I miss the days of Quentin. I always liked his style

they knew how to do it in those days feed him first

@dreamopeth

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao best comment ever.

@mica412

5 жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my mouth. I just hope to God, the chips were hot enough!

@Puddingtops

5 жыл бұрын

Lol ! So true! 👍

@diwiak

5 жыл бұрын

take me some 2 seconds to get this "joke" 😮😮 true reality

@andrewbeech2199

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one Brian !

5:38 That hesitation of how hard should I close this damn door, and then the sound of a jar of coins shattering =)) Priceless footage! Edit: 5:50 these quality door locks, I laghed my ass off

5:55 She's just pleased the seat folds down for a good ride :D

@howardmckeown7187

3 жыл бұрын

i had lots of those, lol

@mazambeliqbal3487

3 жыл бұрын

Lol 🤣

Ford Sierra 👍 The Mondeo could never be as good as the Sierra was

@Eaze107

3 жыл бұрын

Both are good cars for different reasons. You can't really compare the two imo

That old commercial was really cool! :)

Just checked the car details on GOV UK. Both the Mark 1 and 2 in this video are still taxed and on the road! The Mark 3 built 1972 has been untaxed since 2009. Mark 4 is also still on the road! The white Sierra is untaxed since 1999, the grey one untaxed since 2001. The white one at the garage is untaxed since 1999, the grey estate at the dealership untaxed since 2012, and the white one at the end untaxed since 2006.

I have owned a 1974 Mk.3.Cortina (over 44 years), now being restored to "Brand New" on my channel, it spent 12 years off the road stored in damp conditions and rust took hold everywhere, so needed a full shell rebuild, most said it was beyond saving, but after lots of new old stock panels, years of work, and thousands of pounds spent, the new 100% rust & filler free shell is now at the paint shop, if you like the Mk.3 you might find the work on mine interesting, as it is a very rare model, with fully traceable history right back to the factory production line, (one of Fords Press fleet promotional cars), and the only one that survives.

@johnj3577

3 жыл бұрын

Respect to you sir! Most of us don't have the time or patience to finish such a job. Hope it all works out, its great that people like you exist to look after our fondly remembered old motors.

she only knows its a really smooth sophisticated ride

I was expecting James May at the wheel of the Cortina ;)

That mondeo looked worn out even when it was new!!

@tomrichardsfresh.1984

5 жыл бұрын

Could of cleaned it😂

@znoop72

5 жыл бұрын

When the Sierra finally was a good car, they stopped making it. And made the horrible car that is Mondeo mk1-3 :S

@Runeakb

5 жыл бұрын

Danish police had many problems with its Mondeos. The brakes were underdimensioned and the headlights were too dimm.

@znoop72

5 жыл бұрын

@@Runeakb The Mondeo had brake rotors/discs that would rust to the hub. Changing them was a nightmare. The headlights turned yellow on the mk1. You could however replace the glass lens inside them.

@danmar007

5 жыл бұрын

:-)

Cortina 1600E was a nice car

That poor lady at the start spent such a long time wrapping those chips... for Jeremy to instantly unwrap them.

@avec4amadman1

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Susan Boyle

Blooming heck Michelle Newman!

Having owned a Mk11 Mondeo for 10 years I can honestly say what a superb car it was to drive. Ultra reliable (1.8LX Petrol). I only parted with it as it had got to nearly 16 years old and it needed the front arm bushes doing (Again) and I had been offered a 2002 facelift focus at a very good price. Sadly worth very little in 2011 so it went for scrap. I paid £2900 for it in 2001 with 34k. Only cam belt and front arm bushes were the big bills.

Wow, this really is from 1993. One of the clips shows a 1988 E reg Escort or Orion which reminds me of a car I used to own at the time. I was persuaded to drive a Sierra to Germany and back in 1993 fully loaded with 5 people and luggage. It was only upon returning that we found out the anti roll bar was broken. I wonder what Clarkson thinks when he looks at these old Top Gear’s and how they turned out in the end?

