eod696 I think he’s secretly a huge ford he even owned a GT and only started liking Land Rover after ford took over, along with liking the ford era jags with the exception on the s-type
@@MasterofSpiders It was alright for the time, but the '90s was definitely the era of big V8s with very little power. Chevy's offerings were no better. A decade later, you could get about the same power out of a rental-spec V6 model.
> Referring to an early 4th-gen Mustang as the latest model > Michael Schumacher in a Benetton suit. > Clarkson with a full head of hair. Yup, it's the '90s
satellite navi with sensor multivision was make on soarer mz21 1986 ua-cam.com/video/-HtBSDCxpFg/v-deo.html + independent air sus, buttons on the steering wheel, electro meter, sensor buttons for climat control, power seats, 3.0 6-cyl turbo, etc etc get lost mb & bmw lol))
Buick had one in 1986, Olds in 1988. Crazy to think how long ago these were being designed. Unfortunately wouldn't take off in North America for decades after that. All came from Japanese developments in the early '80s, and military MFDs.
That Soarer with a Lexus badge could have also come with a back up camera, rear wheel steer, and a fully hydraulic suspension like on the one in the video.
my 2016 Audi doesn't even have touchsceen, though its probably for the better since its the end of a generation where the touchsceen would've been laggy and annoying to use tbh.
I had an sc300 so I understand. Sc300 in 94 700 for lower control arm and 700 in 2020 I needed both control arms and struts and springs So 2k in repairs for a 2k car
70 charger for sale was brand new in 1970 sat in yard for 30 years small 12 inch hole in floor needs an engine lost the title 9000$ no tire kickers no questions, no lowballs, I KNOW WHAT I GOT
It's great watching all these videos from when I was very young and seeing the opinions and expectations people had at the time. I somewhat miss the days when 80hp was considered pretty nippy and the 16v was always the fast version, everything is very complicated these days.
The Soarer shown here is a UZZ32 model code. It also has four wheel steering. There were also the less expensive and complex UZZ30 (with conventional coil springs) and the UZZ31 with air suspension. The Active suspension made the UZZ32 considerably heavier than its counterparts, it was therefore actually slower than its less expensive V8 brethren. Toyota eventually only built about 800 units of the Soarer Active. They are now considerably more expensive than all other Soarer/SC models.
In a Mustang GT convertible on a closed course with an F1 driver at the wheel and no helmets. Health and safety would never let you get away with that today.
That New model GT mustang.. I remember when they came out, they were modern, and futuristic!! The Cobra was cool too! They are now getting collectable!
No smartphones, no Insta, no social network just people enjoying the moment before being killed by an oversteering car without airbags, those were the good times
We're pretty lucky in NZ. I've seen all but the daihatsu on our roads thanks to relaxed import rules and proximity to Japan. But nothing compares to the land of the rising sun. So many of the cars you see over there are unlikely to leave those shores.
I love my 98 soarer/sc300. I agree it has a lot of gizmos like, 12 disc CD changer, auto dimming side & rear views, power everything, etc. Its a really nice car at 159k miles & still quiet and running good. I drove it in the snow last weekend too and it did great
Haha Schumacher there so wanted to say the Mustang was Rubbish but being a Bennetton Ford driver, had to stay on corporate message "It's alright", many huge awkward silences as he thought what he could say, but was instant saying "It's american" when Jeremy said it was soft
awkward silences? he drove on a lap, drifting with 1 hand, he was concentrated. and he said "it's american", because american cars are soft in general. have you ever driven a car?
I mean it probably was pretty rubbish, being a convertible didn't help either. I have a 96 Bullitt swapped mustang gt lowering springs and control arms and it feels like it's on rails, no bodyroll at all. I'm pretty sure the convertibles back then didn't come with a rear sway bar 😂😂
He's selling some "secret health club" bullshit now, has had multiple businesses go under during the 90's and is mentioned in some leaked offshore banking papers.
I bought a ‘95 SC400 in bright red and drove it for a year. Later, I ordered a ‘99 GT Convertible after retiring from the Navy. Both cars were an absolute pleasure to own and drive.
@@codyclark7218 i second that. I’m sitting in a 4th gen rn. They’re not set up for cornering for sure, but they’re pretty stable on the road even when you push it.
John Gilroy Because they mostly were for half a Century. Ford started to care about a more centralized approach in the 60's. Ford Australia was a subsidiary of Ford Canada, which was separate from Ford USA. Up until 1967, Ford Of Europe didn't exist; you had Ford of Britain and Ford Germany. Nowadays the subsidiaries still exist, but their independence is no longer as substantial as back then.
It's not really that weird, some cars wouldn't do good in certain markets or wouldn't meet safety or emission regulations in certain markets and it wouldn't be worth trying to modify them too. It's not just Ford, I don't think the Honda Pilot was sold in Japan after the first generation because they don't really like SUVs over there but people in the U.S. love them.
