Taken from Top Gear 1991 EP 10. Tiff tests the new Jaguar XJR15 at the new revamped Silverstone circuit. Great onboard footage as Tiff goes for it on the last lap!
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@anthonygonzalez94228 жыл бұрын
Look at this man give all of that feedback and drive like that. Tiff is a legend.
@artysanmobile4 жыл бұрын
Anthony Gonzalez He sure is, and now that the comedy television show Fifth Gear no longer wants him, I intend to actively seek out all his work and give him the support he so richly deserves.
@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM2 жыл бұрын
Just a heads up. He now co-hosts a YT chanel called "LOVE CARS"
@karelpipa7 жыл бұрын
3:54 POWER OVERSTEEAAEEERRRRRR!!!!
@xStraight_edgeX3 ай бұрын
😂
@TheMancunianCandidate6 жыл бұрын
I heard it said Tiff took 4 showers after that test drive and was still in a cold sweat. That thing was scary as hell.
@limpet7r63 Жыл бұрын
Talking while drifting an XJR15 through Stowe in 4th.... Ridiculously talented driver.
@Chunkychucky13 жыл бұрын
8:35 phwoooooar Tiff one-handed maximum attack, what an absolute LAD
@therealmaxspeedster7 жыл бұрын
The average person watching that car take a lap at Silverstone would probably think "Wow, that looks so cool, I would love to do that". Watching the same car from the inside they'd quickly realize "Ok, I can't do that".
@senna94146 жыл бұрын
Man can drive...
@SulfuricInk02 жыл бұрын
The average person would probably end up in hospital if they tried to.
@manuelgearbox73095 жыл бұрын
Oversteer in.... oversteer out!!!
@RolloZx7 жыл бұрын
ive always admired tiff, he really knows what he's taking about - fascinating description of everything that's going on. though you'd expect it from an ex f1 driver, loved the balls out last lap lol!!!
@SulfuricInk02 жыл бұрын
The fact that he can describe/commentate on his own driving shows just how good he was.
@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM2 жыл бұрын
@@SulfuricInk0 : Still is, he co-hosts a YT chanel called "LOVE CARS"
@deakmeister110 жыл бұрын
Tiffs driving is awesome and the way he presents his laps whilst commentating is fantastic. What a stunning sound you could literally feel the gear change of the straight cut box. It may be a difficult car to drive quickly but life would be very boring if all fast cars and racing cars were easy to drive and handled predictably.
@christianwilson59559 жыл бұрын
THIS! This is auto journalism! Top Gear can sod off in the express train to hell. Why aren't we demanding more like this?
@MrRandomcommentguy8 жыл бұрын
+Christian Wilson there's room in the world for both you know...
@edwardfletcher77903 жыл бұрын
It's incredibly difficult to find a racing driver with a personality ! lol
@matthewsykes48148 жыл бұрын
Tiff drove these in competition races, inclusing Monaco And he taught (begrudgingly ) Clarkson how to drift etc.... I have never seen anyone play with cars like he does, even the McLaren F1 is just a toy in his hands, hell watching him putting a GTR R34 Skyline sideways with zero effort is.......the guy is amazing. I will always love this gorgeous car, not an F40 but gods she is close
@00bean007 жыл бұрын
If they would only drop the suspension for the track, as it was designed to: the body needs clearance for road driving, but for racing you lower it to create the downforce it needs to turn well (they always complain about wheelspin but the fact is, they didn't "turn on" the aero properly).
@DumbledoreMcCracken4 жыл бұрын
Jag is better looking
@garykish89513 жыл бұрын
I honestly have doubts whether they are really human. I'm not bad but pros will scare the shit out of me. While unsuccessfully trying to teach me how to properly drive at speed. Most of the time looking at you the whole time and just taking quick glances at the road, going "See. Look, you can bring the nose in or let the tail out. See how easy it is to control" ...while we are in a power oversteer drift in 3rd gear... Easy for them was not easy for me. I wish it was...
