Old Top Gear 1992 - Porsche 968 & Jaguar XJS

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  • Jeremy Clarkson looks at the new 968 from Porsche and the Jaguar XJS. Taken from season 15, episode 6.
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  • @TekMoliGy
    @TekMoliGy Před 8 lety +385

    All of those 80s things he said we could say goodbye to are more popular than ever now days lmao.

  • @ProtoMan0451
    @ProtoMan0451 Před 10 lety +63

    "We can even say goodbye to the mobile phone."
    oh, 1992 Jeremy, if only you knew

    • @RB747domme
      @RB747domme Před 3 lety +2

      He meant as a style accessory.

    • @jamesrowden303
      @jamesrowden303 Před 17 hodinami

      @@RB747domme Still is, moreso since there are a multitude of cheap colourful plastic things that can be attached to phones.

  • @ryanpatterson9526
    @ryanpatterson9526 Před 7 lety +234

    Wow, even the Ray Bans are back in style again

    • @markwhite7941
      @markwhite7941 Před 7 lety +6

      Porsche 928

    • @Lemma01
      @Lemma01 Před 3 lety +14

      Never went out 😊

    • @llkjjjss
      @llkjjjss Před 3 lety +12

      It's crazy even the mobile phone is in style again!

    • @drummerdoingstuff5020
      @drummerdoingstuff5020 Před 3 lety +1

      You can you can say hello and goodbye to the mobile phone

    • @TEXAS2459
      @TEXAS2459 Před 3 lety

      w8!...wtf did u jus time travel?!

  • @admiralhorationelson1612
    @admiralhorationelson1612 Před 10 lety +330

    " we can even say goodbye to the mobile phone "
    how'd that work out ?

    • @RobertBardos
      @RobertBardos Před 9 lety +2

      Lol

    • @iantownsend5480
      @iantownsend5480 Před 9 lety +6

      He said it felt like a big Audi TT & when the convertible version came out the looney was back

    • @RRSYSinfo
      @RRSYSinfo Před 9 lety +6

      Good bye mobile phone buttons. Hello touch screens.

    • @DrSteveBrule552
      @DrSteveBrule552 Před 9 lety +20

      As I watch this on my mobile phone

    • @questionitall3053
      @questionitall3053 Před 3 lety +2

      Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

  • @TheAmbientUniverse
    @TheAmbientUniverse Před 3 lety +28

    I chuckled at "we can wave goodbye to Ray Ban sunglasses", but it took until Jeremy saying "We can even say goodbye to the mobile phone" for me to realize it was all just a bit of classic tongue in cheek British humor

  • @bliglum
    @bliglum Před 8 lety +54

    5:54 Jeremy Clarkson "I am biased" Didn't have to tell us that! I knew he'd choose the jag even before I clicked on the vid.

    • @jamesrowden303
      @jamesrowden303 Před 17 hodinami

      That's because he doesn't really fit into anything smaller, especially with that obscene Afro.

  • @nigo1787
    @nigo1787 Před 8 lety +157

    25 years later, 968 is a classic and the XJS well... if one still runs...
    as for hesitating between a 968 and a 300ZX for the same price, the word that comes to mind is : "DOH !"

    • @1SaG
      @1SaG Před 7 lety +34

      The 968 is horrible to look at. I'd rather have a no-frills, first series 924 than that abomination.
      That said: Typical Clarkson-review. If, for dinner, you offered him a choice between a steak and a turd, he'd choose the turd so long as it was a *British* turd.

    • @FlyingWingless
      @FlyingWingless Před 7 lety +13

      Exactly! I love the pride he shows for Britain. He will eat that turd and make you envy it.

    • @nutsackmania
      @nutsackmania Před 7 lety +5

      +1SaG LOL. Have you actually _driven cars_ before? Go ahead, take that 924 shitbox, 40-horsepower rattly piece of trash that had a barely-functioning HVAC system from the factory, stamped fucking control arms and other associated VW trash--did I mention its like 40 horsepower?--horrible interior, looks like a rat took a shit at a VW plant in 1974 and they sized it up to make the junkobox that is the 924. YIKES.

