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  • @MrFantailler
    @MrFantailler 2 роки тому +27

    1:53 Well, that moment aged really well

  • @TheGtracer1994
    @TheGtracer1994 9 років тому +139

    I actually wanted to hear all of the points Clarkson was making about the GTi vs a base model.

  • @martijnkosters9024
    @martijnkosters9024 9 років тому +132

    Was this producer sacked then?

  • @stephenhill2404
    @stephenhill2404 2 роки тому +9

    I had a brand new Golf GTi 8 valve as my company car in 1987. I was 25 years old. What a car!

  • @wurble
    @wurble 15 років тому +13

    my first car was a german built XR3, the german models didn't have the same rust problems as the XR3's built elsewhere. it was nearly 14 years old when I bought it in 96, jet black and not a mark or blemish on it. bought it for £550 and sold it 3 years later for £1000, since great examples had become very rare. even though I made a great profit, I still regret selling it to this day.

  • @lcamk81
    @lcamk81 15 років тому +5

    My Dad bought the first german buit XR3i in England back in 1983! 26yrs on and it still drives like a dream - the oldies are the best!

  • @thehighlander8952
    @thehighlander8952 8 років тому +72

    Jeremy Clarkson when top gear was about normal cars we could afford

    • @danbuettner6956
      @danbuettner6956 7 років тому +8

      The Highlander That's Clarkson's Car Years.

    • @YegoYTP
      @YegoYTP 3 роки тому +1

      @@danbuettner6956 even still. Top gear was the same back then

    • @akishot6735
      @akishot6735 3 роки тому

      They still have normal cars on Grand Tour

  • @alexx09RO
    @alexx09RO 11 років тому +33

    Jeremy Clarkson being James May.
    Meanwhile in a parallel universe...

  • @AR1G3
    @AR1G3 11 років тому +8

    No his obsession with the GTI and scirocco is straight from the heart. When he was young he dreamt of buying one, but went for the scirocco when that came out. I've read his book 'round the bend' in which he describes this.

  • @Kav3h
    @Kav3h 12 років тому +24

    Clarkson just got cooler when he said he owned a Volkswagen Scirocco.

  • @Pinzpilot101
    @Pinzpilot101 Рік тому +2

    The RS1600i was a different beast altogether.

  • @rafachicohh
    @rafachicohh 8 років тому +12

    That´s fun. In Brazil Escort XR3 have 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 L engines developed by VW.

  • @4okoladen
    @4okoladen 13 років тому +5

    The Legend of the Golf still lives !

  • @Corsa15DT
    @Corsa15DT 2 роки тому +2

    actually no, they say there was a big difference between the two, some say the gti was much better car in all disciplines. I had the XR3i, it was scary brute with high fuel consumption.

  • @gthebrave
    @gthebrave 15 років тому +4

    it's how fast it gets there that counts - faster than most cars made today

  • @joshlysergic8726
    @joshlysergic8726 10 років тому +23

    XR3i all the way

  • @tonidmc
    @tonidmc 10 років тому +6

    XR3i forever! flashy looks compared with that small vs box

  • @MrSonicAdvance
    @MrSonicAdvance 3 роки тому +1

    We had an XR3i as a pool car and I drove from Brimingham to Oxford daily in it for weeks down the A429 & A424, and it was an absolute blast. Happy days!

  • @tonidmc
    @tonidmc 13 років тому +1

    The XR·3i were and are soooo cooolllll! I want the blue one that owned Pierce Brosnan on the fourth protocol!

  • @tonyfoley1057
    @tonyfoley1057 11 років тому +13

    Xr3 any day

  • @ChristewieTV
    @ChristewieTV 13 років тому +2

    Clarkson said it better than anyone else, the one think a car must have is a soul

  • @somegoodfella
    @somegoodfella Рік тому +1

    German sure as hell got revenge for that producer punching him.

  • @HarveyMushman
    @HarveyMushman 14 років тому +3

    jezza getting punched in the face. priceless

  • @Pico310892
    @Pico310892 15 років тому +4

    the older cars are always more fun to drive

  • @mk3stargazer
    @mk3stargazer 15 років тому +1

    the 1st engine was a 1.3 and i took it out at 150,000miles and put it in a mates car, the 1.6 i dropped in had done around 70,000 when i brought it so just for reliability i put in rings and shells,this went on for 120,000 miles and was still fine but i turbo charged the engine so i rebuilt it to cope with extra power.
    i used to work on a few Mk1 golf gti"s in the late 80s/early 90s as a mechanic, 1 was Mars red, around 180k and mint,& still went like stink! good german engineering!

