "beau" is pretty much pronounced "bo", but you'd be hard pushed to find anything else about the Triumph Acclaim Avon Turbo on TH-cam. Some cool cars and the info seems to be very accurate.
I came here to say the same thing, they gave us 3 reasons why it didn't sell, (32) in 3 years. They could have stopped with 1, it's ugly, I mean who okayed the design?😮
I want to know how a 'Jaguar' become a "Jagwahhhhr". I say put a random 'W' everywhere. A Ford becomes a "Forwooord". A Chrysler a "Ker-Why-sler?" The possibilities are endless. Always dreamed of a Wolls-Woyce Wilver Cloud and a Werrari 250 WTO.
The MK2 had the most expensive body shell of any production car at the time, it was curve detail loaded. When Ford bought Jaguar they immediately abandoned the design because they could find no way of mechanically mass producing the body panels which until then were still being mostly hand made and took a lot of fettling and panel beating to get fitted to a reasonable standard. Thus you then got the squared off XJs, they followed the rough dimensions, they still looked sleek but alas no longer beautiful. Later iterations were a little more rounded off and featured aluminium body shells until in the end even the V12s were pretty much abandoned and replaced with V8s. Ford on one hand saved the company but on the other hand tarnished the brand, and their biggest mistake? Flogging it off literally just weeks before sales of Jags exploded around the World.
Depends which era, they went right into the 2000s. The MK1s are pretty rare because they mostly got scrapped due to fuel costs, most of the V12s averaged 6-8 miles to the gallon at the time. I remember my old metalwork teacher at school bought a pristine low mileage one in 1982 for £50, that's all people could get for them. Lesser ones ended up in the crushers, breakers yards didn't even bother pulling them apart most of the time.
The ltd was not fast. There was a cop that put bananas in the tailpipe one time. What should be on instead is Australia's Ford LTD. Now that's a car. 5.4L v8s. 2000-2007 BAs
True. If you study the lines Lamborghini Miura in the footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity. True. If you study the lines of the Lamborghini Miura in this footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity.
@@G58yes the pillars especially. But Miura was larger I guess. Handling of GT40 must be better given the shorter wheelbase and wider trackwidth as compared to Miura.
15:58 below front of the car is Louvered😍❤️🔥 ... About that LTD,..i have saw so many LTD models with rich interiors with metal trims on doors, sexy centre consoles and ao many goodies....why this LTD is so mediocre?? Good unique things never gets success, even good people never make it to end...Jag XJ12 was more beautiful and unique than silver shadow and others...XJ12 deserved more love than Rolls and Bentley...but it didnt!! And thank you for informing about this cute lil ""Equipe""...and its a British sports cars...more well and good..wooden dash🤩🤤
Bristol 412 or Beaufighter should be a decent car with this Zagato body and a normal roof top like a Brigand Britannia coupe', strange the choice of a not nice targa top
@@top.intel0 sorry, not trying to start a fight. But yes, I’m referring to the chapter title in the bottom left corner. I did enjoy the article - I always wanted a Tasmin and the 412 Bristol is proof that money can’t buy taste. Cheers
Most of these cars rarity stems from how undesirable they were. If they were better looking they’d probably had sold a lot more. The Toyota and Jag clearly don’t belong in the list. I find it astounding how ugly some cars can be.
About couple of those cars, you've said things like - "unique, very rare, very expensive and hard to get, shown those times when car manufacturers were willing to experiment etc etc" which is a steaming pile of rubbish...Cars like Marcos M70 or that completely stupid Ford LXsomethingXTFXXXX are just cars, which are rare, because they didn't make any sense to buyl they are no unique or different, they're just plain ugly... And not even saying anything about that, that many of those stupid, idiotic cars killed many of those more obscure automakers, and that should be enough to realise, that those are just shitty cars...
"The LTD LX is a symbol of a time when American car companies were taking risks and trying new things" Shows a boring bland shitbox... *laughs in Citroen* Also, the Triumph Acclaim might be rare now, but it certainly wasn't in its days... there's a difference between a car that's only been made in very small numbers, and cars that didn't really survive times in great numbers. Okay, the Avons were really rare.
the bristol 412 is ugly , it is loaded with styling mistakes , when a stylist is into boating it inevitably affects their designs , and the two disciplines do not mix , not even close
Toyota GT was the most beautiful japanese car of forever
Its just your opinion, why do you think it matters?