    • @nigo1787
      @nigo1787 Před 7 lety +21

      I actually have driven a 924. It's a very nice car for what it is. Cannot be compared to a 968, very different price tag (924 < 944 < 944 S2 < 968)
      it has 125, which was not bad in 1976 and goes over 120mph
      It can be compared with the RX7 N/A of the 80s

    • @mosesberkowitz3298
      @mosesberkowitz3298 Před 7 lety +1

      If I had a 968 I'd only drive it after dark. Fug Ugly !

  • @YesIAmThatCoolBitch
    @YesIAmThatCoolBitch Před 10 lety +75

    A 3 speed? And a 6 litre v12!!! turning out 333 bhp? lol

    • @hififlipper
      @hififlipper Před 3 lety +2

      all into a 3 speed gearbox, rofl

    • @bmw_fantopdrives5501
      @bmw_fantopdrives5501 Před 3 lety +7

      a modern 2 litere Diesel is Probably faster lol, and uses like 7x less fuel

    • @savagestingy1450
      @savagestingy1450 Před 3 lety +4

      That's why the rare manual gearbox is better lol

    • @Lancia444
      @Lancia444 Před 3 lety +6

      3 speeds were tough and tested - less moving parts. Cars with low horsepower could have 4-5 speed autos but anything with V8+ amounts of torque would snap all the bits on a typical production build. FYI 4 speed autos had just started to come out in Beemers and a few more advanced V8/V12s.
      CAD/CAM and materials-engineering improved a great deal since then, hence why we even see 6-7 speed autos...
      if you've ever driven a 3speed V8, you'll enjoy the fact that first gear often took you to 120kph.....

    • @Rover200Power
      @Rover200Power Před 2 lety

      Missing the whole point of the Jaguar V12. It isn't designed to be a traffic light racer with a fast 0-60. It is about smoothness and torque.

  • @jacobreed47
    @jacobreed47 Před 9 lety +42

    I love 90's era cars.

    • @frankburns8871
      @frankburns8871 Před 9 lety +5

      Acuravigor47 I hate the fact that 90's era cars are now a thing of nostalgia or quaintness. But yeah, the 90's had great music and pretty nice cars all around.

    • @jacobreed47
      @jacobreed47 Před 9 lety +1

      Frank Burns Totally agree. Thumbs up. Class of "96" California. Previous cars, Mitsubishi Starion, Mitsubishi 3000GT, C4, Iroc Z. Thumbs up!

    • @frankburns8871
      @frankburns8871 Před 9 lety +1

      Acuravigor47 ha, you said thumbs up but didn't give me one. I don't care, just sayin. Good choices in cars, though. Fun fact: The Starion was supposed to be "Stallion," but got misspelled in classic "Engrish" fashion by the Japanese. Don't know if that's true or not, but it makes sense. WTF is a "starion?" I had a thing for the Chrysler versions of those Mitsus...Daytona, Laser, Shelby Charger. FWD and pretty lame by modern standards, but not too shabby at all by 80s standards. Pretty sure the Starion was a RWD version of the Daytona. Or the Daytona was a FWD version of the Starion, more accurately.

  • @emandalosvek4054
    @emandalosvek4054 Před 8 lety +195

    Now that the 80's are over, "we can wave goodbye to .....the mobile phone". LOL
    Well, you can't get them all right and sometimes you are going to be very, very wrong.

    • @crusherbmx
      @crusherbmx Před 8 lety +5

      +Emanda Losvek Ya, he totally called that one...

    • @altair1983
      @altair1983 Před 8 lety +6

      +Emanda Losvek well... perhaps he was right in a way.. basically all of those things returned in 2000's, well minus the filofax.

    • @emandalosvek4054
      @emandalosvek4054 Před 8 lety +3

      altair1983
      Not really. Analogue Mobile phones were fairly commonplace by 1996.

    • @Dafoodmaster
      @Dafoodmaster Před 8 lety +5

      Not to mention stripy shirts (with undertale and all)

    • @supramanx1997
      @supramanx1997 Před 8 lety +1

      +Emanda Losvek If he'd only had any idea...

  • @parapoliticos52
    @parapoliticos52 Před 3 lety +3

    Jaguar XJS , one of the most beautiful car ever built.
    Who wouldn't want a sky blue cabrio XJS with white leather seats.

    • @noelnicholls1894
      @noelnicholls1894 Před 3 lety

      Keep looking at the XJS-C. There are a few out there in decent shape for reasonable money (Texas no rust).