@MoesTavern46582 жыл бұрын
Did you ever see his 5th Gear test of the Veyron, when he fiddled and pressed buttons and pulled all kinds of switches and eventually figured out how to turn its stability control off? He's drifting the world's first 1000hp car about like a madlad while all the Bugatti techs are standing there watching him with their hands on their hips like, "he shouldn't be able to do that...." It was great.
@limpet7r63 Жыл бұрын
His car control is something else. Still doing it at 70 as well. Massive respect.
@HeadPack4 жыл бұрын
Tiff, Chris, Randy. No other motoring journalists come to mind who can drive a beastly car at the limit, while commenting in whole sentences.
@jay55also8 жыл бұрын
Top Gear is more entertainment than informative nuggets than it was in the 90's.
@aspalovin3 жыл бұрын
I just watched this in my collection. Had to find this and comment. What a rip! Tiff, you're a Driving God. Us pleebs will never get a better tour, even 29 years later. Not just Silverstone, but the experience in general. Real time narration of a hot lap in a V12 wrapped in scaffolding, AWEsome! 450 HP in 1991 looks like a helluva lot more fun than 1000 HP does nowadays. Yer just spankin' that Kitty. Effort is a lost art. I get an adrenaline rush just watching this. I want to have a go! It feels better than watching some rich Pud toss his Million Dollar car around the Nordschleife. Imagine a few tweaks to this chassis to get the power down? It'd run with the new stuff. 3 decades later. It would be a still be a handful and make for way better racing.
@paulheinrichdietrich95185 жыл бұрын
One of the best-looking cars ever built.
@jonesynet7 жыл бұрын
"Oversteer in, oversteer out!!" Love it.
@limpet7r63 Жыл бұрын
"Oooversteer in.....oversteer OOOUTTTT!" Just brilliant :)
@butterfliesandtape Жыл бұрын
"flat out through Abbey but it's not easy" is very understated for Tiff. Nuff respecte for driving like that in that car. Great video. Cheers for uploading.
@FrodoFett13 жыл бұрын
Great video. I can understand why this car was responsible for all the canceled orders for XJ220s... 6.0L V12 is far more interesting than a 3.5L V6T.
@matthewsykes48143 жыл бұрын
I think that was because the 220 was supposed to have had a V12 but thanks to some 'problems' it got swapped for a twin turbo V6, it's hazy but I think it was something to do with emissions. Plus a collapse in the supercar market didn't help it's sales a lot. And yes Tiff is incredible, can have a relatively calm conversation while driving one of the high speed unstable cars ever, just too tall so the ground effect really didn't work though the track cars might have had adjustable suspension to lower the ride height for proper races rather than a quick but nerve shredding scrabble around Silverstone. I wonder if he does driving lessons?? just normal every day one's hee.... those would be fun
@DanRC699 жыл бұрын
Wow! That sound!
@Mercmad11 жыл бұрын
The ride height was set to high to make the ground effects work and the track was damp which " caused some fun.." .Tiff is one of the best drivers i have ever seen on film.
@liamhollin82652 жыл бұрын
I remember this broadcasted back in 1991. It was fantastic then as it is now
@Bultish7 жыл бұрын
grab 6th gear, flat out through abbey, BUT ITS NOT EASY ! =D What a legend
@mondoXpeanut Жыл бұрын
nnnEEEEEAArrryyy spun it 😂
@GeorgeAusters2 жыл бұрын
Imagine driving such a wonderful machine
@LuckyX01827 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anybody fighting the car so much, wow what a driver Tiff is
@billybellend11555 жыл бұрын
This car was fitted with F40 rear tyres which was a stop gap as the Bridgestone tyres were not ready. The result was not enough traction and epic oversteer. The correct tyres transformed the handling.
@MysteryCarlos6 жыл бұрын
The same person who designed the XJR-15 is the same who designed the McLaren F1
@dekster14LP11 жыл бұрын
It must be an amazing machine to drive, so rewardful if you master it.
@edwardfletcher77903 жыл бұрын
It's incredible how difficult it is to control with no turbo and only 450hp ! What a terrifying car !
@oClucker9 жыл бұрын
never was a fan of jaguars at all really but this and the xj220 are so intriguing to me
@themonisher9 жыл бұрын
JApple157 They are really both TWRs at heart...TWR built the best racing sportscars in the 80s / 90s and built these 2 amazing roadcars using that technology.