@@Ze_Hans It's the only 60s Japanese supercar
@@Ze_Hanslet me try to understand you. You don't think giving an opinion in a comment section like this is ok?
Unfortunately all Japanese cars are extremely overpriced..
no doubt ❤
Toyota only made 2 convertible 2000GTs. They were specially made for use in a James Bond movie because Sean Connery was too tall to fit in the standard model.
Interesting use of the Lamborghini Muira footage with the Toyota 2000GT segment.
I was going to mention that too. I guess they have something in common, they’re both the best looking cars ever produced by their respective companies.
@@andrewnajarian5994I'll take the Countach over the Miura but that's just me
True. If you study the lines of the Lamborghini Miura in this footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity.
On the Bristol cars, narrator can't seem to decide on pronouncing the car names correctly or otherwise. 🤨
The sad truth is no company handbuilding a small number of high quality custom cars can remain in business for long. No matter the car quality, auto companies can only make profit on mass sales.
There are some beautiful cars in here...
...and some truly hideous.
Thanks for the upload🙏👍
Side note about Bristol, they refused to sell a car to James May.
Captn slow...😂
That 412 is one unfortunate looking car
🤮
You had to meet a certain criteria!
Great video...just a small point on the XJ12 segment, some of the pictures used actually show the Daimler model. Jags had a plain edge radiator, whereas the Daimler had the "fluted" top to their radiators. In many ways they were essentially the same car, although the Daimlers were seen as the more luxurious vehicle.
TVR Tasmin, 3000 and Taimar are beautiful car for the 80s and for a small factory, but should be better with a comfortable 2+2 layout.
First up is the Bristol 412, a fancy British car from the 1970s. It was made by a company that used to build airplanes! The 412 had a unique roof you could take off and store in the trunk. Only 98 were ever made, so spotting one today is super rare.
Next, we've got the Ginetta G21. This little sports car was built by a small British company in the early 1970s. It was designed to be fun to drive but also practical enough for everyday use. Ginetta only made about 80 of these, so they're pretty hard to find now.
The Panther J72 is another cool British car from the 1970s. It looked like an old-fashioned 1930s sports car but had modern engines under the hood. Each one was built by hand, making them extra special.
Moving on to France, we have the Panhard PL 17. This car was super light and aerodynamic, which made it really fuel-efficient. It even won a big rally race in 1961! Sadly, the company that made it went out of business not long after.
From America, there's the Ford LTD LX. This was a family car with a muscle car heart. Ford only made about 3,260 of them in 1984 and 1985, so they're pretty uncommon today.
The TVR Tasmin is another British sports car that's often forgotten. It had a wedge-shaped design that was really futuristic for its time. TVR was a small company, so they didn't make too many of these.
Let's not forget the Triumph Acclaim. This was actually based on a Honda design, which was pretty unusual for a British car back then. It was reliable and popular, but not many have survived to today.
We'll also check out the Toyota 2000GT, Japan's first supercar. Only 337 were ever made, and they're worth millions now! It even starred in a James Bond movie.
Finally, there's the Jaguar XJ12, a luxury car with a massive 12-cylinder engine. It was super fast for its size but used a ton of gas. That, plus its high price, means not many were sold.
Aside from the cars listed in the description, the other ones are the Marcos Mantis and Bond Equipe.
I guess thanks for the transcription, but am puzzled as to why you did this??
@@harrytitus9184maybe the same text wasn't in the description from the beginning?
You can make huge lists of super rare cars and be sure you still missed a bunch. As a Romanian, there are seceral Dacia cars with under 10 units ever made, like the Dacia 2000, Dacia MaxiBreak, Dacia 1320 "ax în cap", Dacia Extase,.... And that's just Romania.
Cool video idea, but you could make a lot more episodes of it.
Yup even 10 episodes on this topic won't be enough! Yeah, I'll try to make more videos about this topic
misinformation about cars and everything
I love the LTD LX. A stunning car, looking back.
