I don’t want the car of the future, I want the traffic levels of the past.

@redmachine7

2 жыл бұрын

You are the traffic

@dommidavros2211

2 жыл бұрын

Wow you must be SO CLEVER to come up with that one!!!

@dommidavros2211

2 жыл бұрын

@@redmachine7 😆😆

@ivankaramasov

2 жыл бұрын

With 10 times as many deaths per traveled distance

@jonslg240

2 жыл бұрын

*I want the traffic of the past PLUS the common-sense of the past.* ..plus the niceties and respect-for-others.

The sen-saws are life changing.

@Deepthought-42

4 ай бұрын

They are cutting edge!

@JP5isalive

4 ай бұрын

I was about to comment on the sen-SORS too

@jondellar

4 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha! It's the cousin of the classically trained British actor's staple pronunciation of "eee-vil" 😂

@JohnyG29

4 ай бұрын

It's how they say it on Star Trek.

@JohnHirstUK

3 ай бұрын

@@jondellar I think you mean actaws.

One thing it didn't have was traction control as he wheelspins off up the muddy lane 🙂

@ronaldtartaglia4459

2 жыл бұрын

The Droid!

@type17

Жыл бұрын

In fairness, only a few years later, elements of the ABS system were re-used/incorporated in traction control (and later again, for ESP), so ABS (and CAN-BUS, mentioned at the start, as the 'wire going around the whole car') were the beginning of a lot of other innovation opportunities.

@mrcaboosevg6089

Жыл бұрын

Back in those days you didn't need it 🤣

@type17

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcaboosevg6089 The wheelspin that we all saw kinda proves that they did - decent cars had good levels of power, diffs were open, tyres were narrower (and more laterally flexible because of higher profiles) and country roads were often dirtier in Winter because, as shown here, even fewer had kerbs to separate the dirty bank/margin from the tarmac.

@mrcaboosevg6089

Жыл бұрын

@@type17 Any car can wheel spin if you dump the clutch, i've spun wheels on a 28hp tractor that weighs well over a tonne. In normal driving where traction control is needed old cars simply don't have the power to break traction. Performance cars like the Mercedes, Jaguars, Muscle cars of the day sure but 99% of people wouldn't have them and those that did knew how to drive them. In the 70s most people had less than 80hp Personally I have an old Rover P6, at the time it was considered a fast car and it won't spin the wheels even on a wet day with your foot on the floor. My uncle has a Daimler V8, which even by today's standards moves quite well but that won't spin unless you're actively trying to. I have a 90s E39 BMW with 170bhp, i've disabled traction control and that'll only spin a tyre if i dump the clutch or it's very wet. Traction control simply isn't needed on the vast majority of cars, it's only the last ten years where over 100hp has become the norm.

Interesting how all these systems have more or less eliminated the many SMALL things that used to continually go wrong with cars, but now if something does go wrong, it is usually consumer-unfixable, and BIG.

@TheKnobCalledTone.

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, there are far fewer catastrophic failures of that nature than there used to be. Though it usually boils down to who made the car.

@liveroom4235

4 ай бұрын

If you have a decent scan tool you can fix most things or at least find out what's gone wrong.

@publiusvalerius8934

Ай бұрын

Try replacing the blend door, the main battery, or a spark plug on many modern vehicles. And Heaven forbid you drop the oil or transmission pan or want to change a fuel filter! Worse yet were the computer problems of the 1980s in which the whole car would break and need a new computer that only a dealership service department could troubleshoot or fix, and only a handful of their trained mechanics.

@tech29X

28 күн бұрын

@@publiusvalerius8934 Let's not forget soy based wiring insulation of modern cars "environmentally friendly" and cheaper to manufacture that attracts more rodents to chew up your wiring harness. Yummy taste that leaves big repair bills for you.

@aadhaarmurty1180

19 сағат бұрын

100th like

I’ve never seen a “car of the future” with so many features that actually made it, more or less directly, into modern production. OBDII, anti-lock brakes (in 1971!), fuel injection, soft rev limiters, cruise control (though many American luxury cars had that not very long after), the only thing that isn’t there is airbags, and traction control, otherwise it’d basically be a modern car. That’s astonishing.

@diegosilang4823

2 жыл бұрын

Cruise control is already available since the late 50’s, but the driver only have the ability to lock their current speed. (Ie you want to to set the speed to 60 mph, you have to drive 60 mph and enable the cruise control). A cruise control that let the driver to set a desired speed are not common on mainstream cars until mid 2000’s.

