After 23 years, that merc is worth £4500 now. The cottage is possibly worth 100 times that amount.

@charlesmak534

7 жыл бұрын

Until the next housing crash, then it will be worth £95000 again.

@roddydykes7053

6 жыл бұрын

David Hayes what a fucked up time to be alive

@AlternativeDesign100

6 жыл бұрын

I'd say the cottage "costs 100 times that amount", but is definitely not worth it.

@zacharyp10

6 жыл бұрын

David Hayes It's depressing

@bleensteen9331

6 жыл бұрын

A good investment - wouldn't want to live there though. Constantly dishing up ££££ for thatching, hoardes of spiders, drafts, rot, tiny doors, crap plumbing, being photo'd all the time by gawping tourists, not being able to change the stupid place because it's listed, etc etc...

oh man that cow shirt lol

@jemorrismmorris

8 жыл бұрын

+max penrose I think it's a Bullshirt

@SgtKanyo

8 жыл бұрын

I'm more terrified of it's owner. Not sure if that's Jezza or Ellen Ripley.

@pow1983

5 жыл бұрын

You know you want one

I remember watching this episode when I was 12 years old, I had recorded it and played it again and again! At the beginning as Clarkson walks into the kitchen his comment about "no room to swing a cat, or indeed a hamster" sprung back into my head word for word, as did the dilithium crystals comment. I guess its true, what you learn as a child really does get embedded into ones brain

The quality of Mercedes Benz just can not be replicated today ! This car is quality !

@ozelot250

9 жыл бұрын

Yes these cars are well built but I would not call them reliable. There are many things that break or go wrong that seem to cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Prices in the used car market are super cheap but don't forget that parts are very expensive and repairs are frequent and also expensive. Buyer beware.

@bilalahmed2123

9 жыл бұрын

Depends how you keep the car and where you go for parts and service. In some cars parts get cheaper once a car has reached a mile stone. Also, there are varieties of good aftermarket and oem parts available at a reasonable price.

@bliglum

8 жыл бұрын

+ozelot250 Many eurocarphiles will hate you saying that, but it's true.. Mercedes are extremely well built, with exceptionally high quality materials. But they are pretty poor for reliability, which is double trouble when one considers the high cost of parts and labor.. Same thing with those other beloved Euro brands, BMW and Audi.. I used to work at a Mercedes dealership, and would hear stories from the mechanics about how they frequently had Benzes come through with repair bills higher than what the entire cars were worth!!!!

@philip1470

8 жыл бұрын

+TheYorkMan +Maximo Polpo Yes. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just rambling on whining about things he probably have no experience with. I doubt he's ever owned a W140. and btw "TheYorkMan break pads arn't expensive you cheap average joe! Last it's 24 not 12 spark plugs...

@tibchy144

8 жыл бұрын

+philip s (Dishano) i drive a 1993 swb 350 turbodiesel w140, it has been in our family since 1996 and so far it has proved highly reliable but i heard that v12 engines are not as reliable as my diesel

This particular Mercedes car featured in the video was last seen alive in 2015. May its spirit live on forever

@h2oaddict28

3 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@grandcalifornia8410

3 жыл бұрын

@@h2oaddict28 this car was alive up to 2015 used on the road. Most likely crushed or taken off the road now

@h2oaddict28

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandcalifornia8410 Where did you saw it? I doubt it was crushed.

I had a 1998 CL600, the last year they made the C140. Magnificent car and has the best seats I ever experienced in luxury cars. I owned 7 series, A8, Silver Spur, XJ8. None is as comfortable as the C140. I drove all of them for over 1.000 miles non stop and the Merc is the only one that did't leave my butt in pain.... lol

@Iwan1976able

5 жыл бұрын

1600 kms nonstop?Without tiring body? Woww!!

@raycroal

4 жыл бұрын

ive got a 98 cl600 too and those seats are superb

@FryChicken

3 жыл бұрын

It's true. When you drive a top of the line mercedes, every journey feels half as long as in an ordinary car.

If your serious about owning a V12 Merc, save up 20k and buy three so you have parts.

@xXAlmdudlerXx

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Bianchi For 20 k? The have to be quite crappy then :D

@roddydykes7053

5 жыл бұрын

xXAlmdudlerXx my friend got a half-decent JDM S600 for $3000

there is nothing like the starting sound of V12 Mercedes

@yellowhammer3

8 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call the sounds of a blowjob particularly appealing

@yellowhammer3

8 жыл бұрын

A mercedes v12 does not sound like blowjob either, but whatever suits you

@WorldGoods

5 жыл бұрын

Are you gay?

@Anal0Avenger

5 жыл бұрын

Yes there is. The sound that numbs your brains when you have needed to fix something in it.