  • @mattbartholomew5707
    @mattbartholomew5707 Před 10 lety +162

    £30 for 63 litres of petrol I wish.

    • @CSmithyPx
      @CSmithyPx Před 10 lety +3

      I was thinking just the same.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 Před 3 lety +12

      Wait...you Brits measure economy in "MPG," yet buy your fuel by liters?
      That's SO British!

    • @m44kts
      @m44kts Před 3 lety +3

      With inflation, £30 back in 1992 works out around £63 today so it’s not vastly different sadly

    • @sparky4878
      @sparky4878 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bcubed72 to confuse things even more a UK gallon is bigger than a US one. Don’t think by much, but does make our mpg sound a little better.

    • @hififlipper
      @hififlipper Před 3 lety +1

      @Victor Murat But you do need 10 times more of it to get somewhere, don´t you?

  • @EdWatts
    @EdWatts Před 11 lety +4

    I have a 1994 XJ12, and it is equipped with the 4L80-E, a TH-400 with overdrive. If I take it easy, I can get over 22 MPG on a long trip. Oh, yeah...
    ...I also have two six-cylinder, 150-HP nitrous systems on the vehicle. A 650-HP V-12 in a luxury sedan is a thing of beauty.
    I never grew up.

  • @willwonka1325
    @willwonka1325 Před 7 lety +18

    That Jag still looks a beaut! Clearly had issues, but those lines are just classy as hell :)

  • @DJ_FLUX
    @DJ_FLUX Před 7 lety +3

    I just picked up a 1994 968 manual coupe, 56K original miles, 100% complete and completely original car (seems to even have the original tyres... okay, new battery), Guards Red over black/cashmere interior. My first water-cooled Porsche. Great driving car. I also have a Limited Edition 1974 914 2.0 LE Can Am and a 1988 911 3.2 G50 Carrera coupe.

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas Před 7 lety +20

    "I'm a hobgoblin" - Jeremy Clarkson

    • @Peanutdenver
      @Peanutdenver Před 3 lety +2

      It's funny because Porsche has accomplished this "cleaner air out than in" for many years. You can hear Clarkson quote this phrase again around 2012 or 2015(cant remember the exact year, but it was 2010ish)but, this time he admits it's true when driving a new 911 Turbo S.

  • @maxtroy8511
    @maxtroy8511 Před 3 lety +10

    Clarkson is by far the greatest ever auto journalist.... IN THE WORLD!

  • @Dufffaaa93
    @Dufffaaa93 Před 8 lety +16

    Old Top Gear had less jokes and more information, I like it.

  • @mohdzulhilmi7232
    @mohdzulhilmi7232 Před 7 lety +11

    That bomber jacket look dope as fuck....

    • @FusionC6
      @FusionC6 Před 3 lety

      Its the exact image of 1991-92 America. :D

  • @uio890138
    @uio890138 Před 3 lety +9

    I'm actually surprised the Jaguar even started in this video.

  • @Boemel
    @Boemel Před 11 lety +21

    Gotta love the jacket :D

  • @SebWilkes
    @SebWilkes Před 7 lety +29

    XJS is an amazing car! Just gotta agree with you there Jeremy

    • @herrfister1477
      @herrfister1477 Před 3 lety +4

      Loved mine. Not flawless but full of charm and always a head turner.

    • @bensmithkent22
      @bensmithkent22 Před 3 lety +3

      Going for ok money now. Uncle died and had a non running xjrs 6.0 in red g plate. The one from the 1989 or 1990 motor show he used to say. Somebody paid 14k for it and took it on a trailer. Should have got it running been 20 plus.

  • @frontier_conflict
    @frontier_conflict Před 3 lety +3

    That exact Porsche is still on the road today with an up to date MOT

  • @weliveinazoo6597
    @weliveinazoo6597 Před 10 lety +15

    Jeremy is 'enunciating' very well!

  • @Robbieifyoucan
    @Robbieifyoucan Před 10 lety +9

    "we can say goodbye to the mobile phone"
    lol

  • @coupelikeacaravan
    @coupelikeacaravan Před 7 lety +3

    That moment where he pushes the 968 off a cliff.... Classic Clarkson

  • @Chunkyshoes
    @Chunkyshoes Před 9 lety +23

    Goodbye to Raybans? Never!