@almostfm

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegosilang4823 My first car was an old 67 Lincoln Continental, and you're right. It was an on/off set of buttons and that was it.

@Mico605

2 жыл бұрын

ABS is a form of traction control

@RustyLightningPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, my car is covered in sennnsoorrs 😂

@ManuEreve

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegosilang4823 COUGH* Ford model T COUGH*

James Burke was a top-class presenter

@BackToTheBlues

2 жыл бұрын

Still around, too - he had a series of programmes on Radio 4 a few years ago, and is hoping to get a new series of Connections made. If you look for Arlo Hajdu's channel, he has ten videos of an interview with James from last year. He's still as sharp as ever, and sounds just the same!

@LOrealHardly

2 жыл бұрын

@@BackToTheBlues Have you seen the clip of James at NASA and the shuttle taking off? It's the stuff of legend.

@ramblerandy2397

2 жыл бұрын

@@LOrealHardly Yes, I saw that at the time of original broadcast. Being young and naive, I was astounded that they seemed to let James time the lift-off. Of course, later he revealed that he rehearsed his words and moves from an allotted starting time so that they ended right at lift-off. And he only got one real take to do it in. Brilliant presenting.

@BackToTheBlues

2 жыл бұрын

@@LOrealHardly ​ @Martin Erskine Yes - top quality timing! Nice of them to make sure it coincided with the end of his chat. 😉

@RUBBER_BULLET

2 жыл бұрын

Stroke City boy.

£55,000?! In 1971? That's basically £1 million today.

@papalaz4444244

4 ай бұрын

My parents bought a three bedroom house around 1971 and it was something like £6000

@richardhadley7396

Ай бұрын

I’d never pay that for a Triumph

I love how he says, after explaining about the "SenSORES" that you can, "Look down to see what's gone wrong..." And promptly crash lol... Gotta love the 70s - Probably no seat belt either... All jokes aside, I love these old videos. Brings back memories.

@moltenriches

Жыл бұрын

You can literally see him wearing one 😂

@andysedgley

Жыл бұрын

55k and poor James still had to crank his own window open. For shame!

@OffGridInvestor

Жыл бұрын

We had seatbelts in Australia in 71. I think they were compulsory in 79.

@MegaRyan123456

Жыл бұрын

If you built a car like this built with 1970s British build Quility you would burn it

@SethiozProject

5 ай бұрын

actually he did have seatbelt on. but well 70s and 80s were so amazing that by watching these videos, i wish i had a chance to live thru 70s and 80s, wish i was born in 50s. i miss 70s and 80s even tho i never had the chance to live thru those years :(

What a superb example of down-to-earth - but not dumbed-down - presentation of potentially complex information. James Burke is one of the best TV presenters of all time. How sorely we miss him in this age of self-indulgent "documentaries", which are actually documentaries about the people making the documentaries.

@alexzadrazil7242

2 жыл бұрын

According to James Burke the secret was to hire humanities graduates to do science documentaries and science graduates to do humanities documentaries

@DB-xq3yn

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@seymourclearly

2 жыл бұрын

I hate the way the media treats the public like they are stupid, i think the media are stupid when they do that

@RyanBurisch

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, he was talking about voltage and how the sensors work! They'd never talk about voltage nowadays, tv presumes everyone is stupid.

@Babihrse

2 жыл бұрын

I was impressed when he explained the way the sensors were wired. Looped around every sensor with each outputting its own voltage. Simple and elegant.

If only today's presenters could match the quality of those from this period. Great times!

@Ellarian_Liara

2 жыл бұрын

for some reason today's presenters need heavy rock background music and extra zoom shots while they yell at you each feature of the car

@attari56

2 жыл бұрын

the old top gear cast richard hammond james may and jeremy clarkson were all exceptionallly good presenters in the 2000's

@poshgentleman559

2 жыл бұрын

Todays presenters are only fit to make the tea for guys like this. Now they all think they are celebritys, and VERY IMPORTANT, and whatever they are presenting: must revolve around them. Its basically a "LOOK AT ME" country today......everyone trying to impress others.....whether its TV presenters...or people on the street, trying to impress others by plastering themselves with tattoos.

@James_08_07

Жыл бұрын

It's all part of our society placing value on pretty much everything except competence :) Sadly not only a problem in TV.

