I got a £300 favorit estate 1.3 as my girlfriend's (now wife) first car. Back then van insurance was much cheaper for new drivers but she refused to have one, so naturally I found a car even less desirable! By the time we sold it she loved that car and would still get another one today, it was solid and reliable, hit a large badger around 45mph, went right over/partially through it with left wheels, no damage, didn't even upset the tracking. Super economic to run/fix/service. Enough torque to drag 5 people and all the camping gear up hill on hot summer days no problem. In winter drove past 4x4's in the ditch on snow/icy roads no problem on standard tyres. Even the monkeys in longleat couldn't really hurt it beyond eating the foam rear spoiler and pulling the screenwash lines out to drink the fluid.

Thanks for the positive comments magna59. I had numerous rear engined Skodas and had a favourite road where I could get them airborne!! Great fun!! Was lucky enough to own a cabriolet version too! Never had a car that always put a smile on my face when I drove it despite passers by thinking I worked in a bank! (at least I think they were calling me a banker!). That car got me a wife in the end and I've regretted selling it since the day it left. It's sunning itself in Belgium now apparently!!

Toyota Mr2, now only £250

Had 3 Rapids in my younger years and watching VBH test the Hot Rod Rapid she commented about the responsive steering, definately the best aspect of the cars. If only I'd had the money at the time for a bit more power and uprated suspension. Still great fun to drive!

the air scoops on that thing are out of this world

Rapid last sports Skoda

I sell new Skodas for a living but I would Love to get my hands on one of these "proper" old skool models! I love their charm n would love to drive one. They look cool modified n I have a picture of a lowered Rapid as my decktop image on my PC at work :-) A few of the guys I work with have worked there for years and used to sell these old'uns n the mechanics say they were so bomb proof and easy to work on. Shame they had such a bad image and totally unfair!

Just relzed thats Viki...😃 Omg shes so young and sounds completely different from her later feturrs pn Top/Fifth Gear...

lol this video is timeless. I personally have Skoda Felicia so I can confirm that with just a few small and cheap modifications you'll get a bulletproof reliable hot hatch

she's like 8 in these clips XD love her

my grandpa had blue 120, it was a good car back in the days

I've had an old skoda. It was a lot better, than most people think. Not as reliable though as some of the modern cars, but a lot more fun to drive. Especially in snow! :D

This is mental, talking about 6 second 0-60 being lunatic fast. I miss this era of top gear in some ways it was a show for Drivers.

Oh I miss VBH

Thank God for new Top Gear

My first car Skoda 105L, newer failed me , started on first try even in - 20 c. The best part was you could fix it easily and cheep with minimal tools available. Perfect first car. Shame that corrosion eat it away because basically no metal protection in extreme climates started it up very quickly.

mg how cute is a 24yo VBH she sounds posh beacuse she is - racing family, independent school next door to camgridge uni, family farm, must have taken a while to lose that accent to sound more 'accessible' on TV

Vicky's such a cutie pie here.

I hope they do things like this more in the new episodes!

In 2009 we took a trip from Leicester,UK to Italy in 2001 Skoda Fabia Estate diesel with 140K miles on the clock.Through France and Swiss Alps,Italy,14 days,nearly 3000 miles without ANY trouble! (well,excluding one flat tyre,but that doesn't count :) Last year I drove that car through Hardknot Pass in Lake District(30% up and down-the-hill !),no hassle.My mate still have that Skoda,he's using it for getting to work(50 miles round trip)every day,no major faults.Ugly,uncomfortable,but reliable!

I love the Skoda Rapide. I used to take the piss out of it as a child, but as I've grown up, I've started to like its retro shape a lot. My Uncle in Hungary had one in the early 90s, a white Rapide and I often wondered what it would be like to stick a large engine in the back and some old-skool wheels on it.

For all ŠKODA fans check Škoda 130 RS in some rallye actions . Its real racing beast .

Old Škodas offer lots of fun! :o) I like to drive them...

the Queen is on Top Gear

as do I, I am also a petrol head, i do like seeing these marvels of engineering

Only 2 Estelles left in the UK now.

That F reg 5 speed, wow, what a car!

best cars ever

Yeah but this top gear used to tell you things like how certain car parts worked. I'm in my university motor club so I am a car enthusiast, your idea of a car enthusiast is someone who dreams about earning enough to buy supercars. Its called being a supercar spotter . And I do find top gear hilarious. In the early series of new top gear they used to do cheap car challenges, some supercars and some average joe cars, it was all in balance and still funny

awesome

my mate has a skoda 130 rs circuit car,, worth over £100,000 these days.. he was going to bring it to NI from Slovakia.

I drive Škoda Felicia from 1998 and I am saying its best car I have ever driven. Its basicly modernised Favorit, but still like 75% czech. It has combination of old school with modern of that time. If you can get it, I recommand it to you.

how posh is everyone in this i say

Bradford. The Fiat twincam one used to be based not too far away from here!!

For me are the best old classic Škoda 130 RS, or Škoda 1000MB..georgous cars :)

er....yeah...I realised that!! it was a joke!! Thanks for watching though!! ;)

Change everything for western parts and old Skoda works like a charm :D

SKODA!