Reading through comments it's nice to see my thoughts are echoed by many. It appears Ford across the pond was a decade behind the times until the mid 80's.

The chap saying about one of his customers has a car with 150,000 miles, how things have changed. My Peugeot 407 had 300,000 miles when i replaced it. Engine was still in great shape.

But how fast does it go round our track?

Oh, and for our UK viewers, we in America did experience this 1st generation (today's on its' 3rd one on both sides of the Atlantic) Mondeo, it was made and sold here as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique. Their biggest complaints were the too short (for almost any size adult) seat bottom and the "sticker shock" (big price increase) over its' American immediate predecessors, the Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz.

@otterhead44

5 жыл бұрын

and the cortina too

@IASEAGLE5

5 жыл бұрын

And let's not forget the XR4Ti...

@alanwayte432

5 жыл бұрын

A nation of burger munchers so no surprise it was to small

I had 4 sierras 1 hatchback and 3 sapphires. Great cars. Never had any problems with any of them. Last one I had was a j reg a d I only sold it cos of the job I was doing and I was driving 25k a year. Sierra was a 1.8 and very thirsty. Still miss it though

I've never been a Ford lover..I've always found them boring and built to a price...However..I've owned a Mk1 Mondeo Diesel and years later a Mk something or other on a 54 plate..I bought them out of necessity because i needed a 'no brainer' car...Both of these were two of the best cars I've ever owned in terms of reliability and ease of ownership..They cost me a pittance to run and they never, ever let me down..EVER..the diesel had 259k on the clock when i sold it..it was really tatty when i sold it but it kept going..The second one still looked really clean.. I have a Ford Transit Connect Sport van as a second vehicle..Again, it is built to a budget, but i have to say, it is brilliant and so easy to own..That's the beauty of Ford..You can buy one and forget about it..I'll never be a 'fan' of the brand, but of the four i've owned, they've all been dirt cheap to run and proved to be very reliable.

My work colleague in the early 1980's had Sierra as a company car, i drove it once. Massive under steer to the point of being scary. A mechanic told me they were't reliable cars, but cheap and easy to fix.

I would be happy just watch all old Top Gear if they are this good

The mondeo dated quicker than the sierra also the sierra still looks good today

@johndavies3969

5 жыл бұрын

Lol Sierra looks good today. Ok then Biggles!!!

@sahhull

5 жыл бұрын

Sierra looking good? You need to give Specsavers a visit

@marcustaylor670

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed if you can find a good one. The first good looking Mondeo came out in 2015. I didn't think my MK2 Mondeo was as nice to drive as any of my Sierras but it did handle better.

@johnn278

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndavies3969 The Sierra does look good today, I saw one for sale at a garage recently amongst a bunch crappy modern eco bubbles, much nicer!

@IrishWannabe

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

I recall the Sierra 4x4 2.9 such a great car/engine..

Says something about how unrefined cars were back in the day when even in the adverts you could hear the doors making a loud "CLONK" when you shut them.

Loved the advert for the Mk3. Smooth bastard. Knocked her bandy!!🤪

This is not a car review. This is history lesson.

That Sierra section went very heavy on the Peter Gabriel songs! 😂😂

Loved the part were he shuts the passenger door on the MK3 cortina and it looks like the hinge pins have already dropped, oh them good old two doors shuts with sounds of a empty biscuit tin.

18yrs old and my 1st car was a 1600E. Loved it. Many followed MK3 2000E MK4 2000GL MK5 2000 GL Sierra 1800 LX auto Sierra 2000 Si 😀

@jesuspobre88

5 жыл бұрын

1st car was a 1600E. Bit special for your 1st. Kudos. When I was 19 I bought an Escort 16 Ghia mk2 thought I'd arrived! Good memories 👍

@johns5493

5 жыл бұрын

@@jesuspobre88 Indeed they were my Ford friend, indeed they were 👍

That tiny person in the chippy!!!