@alanrogs3990

Жыл бұрын

I think one of the great qualities that people don't think about in these older programs is the quietness of the show. No loud hip hop beats or squelching metal guitars in the background.

Brilliant! James Burke, 85 years old now, still writing book and pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.

@Nickbaldeagle02

Жыл бұрын

86 now.

@boilerhousegarage

4 ай бұрын

87 now.

@badlydrawnsmiffy

4 ай бұрын

My sensaws tell me he is 87 and 3 months, now.

I had one of those bulb failure lights in my car, but it didn't have a bulb failure light for the bulb failure light's light. If only I paid extra for the bulb failure light's bulb failure light I would still have that car today.

@tech29X

28 күн бұрын

Triple redundancy is what you needed mate.

I had two of them Triumphs 2lt and a 2.5. the 2.5 in the same colour as that one. Neither had all them (sensoors) but what they did have is the ability to rust before your eyes.

@alanhynd7886

2 жыл бұрын

Once was driving the 1.5 model when the steering wheel totally disconnected. I could spin it freely around and around as I drove down a narrow country road. It's a memory that's stuck in my mind after all these years for some reason.

@markboulton954

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanhynd7886 But lost all memory of the seconds that followed?!??

@leopoldbluesky

2 жыл бұрын

@@markboulton954 I see what you did there!

@kenstevens5065

2 жыл бұрын

I worked at BL main disributor when the Triumph and Rover 2000 went out of production. The bodies were a disgrace. I've seen 'brand new' cars being steam cleaned - they were delivered in wax, stripping the paint off revealing rust underneath.

@MrNaKillshots

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

I like the fact that right at the end James Burke completely hoons the car, LOL!

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP

2 жыл бұрын

No traction control...gee that sucks lol

@Banglish123

2 жыл бұрын

So I'm taking this car back... Through a hedge

@darrenchester3770

2 жыл бұрын

Stwrooth mate!

@wtfduud

5 ай бұрын

It's to rub in how white is a terrible color for cars.

Grew up watching Tomorrows World in the 70’s with James Burke and Raymond Baxter. It really was a show ahead of its time, no pun intended. Be interesting to see how many of those inventions came to fruition.

@phillipecook3227

Жыл бұрын

Always presented live. Thursday night just before TOTP!

@Mikeb1001

Жыл бұрын

The show(s) most ahead of its/their time was Thunderbirds (and other Gerry Anderson creations). Still don’t have swimming pools that retract though!

@hideouslyugly

Жыл бұрын

​@@phillipecook3227 That's right, mate. Watching Tomorrows World at 7.00pm thursday evening with my dad, and then Top of the Pops at 7. 30.

@phillipecook3227

Жыл бұрын

@@hideouslyugly I think most dads liked Pan's People ....

@steviesteve750

Жыл бұрын

All of them, but not within the ten years that was predicted. EFI was probably the biggest single improvement in engine tech of that era that has underpinned most of the development of lower emissions high pressure fuel systems. Thankfully the system of alerts requiring you to look down and away from the road ahead didn't catch on until Nokia appeared on the scene....

Love James Burke. Especially his Connections series.

@alanrogs3990

Жыл бұрын

Great series. Should be shown in schools today but kids couldn't handle it.

@dac545j

Жыл бұрын

@@alanrogs3990 You sound old, old chap.

@alanrogs3990

Жыл бұрын

@@dac545j early 50's

An inadvertent yet accurate prediction was the cost.

@ivankaramasov

2 жыл бұрын

How? 55 thousand puunds probably corresponds to 250 thousand pounds now at least

@alexmercer8042

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivankaramasov 1=8.95 in today money. So if we take it as mid 1970s, its a hair under 500 000

@ivankaramasov

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexmercer8042 Yes, I assumed it was more than my estimate. So an extremely expensive car

@alexmercer8042

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivankaramasov Its amazing how far we've come for just 50 years

@ivankaramasov

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexmercer8042 In some areas yes

50 years later, most of this is standard on every car sold.

@reverendbluejeans1748

2 жыл бұрын

So they did not have that tech back then. That care is butters.

@paulhardy9252

2 жыл бұрын

We're living in the future!

@mxbx307

2 жыл бұрын

My car is a 2016 model and it doesn't have cruise control (but it does have a limiter). My dad has a 2018 Audi and he's the only person I know who has adaptive cruise control.

