Interesting how times changes. Big, bulky, heavy, "safe" road tanks to "survive" car crash which are dangerous because many people are driving that: big, bulky, heavy road tanks, is pushed so hard, that many people really do think that sales pitches are true. I myself did believe in it. Still, never had a single person owning cars mentioned in this show complaining - especially people-movers when those were used as cheaper cargo vans for preparing venue events, move things, doing large shopping or simply travelling in a group long distance. That said, I hate those cars, because of such machines, things like Japanese tiny cars (kei) are often hard to get or simply illegal, due to concerns of collisions and accidents, and living in a large city, those would fix most of the issues. But no - big car goes vroom! Big car strong! Big car for bester person! Me big car!
@jvarela965
19 күн бұрын
One of the first cars I had was a 1969 MGB red/black. Bought in 1986, was a fun car bought by the 80s parts were pricey and sold it to a collector.
@rohans6568
20 күн бұрын
15:30
@gavla3550
21 күн бұрын
"but we do have to drive around in a car that looks completely bonkers..." Nissan Juke anyone 🤣😂
@83j049733rfe4
24 күн бұрын
The analogy I always use when describing British Leyland to other americans is "Imagine if Chrysler owned General Motors and Ford, it owned all of Detroit, and all the brands." Dodge, Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Plymouth, Lincoln, Pontiac, Mercury, Chrysler, everyone under the same roof in the same town with the same budget, and they have to fight each other.
@azizabdul8914
24 күн бұрын
10:21 HOLY SHIT IS THAT EVA-01 VACUUM CLEANER?!
@axyetbdajte2
26 күн бұрын
3:53 nnnnice
@jonnywalker3208
27 күн бұрын
15:20 so the BEST series of rallying was killed off because some clowns were lining the tracks 🤣 looks like the world was soft even back then.
@RaisedLetter
28 күн бұрын
Japan got America in the end. Not exactly the biggest loss.
@avysark2034
28 күн бұрын
Anything built in JP will last a lifetime if maintained. Australian professionals don't salivate over Makita - made in JP for no reason. For anyone who hasn't watched Japanese house construction and wants an unexpected hard-on over the absolute perfection with which hand preproduce 20 meter beams etc for example and fit them together with not as much as a 0.5mm gap, give it a go.
@bran170
Ай бұрын
Before you had a jaaaaggg, you had a staaaaaggg
@AndreasGlad-rq7vx
Ай бұрын
SOCIALISM killed it, as it kills anything it touches.
@BobAbc0815
Ай бұрын
After failing to destroy the Japanese Car Industrie, Led Lobo felt so ashamed, that he tried to commit Harakiri. (Un)fortunately his Blade was made in the UK and thus had allready rusted away😂
@BobAbc0815
Ай бұрын
To be fair, square offers minor advantages in steering.
@jamesdrives993
Ай бұрын
5:30 that transition was so smooth!
@pistonburner6448
Ай бұрын
All these poor people praising front wheel drive econoboxes...I feel so sorry for them. The fact that evil European corporations did this to them is sickening.
@jeweetzelf380
Ай бұрын
Haha LoL 20:53 😂😂😂😂
@Fishsticks187
Ай бұрын
It is a testament to the grit and ingenuity of the Japanese people that, within a generation of the wholesale destruction of their entire nation, they were able to beat the Europeans and Americans at their own game.
@nostalgiaof98
Ай бұрын
Watching this now is making me question who killed England. This is the most British footage (not purely steteotype) I've seen, and its 20+ years old. No footage I see from England reflects England this much anymore.
@L_U-K_E
Ай бұрын
😳
@GaryJohnson-kn1ou
Ай бұрын
The Ford of England were better cars for the Japanese car that time
@itsdan722
Ай бұрын
20:06 its time to cue the music!
@danross8565
Ай бұрын
Would you like to sleep with a guinea pig 😂😂😂😂
@fireballfireball6962
2 ай бұрын
Well done Austin!. you sold out for 2 million quid and then got your arse whipped! They thought the Japanese would never catch up! And then the Japanese taught the Chinese and here we go again!
@Deltic55-mw4bo
2 ай бұрын
I feel like BL COULD have succeeded, if only they'd kept the marques more seperate. Say head office come up with a parts bin of standard engines, transmissions, suspension, even things as trivial as guages and door handles, anything a bit anonymous. Then send the list to the separate makers to build their own cars. I don't understand what's wrong with duplication of effort either, because that'd just encourage each marque to design better cars.
@Chuckles2109
2 ай бұрын
Every country that lost the war make better cars.
@Blorkion64
2 ай бұрын
Europe always has and will make garbage cars. Japan still dominates the market and makes the most relaible and affordable cars in the world. This isn't an opinion it's a fact.
@playlist9980
2 ай бұрын
Clarkson when he was still an adult.
@paulhaskey5295
3 ай бұрын
British Leylandii😂.
@hamdanali2036
3 ай бұрын
0:54 ‘present day’. goes to show how old this is and how old we’ve become. that’s a classic car now
@hamdanali2036
3 ай бұрын
16:28 wow those petrol prices are depressing to see in 2024
@lkrnpk
3 ай бұрын
In a few years: Before the Chinese came along, we all assumed EVs were expensive and had low range
@plhebel1
3 ай бұрын
Seems as if this program was shortened, edited, it just doesn't flow and knowing a bit about Clarkson I'm sure he had more to say about the death of British auto industry and the people that killed it.
@jamesrobert4106
3 ай бұрын
Was explaining MPVs with The Stone Roses, Fools gold in the background a deliberate point?
@krispykremes2482
3 ай бұрын
The Corolla is one of the greatest domestic cars ever but that fridge gag is fucking brilliant. Peak JC.
@Ryan-mb9me
3 ай бұрын
Derek Robison was the main cause of every major strike at BL. People forget that he was a member of the British communist party and was given funding by them
@felipefernandes9053
3 ай бұрын
It´s lobby (Marshall Plan), British make planes, Japanese made cars and motocycles , German made luxury cars and aspirina, French made cologne, Italians made agricolal equipaments, American made "way of life"...
@palmaken
3 ай бұрын
90% of British cars were ugly as heck. That didnt help them eighter.
@Fxtd-yz3qr
3 ай бұрын
Fiends amin friends of Dibnah amin Bambi? Wot's a looney earn amin warm space the final mushroom these are the voyages of the starship junkyard junkies😂😂😂
@adebowalekonstantinov404
3 ай бұрын
Man the impreza vs lancer is giving me the whole sub-zero vs scorpion vibe... Eternal rivals, feels like stuff of legend yet futuristic at the same time, and you can't keep your eyes off of them.
@t8polestarcyan22
4 ай бұрын
To this day, a Chinese Nanjing motors, then SAIC saved MG. We can even say that SAIC even restoring MG's sporting credentials with MG 4 XPOWER and an upcoming Cyberster.
@MarsofAritia
4 ай бұрын
what won car of the year tho?
@carlosoruna7174
4 ай бұрын
Fondly remember buying my 83 gti brand new for 8000 canadian dollars.. Those where the days..
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