I feel old. I remember getting into a Mondeo the year they were first on sale and thinking "Nice car".

I love the Sierra Sapphire 😍

From the days when Top Gear was actually worth watching.

5:34 went for kiss, then realized it was Dad...

@chilman6461

5 жыл бұрын

Haha 😅

Sierra 2.3D, my dad bought it on aftermarket and he sold it when it had 650,000 km and engine was still in good shape, only exterior and interior did fade.

MY god the fast show sketch was spot on lol

The early Cortina looks like the first Ford Falcon. Those tail lights.

That 'A' reg Sierra 2.3 Ghia with the pepper pot alloys is a working class mans dream.

@marcustaylor670

5 жыл бұрын

I bought the Ghia alloys off a fellow sierra owner for extra street cred on my 1.6L, with fat 195/14 tyres.

I remember the mondeo release being a big deal in my house as my dad was gonna be getting one as a company car... even brand new it looked like a 20 year old heap of shit 😂

@DurkoppFordertechnic

5 жыл бұрын

Most cars back then looked like heaps of shit, and within no time at all were rusty heaps of shit

@marcustaylor670

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the sierras but could never get into the Mondeos, the new 2015 on models are the first ones to get my attention. The Mondeos did solve the rust problem, I had an 8 year old 1.6 sierra with holes you could put you fist through on the rear arches and bits falling off the doors when you closed them. When I had an 8 year old Mondeo it didn't have a spot of rust on it.

@stevetaylor5933

5 жыл бұрын

But they drove well and went for ever! Unfortunately every one had a cracked bumper!

@video99couk

5 жыл бұрын

@@DurkoppFordertechnic Most cars yes. But my 1994 Toyota Celica still looks beautiful today, 24 years later. Some cars are just that bit better than the rest. Mudanos on the other hand... Sticky tape holding the bumpers together was almost a factory standard.

@stevetaylor5933

5 жыл бұрын

@@video99couk Toyota celica? That's your car of choice and you judge other cars?

That cortina is still on the road today,

Somewhere in the middle of the video audio started to sound like my neighbor's watching the show.

That reminds me to order a skip next weekend

Got a mk 1 si mondy now, still a good reliable car, would like a mk 3 cortina!

I had a mk1 1.6 mondeo it was under powered and tired when got it with 78k on the clock there was a black hole in 4th gear and it used to cripple my right knee after long journeys but in 4 years it only let me down twice (battery and starter motor died) both avoidable and cheep to fix and for that i loved it and have many fond memories of it

@richardbrabbs8283

5 жыл бұрын

@Smokeango yeah the body and bumpers were spotless the only dent was were some pratt jumped on the bonnet one night

@richardbrabbs8283

5 жыл бұрын

@Smokeango no never had a Sierra but nearly bought one as my first car i test drove a couple but got a mk4 escort instead mainly for the insurance and better on fuel always liked the Sierra sapphire its the one I'd have given the choice

@mattylamb9194

3 жыл бұрын

@Smokeango That';s why Paul Radisich's bumpers flew off with great regulairity in the BTCC championship!

@richardbrabbs8283

3 жыл бұрын

@Smokeango i agree that car was a bit special the mexico especially given the choice of any escort it would be a mk4 RS turbo it was a car i wanted most back in the day

“It’ll go along at 70mph all day” hahaha

@notroll1279

3 жыл бұрын

...If you REALLY floor it 😀

Back in the day I had a mk1 Cortina GT, followed by a mk2 1600E , a mk 3 2000GT and finally a mk5 Crusader. These were all easy to live with but quick to rust and with fairly poor handling. The Sierra 2.0GLSI I had later was a much better car but it was the Mondeo that really stood out being a turning point for Ford Europe where they started producing great handling cars. Its easy to sneer nowadays at the dull looks of the early versions but later versions when fitted with one of the bigger engines were very capable cars.