@holyworrier6 жыл бұрын
I think the XJ220 is a clunky looking car. But this XJR 15 is very well done. Form following function in a beautiful way.
@gf43534 жыл бұрын
XJ220 looks like a deadly serious racing car, whereas the f-40 looks like a giant Tonka toy. !!!!!
@garykish89513 жыл бұрын
@@gf4353 What surprised me most about the XJ220 was how comfortable the interior was. Instead of the crude kitcar interior of the F40 (a strap to pull the unfinished door with its plastic non-functional window) which by that I mean the F40 I was in didn't have an interior.... The Jaguar felt like a Jaguar inside. Glass door windows that moved up and down, premium soft leather everywhere, carpet, a/c, etc, etc.... Everything felll into hand easily, and everything you touched felt solid and we'll made. The seats were really comfortable. This may not sound impressive but exotic super cars of that time period had interiors you had to make excuses for. The Jag was a real street car that you could go the distance in and arrive still feeling like a human being. Yeah, it didn't have AWD or a V12 but so what. It was gorgeous and really could go well over 200 mph in a time many other super cars couldn't even break the 200 mph barrier.
@ducatiracer55513 жыл бұрын
great car and great driver
@petyrkowalski98875 жыл бұрын
William Woolard...the thinking mans Jeremy Clarkson.
@cageordie13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. I've been searching for this since I moved to the US in 1998. Now all I need to find is the one where he drove the police round Milbrook's handling circuit in their Senator.
@Nick68S9 жыл бұрын
Saw one of these on a short track. A proper beauty and a beast of a car,
@Erkoplast8 жыл бұрын
Amazing car, amazing driver, amazing circuit...
@00bean0014 жыл бұрын
"The resultant handling in the XJR-15 is, well, exciting to say the least." Excellent video! Enlightened and gripped, too---unlike the XJR-15.
@XR4turbo12 жыл бұрын
I love tiff's narrated laps.
@TenorCantusFirmus Жыл бұрын
The XJR-15, a moment of sublime madness in the usually classy and noble Jaguar make, and one of my favourite cars ever.
@Bultish7 жыл бұрын
5:50 "grab another gear, right, power power power, another gear, oversteer, pow WOAAH" =D
@NicolasSoto1910 жыл бұрын
I think that this version of Silverstone was the best. And this car, wow, wonderful, thanks for the people who made racing games like Need For Speed 3, to know cars like this :D
@NicolasSoto1910 жыл бұрын
I forgot to say, ¡what a great car control by Tiff! ¡wow!
@jdsk89145 жыл бұрын
Tiff is a hero...the xjr-15 was so much fun in NFS 3
@RetBaron12 жыл бұрын
At 6:00 "Going to the Fifth Gear" :o)))
@nflfabfonz11 жыл бұрын
Ready to catch any SLIIIIIDDDDEESSS
@ryanwillians1201 Жыл бұрын
One of the most dangerous handling cars ever made!!! And look, only one and only legend tiff needle taking it to its limit in the wet!!!! No 1else can drive this car like him. Fact!!!! Love you tiff. No1 fan xx The real real top gear stigg!!!!!!!!!!
@pabauza5 жыл бұрын
Spectacular review
@swiper1818 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb video
@ast4530006 жыл бұрын
I don't know what it is, but supercars from the 80s and 90s are my favorite. I know modern cars are "better" but all my dream cars are from that era - f40, f50, GTO, xjr-15, 220, f1, countach, diablo, etc. the only super car I like after 2000 is the Ford GT.
@stonergod60815 жыл бұрын
This car eats the shit out of f40
@stonergod60815 жыл бұрын
Now that is a car made out of a car company giving it's all to show the world how to make a real super car. That one is mind fucking blowing.
@90AlmostFamous3 жыл бұрын
And even the Ford gt is a reimagined car
@mark34bn13 жыл бұрын
No, I haven't. I've got most old TG episodes from 1991 onwards on VHS, I'll try to get some more uploaded!
@ryanosbourne99456 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that this Jaguar XJR15 is more of the purest sports car than the Ferrari F40. I'd love to see a head to head!!