When he was going over the screen functions it reminded me of doc going over the time circuit with marty in back to the future. "This one tells you where you're going , where you've been..."
is anyone else not shocked to see multi-touch screen at 5:47 in that Lexus? I thought they came into existence in the 2000's, like when Apple announced the multi-touch on the iphone in '07 everyone was mindblown, this video is from the 90s.
not really, GM had already put MS-DOS based touch screens in Buick/Oldsmobiles in the late 80's They were just bi tone screens, but yeah a touchscreen in a 1988 car
Sadly that's not multi-touch being demonstrated. What we know today is "capacitive multi-touch", that is a "resistive" touch screen. Resistive touch screens only accept one push at a time, you have to push quite firmly and they've been around for decades - even before TFT screens were invented you could get resistive touch for CRT screens. Often seen on ATMs from the era. The iPhone wasn't even Apple's first touchscreen device - that would be the Apple Newton from the late 80s.
It actually reminds me most of the Touch Screen entertainment on Emirates planes back in the early 2000s. As far as I remember they got unusually hot and the touch responsive part of any UI would be blue, just like it is in the Lexus.
Looks quite similar to the menu screens on a 2004 Prius and probably a lot of other Toyotas. Especially the way it lists all the radio stations it found. Odd how the sat nav still thinks it is in Japan though. A friend bought a grey import Honda and it had a Japanese sat nav in the glove box that also thought it was in Japan, despite being in New Zealand.
Except those Lexus V8’s are still running today with no failures. I’ve got a 1/4 million miles on mine just plugs, belts and hoses. No failures whatsoever. Makes owning a 30yo MR2 Turbo my biggest concern, except that one hasn’t broken either. Why do people buy other brands?
Neg Ative: The Toyota V8 has had its share of issues over the years. Besides,"Lexus" is just a made-up Fake name for particular countries where Toyota knows buyers won't pony-up $75,000+ for a car utilizing the same switch-gear,etc. as a $12,000 econo-shitbox Toyota Yaris...sitting on the same showroom. One thing the Japanese lack with their fake Luxury Brands is "character"; it's why here in the USA, the Germans with their unreliable and expensive to keep running>>>> still out-clobber the: Lexus,Infiniti,and Acura in overall sales.
Infiniti and Acura are not sold in the EU - I believe Infiniti is somewhere but not in Germany. You have to make a difference between F Series and normal Lexus though. Also the old ones were just made different, and with different materials as well. You should not forget that Toyota has the Crown which is nowhere near to be found in the west, but those have been very luxurious, well made cars I had the pleasure to sit in - It stops with the BMW E65 and the MB 221 though.
Hanzo Low: The Japanese here in the USA with their "Fake" luxury brands struggle for sales. Does not matter if Toyota puts a "F" on their fake luxury car Lexus...few US/Canadian buyers want them...more so with Listed Retail prices at or above the Germans. Toyota Crown is mainly a: cop car, taxi, and fleet car in Japan.Toyota stopped selling the Crown in the USA (it was named Cressida in the USA) in the mid 1990s when the Lexus dealers demanded they stop selling it, in hopes of attracting more sedan buyers to the Lexus outlet. With loaded-up Camrys being relatively inexpensive,few buyers shop at Lexus for a sedan. Here in the USA....the RX350 (Lexus version of the Toyota Highlander)is the only thing that keeps Lexus viable in North America....as all their other offerings have abysmal year-end sales.
Nowadays getting grey import cars like these 99’s gems is quite the business. I looked at an R32 GTR here in the states and an unmolested one is super expensive. Most people end up getting the GTST version apparently.
Remember the good'ol days, when Top Gear were actually *reviewing* cars, and Clarkson understood the concept of a cheap pony? (Or had no script to argue with it)
Thanks chum. Wondered how far I’d have to scroll before I found the first “back when TG used to review cars” comment. Do you guys post the same comments in all these threads? Is it a time machine you’re after?
@@herrfister1477 People who can't face change and embrace the future are a funny lot, eh? I miss the 90s too but I also like connecting to the Internet without listening to robot rape beforehand.
Ha Jeremy reviews a 90's Mustang convertible at the corinthian arch at Stowe gardens. Last year I drove up that same road in a 90's Mustang convertible.
That is so weird you say that. I said the same thing not long ago that even back in the 80's, 70's cars looked like classic cars.. I was talking about how cars have lost their character. As a kid in the early 80's, my neighbours son had a red 79 Firebird. I was fascinated with it, yet it would have only been 6 years old at the time, but it still looked like a classic car. They still looked interesting and had character even then. Where as I look at a car now that are 10 years old and I feel nothing for them.
@@Roflcopter4b Also , cars back then had cultural identity. You could tell a car from europe, to one from Japan, and one from the US Now every country makes the same looking car. In the early 90's a guy near me had an 81 Corvette, 86 lIncoln Towncar and a mid 80's Chevy SS pick up and an 87 Buick Grand National. For a kid in the UK, these cars looked exotic , but the most important thing was, they looked american. Even though they were less than 10 years old, they still had 'classic car' looks. Could a kid now look at ana american car that 10 years old and by wow'd ? Unless its a Vette or Mustang....I doubt it.
Freddie Redding no I don’t have an issue with controlled immigration but if you let anyone and everyone in you have some bad people coming in, I don’t think I need to tell you just how many attacks there have been in you live in England, Germany, or Sweden
@@porsche928s5 Which is funny, as controlling immigration was and still is the sole responsibility of the UK government. The EU can't force the UK to let anyone in, but unlike with most other countries in the EU, the UK decided by itslef to just let anyone in. And that attitude still hasn't changed, since the UK only started thinking about immigration restrictions (and won't implement them until the middle of June) when most other EU countries are already easing their restrictions. But do go ahead and blame the failures of successive UK governments on the EU, I'm sure that they appreciate it.