@richardwhiting3216

2 жыл бұрын

Except roll down windows

@ambivalentonion2620

2 жыл бұрын

@@mxbx307 they have cruise control in vw polo's now

James B made every kind of documentary interesting and fun. I'd forgotten just how much of an impression he'd made on me as a wee boy. The most underrated TV presenter I've ever known! ❤❤❤

I can listen to James Burke's voice all day. He would have been a great Q, for James Bond movies.

I really wish we still called it auto cruise. Amazing that pretty much everything he spoke about did go on to become commonplace on modern cars.

@xr6lad

2 жыл бұрын

Why what do you call it. I call it cruise control here.

@G58

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately

@trueaussie9230

2 жыл бұрын

It's called cruise control in Aus. I don't think there's any law in any country governing what you personally choose to call it.

@simonmoseley2198

2 жыл бұрын

Cruise control seems to be the one that caught on. Auto cruise just seems a little more fancy/futuristic/thunderbirds to me somehow 😂 really enjoyed this video

@AaronSmart.online

2 жыл бұрын

Everything except the ash tray!

James Burke inspired a generation .He was at the time “from the future”.

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

Oh how rose tinted your glasses must be lol

@Tawny6702

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed he was! In 1973 he predicted the greater use of computers in business decisions, the creation of metadata banks of personal information and even more profound changes in human behavior including a willingness to reveal personal information to strangers, including a worldwide revolution in communications and computer technology that would allow people to exchange ideas and opinions instantaneously. It’s also nice to hear that he is still with us!

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tawny6702 Come on. To the informed he was just stating the obvious. Think about it. Maybe you have.

@Tawny6702

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 easy to say that from a 2022 perspective!

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tawny6702 If you cant see that it is manifestly the case you must be coming from a place of ignorance. Try observing the evidence a bit more rather than making assumptions.

I kind of love the analog diagnostic system. Of course, within just a few years of this production, all of that could be handled by a digital computer receiving direct, discrete signals from the sensors, rather than a discriminator inferring what's going on from how different sensors affect the overall voltage on a shared circuit, but the latter is quite a clever way to do that in a world where the former isn't technologically feasible yet.

@straightpipediesel

2 жыл бұрын

Multiple voltage levels are used to this day, specifically to multiplex safety-critical switches. I drive a 2021 Chevrolet that does this for the cruise switches and the collision system switches. Non-critical switches like the steering wheel radio controls use a digital LIN bus. Normal controls and sensors utilized voltage level multiplexing into the late 2000's before LIN and CAN took over, even into the 2010's in Japanese cars.

@nsfeliz7825

Жыл бұрын

im an electronics expert. and what the hell does that paragraph even mean. huwaat.?

This video is a time capsule by itself. Impressive.

James Burke was the 'go to' science guy, of my telly watching youth.

@MeTube3

2 жыл бұрын

In the era of the legendary Magnus Pyke.

@AtheistOrphan

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve recently bought his excellent ‘Connections’ series on DVD.

@Grunchy005

2 жыл бұрын

In my final year of Mechanical Engineering I had a class that consisted of nothing more than watching each and every episode of James Burke "Connections" and "Connections II".

@infrasleep

2 жыл бұрын

He even got a mention in the Human League song "Black Hit of Space" (Get James Burke on the case....)

@mark..A

2 жыл бұрын

@@infrasleep travelogue is a cool album as is reproduction

This type of car will never catch on. It's got too many sensoor's..😁

@themomentalist

2 жыл бұрын

Only four huh-wheels though. And it doesn’t cause much polly-oo-shun…

@simonrussell4986

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realise how many it had until he left the motor-Way.

@foddyfoddy

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. I've never once used Cruise Control - I don't get the point.

@tooyoungtobeold8756

2 жыл бұрын

@@foddyfoddy I've used it countless times. Long distance motorway travel, you can relax your leg/foot etc. Also in temporary speed limits, you can set it so you won't break the limit and get fined.

@themomentalist

2 жыл бұрын

@@foddyfoddy You really should try it, especially on long, motorway drives. Your feet will thank you!

Amazing to see a car with cruise control, ABS and the other features, but no side rearview mirrors 😀

@fffffffffffffffffark

Жыл бұрын

or electric windows

Nice to see a Triumph 2000 Mk 1 on the road again. I had a 'K' reg. Two years later than this one, followed by a MK 2. Both had an in line 6 petrol engine with twin carbs. Lovely smooth ride, comfortable seats. Many happy trips to The Lakes or north Wales from London.