@jdsk89145 жыл бұрын
Both are so visceral
@ryanwillians1201 Жыл бұрын
There is a head to head with the f40 and the xjr15! Just litterely type that in lol
@EffDinero812 жыл бұрын
Tiff is incredible!!!
@ynotnilknarf396 жыл бұрын
Apparently there were 3 'LM' variants knocking out 700+bhp from a 7.4L V12, the std 450bhp model did 0-60 in 3.2s and had a gear ratio ltd top speed of 191mph.
@IceFish.6 жыл бұрын
id be rather happy with just 450hp it shouldn't be all about numbers. There is a game called Top Trumps for that
@bradleycruse19965 жыл бұрын
ynotnilknarf39 equally. TWR made conversion kits for those Jaguar V12s
@ROCKSOLID1912 жыл бұрын
Even though it was a terrible car dynamically, the XJR15 is a very good looking car.
@HyperSonic70711 жыл бұрын
i accidentally thumbed your comment down, but i meant to thumb it up, and it wont let me change it.. sorry! but when you push the car hard left around a turn, it starts to slide, so he slaps the wheel back over to the right to catch the slide. once traction is regained he turns it left again to get it turning more towards the turn youre trying to make. all of this happens many times very quickly during every turn. jaguars can be pushed like no other car, and thats why theyre great.
@TripleZ8913 жыл бұрын
I wonder how fast this thing is around the current Top Gear track. :D
@TheDemonikk11 жыл бұрын
there feathering the wheel to keep it on the ideal racing line :P
@mchale2020113 жыл бұрын
This video shows what difference 450hp makes when the car is actually trying to kill you and isn't being tamed by traction/stability control like most cars of today... Power.Oversteer!!!*opposite lock*
@awakenedsoul26389 жыл бұрын
XJ220 and XJR-15 vs. The Lamborghini DiabloGT and VT6.0
@MrExtremesleeper12 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@CROUTONCHANNEL9 жыл бұрын
I knew of the XJ220 but never heard of this one. It looks good but like the XJ220 the taillights seem like an afterthought.
@samueladams17755 жыл бұрын
They came from Rover. Hence why they probably look familiar.
@byronmills59524 жыл бұрын
@@samueladams1775 Not Rover - 1988 Mazda 626 Coupe.
@Gaur198310 жыл бұрын
Yes,the XJR-15 certainly is pretty. . The car was designed by Peter Stevens and Tony Southgate. Stevens is most famous for designing the McLaren F1 with Gordon Murray,
@ryanwillians1201 Жыл бұрын
How do u know that? Is that type of info on Google buddy?? Or do you personally know them?
@Jacklewisbarclay11 жыл бұрын
I wish the stig presented top gear.
@MsLilyhorse10 жыл бұрын
The Monoco race is fun to watch - on youtube. I wonder if the XJR15 can benefit from ground effect mods and lowering the engine?
@markfarnon6742 Жыл бұрын
Was at the British grand prix in 91', they had these jags as a support race. Nice to look at but compared to the F1 cars pretty slow and quiet!
@FAT88935 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly the hardest car to drive in Gran Turismo 2.
@MatthewdePaula Жыл бұрын
"... with a bit of PAH-ER OV-AH-STEE-AH ! !" ---> 3:53 LOL
@TBSWORLD772 жыл бұрын
I almost sh*t my pants on that last lap!
@codster028811 жыл бұрын
POWER OVERSTEER!! 3:52
@keithdownie800617 күн бұрын
Blimey. Nice work Tiff. Not easiest car to drive. Great looker though.
@animeonperseest12 жыл бұрын
It's just that he has to correct the back end all the time, because he is driving at the limit. If the car isn't completely neutral, you are going to be busy with the steering wheel.
@Skydrag.V602 жыл бұрын
Man, Tiff sounds like he’s being tortured. That’s one hell of a car
@speeeddmonx8 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL TRUE RACE CAR....fools forget that torque wins hands down....this car could pull a 767 out of the sky and make a ferrari cry....
@nosoundisinnocent12 жыл бұрын
Mega!