Cool video. Some of the footage and pronunciations were a little off eg. film of a Miura when talking about the 2000GT, and "beau" is pretty much pronounced "bo", but you'd be hard pushed to find anything else about the Triumph Acclaim Avon Turbo on TH-cam. Some cool cars and the info seems to be very accurate.
the mantis m70 is so hidiously disgusting that i wish modern manufacturers could learn from
I came here to say the same thing, they gave us 3 reasons why it didn't sell, (32) in 3 years. They could have stopped with 1, it's ugly, I mean who okayed the design?😮
you gotta hand it to em tho - to put that thing out lol
Der ist wirklich haesslich😅 der kleine Renault Alpine 1968 ist mein alltime favor
I want to know how a 'Jaguar' become a "Jagwahhhhr". I say put a random 'W' everywhere. A Ford becomes a "Forwooord". A Chrysler a "Ker-Why-sler?" The possibilities are endless. Always dreamed of a Wolls-Woyce Wilver Cloud and a Werrari 250 WTO.
I drive a Jaa-weep Gah-wand Cherry-o-kee.
@@Colorado_Native He gets it.
@somebloke5565 Thwanks for the weeply.
The only one I haven't ridden in is the Ford Ltd. The joys of Goodwood etc :)
Can’t really imagine a huge wave of nostalgia for the Panhard. Or the Ford LTD.
Such an awesome list.
The Marcos M70 styling was not how it was originally envisaged,the kindest comment was that it looked more like a prototype car than a production car
Ford lLTD has powerful 5.0 V8 producing 165 hp . That is 33 hp per litar very Impresive
😂😂😂😂
"... aluminum became too expensive and they switched to steel...
... which made it more costly to make"?
(re: Panhard)
Super rare...my nimrod kit car is produced only 15 times plus prototype...nown existing today..the prototype plus 4 cars....thats pretty rare
The Lancia Beta Coupe looked alarmingly similar to the 412, although it was a lot smaller.
XJ is the best looking Jaguar in my opinion. I recall it being one of my early favorites, behind the Porsche 911 and Chevy Camaro.
The MK2 had the most expensive body shell of any production car at the time, it was curve detail loaded. When Ford bought Jaguar they immediately abandoned the design because they could find no way of mechanically mass producing the body panels which until then were still being mostly hand made and took a lot of fettling and panel beating to get fitted to a reasonable standard. Thus you then got the squared off XJs, they followed the rough dimensions, they still looked sleek but alas no longer beautiful. Later iterations were a little more rounded off and featured aluminium body shells until in the end even the V12s were pretty much abandoned and replaced with V8s. Ford on one hand saved the company but on the other hand tarnished the brand, and their biggest mistake? Flogging it off literally just weeks before sales of Jags exploded around the World.
What is so rare about the Jaguar XJ12? there are plenty on the road. Also why the cut to a Lambo Muira in the segment of the Toyota GT 2000?
Depends which era, they went right into the 2000s. The MK1s are pretty rare because they mostly got scrapped due to fuel costs, most of the V12s averaged 6-8 miles to the gallon at the time. I remember my old metalwork teacher at school bought a pristine low mileage one in 1982 for £50, that's all people could get for them. Lesser ones ended up in the crushers, breakers yards didn't even bother pulling them apart most of the time.
The boys and girls at Bristol seemed a bit optimistic about Britain's post war recovery
I like it!
The ltd was not fast. There was a cop that put bananas in the tailpipe one time. What should be on instead is Australia's Ford LTD. Now that's a car. 5.4L v8s. 2000-2007 BAs
That early Bristol grill was a BMW kidney.
At 13:45 it is a Lamborghini Miura
True. If you study the lines Lamborghini Miura in the footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity. True. If you study the lines of the Lamborghini Miura in this footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity.
True. If you study the lines of the Lamborghini Miura in this footage, and compare them with the Ford GT40, you may notice a remarkable similarity.
@@G58yes the pillars especially. But Miura was larger I guess. Handling of GT40 must be better given the shorter wheelbase and wider trackwidth as compared to Miura.
Excluding the Toyota 2000 GT, a better title would’ve been NINE FUGLY‘s that no one wanted
Its Ginetta not Janetta
@14:45 of course the jeans shirt of Mr. Leno must appear in a video like this😊 (and the man in it too of course...)
These cars were highly modified by Australian and South African enthusiasts, of which I am one. I drove several of these.
Which one??
jaguar xj12 is adorable car
I had a sky blue Beaufighter. Sold it and bought an Aston Martin Virage.
What car is the yellow sedan?
so whats the car in the thumbnail then? thats the only reason i clicked on this video.