  • @JamesBond-hy4kv
    @JamesBond-hy4kv 5 років тому +2

    XR3i was much better than the XR3. Looked similar but had different specs to engine, chassis, brakes and suspension. RS Turbo was even more modified. All had weak brakes for the performance they had, until the S2 RS Turbo. Choppy on bad roads and go kart on smooth twisty roads.

  • @livingalpujarras
    @livingalpujarras 3 роки тому +1

    Had an 1986 golf gti and the scirocco, preferred the scirocco, never had an XR3 but I will one day.

  • @jeff1781
    @jeff1781 16 років тому +1

    The GTI is still being made and remains the yardstick by which all pretenders are measured. Whatever happened to the XR3? - Ford ended up marketing the Escort as an 'Escort GTI'. I'm from Essex but I had a brain a bought a GTI - Now 25 years old and still going strong (the car that is!)

  • @FintonStacks
    @FintonStacks 15 років тому +1

    It dosnt matter what one you choose they are both better and more fun to drive and better looking then thier modern counter parts.

  • @KEV350D
    @KEV350D 15 років тому +1

    Have owned both the XR3 and XR3i and have had the mk1 GTI and still own a 90 GTI 16v. Loved them all and still do BUT you have alot more chance of finding a decent dub now over the Ford simply because most the XR's were used and abused once the RS series were launched in both the mk3 and mk4 shape.
    I'm a Dub nut but would give it all up tomorrow for a pristine S1 RST.

  • @sweetisland314
    @sweetisland314 15 років тому +1

    if you think about it, 112mph is decently fast. he said the 0-60 time was 8.4 seconds.. the new mk5 gti 0-60 time is 6.9 seconds, less than 2 seconds faster. it was a pretty quick car. then and now.

  • @bigal6352
    @bigal6352 3 роки тому +11

    You got to love the irony here.
    Sometime in the late 1990's, the BBC mock Clarkson's car nerdout by showing a video of sheep.
    Fast forward quarter of a century...
    Amazon's most watched show to date is a program about Clarkson being a sheep farmer.

    • @clos2132
      @clos2132 2 роки тому +2

      And his segment ended by a producer punching him in the face lol

  • @ChadeGB
    @ChadeGB 4 роки тому +2

    XR3i owners were called "Boy Racers" when I was growing up, they was probably the most common sight on the road back in the day.

  • @malcstag
    @malcstag 12 років тому +3

    The golf was an old ladies car pimped up, I had XR3i, very robust, 3 hard crashes before I killed it @ 100k miles, I had the later shaped GTi for a year, dull.

  • @gamer025
    @gamer025 14 років тому +2

    I love older cars. They have more character than today's cars.

  • @kirkwallboy
    @kirkwallboy 15 років тому +1

    Both are great cars. Both go like hell and both rust like hell. Like a lemming falling into the abyss. And they both, the survivors, are worth about the same these days, in worthwhile order.
    If you see a good one now, admit it, you'd take a second glance, regardless of Ford v VW stuff.

  • @RemyMartinVSOP
    @RemyMartinVSOP 4 роки тому +1

    Classic Top Gear. No nonsense 😂👍🏻

  • @yer123do
    @yer123do 15 років тому +2

    i like both cars but prefer the look of the xr3i and there more rare to see than golf gtis :)

  • @rowen898
    @rowen898 12 років тому +5

    I want a GTI documentary roughly the length of the lord of the rings trilogy narrated by Clarkson! I would pay handsomely to see that in theatres.

  • @UBIQUEROL
    @UBIQUEROL 15 років тому +5

    The RS Turbo was much better than the XR3i

  • @dubcy1
    @dubcy1 15 років тому +2

    old legends both

  • @RomanJockMCO
    @RomanJockMCO 15 років тому +1

    my comment was directed at paththebrit further down. not sure why it didnt post under his comments. he claimed that a 30 year old gti will put modern cars to shame. was asking which one he was referring too. as for being more expensive to run, dont think so. the golf gets worse mpg, depreciates faster than the titanic sank, and falls apart the minute u drive it off the lot. yes i've OWNED both.

  • @FPilotBierce
    @FPilotBierce 12 років тому +1

    For the record, my sister owned a Golf, my brother owned an Escort...and me? I had a car that nobody even thought of GTI-zing. A Tercel.

  • @djmhyde
    @djmhyde 16 років тому +2

    XR3i, a real classic car

  • @wickiezulu
    @wickiezulu 11 років тому +1

    Ford should have uprated the mk3/4 Escort XR3i's power to around 115 + hp instead of 105-108 hp, which should have been the figure for the mk1/2 Fiesta XR2.

  • @waynelewis9783
    @waynelewis9783 6 років тому

    i have had both gti and xr3i both great cars i wish still had them both

  • @rs5001988
    @rs5001988 11 років тому +4

    Please I'd love to have clarkson round for tea!

