The BBC really should release these on DVD along with any remaining episodes of the programme before Top Gear, BBC's Wheelbase. They would sell in their thousands.

@abcbcde9985

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly I doubt it. These wonderful old videos have < 30 k views in up to 7 years. 'New'Top Gear videos get millions!

@a.tanner8524

4 жыл бұрын

New Top Gear appeals to a wider audience due to extreme stunts and “entertainment value”, whereas these old top gear episodes focussed more on technical details and were aimed exclusively at motoring enthusiasts.

@phillipecook3227

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.tanner8524 Sad. But completely accurate. You have to give people what they want. And what they want is entertainment: not programmes about cars.

These early Top Gear episodes are - and you will have to pardon my enthusiastic profanity - fucking gold dust.

@asm1

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah. although I wonder if there are any earlier full episodes about - would like to see some 70's ones! :)

@asm1

7 жыл бұрын

Will Brum He fucked it up and was the "traitor" to the informative programme that top gear used to be. It is a pity that it became about the presenters dicking around, all the time. I did enjoy the challenges and the laps... but there wasn't much for ordinary punters, who can afford the valve covers on some super cars tires. I get that you have to be entertained. The problem is that old top gear didn't have enough entertainment, and too much info. new top gear became too much about the entertainment and the presenters, rather than something sensible every now and again. they were "indulged" a little too much. JC can do "serious but funny" as well. he did it on old Top gear. there was too much twattering about. I like the sexy cars, but wouldn't mind a proper review every now and again. finding a balance is very difficult. PS jezza went on record as saying that he wanted Chris Goffey to present a more serious element to the show, but the audience jus wanted them to cock about all the time. I will watch both tg and gt :) I like Matt Leblanc, and Sabine Schmitz and Rory and Chris. I'm glad Evans is gone. he may be a real petrol head but his presenting style is crap for this type of work.

Very sad to hear Frank Page's death. RIP

Now THIS is Top Gear, not that mass appeal, manufactured pap that's churned out now.

Thought he knew what he was talking about untill he pointed at the brake instead of the clutch 22:23 :)

I love how they say the uno wont be a success when it sold 8 million lol....

There was I’m sure an episode of this original series where they tested some 4x4s and more interesting off road machines including the Mercedes Unimog, Supercat, Argocat to name the ones I remember, has anyone seen this one on KZread?

TriKing - what a beauty!

at 00:01 did anyone spot the stig lol hes driving through the tunnel in a metro !!!!

They must have moved the clutch lever to the right hand side on the honda

How wrong they where about the uno it went on to be europes best selling car. And fiat quickly addressed the engine issues. With 999cc fire engine whivh was a fantastic little engine i had 45 55 and 2 1.7d diesel All where great cars the 1.7 being able to achive 65 mpg average nearly all the time as i was student at the time that level of fuel economy meant my daily drive to uni was not so expensive . Have very fond memorues ifvthe uno travelled around europe in my 1.7 d it was great. Had a tipo next it was a super car 1.9 sx turbo 55mpg all day long sat 5 people in comfort.

do you have the episode where sue drive the BMW m635csi in france

The Fiat segment looks like Orlando, at Church Street Station when the old steam engine used to be on display. The drawbridge is probably on the NASA causeway, which you take to get to Kennedy Space Center and the rocket display.

@kernals12

7 жыл бұрын

And at 27:02 in the far right corner you see what looks like a Ford LTD.

@kernals12

7 жыл бұрын

After doing some research, it turns out Fiat did unveil the Uno at the Kennedy Space Center, rather ironically, 1983 was the year Fiat left the US market.

@juliestonelake7606

3 жыл бұрын

My first car was an uno. I loved it. Mine was a 45 wire the fire engine. It was crap round corners though

Go Sue!

Well spotted, it's obviously Florida even though I didn't even realise until I read your comment! The highway over the water is Route 1 to/from Key West I believe. But Fiat launched the Uno in Florida... no idea why.

@kernals12

7 жыл бұрын

The unveiling was done at the Kennedy Space Center, obviously they wanted to give it an air of being state of the art. And what makes the location all the more ironic is 1983 was the year Fiat left the US market

The Fiat Yuno...lol

@Saabinseptime

5 жыл бұрын

lol fiat is shit

@Nooziterp1

4 жыл бұрын

It was known to some as the 'Fiat oh-no-it's-broken-down-again.'

@clipstone

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nooziterp1 I had an UNO and it never broke down. My Dad also had several Fiats and they were all very relaible.

@Nooziterp1

4 жыл бұрын

@@clipstone I stand corrected! Just repeating what I have heard. Another one is Fiat stands for 'Fix it again Tony'. Going by what you say I don't know where this came from. It's probably just an acronym like Lotus - Lots of trouble usually serious. or Ford - Fix or repair demanded. There are a few of them.

i wonder what would win in a drag race, th Uno or the Honda scooter lol

Yes I understand

0:01 - Is that A car going through a sewer? Wasn’t that part of a Top Gear episode from The Clarkson, Hammond and May era? Did Top gear 2002-2015 rip off Top Gear 1977-2001?

@TheTescoManReal

3 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure modern Top Gear is a reboot

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTescoManReal I know but still

Willy Wellhard, was a great presenter.

why did they go to Florida to review an Italian hatchback, and I know it's Florida because of that museum with all the space rockets, the various American-looking cars, and those famous 2 way highways that go over water

Funny, the Uno's were tested in the US and we never received this car. In fact, I believe Fiat had abandoned the US by this time.

re record not fadeaway..re record not fadeaway..re record not fadeaway.....

22:38 "BMW is bringing out a V4 inline engine" What?

@PhilOsGarage

4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile mercedes are working on a four cylinder rotary.

Before they called it a slipper clutch ha.

Well... Morgan have certainly changed...

Dr says its is winner

65 MPG with a carburetor fed pushrod engine fitted into a brick shaped 5 seater car. Not much has improved in the intervening 37 years

THIS IS A MESSAGE TO CLARKSON, MAY AND HAMMOND .... GET A BEARD ON FOR THE NEXT SERIES .... TA ----- LOPEZ

The Triking, still a better car than the modern Moran three wheeler.

William Woollard is such a Baws

Yew-no??

@RetroGUY77

7 жыл бұрын

No I don't know

Beards...

Quiet interesting to hear a vehicle specialist say the two best manufacture for equality built cars merceres and Jaguar, not bmw or RR. Mercedes-Benz have continued but bmw have nanaged to create an illusion of quality but if you dig into bmw reliability and build quality they are very poor

16:28 I thought muslims didn't drink

@soperdiact838

6 жыл бұрын

Presumably Christians all follow the bible as well....

@Nooziterp1

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. Presumably Saudi Arabian oil magnates are exempt.

Cant beat the old Top Gears before Clarkson ruined it.

Ah yes British is best...s

Arabs need drinks in their vehicles? I thought it was forbidden in the Quran etc?