May be people are turning heads because they see the car with no driver (where they're used to seeing one) cruising down the road... just a guy in the seat on the passenger side talking to himself.
My grandmother actually has one of these. It’s a 2004 V6 Convertible. When I get it. I’m going to modernize the drivetrain with 3.55. 3.73, 4.10, & 4.56 gears but to compensate for all that torque, I’d put slightly stiffer suspension and a limited slip diff in it.
You realize you can only pick one of those rear differential ratios, right? Those don’t normally stand for transmission ratios (if they did, your car would essentially have all first-gears, and top out around 60)
Alex Paumen Go with a T-56, and 4.10 rear (even a 4.56 wouldn’t be too tall). T-56’s (which came in Camaros, Trans Am, Corvettes, Mustangs, Vipers etc) have 6 speeds, 4 of which are overdrives (4th is 1:1), so they are geared y’all enough that with a short rear end gear you won’t sacrifice interstate fuel mileage too much.
That’s easier said than done because it’s the automatic, not the manual. The rear I can do but not the transmission because I don’t want to risk damage to the torque converter.
This was back in an era when Top Gear spoke only to British audiences, because they never imagined it would catch on here in the US. Missed that one by a mile....
And it'd be 2015 before Ford would decide to sell a right-hand-drive Mustang in the U.K.... My father owned one of those Lexus coupes back in the '90s. Here in America it was called the Lexus SC400. I'm not sure if it was available with sat-nav or not -- I know his did not have that nifty TV screen. I'm sure that was a pricey option, if it was available in the States at all, that is.
The Lexus Soarer (a.k.a SC400) will always be respected by car enthusiasts. Equipped with the robust 1UZ-FE engine (and VVT-i if you got a later model) and its ability to make a decent noise if you paired it with a deserving exhaust setup! Not only that, but these engines can also last well into the 300-400 000km mark on the exact same engine whilst maintaining servicing intervals. The 2JZ version was just as good and obviously had better fuel mileage. Such a sleek, beautiful car with an interior reminiscent of a german car, but the reliability of a Toyota corolla.
Even that Mira is ahead of it's time. In the UK people are starting to buy small jacked up hatchbacks like these called crossovers. Except this looks better than most of the new ones.
Currently daihatsu now has the new taft And compared to the new crossovers The taft is more efficient, convenient, better looking, more custom option, more colours, more creativity
@@clarksonoceallachain8536Daihatsu is an unsung hero of the car world. Just a pity they're only sold in Japan and a handful of other Asian countries now. Drove one from one end of Australia to the other, with the odd side trip. It didn't miss a beat.
@@mebsrea yea maybe. But I'd rather pay 75k for a car that 30years later is still going strong with nearly 400,000 ks on the clock. And yes I have a v8 one and yes its still runs like a treat at nearly 400k on the clock
Everyone’s saying Jeremy hates American cars now, he doesn’t like a lot of them and a lot of them are shit, but he does like some of them as well not all of them are shit e.g HIS Ford GT!!!!
Top Gear is primarily a satirical car show run and filtered by the BBC, if you listen to all the things that Clarkson likes in a good car you’ll realize that he’s actually quite fond of American cars. He’s even got a new mustang gt.
I'm American and we can't build decent cars anymore for the most part. Sure there are some examples of good American cars but for the most part, if you need a car buy foreign made. We make great Trucks and SUV's though so it's a fair trade.
lordofice72 yes but no where else in the world buys american trucks or suv’s they are literally not sold anywhere in Europe or Asia, you want an SUV in Europe you get Range Rover, mainly mercedes bmw and audi or vw or ford or something but not american fords
The "watch this" was to point out how he could take a corner at that speed with the car remaining mainly flat - Clarkson pointed this out right after he did it.
This segment is such a treasure trove of 90s JDM goodness (aside from the Mustang, of course). And of course, as many others have pointed out, few things are as surreal as hearing Clarkson sing the praises of a Mustang, rather than talking shit about it.
I had a 1994 Mustang GT convertible with 5.0 and automatic. It was a dog. The computer wouldnt let the engine rev past 4,000 rpms. I wished it was a 5spd like the one in this show !!
Eric George I seriously just bought a white, salvaged-title 1992 SC400 with (supposedly) 116k miles for $2200. It has Nissan Maxima rims, a small transmission fluid leak and it needs new low beam lights, but it runs like a champ! I've had it for two weeks, now. I picked it up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I suppose I can't really speak for all of America, but Texas and Kansas offer similar prices.
Eric George The original Lexus SC/Toyota Soarer has a timeless design that stayed in production for almost 10 years. Unfortunately the SC 430 wasn’t as well received and was even named the worst car in the world by Top Gear. It was also the last car to have a cassette player in 2010.
Ford resisted for many years to bring the Mustang to the UK but it's here now in the UK and Europe in LHD and RHD form, and you can have it all-electric with the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
Jeremy Clarkson being nice to a Mustang and saying Land Rovers are a nuisance...it's like bizzarro-world.
eod696 I think he’s secretly a huge ford he even owned a GT and only started liking Land Rover after ford took over, along with liking the ford era jags with the exception on the s-type
That's a shit Mustang too. Something like 220hp out of that V8.