@duster8100

2 жыл бұрын

It is a Mk 2

@SilverWrinkly

2 жыл бұрын

@@duster8100 You may be right. It was a long time ago I had them.

Tomorrow's World was my favourite programme in those days! 👍

James Burke, the most amazing man you can connect to.

@grumpyguy2877

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

Are you a clairvoyant?

@minirock000

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 Of course not, there are no such things. My earliest memories are reading along with Connections when it was on PBS.

Less than 10 years later, the 2.5’s were available as runners from scrap yards for 10 to 20 quid after failing MOT’s on serious issues. Weakest point was the single vertical bolt holding the rear axle to the floor combined with exponential RUST. They became the number one source for people like me needing a cheap, powerful car for demolition derby’s.

Wow, they were spot on about everything, even the price!

Amazing what those sensores can do lol

@rosiefay7283

2 жыл бұрын

You get those in British cars. American cars would have sensorrrs.

@EverGreen1888

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosiefay7283 Wrong. Senserz

@couttsy222

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosiefay7283 - That's what Scottish cars have! 😉

@MrTwiglet

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any use lasores.

@bryanmower2703

2 жыл бұрын

These days they can even ban you from Twitter

Wow, those sense-saws seem like amazing little things!

The Great James Burke. Thanks for uploading this.

I had one of these in the late 80’s and it didn’t have any of these gizmos, it would start on a good day though.

Pretty much all those things today EXCEPT the sensor warning beep. That's because most people continue to drive even when the dash is lit up like a Christmas tree.

@straightpipediesel

2 жыл бұрын

OK boomer. No idea what you're talking about, my 90's Ford chimes once for yellow lights and continuously chimes for red.

@laszlokaestner5766

2 жыл бұрын

Mine certainly beeps at me when something new happens. For instance the nearside marker light sensor has a fault (the bulb works fine) which means it goes off on most journeys. Fortunately they also fitted a button to make the warnings go away.

@MrAdopado

2 жыл бұрын

@@straightpipediesel That "boomer" comment was faintly amusing several years ago ... almost as dated as the boomers themselves now ..

Sensooores! We need this as a catchphrase!

Amazing. All the things we take for granted today.

Loved James Burke's "Connections"! Thanks, this was fun.

Triumph 2500pi what a car for the time !

@lewis72

2 жыл бұрын

I had one 20_ years ago. Great car but it rotted and the bottom end isn't very tough... it needed a new crank and bearings.

@fidelcatsro6948

2 жыл бұрын

Triump made cars back then??

@andreww2098

2 жыл бұрын

@@fidelcatsro6948 had done since the start, the motorbikes were a seperate division and not included in the purchse by British leyland, the last Triumph car was a collab with Honda, but it was just a rebadge

@fidelcatsro6948

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreww2098 i see 🐱👍🏿

@Hattonbank

2 жыл бұрын

The Triumph factory at its heyday in the 1970’s/80’s in their Coventry plant simultaneously made the TR6, TR6, Spitfire, Stag, 2000/2500 saloons, Dolomite. Sadly now it is a retail park.

The way it took off at the end, and how refined and nice it sounded, is something a 2000s car would be proud of, let alone something from the 70s.

@HowardLeVert

2 жыл бұрын

Triumph cars - especially the pre-BL ones - were always under-appreciated. That straight six was an excellent engine, look how long BMW used straight sixes for.

@johnburns4017

2 жыл бұрын

H reg. 1969-70.

@-_James_-

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure all the lead in the petrol had something to do with that. ;)

@xeong5

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowardLeVert BMW still uses straight 6s. Now you gotta fork over at least 7k to own one with it new.

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS

2 жыл бұрын

You never heard a70 Cuda or Monte Carlo....

I love how the driver's side wiper arm is angled but it still parks half way up the windscreen...

I love the way the audience is treated as intelligent, BTW sen soars sound amazing.

“Car of the future” as he winds the window down 😂🤣

@jetli740

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@jaymac7203

2 жыл бұрын

😭😂

@CricketEngland

2 жыл бұрын

Well it was the 1960/70’s I think it’s very clever what they did back then

@johnburns4017

2 жыл бұрын

Electric windows were common then. The car was a test for more real useful things that came about.