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Před 3 lety +1

      Goodbye to Bausch & Lomb Raybans. Now, they're made in China.

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw Před 3 lety +10

    The XJS looked ancient even in the 90s.

  • @philipplamenov8649
    @philipplamenov8649 Před 3 lety

    These old Top Gear videos are pure gold!

  • @TheRetroBiker
    @TheRetroBiker Před 10 lety +15

    63 liters for £30 quid!!!! Take me back to the early 90's :)

  • @AdamAus85
    @AdamAus85 Před 11 lety +9

    Lol, loveeee that long bonnet on the XJS.

  • @PONKEYWAG
    @PONKEYWAG Před 3 lety +1

    Always fun watching Jeremy's old reviews back in the day before he went grey, he loves his Jags

  • @littlefatfriend
    @littlefatfriend Před 11 lety +23

    buy a 6 litre V12 XJS now! it will make yr life better! ;)

  • @SuperStig23
    @SuperStig23 Před 10 lety +6

    The 928 S4 with manual trans was the best Porsche ever made IMHO,a truly original beautiful body, the sound of that V8 is as distinctive as any Ferrari, the perfect 50-50% weight ratio super wide track, responsive steering and
    Unlike the over-powered (and over rated( rear engined 911 you could drive this car to the limit right out of the lot. Engine in front, trans axle and transmission in the rear, perfect weight distribution. Mostly Aluminum body.
    Porsche lost money on every 928 they sold but it's still one of the best handling high performance cars ever made.

  • @ericgeorge5483
    @ericgeorge5483 Před 6 lety +15

    Give me the Jag any day of the week.

  • @bradleykurtz5536
    @bradleykurtz5536 Před 3 lety +2

    Love how the Jag is driving away at 8:43 while he’s still hanging up the pump...

  • @kaplaarsk4163
    @kaplaarsk4163 Před 8 lety +12

    So out of the two he prefers a car which is almost 50% more expensive, has no space for anyone to sit in the back despite it's enormous size, uses the amount of fuel equivalent to an oil tanker, has a plethora of other problems.
    Yep makes perfect sense.

  • @Noiganush
    @Noiganush Před 9 lety +7

    Wave goodbye to Ray ban, Electronic personal organisers and the mobile phone hahahaha

  • @rudydousset2271
    @rudydousset2271 Před 9 lety +39

    How about saying goodbye to that jacket? I thought that's where he was going with it

    • @motanelustelistu
      @motanelustelistu Před 8 lety

      +Rudy Dousset What are you on about man ? That's a very nice jacket,still worn today.Even if it wasn't,he was near or over 30 y.o. then,when fashion doesn't count,what you like and look good in do.
      I was always that way : Fuck the "fashion" and XXS size,i will get as tall (and musckly) i want and wore whatever i want :D (and,obviously,looks good).

    • @julianmilnes9594
      @julianmilnes9594 Před 6 lety

      Not really, it's about how you look when you do it. If you're happy with Blue Harbour then fine, but you really will look like a dad crisis...

  • @Bassmaster3250
    @Bassmaster3250 Před 9 lety +2

    Good ol VHS.. gotta love that nice horizontal static band popping up on the screen every 3 seconds... those were the days, when technology was special!

  • @OwnageProductions03
    @OwnageProductions03 Před 10 lety +19

    Say goodbye to the mobile phone..?
    LOL. JC. You dun fucked up.

  • @jooky87
    @jooky87 Před 3 lety

    I remember walking by this car parked on the street on the way to my school bus. Always amazed by it.

  • @joaopedrobittencourt9524
    @joaopedrobittencourt9524 Před 7 lety +1

    this is so well made...

  • @martinnjiru4567
    @martinnjiru4567 Před 3 lety +2

    A lowered boot that you can only fit a kite and a briefcase.. Jeremy humour was from way back

    • @bruceccorwin
      @bruceccorwin Před 3 lety

      You can fit alot in the back of a 968. I used to fold down the rear seats and put my mountain bike in there. Just had to remove the front wheel and toss it in separately.

  • @bruceccorwin
    @bruceccorwin Před 3 lety +2

    I had a 968 with the sport suspension and the handling problems he describes just means the front end alignment wasn't set right. It was a fantastic car. I also owned a 968 Turbo RS that was truly amazing. Wish I still had it!