@@MasterofSpiders It was alright for the time, but the '90s was definitely the era of big V8s with very little power. Chevy's offerings were no better. A decade later, you could get about the same power out of a rental-spec V6 model.
I did not expect a man known for panning American cars to take a liking to one of the most unappreciated Mustangs.
@@nathanstroud2223that tells us its about the feel of the thing, rather than the flair of it.
"With Michael Schumacher at the wheel, it can do THIS!"
*Immediately slides wide off the track*
he must have seen Damon Hill out there
Ferrari Strategy Complete
Luckily their wasn't a rock on the track
@@kidkeks2651 that's really dark
the mustang was looking for a crowd to surf, more of its natural environment
> Referring to an early 4th-gen Mustang as the latest model
> Michael Schumacher in a Benetton suit.
> Clarkson with a full head of hair.
Yup, it's the '90s
EL King!!! What are you doing here? O.O
@@BallistaTheDeer I'd ask the same thing Grifamus??? O__o
pointing out the cd player as a feature
And no BEER GUT. Love Jeremy pre 90s.
And we didn't see a RHD Mustang until 2015
"It's satellite navigation! That is unbelievable!" Haha. The cars of the mid-90s.
That Lexus is still a fab car, as Jeremy would say
satellite navi with sensor multivision was make on soarer mz21 1986 ua-cam.com/video/-HtBSDCxpFg/v-deo.html
+ independent air sus, buttons on the steering wheel, electro meter, sensor buttons for climat control, power seats, 3.0 6-cyl turbo, etc etc
get lost mb & bmw lol))
Also $22,000 would be an excellent price for a car like that now. EDIT: The Mustang
@@АлександрВДК those systems where crap and slow.
@@19tuureluur86 I take crap and slow over getting lost with non existing maps or map reading skills
A touchscreen in a car in 1994 is pretty impressive.
Buick had one in 1986, Olds in 1988. Crazy to think how long ago these were being designed. Unfortunately wouldn't take off in North America for decades after that. All came from Japanese developments in the early '80s, and military MFDs.
That Soarer with a Lexus badge could have also come with a back up camera, rear wheel steer, and a fully hydraulic suspension like on the one in the video.
my 2016 Audi doesn't even have touchsceen, though its probably for the better since its the end of a generation where the touchsceen would've been laggy and annoying to use tbh.
It would be awesome to see Shumacher do this again some day. Here's to his continued recovery.
I'd love to see Schumacher back
I don’t think he’ll ever drive again but I’m hoping he can at least talk sometime soon, have some sort of a regular ish life
Old times, when you didn't even have a helmet on the racing circuit.
Did you see that hair? He had s helmet...
Wow didn’t think about that lol when did it change ?
@@Nuj-rx8wk nothing to do with bbc health and safety gammon man
@@rdgjoe2579lmfao
"Or a Eunos Cosmo...whatever one of those is"
*Screams in rotary*
Was looking for this comment. I was kinda crawling inside out too when he said that XD
Im pretty sure he didn't know that Eunos was owned by Mazda.
@@ilya3379 this is Clarkson we’re talking about, he definitely knew, he was just playing dumb for a joke.
Sc400 in 94: over $70k
Sc400 in 2020: $1500 obo needs knock sensors have part just no time to do them
I had an sc300 so I understand.
Sc300 in 94 700 for lower control arm and 700 in 2020
I needed both control arms and struts and springs
So 2k in repairs for a 2k car
Budget Boost DIY I fucking love these
Bruh it seems the youtube recommendations have linked us
Toyota AE 86, chasis only, no interior, no engine, no nothing, just the chasis. 8,000 dollars firm.
70 charger for sale
was brand new in 1970
sat in yard for 30 years
small 12 inch hole in floor
needs an engine
lost the title
9000$ no tire kickers no questions, no lowballs, I KNOW WHAT I GOT
It's great watching all these videos from when I was very young and seeing the opinions and expectations people had at the time. I somewhat miss the days when 80hp was considered pretty nippy and the 16v was always the fast version, everything is very complicated these days.
The Soarer shown here is a UZZ32 model code. It also has four wheel steering. There were also the less expensive and complex UZZ30 (with conventional coil springs) and the UZZ31 with air suspension. The Active suspension made the UZZ32 considerably heavier than its counterparts, it was therefore actually slower than its less expensive V8 brethren. Toyota eventually only built about 800 units of the Soarer Active. They are now considerably more expensive than all other Soarer/SC models.
Well, here's the nerdiest thing I'll read all day
@@lummatravel youre hurting him
what happened to Jeremy, he actually had a kind word to say about a mustang back then
+walksnomore yeah he said he'd rather sick bag than a mustang lol
+V8 Powerr that was in reference to the track experience
He was young and stupid
+walksnomore More importantly. What happened to Schumacher ?
Antony Lawler you dont know?? He can barely talk after a skiing accident. Unbelievably tragic.
nice to see schumi
can't drive worth a fuck
Heartbreaking.
Loved the bit with Schuey ragging the Mustang around Silverstone. Hope he eventually makes a full recovery.
Oh man seeing 90's Schumi gave me the shivers...
5:10 "Next time I think I'll leave the traction control on!" Hahahaha! I never thought I would ever hear Jeremy say this!
