Bristol Fighter: The Coolest Car You've Never Heard Of - XCAR 

LUCKY YOU, DID YOU 'COLLECT', ANY SOUVENIR'S ?

Troy Johnson what about roadkill? xD

***** Subbed!!

***** toogear doesnt experience cars fucking idiot

Jørgen Fløan Lol at "fucking idiot"...

***** I never heard of this channel, either, but this host is great. I'll be watching more.

Since when has America not been fighting a war in some part of the world I sometimes think that is all they do screw up other people countries I say this as someone who actually likes America.

Laugh away . American style is to MANUFACTURE a WAR to keep the C M C ticking over .🤬.

Perhaps you don't realise that in that particular shed a rather well known aeroplane was also built in collaboration with the Frenchies , and that it did rather well being known both as a style icon and also for its speed .

OH LOOK AT LAST, SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN, AND USES IT

Seems sorta kooky, a dealer not really fighting to make a sale. And I had a weird experience in 2009 when a major U.S. car company had a new model on display in a trendy shopping area of Arlington, Virginia. I stopped to check it out and when I got in, the sales people acted like they couldn't wait for me to get out. Well, excuse me.

There's only ONE dealership that I know of and that's in Kensington High Street (past Olympia) due to it being a low volume British Company - one of the models costs £250,000 - its highly unlikely customers are going to be interested. Especially with the competition - Rolls Royce Wraith, Bentley GT, Mercedes Benz S Class Coupè, Maserati GT and Aston Martin Vanquish et cetera - come in way cheaper : despite all of them being horrendously expensive to run!.

PROBABLY, NO RIFF RAFF SEE

@@MrDaiseymay They let me in there, and I am the raffest of the riff! Even got to sit in the Fighter...

@@anthonylewis2080 Not any more. Went bust in March last year, wound up in May.

GrahamBartle How so?

amy gal It just had the over all feel. Simple camera work paired with an unassuming script, I just expected Tiff to show up at the end with an old Alfa for the next segment.

GrahamBartle Got ya ;)

GrahamBartle Top Gear is DEAD, long live Xcar, /drive, smoking tire, chris harris on cars, etc.

Xavier Jones Drive now has Drive+ so I genuinely cringe with them, now.

I have a half dead bald ferrett that would be more inspiring !

Not much competition.

@@klnine , by quite a margin!

WELL SAID

***** I love it! I'm totally adding it to the list of cars that I want and will never be able to afford.

No matter what whenever there's someone doing a car video, always one dickhead saying he should work on topgear. how many presenters do you think top gear should have??

Xavier Ancarno more like a tvr with mercedes doors and a stingray but

+Xavier Ancarno 'Breeded'..? What fucking language is that...?

+Rude Dogg with Honda Integra front

not just the battery, but fluids top up too, and under the other side panel the spare wheel

They never actually ever produced a fighter T

Carrera would be a nice name for your second baby girl. ;)

@@Gentleman...Driver I named the cat Carrera...

@@catjudo1 And the Dog "Turbo"? :) Nice.

Bristols is rhyming slang

It's vile.

The rear remind me of TVR cars

@@redline5725 mk6 Celica

LOTS of cars have individual round headlights.... you can name one other, I could name 50, lol

So much so that it actually looks like they lifted the front bumper off the integra

Well, that's Bristol for you....

G. Quinn to be honest, I had only seen it in a book, and once driving past at goodwood, so all I knew was that at the time that it came out it was full of promise above anything else of the period.. A viper that handled.. Pity that it's so british that it's flawed, but hell, nearly 40% of all those made are still on the road.. Not a total flop.. ;o)

G. Quinn Yeah I know most Bristols.. Blenheim, Beaufighter etc.. it was this one that was the most elusive. Nice to have seen it better and with the views of the tester included.. Pity it was such a poorly executed vehicle .

@carfection I know I'm years too late but here goes... Magazine road tests do exist, so this myth about Bristol not lending cars to journalists is bollocks. Check out 'Bristol Car Gold Portfolio' by Brooklands Books, there have been three editions, the latest covers up to 2012 Fighter, when the company went under, after over 60 years of independent management. brooklandsbooks.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1202&search=Bristol+Cars) Bristol didn't launch new models every few years like other manufacturers and they were staying in business, so there was no need to constantly court media attention. I mean, how often do you read a new Morgan road test? I'm under the impression that the first Fighter customer was Simon Draper, co-owner of Palawan Press. His car was roadtested by Steve Cropley for Autocar www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/first-drives/bristol-fighter-v10-s-first-drive-review and Evo magazine (by Peter Tomalin, I think). This is the early days of the car and it was still receiving some fine tuning in the suspension department... However, David Vivian tested a Fighter for Evo against the Ferrari 599GTB. Look it up, you might be surprised by what you read, it was a close result and really came down to whether you can resist being seduced by a red Ferrari (difficult, I know). So Bristol had sorted the car by then. Evo also did a group test (orange one that appeared at Goodwood Festival a few years ago), which included the Merecedes SLS AMG and Audi R8 V10 (and Aston Martin V8, I think). The Fighter came last but only because the conclusion was that it was the most 'GT' car there and not because it was a heap. Kind of proves what Bristol were trying to do with the Fighter though, it was designed as a GT car, so what's to complain about. The thing is that, with Bristol, of you want a sharper handling car (at the expense of comfort...) they can change the suspension settings for you. That's the pleasure of this kind of car. Richard Porter (he of Sniff Petrol and behind the scenes of Top Gear) also drove one for Evo Magazine. While I'm here, no, Fighter's aren't based on Viper platforms (the Fighter chassis is unique and a good deal smaller than the Dodge) and they didn't build any turbo models (which, in my opinion, they shouldn't have even publicised, bragging was never the Bristol way). One last thing, several positive press reviews of the Blenheim exist, so again I say that this myth of Bristol not lending cars out is nonsense. Unfortunately, the most notorious is the one Jeremy Clarkson did for The Sunday Times... It is a funny read though (even a Bristol nut like me read it and laughed) and I can't defend Bristol for not letting him drive it. If JC had done so, he might have been more forgiving) and hasn't stopped me wanting one (or several). If the Blenheim and Fighter still aren't your thing, then look at the older models. No one can fail to love the 403, 404nd 411 Series 5 especially, they're to die for. The 411 Series 6 was/is a great idea... Classic looks with up-to-date engine, suspension and brakes. I think Brabazon Motors have a similar 'modern-vintage' tuning programme.

All things come to those who wait.

There's a interview with him on RU-vid, old ( obviously) but excellent.

My thoughts exact, on the integra front. Gives it a cheap appearance

The headlights let it down badly.

great --super

Sorry I'm three years late but if you look for 'Electric Blue' on Twitter, you can follow the owner of the blue Fighter, reg 'F6 HTR'.

Try asking the Bristol owners club if they have any rallies planned soon.

Looks like a real piece of crap.

***** yes

LOTS of cars have individual round headlights.... you can name one other, I could name 50, lol

They were global Integras

Clarkson wasn't allowed to drive any Bristol model. He didn't even get into the showroom.

That comment from a man who is not safe with a screwdriver.

Jeremy is the best

@@cuchidesoto2686 your garbage opinion is not welcome

Jeremy Clarkson... His wheels came off in the end... Way too late...