    • @sebastianm.8383
      @sebastianm.8383 Před 2 lety

      a 968 Turbo RS, are you sure ? There were only 3 cars built or was it a replica or a 968 Turbo S ?

    • @bruceccorwin
      @bruceccorwin Před 2 lety +1

      @@sebastianm.8383 There were actually 4 Turbo RS cars built. Mine was one one of the 4. I don't know how many replicas were built.

  • @mtdmaker
    @mtdmaker Před 8 lety +50

    top gear just advertisement for the British auto industry.

    • @stevechristie2569
      @stevechristie2569 Před 8 lety

      +James Stringer and the Italians, Austrians, Romanians

    • @dparag14
      @dparag14 Před 6 lety +1

      stringer 2295 you must've won the war, but you lost the future.

    • @DankSi
      @DankSi Před 3 lety +6

      @@dparag14 at least British cars have some personality. German cars are as dull as actual Germans

    • @luciustitius
      @luciustitius Před 3 lety +2

      @@DankSi What glorious times those 90s where. When British cars weren’t in fact designed and manufactured by German, Indian or French companies like nowadays but nothing than 100% British thoroughbreds...

  • @theodor12
    @theodor12 Před 5 lety +1

    gotta love that number plate

  • @CarburetedKilos
    @CarburetedKilos Před 12 lety +2

    jeremy is a wordsmith, great review. i like the xjrs, fantastic looking car, even today. i would like to see the newest xkr-s with the 6.0 liter v12 of this car....supercharged and updated of course. that'd be awesome.

  • @jeremymtc
    @jeremymtc Před 9 lety +5

    ...This week on Clarkson Island...

  • @a34rwl
    @a34rwl Před rokem +2

    He inherited that flying jacket from Woolard. Before him Noel Edmunds had it.

  • @jacobreed47
    @jacobreed47 Před 9 lety +1

    His reviews are simply the best.

    • @JackBandicootsBunker
      @JackBandicootsBunker Před 9 lety +3

      Were. He isn't a good reviewer at all nowadays, just a spoiled showman.

    • @jacobreed47
      @jacobreed47 Před 9 lety

      sjc I still enjoy the UK version of top gear to any other country's version. Even though there is no true 22nd season. Just stupid specials. But I read that there is a 22nd season in the works!

  • @TheSeventhSeal
    @TheSeventhSeal Před 6 lety +3

    I've owned both, and for a short (sub 1 hour) drive down country roads the Porsche wins hands down. If I was going to spend hours driving then it would be the XJS every time. In fact I'm selling my 968 to buy another XJS as it's just not comfortable on long journeys, where the Jag is just sublime.

  • @PaulCarr1
    @PaulCarr1 Před 7 lety +35

    The most powerful engine of its type..................... In the world.

  • @jesus_built_my_hotrod
    @jesus_built_my_hotrod Před 6 lety

    "We can even say goodbye to the mobile phone" LOL

  • @willzer808
    @willzer808 Před 11 lety +3

    I adore Porsche 944's. The 968 is nice too. I've loved the 944 since i was about 6. When I get the cash, I am going to buy one

  • @nickreay2766
    @nickreay2766 Před 6 lety +3

    Jeremy: Every decade has its fashion accessories...I have never been one.

  • @lukepreston8362
    @lukepreston8362 Před 7 lety

    The original theme at the end cracked me up

  • @willl5255
    @willl5255 Před 6 lety

    The Porsche 944 is my favourite car but that 968 is amazing. I want both!

  • @bavariancarenthusiast2722

    The 968 looks still modern and the Jag looks like from the last century, wait - because it is from the last century! :)

  • @herrfister1477
    @herrfister1477 Před 3 lety +1

    Thread summary so far to save time reading:
    - many comments on Jeremy’s prediction of the demise on mobile phones and raybans
    - many comments on the price of petrol
    - many comments on Jeremy’s jacket.

  • @mikep608
    @mikep608 Před rokem +1

    This Jaguar's styling holds up to the cars in 2023. Things that would improve it would be to find some way to get rid of the plastic bumpers and moldings.