Michael and Jeremy in an SN95 !!! Love it !! Oddly enough Jeremy doesnt like the New Edge much when he tries it out a few years later.
In a Mustang GT convertible on a closed course with an F1 driver at the wheel and no helmets. Health and safety would never let you get away with that today.
OMG Michael Schumacher pre his skiing accident. Very sad he cannot race again. He was a legend behind the wheel.
Yeah, about 20 years before.. Jesus.
That New model GT mustang.. I remember when they came out, they were modern, and futuristic!! The Cobra was cool too!
They are now getting collectable!
Buy one. They’re so fun and cheap to maintain. Love my 03 GT.
When Schumi made Jezza look like Captain Slow🤣🤣
No smartphones, no Insta, no social network just people enjoying the moment before being killed by an oversteering car without airbags, those were the good times
What are you yapping about? It's literally being filmed by the BBC to be broadcasted on TV, to be watched my millions.
Look at Clarkson with his big Afro, before all his hair fell out
Years of drinking and smoking does that
That's not an Afro, it's a gentleman's perm.
Looks like pubes
@@gwishart it’s a mullet.
We're pretty lucky in NZ. I've seen all but the daihatsu on our roads thanks to relaxed import rules and proximity to Japan. But nothing compares to the land of the rising sun. So many of the cars you see over there are unlikely to leave those shores.
I love my 98 soarer/sc300. I agree it has a lot of gizmos like, 12 disc CD changer, auto dimming side & rear views, power everything, etc. Its a really nice car at 159k miles & still quiet and running good. I drove it in the snow last weekend too and it did great
Haha Schumacher there so wanted to say the Mustang was Rubbish but being a Bennetton Ford driver, had to stay on corporate message "It's alright", many huge awkward silences as he thought what he could say, but was instant saying "It's american" when Jeremy said it was soft
awkward silences? he drove on a lap, drifting with 1 hand, he was concentrated. and he said "it's american", because american cars are soft in general. have you ever driven a car?
Actually Benetton used RENAULT engines in the year this was filmed.
druidof thefang calm down
Beanz On Toast so many people on 11 in UA-cam comments over dumb ass shit 😂
I mean it probably was pretty rubbish, being a convertible didn't help either. I have a 96 Bullitt swapped mustang gt lowering springs and control arms and it feels like it's on rails, no bodyroll at all. I'm pretty sure the convertibles back then didn't come with a rear sway bar 😂😂
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That car importer looks really shifty.
Michael Parker Until now, all importers were shady as hell.
Michael Parker read your comment then looked up and there he was n yea looks one dodgy bass
He's selling some "secret health club" bullshit now, has had multiple businesses go under during the 90's and is mentioned in some leaked offshore banking papers.
Things I'd thought I'd never see, Michael Schumacher hooning around in a Mustang.
I bought a ‘95 SC400 in bright red and drove it for a year. Later, I ordered a ‘99 GT Convertible after retiring from the Navy. Both cars were an absolute pleasure to own and drive.
Jeremy: "it's quite soft"
Schumi: "it's american"
Nice way to say it doesn't make corners
3:20 he dared to push it, nice donut afterwards.
Schumacher literally said, "it has good grip" and was cornering so fast Clarkson was terrified
@@codyclark7218 i second that. I’m sitting in a 4th gen rn. They’re not set up for cornering for sure, but they’re pretty stable on the road even when you push it.
I was today years old when I found out that the Lexus SC400 is called the Soarer in Japan.
It's weird how American companies like Ford ended up having cars that werent sold in America...
John Gilroy Because they mostly were for half a Century. Ford started to care about a more centralized approach in the 60's.
Ford Australia was a subsidiary of Ford Canada, which was separate from Ford USA.
Up until 1967, Ford Of Europe didn't exist; you had Ford of Britain and Ford Germany.
Nowadays the subsidiaries still exist, but their independence is no longer as substantial as back then.
It's not really that weird, some cars wouldn't do good in certain markets or wouldn't meet safety or emission regulations in certain markets and it wouldn't be worth trying to modify them too. It's not just Ford, I don't think the Honda Pilot was sold in Japan after the first generation because they don't really like SUVs over there but people in the U.S. love them.
2:50... one handed drifting xD
Daniel Matthiesen Dayuumm now that's BadAss
@JasonhalloweenXXX you havent seen jeremy drift while reading a book havent you?
Schumacher is not the Stig... some people might say ;-)
initial d lol
When he was going over the screen functions it reminded me of doc going over the time circuit with marty in back to the future. "This one tells you where you're going , where you've been..."
rare occaision of clarkson appreciating american cars
7:50 Marty from MCM would lose his shit right now !
That road course ride along maybe Jeremy's closest brush with death on the show.
is anyone else not shocked to see multi-touch screen at 5:47 in that Lexus? I thought they came into existence in the 2000's, like when Apple announced the multi-touch on the iphone in '07 everyone was mindblown, this video is from the 90s.
not really, GM had already put MS-DOS based touch screens in Buick/Oldsmobiles in the late 80's
They were just bi tone screens, but yeah a touchscreen in a 1988 car
Sadly that's not multi-touch being demonstrated. What we know today is "capacitive multi-touch", that is a "resistive" touch screen. Resistive touch screens only accept one push at a time, you have to push quite firmly and they've been around for decades - even before TFT screens were invented you could get resistive touch for CRT screens. Often seen on ATMs from the era. The iPhone wasn't even Apple's first touchscreen device - that would be the Apple Newton from the late 80s.
