congratulations!

Now it's with brexit only 3 months away. Lol. 🇬🇧

@@grahamefreestone5309 well, I won't be surprised if there's another delay or even if it didn't happen at all, you know, UK politics, it's not like they were originally supposed to leave in march. Too wild to bet !

@ .. I know exactly what you mean. If the British public wanted to remain, then Jeremy Hunt would of gotten elected, but BoJo is in and hopefully that means brexit will carry on. But like you said, we'll see. 👍

@@grahamefreestone5309 our PM was not so much elected as chosen by a relatively small group of people with the delusion that turning our back on our nearest neighbours is somehow going to be a good thing.

kettle calling the pot.....

Bosch, Hella & Paris Rhône electric parts were pathetic & poorly made! Not all British cars had Lucas electrics then , Wipac, Butlers, Delco, Smiths & Britax all supplied the 4 main car makers in Britain with lights, & other electric equipment .for example those horrible ceramic fuses Fiat, VW , Renault & European made Fords used were awful, until the Japanese blade fuses which came in around 1978 & are now used in all cars since the early 80s.

DRIVEL! It was the quality of metal and paint back in those days especially metallic paint. BL had up to date and state of the art paint shops by then but if the metal quality was crap and the paint as well at that time then there was not much more they could do. What is Ford, Vauxhall and most of the other car manufacturers excuse then because they were just as bad back then for rusting? BMW bought their steel from the Scottish steelworks because that was supposed to have been among the best quality and yet their cars still rusted just the same back then so what is BMWs excuse then?

William Woods Spot on.

@@williamwoods8022 Over here in the States, I always noticed that BMW's from this era were very rust prone but Mercedes weren't. Then, for some reason, in the late 80's it was the Mercedes that were rustier.

@johnny rotten You talk shit. My new BMW has been a dream...

@@markspin4596 ALL German manufactures are now POOR in the ACTUAL break down charts here in the UK and Europe and have been for a very long time now. Funny how most people think that German cars were very reliable because of the German car adverts such as VW and funny how none of them advertise how reliable they are any more because they are not allowed to ever since VW was banned from advertising their cars this way because their cars were NOT reliable - they were basing their adverts on the original Beetle which was reliable but wasnt being made any more. The most reliable of the European cars are Renault and they have been for over two decades now.

@@markspin4596 yeah... That is why it is called "new". Please do get back to us on it's reliability and durability when it is not new. Let's say in 15 years and 200.000 miles to confirm if it was actually a proper made car and reliable.

@@markspin4596 new being the word. that's why people give them back after 3 years

@@TheAllMightyGodofCod We have a 2011 X5 BMW, and literally the only thing that has ever gone wrong with it was a leak in a hose for the aircon. Which took all of 10 minutes to find and fix.

were they ?! more like Rover disappeared BECAUSE of BMW ...

Yes they were and tbh a lot of reviews of the time said rover were better. BMW only wanted the land rover 4wd technology when they bought the rover group, they weren't that interested in the cars, but had the new mini which was a rover design with no BMW input, they also stole the rover 55 design which was ready to go into production, cancelled it and rebadged it as the 1 series. Go Google it, or go to aronline.co.uk and see for yourself

yup

Agree

Agree. Now "Motoring" programmes are less about vehicles & more about a "vehicle" for the ego's of the presenters.

I totally agree , well informed impartial motor journalism , that has unfortunately become a relic of the past

2012daffyduck you can’t compare this to top gear. This is more the equivalent of watching a review on what car or auto car who still employ good motoring journalists

£26k and £650 today

@@sekopiski about the same then....

@@sekopiski nothing changed there

I love it, theyre especially disdainful when reviewing volkswagens, its so good its nearly monty python

Mr2pint they are highly priced here in the states for an unmolested one, especially if you want a later 2002tii turbo model. I should’ve bought one a decade ago when I had a chance - it had an E36 M3 engine/driveline swap and it was immaculate

I have one now and bought it for $ 500 when i was 16 i am now 18 and dont ever plan on parting with my beautiful machine.

I loved the 70s and would go back to live it out again in a flash!!

You're right. The UK joined the EEC in Jan 1973 - John Anthony says they're just a few months from joining in his narrative and so that makes it a late 1972 clip.

Yah

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Jason Meehan this is true

Yeah,and look great too...I think those little windows were phased out because they made it so easy to break into cars right?

Spot on. If I could go back to 1984, and buy the one my workmate offered me for £300, same colour as this one. And it drove a treat. If only we'd had a motor crystal ball back then, we'd have saved a few oldies for the pension fund!

@@TheHorsebox2 i think these ugly cats are selling for at least USD100k today!!

@@fidelcatsro6948 😨oh ,man!

@@TheHorsebox2 jay leno covered this cat 2 yrs ago kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6l9htGWybqmgZc.html

Though, perhaps not in that colour.

Has any car ever been a fanny magnet? I mean, for real? "Oooh, nice car! Fancy some shagging?"

Probably Tony

Until Maggie Thatch sorted out all the dreaded unions yeah.

@@mjh5437what state was the British car industry in after she sorted out the unions?

Looks like some sort of aerial. Most bizarre.

I think it's the aerial for the radio microphone. Outside broadcast equipment at this point were large and unwieldy things.

@@Rassilon72 Correct, exactly what it is.

Many other cars of the '70s had the horn switch on one of the column stalks, rather than in the center of the steering wheel.

You lost that in 1973 the best mid sedan was the italian Alfetta.

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Very much so. My father's 1970 Ford Zodiac had it on the stalk, my godfather's 1972 Vauxhall Victor had it on the stalk, my 1973 Renault 16 did... older British cars often had a "horn ring".

Yes, the horn is on the indicator stalk of my 1972 Hillman Avenger. I'm quite used to it.

@@RussEdgar445y7tlfj The Rover 2000 was a very advanced car in its day.

you couldnt because its not yellow its green

@@paulhunter123 Naw it's called Golf Yellow, and it's my favourite 2002 color. Even though I have an Inka orange one lol

Jaguar?

The new ones are just a bore to look at, ever since the early/ mid 90s models they just blend in with the rest , the 80s 635 csi shark front a good example from the past and the other beemers of that time

Yeah did you miss the part where he said that the design is from 66.. Pay attention

Julian James no way. Nothing had that much plastic. It’s been facelifted throughout the 60s and 70s I’ll bet. Nothing had a plastic dashboard like that car in 63!!!!

@@Landie_Man I was referring to exterior styling.....

Julian James ah cool! Yeah I agree

That will be all of the German makes that are POOR for reliablity in the ACTUAL break down charts now and have been for over two decades now.

"Basil--Don`t mention the war!!"

BloomingOnion similarities to NSU Prinz and Corvair. Dated by this point.

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I'm agree. 16v Triumph engine was fantastic.