  • @kkristof555
    @kkristof555 Před 11 lety +6

    "that even Beethoven starts to sound like MC Hammer" :D

  • @NYJALB
    @NYJALB Před 8 lety +3

    A 968 turned up in the car park next to my office one day this week...and I recalled lusting after one back in the early 90s................was I ever really that young!!??...8-)

    • @NYJALB
      @NYJALB Před 8 lety +1

      +NYJALB Mind you I also saw a 928 a few weeks back, and whilst wild horses ridden by naked Balinese dancing girls couldn't drag me into a Porsche these days, I have to say the 928 is still a groovy looking car!

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude Před 8 lety +1

      Just buy one, they aren't terribly expensive today, and they are more reliable than people think.

  • @thorfinnmckenzie
    @thorfinnmckenzie Před 3 lety

    That's a dope jacket Jeremy... I've never ever seen you wear a dope jacket.

  • @NYJALB
    @NYJALB Před 8 lety +3

    "We can even say goodbye to the mobile phone".........if only we had!!

  • @redriver15262
    @redriver15262 Před 8 lety +1

    in the begining backdrop i expected Clams Casino to start playing LMAO

  • @omegaprime8612
    @omegaprime8612 Před 8 lety +2

    Classic Clarkson

  • @paullovesey4863
    @paullovesey4863 Před 6 lety +2

    Isn’t this the Porsche that he had when his dad died?
    He was cooking a Chicken for dinner, had a phone call about his Dad - drove it at a comfortable 150mph from London to Sheffield and he got to see his Dad before he passed away.
    The chicken was still warm when he got there

    • @gabrielcooper2044
      @gabrielcooper2044 Před 4 lety

      That was a 928, looks the same but a different chassis and a V8

  • @guillaumeromain6694
    @guillaumeromain6694 Před 9 lety +1

    I can never get bored watching Jeremy.... nowadays or back then he is the best of them all.

  • @michaelstar4227
    @michaelstar4227 Před 2 lety

    I love the 968,but i admire the XJS too,they're both pretty cool in my book

  • @DaytonCarCare
    @DaytonCarCare Před 3 lety +1

    Having driven both, currently driving a 94 968 with supercharger, I still like the XJS (I had the V12 version) because it's a much smoother and quieter ride.

  • @mistreku
    @mistreku Před 8 lety +9

    LOL, the "big boys" will boil the coolant within 250 yards of "spirited" driving, while the porka could go across continents and never miss a beat. Take now a 968 and a XJS for a drive. Drive test them back to back and see which one of them still feels like a car.

  • @mayamanign
    @mayamanign Před 7 lety +3

    Porsche 968 and 944 in clean co dition keeps appreciating while the Jaguar can be had for a few hundred dollars, if there are any still running.
    And 300z? LOL. The 968 is a classic, the 300z is just another ghetto cruiser now with 22 inch chrome rims sticking out and a hanging bumper.

  • @motanelustelistu
    @motanelustelistu Před 8 lety +4

    I love how he didn't forget to mention the ENORMOUS fuel prices.
    Beside :D I "love" Jeremy as a character and if he says a car is small,it's small for me too :D as (wikipedia says) he's 1.96 M tall and i'm 1.92 :D

  • @mattevans4377
    @mattevans4377 Před 3 lety +6

    Funny thing is, I'm wearing a striped shirt while watching this.

  • @GoodOlPastaCake
    @GoodOlPastaCake Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve always loved the XJ12 so I’m really glad he did a video on it

  • @NYJALB
    @NYJALB Před 8 lety +2

    Does anyone else think Clarkson sounds EXACTLY like Partridge in this clip!!???

  • @mmarocker
    @mmarocker Před 6 lety +2

    "And speaking of windows, they're so slitty, you get the impression you're driving a postbox" oh if only 1992 Clarkson could've seen the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro...

    • @hififlipper
      @hififlipper Před 3 lety

      The difference is, the Camaro was always meant to be a postbox.

  • @miami999q6
    @miami999q6 Před 3 lety

    So many references that I’ll have to research

  • @chriseon598
    @chriseon598 Před 3 lety

    I had a 968 this colour, marvellous car. Crying shame I sold it and got a 911 4S Cab!
    Even today you would look good getting out of a 968, whereas that XJS would make you park and walk last part when going to someone´s house....