It actually reminds me most of the Touch Screen entertainment on Emirates planes back in the early 2000s.
As far as I remember they got unusually hot and the touch responsive part of any UI would be blue, just like it is in the Lexus.
The 1986 Buick Riveria was the first car with a touch screen.
Looks quite similar to the menu screens on a 2004 Prius and probably a lot of other Toyotas. Especially the way it lists all the radio stations it found. Odd how the sat nav still thinks it is in Japan though. A friend bought a grey import Honda and it had a Japanese sat nav in the glove box that also thought it was in Japan, despite being in New Zealand.
Except those Lexus V8’s are still running today with no failures. I’ve got a 1/4 million miles on mine just plugs, belts and hoses. No failures whatsoever. Makes owning a 30yo MR2 Turbo my biggest concern, except that one hasn’t broken either.
Why do people buy other brands?
true that ma boy
@G35 Machado MR 2 is a joy to ride though
Neg Ative:
The Toyota V8 has had its share of issues over the years. Besides,"Lexus" is just a made-up Fake name for particular countries where Toyota knows buyers won't pony-up $75,000+ for a car utilizing the same switch-gear,etc. as a $12,000 econo-shitbox Toyota Yaris...sitting on the same showroom.
One thing the Japanese lack with their fake Luxury Brands is "character"; it's why here in the USA, the Germans with their unreliable and expensive to keep running>>>> still out-clobber the: Lexus,Infiniti,and Acura in overall sales.
Infiniti and Acura are not sold in the EU - I believe Infiniti is somewhere but not in Germany.
You have to make a difference between F Series and normal Lexus though. Also the old ones were just made different, and with different materials as well.
You should not forget that Toyota has the Crown which is nowhere near to be found in the west, but those have been very luxurious, well made cars I had the pleasure to sit in - It stops with the BMW E65 and the MB 221 though.
Hanzo Low:
The Japanese here in the USA with their "Fake" luxury brands struggle for sales. Does not matter if Toyota puts a "F" on their fake luxury car Lexus...few US/Canadian buyers want them...more so with Listed Retail prices at or above the Germans.
Toyota Crown is mainly a: cop car, taxi, and fleet car in Japan.Toyota stopped selling the Crown in the USA (it was named Cressida in the USA) in the mid 1990s when the Lexus dealers demanded they stop selling it, in hopes of attracting more sedan buyers to the Lexus outlet. With loaded-up Camrys being relatively inexpensive,few buyers shop at Lexus for a sedan.
Here in the USA....the RX350 (Lexus version of the Toyota Highlander)is the only thing that keeps Lexus viable in North America....as all their other offerings have abysmal year-end sales.
Nowadays getting grey import cars like these 99’s gems is quite the business. I looked at an R32 GTR here in the states and an unmolested one is super expensive. Most people end up getting the GTST version apparently.
That Lexus has some very advanced suspension designs comparable to those available only as an option in some top models of S or CL Class.
Remember the good'ol days, when Top Gear were actually *reviewing* cars, and Clarkson understood the concept of a cheap pony? (Or had no script to argue with it)
Thanks chum.
Wondered how far I’d have to scroll before I found the first “back when TG used to review cars” comment.
Do you guys post the same comments in all these threads?
Is it a time machine you’re after?
@@herrfister1477 People who can't face change and embrace the future are a funny lot, eh? I miss the 90s too but I also like connecting to the Internet without listening to robot rape beforehand.
@@md_vandenberg
This is entirely relatable!
the mira is the one MCM drifted in japan!! funny to see it new and old
+partyguy9 Nearly. The Mira RV4 in this video is slightly different to the Mira Avanzato that MCM drifted.
The fact that you could have one Lexus Soarer or THREE Mustang GTs with a few grand left over is just insane
This makes me feel ancient.
Ha Jeremy reviews a 90's Mustang convertible at the corinthian arch at Stowe gardens. Last year I drove up that same road in a 90's Mustang convertible.
Always found it funny how old cars even when they were new still look old lol
That is so weird you say that. I said the same thing not long ago that even back in the 80's, 70's cars looked like classic cars.. I was talking about how cars have lost their character. As a kid in the early 80's, my neighbours son had a red 79 Firebird. I was fascinated with it, yet it would have only been 6 years old at the time, but it still looked like a classic car. They still looked interesting and had character even then. Where as I look at a car now that are 10 years old and I feel nothing for them.
@@v8cool231 This is because you were a child then. Emotional attachment doesn't form in the same way for adults.
@@Roflcopter4b Also , cars back then had cultural identity. You could tell a car from europe, to one from Japan, and one from the US
Now every country makes the same looking car.
In the early 90's a guy near me had an 81 Corvette, 86 lIncoln Towncar and a mid 80's Chevy SS pick up and an 87 Buick Grand National. For a kid in the UK, these cars looked exotic , but the most important thing was, they looked american. Even though they were less than 10 years old, they still had 'classic car' looks.
Could a kid now look at ana american car that 10 years old and by wow'd ? Unless its a Vette or Mustang....I doubt it.