@jetli740

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnburns4017 Yes but it still 😂😂 as hell

James Burke was my favourite on Tomorrows World. fascinating man. very inspirational too

Love how he says the noise will stop. And it takes ages 😂😂😂

@CastlesForEyes

Жыл бұрын

They suddenly jumped to a different angle and the camera guy was in the front seat, so obviously they had to pull over so he could get in the front and fix it 😅🤣🤣

LOVE JAMES BURKE!!! Thank You!!!

The most advanced car of it's time but good old Leyland couldn't fit the windscreen wipers on the right side for a right hand drive.

@nkt1

2 жыл бұрын

Several British Leyland cars of this era had this issue, including the Allegro, Marina and Jaguar XJ-S. During prototype testing, it was found that the wiper on the driver’s side lifted off the windscreen at certain speeds, impairing forward vision. Reversing the wipers was a cheap and easy fix. The same remedy was applied to LHD export cars, i.e. the wipers parked towards the driver’s side.

@fordprefect4843

2 жыл бұрын

Or head rests to prevent wiplash! 😂😂

@beckyzwhite

2 жыл бұрын

This is British Leyland you’re talking about. It’s lucky to have had four wheels and a windscreen.

@mxbx307

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a video of someone in the US doing a modern road test on an LHD Rolls Royce from the 1970s. He remarked that you could hear the indicator relay was coming from the opposite side of the cabin as if it was an RHD car.

@xr6lad

2 жыл бұрын

Remember: for a high end test car it still looked externally like a bucket of sht. They didn’t pull out the stops there.

Always fun to see cars of the future and see what has panned out all these years later.

very interesting ,excellent video, 10/10

I love it that James Burke has picked up Mr Spock's pronunciation of sensors - as in: 'Captain, sensaurs indicate Klingons ahead'! Or did we all pronounce it that way 50 years ago?

Love the near empty roads too and clutter from signs everywhere. We've gone backwards in that respect.

I had one of these car back in the day. It was a very good car .

@mark..A

2 жыл бұрын

The triumph stag and 2000 were nice looking

@jameswatters9592

2 жыл бұрын

@@mark..A I had the 2.5 PI with overdrive best car on the road in its day, the old bill used them as pursuit cars but gave them up as they gad a tendency to break away at the back

@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameswatters9592 "tendency to break away at the back" - horrible semitrailing arm rear suspension, which the stubborn arrogant germans at BMW persisted with for many years after the Poms had learned to do better.

@LaurieWilliams-lk8fc

2 жыл бұрын

My first car was a very used, slightly rusty but perfectly functional 1971 Triumph 2.5 PI. Very good car and great fun at times, with caution because of relatively weak brakes and semitrailing arm rear suspension.

I love seeing clips of James Burke that I haven't seen before. In all fairness, I was getting around in a pram in 1971.

What most don't realize, is that this was shot on the BEST WEATHER DAY in the UK during the entirety of 1971. This was it... the brightest, sunniest, warmest, bestest day they had all year. Ahh the UK.... grey.

@CastlesForEyes

Жыл бұрын

Still the same. Looking out my window right now, mid-morning, it's close to dark and it's raining heavily and persistently. We might get some sunshine in April or May if we're lucky. Keeps the grass green though 😆😅😂🤣🤣😐😐😒☹😥😢😭😭

I love how this car is genuinely more advanced than my 2004 fiesta 😂

@no1DdC

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly isn't. Your Fiesta has all of these features (except for maybe cruise control), in addition to several that this prototype didn't have.

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@no1DdC No fly's on you mate.

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

2 жыл бұрын

Why is that surprising, did you think that the past was made up off terrible ideas that never came to be and lying advertisments that only said they had all these features. You think these vehicles wouldn't be very good, yet every review mentions how well they are, with tons of advanced additions (which is what they were known for before computer technology imports), fast and reliable driving, and none punchy easy to work with forward driving/steering. Never underestimate the past, it made your world you have now...which...is lesser than it was then.

@Mikeb1001

Жыл бұрын

@@no1DdC A 2004 fiesta definitely doesn’t have cruise control, probably doesn’t have ABS, still only has a rudimentary fault sensing system

@moltenriches

Жыл бұрын

@@Mikeb1001 pretty sure abs would've been standard by then, plus the obd2 system in the fiesta would be far more advanced than what's on this car

Very prescient. Excellent piece. I had a Triumph 2000 in the late 70s. A true gentleman's carriage!