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot Před 7 lety +2

    6.5 seconds to 60. Golf GTI will do it with a smaller engine, so it just goes to show how technology and motoring has advanced.

  • @austineswann1
    @austineswann1 Před 12 lety

    I have a 84 944 and my friend has a 92 300z. 99% of my car is all original and has had very little issues over the years( AC compressor and timing belt changes of course plugs and wires...normal stuff) He on the other hand has had 99% replaced bc it has just broken in half or fell off. I love my 944. Its a expensive car to maintain still and still gets 30+mpg. I mean its 28 years old!

  • @coltsuperocean10
    @coltsuperocean10 Před 8 lety +1

    LOL, an 90s Jag to cover a 1000 miles without breaking down? Nice one Clarkson!

  • @doca8792
    @doca8792 Před 4 lety

    In a polluted city, the air coming out of the exhaust is cleaner than the air going in. He used that same quote for his 997 turbo review.

  • @redreuben5260
    @redreuben5260 Před 2 lety

    OMG That jacket !

  • @alianisz
    @alianisz Před 8 lety +8

    The Jaguar XJS has a sharper British design compared to the curvy German Porsche 968.

    • @10072018
      @10072018 Před 8 lety +1

      +alianisz The XJS had been around since the 70's, so, that kinda makes sense.

    • @alianisz
      @alianisz Před 8 lety +1

      +10072018 no im talking about the two manufacturers in general (current and before)

    • @motanelustelistu
      @motanelustelistu Před 8 lety

      +alianisz Seriously ? 2003 X Type is sharp ? It isn't sferical,but still,very far from sharp.1960-70 "muscle" "cars" (to be read TITANICS on wheels) american are sharp,not this Jags.
      Beside,it's xjRs

    • @alianisz
      @alianisz Před 8 lety

      motanelustelistu No

  • @12inchRules
    @12inchRules Před 9 lety +14

    Filling up a Jaguar for 30 pounds!

    • @edword7195
      @edword7195 Před 3 lety

      Yes 30 packets of Bensons that would be like 330 quid today

  • @richsackett3423
    @richsackett3423 Před 6 lety

    We can say goodbye to the mobile phone?! CLARKSON!!!

  • @Gius3pp3K
    @Gius3pp3K Před 10 dny

    Clarkson sounds normal on these earlier episodes 😂😂😂

  • @Vypmusic
    @Vypmusic Před 12 lety +1

    i own a 968 Cab and is a very nice vehicle.

  • @TopSecretVid
    @TopSecretVid Před 3 lety

    He forgot to men that perm and bomber jacket..😂😂😂 Those are definitely still out and never coming back!

  • @flyinghedgehog3833
    @flyinghedgehog3833 Před 3 lety

    Christmas 1991 I flew from Oxford to Oklahoma wearing a similar flying jacket n raybans..via Iceland Greenland Frobisher Bay Wabush Bangor Boston NY Columbus Indianapolis...in a 6 seat Cessna 421c...37 hours flight time..best journey in my worrrrrllllddddd...even did twice around the Statue of Liberty. Beat that Jezza!

  • @patrickmurray8304
    @patrickmurray8304 Před 8 lety

    1.25 we can even say goodbye to the mobile phone

  • @servicarrider
    @servicarrider Před 8 lety +5

    Oh the hair. 1). That he had any. 2). The jheri curls.

  • @aDIYCarGuy
    @aDIYCarGuy Před 9 lety +3

    They need that engine / trans setup in today's cars...30mpg!

    • @NYJALB
      @NYJALB Před 8 lety +2

      +a DIY Car Guy 47p a litre would be nice too!!!

  • @roddydykes7053
    @roddydykes7053 Před 7 lety +1

    How could've anyone in their right mind think that a technology as useful as a mobile phone would go away and not be improved on? I wonder if he went home to his landline that evening and said "Ah yes, no need for being on the go when you need to reach someone."

  • @macditrik3786
    @macditrik3786 Před 9 lety +2

    jaguar

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton Před 3 lety

    Good ol' TopGear...😁👍

  • @FoxStreamsLive
    @FoxStreamsLive Před měsícem

    5:32 Jeremy seamlessly morphs into Alan Partridge

  • @m4kwadrat360
    @m4kwadrat360 Před 3 lety

    Nice to see Port Isaac aka Portwenn back in th day.