Jeremy has a British Mullet lmao
It's cute to see old Britain, neat and tidy and orderly, with hardly any cars on the roads and hardly any people. I miss those days.
Road Stuff Dashcam before the eu went crazy with immigration
I think it’s the grounds of Blenheim Palace, not known for its traffic jams.
@@porsche928s5 Of course people like you would complain about immigrants.
Freddie Redding no I don’t have an issue with controlled immigration but if you let anyone and everyone in you have some bad people coming in, I don’t think I need to tell you just how many attacks there have been in you live in England, Germany, or Sweden
@@porsche928s5
Which is funny, as controlling immigration was and still is the sole responsibility of the UK government. The EU can't force the UK to let anyone in, but unlike with most other countries in the EU, the UK decided by itslef to just let anyone in.
And that attitude still hasn't changed, since the UK only started thinking about immigration restrictions (and won't implement them until the middle of June) when most other EU countries are already easing their restrictions. But do go ahead and blame the failures of successive UK governments on the EU, I'm sure that they appreciate it.
May be people are turning heads because they see the car with no driver (where they're used to seeing one) cruising down the road... just a guy in the seat on the passenger side talking to himself.
Left hand drive cars do in fact exist in England. No one would care.
Michael Schumacher driving a Ford Mustang. Badass
That Lexus looked like the UZZ32... Now that was a smooth car with more gadgets than most of today's modern equivalent.
Awww my first car. 95mustang GT convertible. Got it new off the lot at 17. Was a lot of fun.
My grandmother actually has one of these. It’s a 2004 V6 Convertible. When I get it. I’m going to modernize the drivetrain with 3.55. 3.73, 4.10, & 4.56 gears but to compensate for all that torque, I’d put slightly stiffer suspension and a limited slip diff in it.
You realize you can only pick one of those rear differential ratios, right? Those don’t normally stand for transmission ratios (if they did, your car would essentially have all first-gears, and top out around 60)
This was before I learned about what these gear ratios were. I now know about these.
Alex Paumen Go with a T-56, and 4.10 rear (even a 4.56 wouldn’t be too tall). T-56’s (which came in Camaros, Trans Am, Corvettes, Mustangs, Vipers etc) have 6 speeds, 4 of which are overdrives (4th is 1:1), so they are geared y’all enough that with a short rear end gear you won’t sacrifice interstate fuel mileage too much.
That’s easier said than done because it’s the automatic, not the manual. The rear I can do but not the transmission because I don’t want to risk damage to the torque converter.
SC400 was only 40 to 50 thousand here in the US. Dollars. It was a pretty good value.
This was back in an era when Top Gear spoke only to British audiences, because they never imagined it would catch on here in the US. Missed that one by a mile....
And it'd be 2015 before Ford would decide to sell a right-hand-drive Mustang in the U.K....
My father owned one of those Lexus coupes back in the '90s. Here in America it was called the Lexus SC400. I'm not sure if it was available with sat-nav or not -- I know his did not have that nifty TV screen. I'm sure that was a pricey option, if it was available in the States at all, that is.
The Lexus Soarer (a.k.a SC400) will always be respected by car enthusiasts. Equipped with the robust 1UZ-FE engine (and VVT-i if you got a later model) and its ability to make a decent noise if you paired it with a deserving exhaust setup! Not only that, but these engines can also last well into the 300-400 000km mark on the exact same engine whilst maintaining servicing intervals.
The 2JZ version was just as good and obviously had better fuel mileage.
Such a sleek, beautiful car with an interior reminiscent of a german car, but the reliability of a Toyota corolla.
The sc300 is the one if you want a manual (me). Manual in the 400 can be done but pricey.
so Clarkson did like mustang's once
"The looks keep their attention"
Or maybe its the fact that it's Clarkson behind the wheel of a convertible with a cameraman sitting the backseat lol
My thoughts exactly. I's a drab looking car. I kept thinking it looked like an Escort drop top.
@@seamusoflatcap L take
@@TimSlee1 ?
@@seamusoflatcap It's a damn good looking car.
@@TimSlee1 Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the saying goes, but I can't agree with you.
It takes a driver of Schumacher's caliper to not spin the Mustang into a crowd of bystanders.
So much ahead of their time. Jeremy as cool as always. And Schumacher! Wow
Did not expect Schumacher to thrash the Mustang. Nice surprise.
If you asked him about any of these cars today he’d say they’re absolutely terrible 😂
That one second delay on the touch screen 😂
that was over a decade before almost anyone on earth had a smartphone
It's hard to find one of those Lexus with seats that haven't cracked, but often they're still in decent shape, mechanically.
I would have loved to see Jeremy try to control a 1987-93 LX 5.0 trunk in the UK rain
Jeremy Clarkson and the Eunos Cosmo. Oh Hell Yes!
Love this. Clarkson absolutely terrified.
Oh my god... did Clarkson say something nice about an American car????? Never happen nowadays...
Casey Limbert Dude. The guy BOUGHT a Ford GT
The old guy drooled over the Vette ZR1 as well
@@mycomputergl0wsblu and then said how bad it is
S P P To live with, he loved the car other than that
S P P to be fair, it was awful, I never understood the hype over that thing, so plastic and just, cheaply made
Even that Mira is ahead of it's time. In the UK people are starting to buy small jacked up hatchbacks like these called crossovers. Except this looks better than most of the new ones.