@mattylamb9194

3 жыл бұрын

They were really rated when new, much like the Focuses were when they came out. Fords before the Mondeo wre ecrtiicised for being very lacklustre dynamically, (not terrible, but just very average). Mondeo changed the game when it came out

I can see now where Chris Morris got his inspiration for The Day Today 😂

'93 it's the year I was born. Oh I'm a fan of Top Gear⚙.

Yeah! and Gina Mckee's character in Brass Eye

Anyone else hear the sound of the mk3 Cortina doors closing, sounded like metal dustbin lids.

@bmw320i2

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking someone should have edited that sound - what a nail

@Cortinaman63

5 жыл бұрын

The Yellow GXL 2 door Ford used in the Advert was one of their per production cars, (note it has missing exterior trim, on petrol flap and gutter rails, with vinyl roof just hanging over the drip rail, so did not have the sound deadening pads fitted inside the door skins either!, thus the hollow sound) as they shut, funny how Ford made ads to show off their "NEW CARS" that were not in fully finished, as show here,and even damaged condition, as seen in another advert with the rear valance dented in!!!, I have owned a Mk.3. for over 43 years and the doors on mine sound a lot nicer when you shut them when Ford have fitted the sound absorbing pads!!! lol.

Hello. Are there pistons with compression greater than 9.5 for a 1.4 engine? I want to put 100 octane gasoline. the goal is to choose economic consumption

Clarkson's enunciation still had a slight pluminess to it back then. His market trader drawl hadnt quite been perfected at this stage and was still a 'work in progress'

A very young looking Quentin...Hair is the same as today 😊

Had three Sierras. Great cars, if a bit rust prone in their twilight.

I want to find a garage that will change my oil and filters for £14 these days. You'd be lucky if they would open the bonnet for that now!!

@erebostd

2 жыл бұрын

If you earn the same money as the people 60 years ago, you are clearly doing something wrong

No Cosworth Sierra?? And no wearing seatbelts in the cortina? Fun times!!

Strange to think that nowadays, hardly anyone buys a Mondeo and silly SUVs and "premium" German cars have taken over. Sierra/Mondeo man has become 320d man. How fashions change! I kinda miss the unpretentious functionality and character of cars like the Sierra. Modern cars are so over complicated!

@paulthomson9709

5 жыл бұрын

I can't stand any suv/ crossover ! They should all be collected up and fired up in to space or destroyed !

@MegaWayneD

5 жыл бұрын

I pretty much learned most of my car knowledge on fixing my step-Dad's Sierras in my teens. Have to say, these days I've gone "premium German" too, with Mercedes C-classes. The interesting thing is thy C-class is very similar to the Sierra (certainly the later Sierra Azure fuel-injected version) the only main difference being a OBD II code reader is needed.

@marcustaylor670

5 жыл бұрын

It's because a Mondeo costs as much to fix as a BMW now and they look sh#t where the BMW doesn't. 2015 Mondeo looks good though so I might go back to Ford.

@mattylamb9194

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcustaylor670 - Mondeo is far cheaper to fix than a Beemr.I like BMWs, but you are wrong there

@marcustaylor670

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattylamb9194 - I mean't BMW's from the E46 era, I wouldn't touch the newer ones. I'm still living in 2004

If only they knew how rare and collectable these cars are

Still better than new topgear

Great to see this old Top Gear. Shame about the sound.

The high quality version can be found on TVArk.

They are talking from their heart and pure soul with calm attitude... The old is better and get better.. The new programs are such a waste of time 🚶

A u nas, leciał Magazyn Auto i człowiek się cieszył.

it's cause ford wanted handling. and back in the days if oyu wanted handling you went for RWD. unless you were alfa romeo or honda. still the only real downside from RWD is a bit higher fuel consumption and its not very good in the snow unless its mid mounted.

5:48 ... "clang!!!!"

Quentin is in Birmingham for this one. 11:00 Bristol St Motors, Bristol Road.

Every woman i can remember from my kid days worn this light blue jacket.