@tonystevens7785 Жыл бұрын
I can imagine Tiff giving a running commentary when he makes love!
@mrtnmbm7 жыл бұрын
TIFF IS THE GOD!
@blackbox-music76372 жыл бұрын
Any car with a whining gearbox is an instant hood classic.
@leslierobtduncan78235 жыл бұрын
Tiff, a real drivers Harris.
@gold3334 жыл бұрын
1991 Silverstone layout was the best
@mchale2020112 жыл бұрын
@gasteinerboy Oh yes, I totally agree about the lack of driving aids really seperates the men from the boys. However, I wouldn't turn down the oppurtunity to drive an electronically enhanced race car, neither.
@shaheedroberts2965 жыл бұрын
Are we gonna forget the fact that this looks like it inspired the Pagani Zonda????
@sd65806 жыл бұрын
subtitles "go into the violent prison"
@lmw28913 жыл бұрын
So, if I want a proper upper body workout I should buy a Jaguar XJR15? Hmmmm................
@bertanderny13 жыл бұрын
do you have his xjr-9 drive?
@JazzJaRa13 жыл бұрын
That car should drive at the 24h race :D
@offitcock11 жыл бұрын
fuck yeah!
@Habcos13 жыл бұрын
Tiff Needell is very very cool.
@mark34bn12 жыл бұрын
Looks like he's correcting lots of small slides and feeling for the limit of grip. The car seems very unstable at the rear end even through faster turns. Tiff does seem to be doing it a lot in this video, almost trying to provoke the car into a slide rather than having to react to an unexpected one ??
@bradleycruse19965 жыл бұрын
mark34bn i think it’s very similar to the kind of correction made in his Sierra
@morgancovle2886 жыл бұрын
Thing this will get more views after Lenos eppisode about the car :D Amazing car!! Maby the pipes should go out throu the vent on the back like a Scuderia or Performante type of car ;D
@twinscrollturbo441010 жыл бұрын
love the looks of the xjr15 but jaguar really cocked it up, they should have mounted the engine lower and lowered the whole car aswell and put a bigger rear wing on
@jackmiller-johnston868911 ай бұрын
Doubt there's ever been a more feral road-legal car, produced before or since. Even more so than the original Viper. The 90s were simply insane for hypercars
@Lee-ze9qg2 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they just lower the ride to take full advantage of the ground effects? At least for the track
@jamaltaylor231510 жыл бұрын
with a little bit of POWER OVERSTEER!!!
@royphilip39644 жыл бұрын
Tiff could very well have been a Stig
@Bultish7 жыл бұрын
im exhausted..
@swavgav318 жыл бұрын
The car is all over the shop!!, they were supposedly a nightmare to drive. Surprising considering TWR developed it...
@georgejacob31628 жыл бұрын
+swavgav31 It was developed for the road and not for the race tracks. The suspension set up was too high for racing hence the interesting and unpredictable handling! The engine was also mounted higher so that it had a higher centre of gravity than the Le Mans cars. It's one of those cars that doesn't really know what it is!
@Samson5187 жыл бұрын
Toad Rage developed for road use? Where is that from?
@barrybritcher2 жыл бұрын
That's not what I heard. I thought they had to raise the road car up hence the road car was a compromise. The race car was always the intention
@dlobom9 жыл бұрын
"The 450 bhp are impresive" oh the 90's
@DethThrasher19 жыл бұрын
it still is impressive in a car weighing just over a ton
@cameronmmj92916 жыл бұрын
1050kg..... enough said.
@Dethmeister6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's super light and he's having trouble putting down the power he has already. If it had any more he'd just be doing donuts.
@purplehazeffc Жыл бұрын
Damn. This “new” version of Silverstone was easily the best layout. The new start finish is really disappointing now.
@iantownsend54809 жыл бұрын
I always remember when Clarkson was driving a XJR15 & nearly hit the camera filming next to him, I bet he had brown pants
@twinscrollturbo441010 жыл бұрын
old rear drive race car you have to correct it constantly to get it round the corners, like he said there is very little down force so the car want to spin
@covingtonrace12 жыл бұрын
McLaren had 620+ bhp just a few years later from the same size engine