Love the way he says "Sensors"

Looks like it was filmed on a classic British summer's day 😛. James Burke was great - loved Tomorrow's World when I was a kid 🙂

Lovely to see James Burke

I enjoyed the take-off at the end. Completely unexpected!

@johnpublicprofile6261

2 жыл бұрын

That engine management really worked. No way a Triumph could take-off like that normally.

@alexcharlesworth7580

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpublicprofile6261 I agree. I have a 1974 triumph 2000 and I wish it went like that 🤣

@jlc5639

2 жыл бұрын

didnt it sound lovely too

@timothyjones4950

Жыл бұрын

Lucky man. Lovely mothers. I guess his was 2500.

@johnmartinez7440

Жыл бұрын

When did it take off...?

2:51 - Love the "End of Motorway" sign at the roundabout entrance 😂

I think my 2003 USA Ford Escape has many if not all of these features. Just used Cruise control for a 10 hour drive to Canada and 10 hours back home again. My car is 19 years old with 170,000 miles, probably worth $1,000. Cars certainly improved. James Burke was awesome.

Funny how nowadays you’re not allowed be distracted by your phone but a huge computer screen on the dash board you’ve to scroll through for control settings is acceptable

@stephenwalker6823

Жыл бұрын

Yes. On my current car, I have to press a button, rotate a knob, while looking at the screen, until the cursor is on the right line, press again, rotate back until I am on "Return" and press again, just to turn the air-con on or off. On my previous car, I just had to press one button. It's all very distracting and dangerous, when you just want the air-con for a minute to stop the screen misting up on the motorway!

@brianbickle7395

Жыл бұрын

@@V8VORLICH some day Mikey will get a phone where he doesn’t expect it.

@TomasGraf-rr6co

5 ай бұрын

Buttons are expensive to make, a screen is cheap. It's all about cutting costs and corners. Same reason they replaced th instrument cluster with a screen. It's not because it's better, it's because it's cheaper.

So much fun to watch these old clips. Aesthetics worked differently back then 😂 I wonder what lead to the decision to record this on a dirty muddy country road in typical bleak British weather.

@jamesgizasson

2 жыл бұрын

I like it; there's a bland honesty to it that is notably vacant from anything you see today! :3

@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver

2 жыл бұрын

That is what Britain was like in 1971; when this was filmed the M4, the M6, the M5 had still not been completed, the M25 was a distant dream, and few towns had bypasses.

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProbablyTheBestUkuleleDadEver Your point being?

@andreasu.3546

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 They couldn't find a better road or better weather. And they probably didn't have the budget (or time) to fly it all to California and film on the Highway #1.

@bennylloyd-willner9667

2 жыл бұрын

A great decision IMO. Show the car where normal people drive everyday.

Really enjoyed the high pitched noise this car of the future made. Almost went deaf from it. Truly state of the art.

@DavidNotSolomon

Жыл бұрын

I liked the Bakerlite controls on the dash.

Hello from the U.S. That’s James Burke! of “Connections” = one of the greatest series on the telly.

Class television.Didn't James Burke always come across as a genius.Well done!

@jayaybe1

2 жыл бұрын

His James Burke's Connections series was excellent. You can check it out on KZread.

@MrNaKillshots

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. He was like the Heinz Wolf of technology, but not as eccentric.

@handsoffmycactus2958

2 жыл бұрын

No cos he’s pronouncing sensors like a freak

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because he was too dull to realise the truth behind most of what he said was different - he was a TV presenter.

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrNaKillshots Yes, a very dumbed down version, without the intellect.

Loved that show, they used to show you all the things that had already been developed but weren't coming out for years and some things that we'd never see again, as for cars back then you were lucky if your one started in the morning they really were that bad.

@ingridlinbohm7682

2 жыл бұрын

My mini never started in the winter damp weather. Eco fanatics probably welcomed the fact!

@foppo100

2 жыл бұрын

Iam 72.When I was very young the neighbour started his car with a handle in front of the engine.If it kicked back it broke your fingers.lol.

Lovely review

I never tire of watching James Burke.

James Burke is now 85 years old, born 22 December 1936 in Derry. Known as a main presenter for Tomorrow's World, and creator and presenter for Connections and The Day the Universe Changed.