  • @smithy26eng
    @smithy26eng 15 років тому +1

    there is one other car which had them both beat and that was the peugeot 205 1.9 gti awesome car still quicker than most golf gtis and it was quicker than all the xr3is and looked better

  • @nty4181
    @nty4181 5 місяців тому

    I love his ramblings, don't you dare remove it

  • @huwjones5879
    @huwjones5879 3 роки тому +1

    Clarkson getting punched by the crew, makes a change!
    Golf GTI, XR3i, I've had both and they were both excellent. Sadly the XR3i was stolen and ended its days on a sink estate in Wakefield being used to sell drugs. The GTI was sold to a young chap who was going to "do it up for his girlfriend".

  • @djmhyde
    @djmhyde 15 років тому +2

    XR3 all the life

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 6 років тому +1

    1:54 turned out to be quite prophetic.....with a bit of role reversal obviously! lol

  • @damian-795
    @damian-795 15 років тому

    I had a blue mk 3 XR3i and loved it

  • @1979jon
    @1979jon 14 років тому +2

    all of the hot hatchs past and presant are in debt to the golf gti

  • @jamesshunt5123
    @jamesshunt5123 10 років тому +13

    I find that producers' excuse a lot worse and downright annoying. If you're not interested in cars and a person's fond memories of a particular model why are you watching at all?? For crying out loud he only went on for a few seconds not half an hour. This is what happens when tv shows are targeted for the ADHD-generation with five second attention spans. Attempted humour perhaps?
    As for the Golf GTI vs Escort XR3 thing, no German would ever consider a Cologne Ford before a Volkswagen.

  • @msw191
    @msw191 16 років тому

    It's all down to taste.. i personally would go for the golf, but thats mainly due to the fact that i think it looks better.

  • @bnha123
    @bnha123 14 років тому +3

    XR3i anyday....

  • @Vikingraider10
    @Vikingraider10 13 років тому +1

    @SPQRImperator I used to own Fords exclusively, and spent many happy weekends underneath welding and repairing all sorts. As I got older and wiser I moved onto VWs, and now I service them once a year.... Yes, they have their faults, as do Fords (and all makes of vehicle) but I've done 135k miles in my latest VW, the last two both went over 150k miles, and all I've ever done is service them and a couple of wheel bearings, and one clutch. I don't recall having much spare time when I drove Ford...

  • @Snakedoctorjw
    @Snakedoctorjw 12 років тому +1

    He went all James May in that rant!

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 14 років тому +3

    German engineering in ze haus y'all...
    V-Dub, representing good taste! :D

  • @Wvlfmane
    @Wvlfmane 4 роки тому +1

    I actually wanted to hear Clarkson nerd out over the GTI

  • @ROMblefish
    @ROMblefish 14 років тому +1

    @ufomies95
    you said it, it still looks really good almost 30 years on

  • @sparrowlt
    @sparrowlt 8 років тому

    Also i have eard that the Escort mk3 chasis was not on pair with the mk1 or mk2 Golf chasis...

  • @FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904
    @FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904 10 років тому +10

    Xr3i all the way

    • @ridetillidie8090
      @ridetillidie8090 3 роки тому

      ...to obscurity and junk yards. Meanwhile...MK VIII.

  • @ciro79
    @ciro79 15 років тому +1

    Golf GTI a legend newer die.

  • @Brustkle
    @Brustkle 15 років тому +1

    Is that true about the main beam warning light being yellow instead of blue?

    • @justas525
      @justas525 Рік тому +1

      Yes, on early mk1 Golf's not just GTI

  • @justas525
    @justas525 13 років тому +1

    I like them both.

  • @MaxSafeheaD
    @MaxSafeheaD 15 років тому +1

    I REALLY miss my MK2 GTI (power steering, low profile tyres) best car I ever was in ... WHY are telegraph poles and lamp-posts so hard? ... I know ... I'm a muppet!

  • @waverunner3911
    @waverunner3911 3 роки тому

    I had both in convertibles, now I drive a two lietter diesel BMW convertible can't belive how fast a diesel can go

  • @daddycool6532
    @daddycool6532 2 роки тому

    Luckily I missed out on both of these for a 205Gti 1.9

  • @guinnessharvey4476
    @guinnessharvey4476 5 місяців тому

    I’ve never heard the scirroco being referred to as the a Golf Coupe

  • @salogel88
    @salogel88 3 роки тому

    1:53 "Oh, how the turn tables" :DD

  • @AlexTrain5249
    @AlexTrain5249 3 роки тому

    I’ve been wondering for years what the original Golf GTI’s 0-60 is. I’m super late here.

  • @pjaylett
    @pjaylett 15 років тому +2

    Girls on film by Duran Duran.