@freundschaft870

3 жыл бұрын

@@yellowhammer3 I have one, and it sure does.

"No room to swing... a hamster" Shades of Jeremy's future endeavors, perhaps?

@GryphLane

4 жыл бұрын

Hamster does that by himself!

@GrrMeister

4 жыл бұрын

@Sendit Sunday *Recon probably ate them for Sunday Lunch (Roasted) along with a glass or two of Rosé & Freddie Starr as company.*

The cottage may be worth half a million today, the mercedes may be less than a new laptop.

@ssj4david

9 жыл бұрын

Property> Cars. Especially overengineered German cars

@Freakovsky

9 жыл бұрын

greathey1234 True, last year I bought a toshiba laptop for about $760, two weeks ago I bought a 1995 S600 V12 for $600 body & interior in excellent condition, only needed a new engine wiring harness which was very expensive but still, a bargain for such a car. Amazing to think that the same outcome is waiting for the current S65 AMG Coupe. That's why you should never buy a new Mercedes unless you're a millionaire and cost and depreciation is no objection.

@keyboarddancers7751

9 жыл бұрын

Freakovsky You're dead right. Buying a new top of the range Mercedes merely demonstrates that you have lots of money. Sounds like you made a fantastic purchase. Clearly if you know what you're doing, it's possible to drive in epic secondhand luxury for new Honda money.

@tibchy144

8 жыл бұрын

+Freakovsky my boss bought a cl 65 amg for nearly 300k eur, 3 years and 150k kms later his factory went bankrupt and he had to sell the car for 80k eur, the car was like new

@lewis72

8 жыл бұрын

+greathey1234 However, if you had bought all the Capris and/or 2-door Mk1 & Mk2 sporty Escorts that £95k would have bought you in '93, you'd have made a massive profit by now !

even a 2016 corolla doesn't have most of the great features of this car

@Tr33Tr331

8 жыл бұрын

this car was definitely ahead of its time with the features! wow

@roddydykes7053

6 жыл бұрын

KP-48 how many corollas do you reckon you can buy for 90K£ 1993 money in current value? Probably 15 or more

@hugq14

6 жыл бұрын

spudnic88 it is a V-12

@ramvekaria1256

5 жыл бұрын

He's talking about the Corolla

@kentaylor5842

5 жыл бұрын

Corolla holds its value way better and cheaper to replace parts and way more reliable, would rather have a Corolla.

Still beautiful and amazing car.

TWO AIRBAGS?!?!?! :O

@themardybum08

7 жыл бұрын

Madness extravagance.

@gorillachilla

6 жыл бұрын

Tobe Puckey lol

@roddydykes7053

6 жыл бұрын

Tobe Puckey what would the passenger need one for??

I bought a 2003 CL500 clean and running with 110k miles for $3200. That's all you need to know about these cars depreciation.

@aabidamn

8 жыл бұрын

+MrAdoh2010 How's the service and maintenance so far?

@slowazbmwkilla3073

8 жыл бұрын

This car was nice but now its nothing serious , but I don't mind having one. I had a s500 lorinser which was nice too . I don't want to bash on Mercedes because there a lot of fanboy on ,but I don't understand why they depreciate so much. It's not just Mercedes BMW, Audi and jag are some of the worst in resale value . It's doesn't take much to know why. please no trolls.

@Bosch_Guy

8 жыл бұрын

I'd buy the house instead

@frankmagana1408

8 жыл бұрын

Was the car reliable

@GusBounas

8 жыл бұрын

+MrAdoh2010 Let me tell you that a £93,000 house today will cost you close to £1,000,000!!!

stereo remote control in a car in 1993? why should i be shocked, 2018 and this car still drives better than so many cars on the road now .

ha ha ha - you'd need £95k to buy one room now

gotta love clarkson's eyebrow game

Old Top Gear uploaded 13 years ago.. so REALLY old Top Gear. Thanks :)

OMG! That cow shirt is ridiculos!

@LexusboyLS

9 жыл бұрын

Thought the cow shirt was fabulous, must be worth thousands at auction now...

@williamjohnson7707

6 жыл бұрын

As is your spelling

Did I hear that right Jezza. I get TWO whole airbags. To live as Kings

That 2 airbag comment made me laugh so much 🤣

A time When mercs ruled the world

thanks for the upload !

it's amazing how far things have come. my diesel does 0-60 in 6.5s

@joshpickles9022

7 жыл бұрын

+Azureecosse No no! It's great because it will do that and still return 35mpg. If I drive sensibly it's closer to 50mpg. Agree that car was well ahead of its time though.