@atnumbersixty341

Жыл бұрын

I hope he still pronounces sensors as sen-sors. God bless him! That Triumph was indeed a triumph!

Great cars the Triumph 2000/2500 saloons, I had a '77 2000 for 9yrs. Would've preferred the prototype in this video, but she went well enough without the sensors, cruise control & fuel injection!

@lewis72

2 жыл бұрын

Many of the standard 9no pun) 2500s were fuel injected anyway, that was the 2500 PI model, albeit mechanical fuel injection.

Wow this is actually very accurate Electronic injection Cruise control Rudimentary form of what'd become CAN-Bus and OBD interface (or just the engine warning light) Soft rev limiters Antilock brakes Well done !

Very interesting.... all these things we have in every car today that we take for granted.

Classic! I had one of these triumphs - it was yellow and everyone used to wave at me thinking I was a taxi!

And fifty years later everything he describes seems to be standard equipment on even the cheapest automobiles.

@ablair37

2 жыл бұрын

and mid rage cars cost £55,000

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

God you are sharp!

@etoineschrdlu9382

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 Almost as sharp as you are!

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@etoineschrdlu9382 PMSL Just seen your profile picture. Absolutely perfect.

@etoineschrdlu9382

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariemccann5895 Hope you had a roll of paper towels handy.

One feature that was standard on that car was fuel injection on a petrol engine. It's a triumph 2.5 PI. It was based on the Triumph 2000 but made in much smaller quantities. It was still a long time before petrol fuel injection became commonplace. I knew someone who had one.

Excellent, love the time era of it all.

Look at that motorway with no crash barrier. It was hardcore in the seventies.

Loved the wheelspin at the end, just waiting for the handbrake turn...

I love how he says sens-ors

I've seen a lot of "cars of the future" in my 50ish years and I have to say this one was pretty much spot on compared to a lot of the others. And it's a Triumph. How cool.

The add in some Great British 1970's industrial action reliability! 👌😂

He was mentioned in The Black Hit of Space by The Human League. Brilliant

A most underappreciated saloon car, the Triumph 2.5...especially the Australian delivered cars (built by AMI to a high standard.) The engine was smooth and strong...it was streets ahead of any so called 'luxury' model from the Big 3.

I was just amazed to see he had belted up!

The most incredible part here is the fact that a concept car actually demonstrated technologies that were realised within the next ten years - grossly unlike concept cars we've seen in recent times.

@jaymac7203

2 жыл бұрын

With wind down windows 😭😭 lol 😂

@georgemathieson6097

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaymac7203 🤣 I didn't even realise that!!

@Evilroco

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it was more of a "test bed" than "concept car"

@georgemathieson6097

2 жыл бұрын

@@Evilroco Potentially but, by principle, it's showcasing new technology - hence it's more of a concept vehicle; with it being on national television, that's also reason to believe so.

@Evilroco

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgemathieson6097 Well James does say it's a "test bed" within the first 16 seconds of the video so..............

Anyone else like how he says "sense-ors" xD

Fascinating review of features of a Triumph test car. This production had it all: bleak English weather, presenter wearing camel coloured shirt and brown cardigan, not to mention the black horn-rimmed specs.

My dad had two of these Triumph 2000’s from new - the first a 1972 L reg was faultless, the second a 1975 P reg was a dog

Lovely to see a pi rare now Powerful car in its day And full of character unlike The robots we drive today Sorry chaps you missed out 🤔

@eyeqew9695

2 жыл бұрын

I had a 2000TC. Wood inside and a lovely dash. That straight 6 is still the smoothest engine I've ever owned.

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

British cars were all and still are shyte. Oh, no sorry you don't make any these days do you pmsl

And now it’s the sensors that sometimes fail😂

@logicn.reasoning9744

2 жыл бұрын

We need sensors to monitor the sensors.

@suficer7827

2 жыл бұрын

@@logicn.reasoning9744 But what if those sensors fail? We'll need more sensors to sense those sensors.

Bought a used one in 1980. Very smooth engine. Didn't realise it was so innovative .

I love how in the past innovation was about the user and not about how to milk as much money from the customer as possible.

Presenting style way ahead of his time

@mariemccann5895

2 жыл бұрын

Burke.

3:19 primitive 2 step 🔥 🔥 🔥

amazing!!!

Driving away like a boss in the end.