It creates a lot of interest. Yes loads of people pointing and pissing themselves laughing

The rear engined Skodas had about 21 class wins in the RAC Rally...if anybody is old enough to remember it's hey day in the 1970s.....and no, they weren't the only cars in the class...

My dad used to have a favorit. He always tells me that if I wanted to experience real speed you don't need a sports car because 50 in a favorit felt like 200 in a modern car.

they would shit themselves now in my octavia Vrs revo stage 3. my my how skoda have improved

škoda :D škoda 120,škoda favorit it´s amazing cars :)

O.K yah! VIcki Butler-Henderson had a posh sloane ranger voice back when she was young.The cars were interesting wonder if there still road worthy or just barn find by now ???

if you would modify that skoda today which brand or which type of springs and dumpers would you go for ? something really cheap its only going to be for fun

None of these are still on the road in 2018.

overkill on the vents,

That was some horrible air intakes. Vicki was cool as usual. 😊👍♥️

Is that the same Simon Hucknull of Vx? If so he got over his skoda obsession. Not sure for the better tbh.

WOW :)

LOL at these cars but today they are amazing cars :p

Hahaha young Viki, nice :)

The way things were....

anybody know what VW rims those are and maybe if theyd fit a 96 audi 80 coupe?

sound like one too

Old czech CARS , good czech CARS :-)

Yes sir, but these Skodas were built in 85-89 in Czechoslovakia, so it can me M-reg or anythin, neverthenless these cars were older than 94 except the blue on the begining of the film is a Skoda Favorit not the Rapid, and its the younger brother to the Rapids. Anyway coool vid, btw I know these cars cause I am from Czechoslovakia, had couple of them. Safe and peace bro

@bohyiommy nejlepší na hození z macochy :)

Skoda were never shit, but they were built down to a price. Did any one elses 1.1 L set the world alight, no not really, other than the Mini & that could get four adults in it only if they were happy to loose blood circulation. Skoda made good size economical cars. If anything they handled better with some weight in them.

When money was actually worth something.

I thought it was a jeremy clarkson video where the funny part was a kid spoke the intro.

Whats the awesome little yellow one?

what are the old skoda RR cars based on.

wow her accent or voice has changed so much

"Bint" is one of my favourite words. +1

How young does vbh look

Old school Skoda and "rapid" aren't two words which normally go in the same sentense.Must have been a laugh to drive

I love the way she says Ferrari.

more names for the register please!!!

£6500 for that!!! Crazy 😂

Nice recommendation Sad it's not clarkson

When it says Top Gear but it's actually Fifth Gear HAHAHAHAHAHA

you need to change ,,only,, whole suspension, breaks, wheels and engine and old Skoda can drive well :D we had one when I was kid, it was 110L, I hated it, sitting in back during hot summer, awful smell from the engine coming through back seats, overheating..... no thank you.....on other hand, Favorit was a great car to drive.

I can remember the fiat powered one doing the rounds at the time. Also the yellow hill climber, It didn't have quite enough power and the gear ratios were to tall. For the uk hills 10mph per 1000 rpm in top is about right for 1400cc class. Even the odd cwp (4.7:1)? that was made that all the group A rally boys looked for, was too tall

We call it "Škodovka" in czech republic :)

what do you mean? RR Škodas were designed by Škoda itself...

Škodovka v top gearu?

Wheres clarkson?

OK YA......

Scoda the new Miata...

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SKODUNIA

viki comes along way since this crap

loads of power in an mr2?? those are know to be fun *despite* their low power

Didn't Vicki join Top Gear in 1997

when you listen to her now her voice is raspy.

Eric Cox. Hmm...

Just spotted your post. The clip IS from 94/95 and not 85-89!!!! Unless Skoda did some serious pre-registrations!! The blue Skoda at the beginning of the film is a 94, M-Reg!! Thanks for watching though!! ;)

My dad used to have one of those god i hated it!

VBH was so terribly posh totty back then. Mind you , i wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crisps nowadays either lol !

Pimp my Škoda.

It is not ,,Skouda´´ but ,,Škoda´´ !

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I know inflation has something to do with it. But I like how they talk about £20k being expensive for a car. Modern top gear calls a £200k supercar cheap. This was when top gear was about testing affordable cars and cars for the average Joe. Now each episode of new top gear comprises of : an unaffordable (to most) supercar, a quarter of the show taken up by the star. the news and a challenge, suppose its ok with a cheap car challenge though. I still like the show, but they don't seem to do much.

Zajímalo by me co tam řikaj..:D nechcete to nekdo přeložit do češtiny?..:) Díky/I wonder what they say there ..: D do not want anyone to translate into Czech? .. Thanks :)

Thats when the bbc was posh!

I am Czech by heritage, but not being able to speak the language and not being especially familiar with the culture makes me feel less Czech and more German -- (I can speak German fluently and like to think I understand the culture rather well). I'd like a Skoda, but I suppose I don't identify with the Czech Republic. Feel like I'm between to countries!

where are you from ?

a turds a turd no matter how much u decorate it with sprinklings of chocolate! lol

rob farmer :)

wiki/%C5%A0koda_Auto#1990s as you can see - the blue skoda favorit must have been one of the last ones they made.. I'm not trying to be a smartass.. just, if you are interested in skodas, here's a little link to help you ..