Vintage Top Gear Video

[Demonic Angel]

This is (apparently) the first ever episode of Top Gear, first shown in 1989!

Check it out!

"Testing the Alfa 164 Lusso automatic, Saab CDE automatic and the Lancia Thema SE Turbo. Jeremy Clarkson visits a classic car auction. Tiff Needell drives the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth."

[Red Yaris 54]

Good find Em.

A young JC there with a full head of hair

I learnt to drive in a Morris Marina B)......................It was brand new then

[Gareth B]

Ah the good ole days, i had a Mk1 Golf GTi then. (Canary yellow )

[selfbuild]

I learnt to drive in a Morris Marina B)......................It was brand new then

You must be confused Steve..... they stopped making the Marina in 1980 so there is no way you were driving a brand new one in '89 :P

[kingdeacon]

how cool is that, i had a Lancia Thema SE Turbo 2 years ago, bigger turbo and 20psi boost :) its was so fast intill it snaped a cam belt after a year of me :) did some good pod times to for fwd. got it into the 13's

[chrisb]

was that petrol at 40p i saw?

CB

[Leeky]

TopGear first hit our screen in 1978

You may find this hard to believe but it was first presented by a Mr Noel Edmonds!

[Fidgits]

not at all, edmonds is a proper petrolhead...

he has 2 classic 60's GT40 road cars - including the 7.0 V8!

plus a raft of other rather nice machinery..

[Red Yaris 54]

I learnt to drive in a Morris Marina B)......................It was brand new then

You must be confused Steve..... they stopped making the Marina in 1980 so there is no way you were driving a brand new one in '89 :P

I am not confused. The Morris Marina that I learnt to drive in was around 1972 - 1973 vintage. I have been driving for a long time ;) The Marina shown on that Top Gear programme was a rather old car :)

I am not quite sure where you got '89 from.....................(or was that when the first Top Gear with Clarkson was shown?)

I think you are the one who is a little confused :)

[cmarshall]

How boring the old one seems compared to today (excluding last night) :D

[Al J]

That's a great find, Em.

Looking at cars isn't the same when they're not playing darts with them!