Currently daihatsu now has the new taft
And compared to the new crossovers
The taft is more efficient, convenient, better looking, more custom option, more colours, more creativity
@@clarksonoceallachain8536Daihatsu is an unsung hero of the car world. Just a pity they're only sold in Japan and a handful of other Asian countries now. Drove one from one end of Australia to the other, with the odd side trip. It didn't miss a beat.
That lexus is preeeeety!
Does not look like a £75k car though.
Mustang looks better
@@richardemms3050 you realise it's from 1992 right? what did a 75k car look like then?
@@stevenfrench9455 It was red and had a prancing horse on the front.
@@mebsrea yea maybe. But I'd rather pay 75k for a car that 30years later is still going strong with nearly 400,000 ks on the clock. And yes I have a v8 one and yes its still runs like a treat at nearly 400k on the clock
Schumacher was racing on the Silverstone circuit, right?
Yes and scaring Clarkson in the process!
this screams 90's!
Jezza also said the Mustang makes a lot of noise and doesn’t do anything in another piece he did. So which is it?
Schumi drove Jeremy in a Mustang?!?!? Was I teleported to a different dimension?!?!
Everyone’s saying Jeremy hates American cars now, he doesn’t like a lot of them and a lot of them are shit, but he does like some of them as well not all of them are shit e.g HIS Ford GT!!!!
Might wanna look up the Top gear episode where Hammond and may confront Clarkson about his 'not shit' GT
Top Gear is primarily a satirical car show run and filtered by the BBC, if you listen to all the things that Clarkson likes in a good car you’ll realize that he’s actually quite fond of American cars. He’s even got a new mustang gt.
I'm American and we can't build decent cars anymore for the most part. Sure there are some examples of good American cars but for the most part, if you need a car buy foreign made. We make great Trucks and SUV's though so it's a fair trade.
lordofice72 yes but no where else in the world buys american trucks or suv’s they are literally not sold anywhere in Europe or Asia, you want an SUV in Europe you get Range Rover, mainly mercedes bmw and audi or vw or ford or something but not american fords
That screen in the Lexus was so ahead of its time!
Press screen
Wait
Press screen again
Wait
Wait
Press screen but screen changed so wrong button pressed
Press return
Wait
Wait
"next time I think I'll leave the traction control on" oohh how times have changed
Watch this: *slowest acceleration from 100mph every recorded in the history of mankind*
That was probably in kilometers since it was imported from Japan (unless it so could be switched to miles) which makes it even slower.
The "watch this" was to point out how he could take a corner at that speed with the car remaining mainly flat - Clarkson pointed this out right after he did it.
This segment is such a treasure trove of 90s JDM goodness (aside from the Mustang, of course). And of course, as many others have pointed out, few things are as surreal as hearing Clarkson sing the praises of a Mustang, rather than talking shit about it.
bro this aint the old topgear this is the older topgear
Wow Schumacher in a crappy Mustang.
( 6:45 ) LOL..
Such fantastic look & stance with the Eunos Cosmo.
I love old top gear
Yeah it's weird seeing one of my favorite car people talk about my favorite car of all time
We miss you schumi, stay strong and keep fighting brother!
It looks like the skyline is 10 years ahead when you put it next to the cars of the same year.
My Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 1996 beat 4.6 L V8 Mustang the gtp a 3/4 overhead cam V6
Yes. That’s The Soarer. The Legend.
Wow, overly complicated touch controls with EVERYTHING in it that’s getting praise rather than hate now 😂
I have never heard anyone call a Skyline a muscle car before.
I always feel if i don't see a mustang wiping out pedestrians its a fake video lol thanks for the video, memories of the mid 90's
I had a 1994 Mustang GT convertible with 5.0 and automatic. It was a dog. The computer wouldnt let the engine rev past 4,000 rpms. I wished it was a 5spd like the one in this show !!
I just wish the SC came with a manual... I think the Soarer did, though
They did... But nobody bought it in that spec
Almost every car right now is a "car for sissies" according to Jeremy Clarkson... lol
didn’t expect Schumacher
Of course, in north america, we had to wait 25 years to get the Japanese cars.
That Lexus looked GEORGEOUS!! Pricey, but if you have the cash, what the heck?
You can pick them up all day for like $4,000 in America, now.
Tommy Cruz I have yet to see one over here for as little money as that!
Eric George I seriously just bought a white, salvaged-title 1992 SC400 with (supposedly) 116k miles for $2200. It has Nissan Maxima rims, a small transmission fluid leak and it needs new low beam lights, but it runs like a champ! I've had it for two weeks, now. I picked it up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I suppose I can't really speak for all of America, but Texas and Kansas offer similar prices.
Tommy Cruz I wish we offered prices like that in the UK; looks like you may have got a bargain.
Eric George The original Lexus SC/Toyota Soarer has a timeless design that stayed in production for almost 10 years. Unfortunately the SC 430 wasn’t as well received and was even named the worst car in the world by Top Gear. It was also the last car to have a cassette player in 2010.
Ford resisted for many years to bring the Mustang to the UK but it's here now in the UK and Europe in LHD and RHD form, and you can have it all-electric with the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
This model mustang was available in Australia in RHD.