I still own a Mondeo lol the MK1 1.6i it's got 150.000 miles on the clock. Solid but needed alot of repairs in its life 😂

@mc77727

5 жыл бұрын

Did you ever have problems with the headlights going dull? Did the dash digital clock work especially it's backlight or the original radio backlight stop working too?

I had one of the last Cortina’s in 1982 it wasn’t a bad car for its day but it didn’t have electronic ignition so you were forever adjusting the circuit breaker but the most serious fault was the camshaft. Not the camshaft itself but poor lubrication. Mine failed through its inability to climb any hill. So I took the camshaft cover off and on starting the car I noticed that the lub pipe which ran along the camshaft was pumping oil over the top of the cam shaft and that was in tick over! Oil was going nowhere near the cams! It was out of warranty unfortunately and the Main Dealer didn’t want to know. After that I completely lost faith with the standard of Ford engineering. But I subsequently In the 1980’s had a Mondeo as a company car in maroon, it was quite a good car surprisingly good, but the standard of the paintwork was very poor I would rare similar to BMC Marina of the 1970’s. Never had a Ford since, never will! I’ve moved up to BMW!

I don't think that you would get away with the advertisement for the Mk 3 Cortina today.

Saludos

So why the Consul?

Its sad to think these cars are no longer around 😕

Hahahaha that mondeo looks like an old banger even back then

The Grand Tour has just remade this episode.

Michelle Newman looks and sounds like a Rebecca Front character, with the exception of the humour.

That cortina has consul on the bonnet.

@sutherlandA1

5 жыл бұрын

Early mark 1 were known as consul cortina

Ah, the Mondeo, a British institution. Rolled onto the screen at 1:13 to Elgar's "Nimrod", a classic piece of rousing Brittania written by one of the best British composers. And then we're introduced to a car which was built in Belgium by the German arm of an American company. About as British as Sauerbrauten, followed by Mattentaart and washed down with a pint of Budweiser...

Back in the days when Jezza could do his jacket up.

Having driven a Mk4 Cortina 78 or 79? and a 1991 Sierra 2.0 GLX, countless Mk2/3/4 Mondeo's and owning a Telstar TX5, I can sense and feel where Ford were going in terms of R&D and driving dynamics across the different years. I can see where they were going with the Mondeo - a midsize Ford which will become a global platform, although for me it was the mk3 Mondeo ST V6 2.5) where Ford had it together, I just didn't like the feel and dynamics of the first 2 generations. Global Ford offerings in the mid 1980's you had from Asia the Telstar (FWD) Europe has the Sierra (RWD), America has the Taurus (FWD). They have their own models, trims etc. Jump ahead a few years to the early 90's and midsize segment is going to FWD. The Sierra is being phased out. Telstar is still in production (Until 1999). America gains the Contour (FWD) Which will become the Fusion to the midsize line up - which looks ALOT like the Mondeo. Now look at them - they are extremely similar in appearance and in spec. Taurus is still in production as a fullsize platform after the end of the Crown Vic. Ford Australia discontinued the Falcon, their fullsize car. Guess whats there instead? Mondeo. Not a bad car by any means. In terms of business I understand - one global offering. As a consumer it kinda sucks my choice is limited, what if I want RWD and V8? No Falcon. No Crown Vic/Marquis etc. And its not just Ford doing this, its GM too and others starting to follow suit.

Bristol Street Motors in Birmingham

3 Vauxhall owners have been here

@drchunkybiscuit9973

10 жыл бұрын

4 now.

@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904

7 жыл бұрын

8 now

@simondando8142

6 жыл бұрын

10......😂

@southendparaquest

6 жыл бұрын

18!