Thats the jaguar i mentioned I just changed the color for better look in thumbnail
oh ok. it looks so different. 😂
15:58 below front of the car is Louvered😍❤️🔥 ...
About that LTD,..i have saw so many LTD models with rich interiors with metal trims on doors, sexy centre consoles and ao many goodies....why this LTD is so mediocre??
Good unique things never gets success, even good people never make it to end...Jag XJ12 was more beautiful and unique than silver shadow and others...XJ12 deserved more love than Rolls and Bentley...but it didnt!!
And thank you for informing about this cute lil ""Equipe""...and its a British sports cars...more well and good..wooden dash🤩🤤
Triumph had thin body panels, known for rusting prematurely.
Interesting content, if a bit long winded.
Marcos Mantis : the best rear and the worst front in one single car of all the times...
Toyota 2000 GT "... go toe to toe with the best from Europe and America... like the Jaguar and Porsche" 😊
Bond "Ay-kweep" !!
The TVR was designed by ex Lotus is why it looks similar to the Lotus Esprit from the front
As part of its war reparation Bristol was able to use BMW designs - nothing to do with Nash . . . .
What about the Quattroporte ll? Or the fabulous Ligier JS2 from the same era?
The ligier JS2 is a beautiful sounding and looking exotic.
I know a gentleman that owns one in yellow
18:00 looks like opel senator 1984
The TVR looks Like Matra Murena
Triumph Acclaim is not so bad, maybe is too 70s style in the 80s....
Bristol 412 or Beaufighter should be a decent car with this Zagato body and a normal roof top like a Brigand Britannia coupe', strange the choice of a not nice targa top
TVR looks like an old Taurus
Triumph acclaim isn’t rare I’ve seen loads on the road
Rarer than other triumphs I suppose though
only motorcycles were in cc's not cars. cubic inch or liter were size of car engines
Wot no Jankel Tempest?
Janette G21 ? I’m guessing the badge on the boot is the correct spelling “Ginetta”
Who said Janette? Its Ginetta. Where did you get that name?
@@top.intel0 on the sub-title/time-stamp. [27:08] It actually says Janetta, but auto-correct changed it to Janette in my comment)
I don't use sub title it must the youtube auto generated captions. And at the start of every chapter I write the cars name in bottom left corner
@@top.intel0 sorry, not trying to start a fight. But yes, I’m referring to the chapter title in the bottom left corner.
I did enjoy the article - I always wanted a Tasmin and the 412 Bristol is proof that money can’t buy taste. Cheers
Pls look at 24:36. In bottom left corner. And yeah the chapter name you mentioned are also auto generated by youtube. Thank you
Reliant Scimitar GTC .. 442 ever made ...
Anyone saying these cars are beautiful is full of it.
It’d be a very dull world if everyone liked the same things…..
@@TheGypsyWolfUK You sayin' the Bristol ain't dull?
Most of these cars rarity stems from how undesirable they were. If they were better looking they’d probably had sold a lot more.
The Toyota and Jag clearly don’t belong in the list.
I find it astounding how ugly some cars can be.
pronounced Bow-fort, Bow-fighter, ect.
I have a toolbox that looks better than the 412 !
About couple of those cars, you've said things like - "unique, very rare, very expensive and hard to get, shown those times when car manufacturers were willing to experiment etc etc" which is a steaming pile of rubbish...Cars like Marcos M70 or that completely stupid Ford LXsomethingXTFXXXX are just cars, which are rare, because they didn't make any sense to buyl they are no unique or different, they're just plain ugly... And not even saying anything about that, that many of those stupid, idiotic cars killed many of those more obscure automakers, and that should be enough to realise, that those are just shitty cars...
"The LTD LX is a symbol of a time when American car companies were taking risks and trying new things"
Shows a boring bland shitbox... *laughs in Citroen*
Also, the Triumph Acclaim might be rare now, but it certainly wasn't in its days... there's a difference between a car that's only been made in very small numbers, and cars that didn't really survive times in great numbers. Okay, the Avons were really rare.
@13:45 Why is it showing a red Lambo Miura? Shite editing much?
The toyota gt had a shelby version. It's less known.
the bristol 412 is ugly , it is loaded with styling mistakes , when a stylist is into boating it inevitably affects their designs , and the two disciplines do not mix , not even close
Zero zero seven, 😂 so what planet are you from?
Clearly not earth.
No to all those cars
Not bjufighter. Bowfighter.
Horsepowe