  • @RomanJockMCO
    @RomanJockMCO 15 років тому

    what u said can be said of virtually every 20-30 year old vehicle out there. a 1986 yugo isnt losing much value over the coming years either! i brought up the jazz/fit example as a response to paththebrit since he said a mark 1 gti will waste most new cars now. the jazz/fit is a fairly basic economy vehicle that offers virtually identical acceleration times. i hardly count a 0.2 sec 0-60 time as "wasting" especially since they aren't even in the same class. a civic si wouldve been more =.

  • @Vikingraider10
    @Vikingraider10 13 років тому +1

    @SPQRImperator Maybe. Or perhaps the American market model VW's are built to a different standard. Certainly to a different specification as regards the diesels anyway.

  • @EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME
    @EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 15 років тому

    was the xr3 front wheel drive like the golf?

  • @alisawan2010
    @alisawan2010 12 років тому +2

    Historic....

  • @VinceGalasso
    @VinceGalasso 14 років тому +1

    @yako165 same driving experience of the 50s and 60s? You mean 400hp with leaf springs, drum brakes, lap belts, and solid axels. 50s and 60s cars were terrible to drive and had no feeling or life in them, their only positives were high styling and high horse power.

  • @ClassicRockVw
    @ClassicRockVw 15 років тому +1

    Magic Vw!

  • @Pobrais
    @Pobrais 14 років тому +1

    What exactly does Mr. Jackie Stewart say at 2.22 ?!

  • @dvsbstrd
    @dvsbstrd 15 років тому +1

    1:52 is by far the best thing I've seen on youtube in years.

  • @signeduplate
    @signeduplate 13 років тому +1

    A 1.6 20valve corolla with 115kw at the fly will smoke this 2 litre golf!

  • @RomanJockMCO
    @RomanJockMCO 15 років тому

    which fiat abarth are you talking about? last time i checked Turin (Abarth's headquarters) was in Italy, not France.

  • @POOPgodse573
    @POOPgodse573 11 років тому

    if it werent for the golf gti, the hot hatch craze would not exist. it was reliable, quick, and a damn good grocery getter. the gti was good, but my gli is better!

  • @MatkoAnt000
    @MatkoAnt000 12 років тому +1

    Name of the rims on the gti?
    Please!!

  • @redmr2na
    @redmr2na 13 років тому +1

    Fuck the VW, I'll take the XR3i thanks. The Ford even had the better name, XR3-i how cool is that name? Especially in the early 80s.

  • @ThePetrolhead94
    @ThePetrolhead94 14 років тому +1

    1:55 LOL

  • @morph318
    @morph318 12 років тому +1

    @cleanerdriveways - lol, yep the original chav hatch .. like ALL Ford's apart from the Cosy's, & RS 500 ...... (still an utter chav rocket) .. great fun to drive.. but try the day 2 day factor.ie: tyre wear & fuel consumption... ouch!

  • @Vikingraider10
    @Vikingraider10 13 років тому +1

    @SPQRImperator Maybe Ford are better nowadays, but my Escort wasn't a patch on my Scirocco.

  • @bluebus270
    @bluebus270 15 років тому

    As far as i am aware the XR2 and XR3 were the last mainstream cars to carry overriders. Can anyone tell me the purpose of overriders and why are they now not fitted?

    • @briancarton1804
      @briancarton1804 Рік тому

      Over riders were to account for different bumper heights. Now what they call a bumper is really a body pannell which with the slightest touch will scratch.
      Old bumpers could take a bit of punishment when parking.

  • @yallamusic
    @yallamusic 15 років тому +1

    best car ever

  • @venkatkesaraju2383
    @venkatkesaraju2383 5 років тому +1

    I actually felt bad for Jeremy right there :(

  • @KPKaccountt
    @KPKaccountt 13 років тому +1

    @niklasmich ppl nowadays switch cars between 3-5 years,no wonder why

  • @MohammedBham-fe8cr
    @MohammedBham-fe8cr 6 місяців тому

    Xr3i just looks cool golf is a grey shape

  • @synocate5602
    @synocate5602 16 років тому +1

    yes, IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!

  • @mk3stargazer
    @mk3stargazer 15 років тому

    frostycunt82, my mk3 escort van has done 282,000 miles and can take a gti any day of the week...

  • @Wilson84KS
    @Wilson84KS 10 років тому

    I don't see any versus, seems like VW payed already in those times for their cars get never compared to others on race tracks. Still there is no versus between golf and focus on a track. Image, thats what vw/audi is about, just image.

  • @mikl1987
    @mikl1987 3 роки тому

    1:55 - I wonder if this was the producer that Clarkson punched back all those years later...🤔😆

  • @oldboi1
    @oldboi1 15 років тому +1

    both sweet cars if u find a clean model id say a bit over rated these days