@WitchyWhale

6 жыл бұрын

32 now

About classic ford cortina is one of special and successful car in the world, since from mk-1 corporation with lotus created hi-performance sport car, light weight, hi-performance engine, driving real handling and easy control after mk-2 once again cortina to be luxury sedans, comfortable, luxury, hi-quality products ! In 70's mk-3 coke cola bottle body design have more engine to choose from line-4 ohv to v-6 ohc engine, more powerful, more stylish at mk-5 cortina back in modern family sedan and sedan wagon again, reliable, comfortable, for every family daily to drive Until in 82 ford created new generation family car have brand new featuring design most by the bodywork body line very smooth and good looking But new generation ford Sierra mk-1 engine 1.6L~2.0L line-4 ohc engine only can tell is smoothly not hi-performance and quality ! But by that engine running real smoothly in fuel economy control is good, more better early old cortina mk-2 to mk-5 ohc engine until new sierra mk-3 in 90's choose brand new DOHC twin cam line-4 engine and more better fuel injection system making engine keep hi-quality fuel economy control in the same time have more horsepower,making engine have more hi-performance ! But real sad is ford in same time stop created new XR no more 2.3L & 2.8L v-6 engine in brand new sierra, even since after ford granada, capri and scorpion stop production after Europe ford no more highest level hi-performance sport car and luxury sedan By now ford mondeo metrostar taking old granada his place About "sport" in Europe ford may be by now is ford focus ST / RS !

why does it say Consul on the bonnet when it's supposedly a Cortina?

@chrisaskin6144

3 жыл бұрын

The Mk 1 Cortina to give it it's full title was known as the Ford Consul Cortina. All the subsequent marks of Cortina were just known as Ford Cortinas.

"She doesn't know... LoL... I bet HE didn't know either...!

Jeremy I know you won’t believe me when I say this but one day you’re going to work for Amazon after you punched a producer for the bbc,rest assured you’ll still be loved

@Nimmo1492

6 жыл бұрын

And then you're going to host a non-motoring quiz show on ITV.

@StuartOliver83

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaaaaaaa

@jnbr7520

5 жыл бұрын

before all that he's going to turn in to a narcissistic obnoxious wanker

@fabianwylie8707

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are one 😅😅😅

@MarkAtkin

5 жыл бұрын

Still be loved? Not by me!

When Top Gear was about motoring.

This is When they actually Reviewed cars not all the bulshit they previously did

Old is gold

Shame that most have now rusted away. You hardly ever see an escort these days and they were still being made in 2000.

I loved my Sierra, H636 NKG

any colour as long as it was RUST ;)

Incredible how brits can excite for those wrecks

i've always wondered why the Sierra was RWD, all of its competitors, the Cavalier, the Montego, and the 405 were FWD, even it's AMERICAN counterpart, the Taurus was FWD

@godawgs88100

2 жыл бұрын

It could be and this is just a guess. That they thought okay we are radically changing the shape, so let's go conservative with the drivetrain. British buyers were well known for being conservative back then. And the shape wasn't setting the world on fire with popularity at first

oh, VHS went muffled

Now in 2020 (in lockdown in Melbourne) & looking back at the British auto industry, I scratch my head & ....... think. Why? Cars overall are really better nowadays. Panels fit. You don't screw nuts up like the Charlie Drake type in the Ford Dealership. All told. Ford existed and at times even thrived. It was just a good thing not to let the public know. Of course, Ford Globally is rather better, but it's still rather less than the sum of its parts. I still like stuff built sometime somewhere in the USA (or pretend to). When I worked in Kentucky, my (Ford) MercuryGrandMarquisBrogham had a 8litre V8 & was 19feet long, but again, build was really very good and even in the seventies it had climate control auto trans, auto light covers, & other stuff - you name it, complete with auto seats & as for the kids, we lost 'em in the back. And as for all Fords made anywhere on Earth, better left unsaid as to what they routinely produce over the years. Yet ford has improved, at least somewhat. Now zeeGermans rule the rich (&or snobs) and Japan thinks it's tops with Toyota and such, so, soon we'll just have to see the South Korean Moon rising, to show everyone how to do car making, and proper(ly)..

Filmed shortly before Quents fell out of love with all the cars..