@joshpickles9022

7 жыл бұрын

+Azureecosse By the way my car is also a Mercedes and weighs over 2 tonnes. Great cars.

@hugq14

6 жыл бұрын

David Topchiev what year, the Honda??

@weedmastersr

6 жыл бұрын

But it's not a diesel, so it gets crap gas mileage.

@TerribleB33

5 жыл бұрын

Your diesel has a turbo. Pull out the turbo and put it against the V12 atmospheric petrol engine again... Oh, and put some weight on your car too while you are at it.

Norman a Realy hero! And artist! Go Norman, save the world!

23 years and this merc is better than any new merc

I like his shirt! :)

The W140/C140 series was in my opinion the best ever S-Class. Drives far better than a 126 series, ultra smooth, ultra quiet and simply glides over poor quality roads. I had 4 W126's and 2 W/C140's. Never got a V12, both mine were V8 5 litre, and both incredibe value for money.

Then a mirror gets broken by a passing car & despite the car being worth only 6 k a few years later the mirror still costs £600

Well done that Daimler. Knocking down thirteen flaming cars and still driveable at the end is some good going.

Great example of a appreciating asset vs a depreciating asset.

Although it is an engineering marvel of its time - this car has looks only its designer could love.

@darkbassi5911

5 жыл бұрын

keruamg a nice vibe set of wheels and it’ll look great.

@tonypasby8287

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, that thing needs some 22 inch wheels,

Seeing the Mercedes-Benz 600 SEC reminds me of the 1998 Hype Williams film Belly. DMX drove a beautiful green late ‘90s S-Class coupe.

Hi Charles walliburton: Thanks for the info...that is quite astonishing. Even amongst cars, sophisticated German cars don't do always do well as valuable classics. Relatively unsophisticated cars like the big Healeys are, I guess, much cheaper to work on and gets bits for.

I had an old 93 merc as a replacement car for a week, it had the mechanism to bring you your seatbelt too, pretty funny!

Poor Jaguar :(

I just saw a 94 Merc 600 sec for sale on ebay classified for £3500. Quite a bit cheaper than £93700...

@ULTdisaster

9 жыл бұрын

Whats the point of your comment?

@TheMessiah79

9 жыл бұрын

Martin Nikolov Whats the point of yours?

Ah, so that was the cottage that inspired Clarkson's Mercedes refit in a later TG!

Its strange because this CL costs in 1993 almost 94 grands. A brand new S-Coupe in 2015 is 96 grand! in twenty years the price of a brand new Mercedes luxury coupe almost the same! While the C-class from 1993 was 17 grand and a brand new one is a whooping 28 grand! Spooky.

@blood117

9 жыл бұрын

How about in dollars?

@buca9696

9 жыл бұрын

osamaFXX Remember, money then were worth more than money now. Inflation.

@osamaFXX

9 жыл бұрын

tavi921 Yes but why inflation only effected the C-class? the bigger model price stays almost the same

@buca9696

9 жыл бұрын

osamaFXX Because that model is bought by most people. It doesn't depreciate that much because there is a higher demand for it as it's most sought after.

@osamaFXX

9 жыл бұрын

No I don't think this is the case here. Demand and depreciation is not related together in this form. Because RR from that era cost about 150 grand (low demand due to higher price) and now in 2015 it cost more than 300 grand.

I love how Jeremy loves Star Trek "runs on Dilithium crystals" 😅😂

How can I like the first half and dislike the second half of this video.

That house has probably gone up in value by 100% and the Merc lost 100%🙀

My first car was a 90s merc all those buttons and that sunshade takes me back hahaha

Gotta love the ingenious algorithm that recommended this to me

It's weird hearing Jeremy talking like Quentin Wilson

@csabacsere4171

8 жыл бұрын

+klarusboy lol

@stephenbianchi7141

8 жыл бұрын

+klarusboy bullshirt... that's the joke

Jeremy Clarkson looks like the British Herman Munster.

appears to be off the road now last MOT May 2014 has only been doing about 1000 miles per year in the last few MOTs

1993: "Miserable 5 liters engine..." How times changed

@martin518441

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure jeremy was being sarcastic . even for 93 , it wasn't like america in the 70s

@h2oaddict28

3 жыл бұрын

It's a joke, 5L was massive for an european car. I think the average is around 1.4L.

Hold on, it has TWO airbags and ABS??!! Insane luxury!

thank you daddy for uploading

Topped out a 93" Z28 at 156mph in 5th gear at 4000rpm ! It had 6 gears!

That looks like it was filmed in Buckinghamshire around Olney, Gayhurst and Newton Blossomville

THERE IS TWO AIRBAGS!!!! WOW Told nobody in 2020

I was like this car, That's my favorite Mercedes ever!

