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The producers of Clarkson's Car Years feel obliged to make a public apology when viewers are asked to sit through another Clarkson vitriole. But the golf GTI was indeed a classic car, and perhaps sheep are not an ideal replacement! But was the XR3I from ford and was there any differences between these two rivals?
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@TheGtracer1994 8 лет назад

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

@valentinskokov878 2 года назад

1:53 Well, that moment aged really well

@martijnkosters9024 9 лет назад

Was this producer sacked then?

@stephenhill2404 2 года назад

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

@thehighlander8952 8 лет назад

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

@danbuettner6956 7 лет назад

The Highlander That's Clarkson's Car Years.

@YegoYTP 3 года назад

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

@akishot6735 3 года назад

They still have normal cars on Grand Tour

@alexx09RO 11 лет назад

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

@wurble 15 лет назад

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.

@Kav3h 12 лет назад

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

@lcamk81 15 лет назад

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!

@AR1G3 11 лет назад

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.

@Pinzpilot101 Год назад

The RS1600i was a different beast altogether.

@rafachicohh 8 лет назад

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

@arthurcorassini 4 года назад

Autolatina

@bigal6352 3 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@tonidmc 10 лет назад

XR3i forever! flashy looks compared with that small vs box

@4okoladen 12 лет назад

The Legend of the Golf still lives !

@MrSonicAdvance 3 года назад

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!

@tonyfoley1057 10 лет назад

Xr3 any day

@joshlysergic8726 9 лет назад

XR3i all the way

@gthebrave 15 лет назад

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

@JamesBond-hy4kv 5 лет назад

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.

@Pico310892 15 лет назад

the older cars are always more fun to drive

@HarveyMushman 14 лет назад

jezza getting punched in the face. priceless

@ChristewieTV 13 лет назад

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

@livingalpujarras 3 года назад

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

@mk3stargazer 15 лет назад

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!

@somegoodfella Год назад

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

@RemyMartinVSOP 4 года назад

Classic Top Gear. No nonsense 😂👍🏻

@ChadeGB 3 года назад

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.

@tonidmc 13 лет назад

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

@jeff1781 15 лет назад

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!)

@waynelewis9783 6 лет назад

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

@rs5001988 10 лет назад

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

@Corsa15DT Год назад

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.

@FintonStacks 15 лет назад

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

@damian-795 15 лет назад

I had a blue mk 3 XR3i and loved it

@KEV350D 14 лет назад

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.

@dubcy1 14 лет назад

old legends both

@1979jon 13 лет назад

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

@sweetisland314 15 лет назад

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.

@ThePetrolhead94 14 лет назад

1:55 LOL

@jamesshunt5123 9 лет назад

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.

@CheapBastard1988 15 лет назад

Yes but VW didn't have anything like the Escort Cosworth in the same era. The fastest Golf then was the VR6 and that only had 174bhp and FWD and the Escort had 227bhp and 4WD. Unfortunately things are now a bit different: Golf V R32: 250bhp with 4WD Ford Focus ST300: 300bhp with FWD Still, the Focus is a whole lot cheaper!

@nty4181 19 дней назад

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

@soundseeker63 5 лет назад

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

@ROMblefish 13 лет назад

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

@malcstag 12 лет назад

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.

@kirkwallboy 14 лет назад

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.

@sparrowlt 8 лет назад

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

@yer123do 15 лет назад

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

@UBIQUEROL 14 лет назад

The RS Turbo was much better than the XR3i

@smithy26eng 15 лет назад

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

@gamer025 14 лет назад

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

@RomanJockMCO 14 лет назад

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.

@djmhyde 15 лет назад

XR3 all the life

@huwjones5879 2 года назад

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".

@Vikingraider10 13 лет назад

@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...

@rowen898 11 лет назад

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.

@wickiezulu 10 лет назад

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.

@luminaeus 13 лет назад

@CJDUBstang Four letters, impressive. Were you able to type that all on your own, or did your 'personal assistant' help you?

@daddycool6532 Год назад

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

@justas525 13 лет назад

I like them both.

@MatkoAnt000 11 лет назад

Name of the rims on the gti? Please!!

@EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 14 лет назад

was the xr3 front wheel drive like the golf?

@Vikingraider10 13 лет назад

@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.

@TheeBaker 14 лет назад

@allandonnelly and a vx is a chavs' RS cosworth!

@ClassicRockVw 15 лет назад

Magic Vw!

@msw191 15 лет назад

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.

@FPilotBierce 12 лет назад

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 15 лет назад

XR3i, a real classic car

@morph318 12 лет назад

@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!

@alexpaumen3937 3 года назад

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

@LimboJimbo 13 лет назад

@ghtriumph The actual Golf GTI is sooo spectacularly good, I had the Chance to drive one of these. Although I'm too young to have much experience with older GTIs, I'd strongly recommend you to drive one if you get the chance!

@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904 9 лет назад

Xr3i all the way

@ridetillidie8090 3 года назад

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

@ciro79 15 лет назад

Golf GTI a legend newer die.

@Wvlfmane 4 года назад

I actually wanted to hear Clarkson nerd out over the GTI

@salogel88 3 года назад

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

@rock3tcatU233 14 лет назад

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

@guinnessharvey4476 29 дней назад

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

@waverunner3911 3 года назад

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

@mikl1987 3 года назад

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

@Brustkle 15 лет назад

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

@justas525 Год назад

Yes, on early mk1 Golf's not just GTI

@Snakedoctorjw 12 лет назад

He went all James May in that rant!

@Pobrais 14 лет назад

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

@Vikingraider10 13 лет назад

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

@RomanJockMCO 14 лет назад

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

@fobbitoperator3620 3 года назад

01:11. "Bleating & babbling we fell on his neck with a SCREEEEEEEEEMMMMMMM!!!" -Pink Floyd: Sheep

@MaxSafeheaD 15 лет назад

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!

@RomanJockMCO 14 лет назад

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 =.

@GoodFoShizzle 15 лет назад

Seriously!?! Have you passed yet. My insurance is about 1300 on a 1.3 golf mk2 without 1 years NCB. You must have 1 years NCB?

@VinceGalasso 13 лет назад

@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.

@yallamusic 14 лет назад

best car ever

@KPKaccountt 13 лет назад

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

@alisawan2010 12 лет назад

Historic....

@bnha123 14 лет назад

XR3i anyday....

@Ammageddon89 15 лет назад

me too ^^

@dvsbstrd 14 лет назад

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

@synocate5602 15 лет назад

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

@mk3stargazer 15 лет назад

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

@richardrobinson1554 7 лет назад

Golf Golf Golf!

@citroeno 13 лет назад

@gamer025 Your telling me i drive all the cars for passengers cars at a large airport,ie Rs 6 lexus etec etc and more boring,then i step into my w124 e280 and you can feel straight away the build quality,Yes they dont make them like they used to,!!!!!!!!.