“It has TWO AIRBAGS!”

wow 2 airbags

OMG Jeremy, your 80's hair style, I had one something like that too....hehehe.

Jeremy's shirt.....Jesus...

Poor Daimler.

Really an institute this CL600 even today.

My favorite iteration of Clarkson's hair. It's like a Hasselhoff mullet.....

@ 2:40 the car sounded like it didn't want too start hahaha

today If you can find a 600sec like this one with less than 1000km probably worth more than $100000.

Two airbags .......... whooohooo

That shirt . What in the name of James May is going on there 🤣

"Is very expensive to repair and maintain", things like that will be told by people which they have 200k in the bank and they buy an 100k car. Rich people with big wealth will never be bothered by a 10-15k repair bill!

how many merc buyers back then wish they had bought the house?

@tonypasby8287

5 жыл бұрын

Back in 93, anyone who bought a £93k car, would probably already have a house worth 5 times that cottage.

looks good

Goddness until you see this you can't really appreciate how bad Jeremy Clarkson has deteriorated.

@DodgerBlueRobert

4 жыл бұрын

John Chisholm cigarettes and alcohol

a skinny you Clarkston. whoa

Young Clarkson... God :D

0:06 its rare to see rally cars overtaking each other...😁👍

2 airbags!!

2 airbags! cut to 2019, and a budget carolla has 7 airbags.

If only Mercedes could have designed the ease of maintenance, durability, reliable, and low cost of ownership of a Honda or Toyota. That would have been a hela of a car, oh wait isn't that what Lexus did?

Im been wondering how small a v12 could be. Like if there was A 2.0L fuel saving version

Where was Audi 😂 that is why I always say that it is a shame to place Audi next to Benz.

In 2020 Pounds, £95,000 in 1993 is more than doubled to about £200,000. That makes the cottage a real bargain, and the car outrageously expensive. Although, in fairness, it's built much better than a new Merc.

93,000 in 1993 was equivalent to 180k now

haha Two airbags

@roddydykes7053

5 жыл бұрын

GodricThe what would we need more than 1 for??

@iCoolaxe

5 жыл бұрын

@@roddydykes7053 Well, it's probably good to have one for the passenger as well, side airbags won't hurt either.

The last time the merc was mot'd was in 2015 ...its now a washing machine

I really want to see that Zimmer.

Weird seeing a car being presented where you can see under it all the way through to the back of it

Jeremy: biscuit? Jeremy now: Na, I've moved on

I have a 93 600sl. It's still beautiful and I've learned how to somewhat be an educated "guess what's wrong" artist. Mercedes should be ashamed for the stunt they pulled in the early 90's 90-95. Don't get me wrong.. I love my car..

1:45 *£93,007 in 1993 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as £187,894.25 in 2019 - WOW what a Bargain indeed for a car that today is worth Peanuts - or a few Carrots maybe, or a beautiful 2 bedroom Cottage in very desirable and much sought after location and now worth £395,000 +?*

CL always the most rich gangster car ever!!

@roddydykes7053

6 жыл бұрын

jos uniunea what about the SL?

It's been a while since I've heard Pat Benatar.

Are there any modern cars with a power operated interior mirror? Even the W140 ditched it after 1996 I think

@Ross6041

5 жыл бұрын

seems kind of lazy having that. over engineering.

@visionist7

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ross6041 back then it was part of the self dimming system. The mirror would tilt down when a headlight shone on it. Now mirrors have a self tinting backing.

Wow 2 airbags.

That cottage would cost more than half a million now.

Look at jeremy's shirt!

I thought I could afford the merc now. looks like I'll have to wait another 20 years...

What is that classical music? It's amazing, please tell me the name of it!

@PhilipShepster

7 жыл бұрын

Antonio Degas its Vivaldi: Music for Vespas (Stabat Mater, Beatus Vir)

@antoxin93

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Shepherd Thank you kind sir :)

@antoxin93

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Shepherd oh and could you please link me the song, I cannot find it anywhere on google..

@PhilipShepster

7 жыл бұрын

Antonio Degas I just let SoundHound listen to it and it suggested that song. Its in iTunes

@antoxin93

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJipm8ypeK2YgdI.html&ab_channel=JohnPortman

James May called. He wants his shirt back.

never saw a S series with 3 doors....I had the 300CE, but never saw/knew that exist...and why should that exist? In a car of these it is so necessary 3 doors like to have 3 legs..

Jeremy wearing classy clothes, as always.

A time when 0-60 in 6.5 sec's was considered fast.. 04:25

You could put your fingers in that panel gap around the boot lid!

THERE ARE TWOOO AIRBAGS :D