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I noticed that to

Yes

Probably instructed by the owner to do so.

@@williambremner9022 I mean probably but you can also see that he himself is just naturally very delicate with it in a way that he wants to keep it as it is.

Knowing that they are all delicate and buffed to perfection prior to sale - why didn't he bring soft gloves?!

Yes

Me too

Chris Harris doesn't look like me, but he is me... I think :)

yup. need a 4-hour version.

I need to see that

I would go for the E28 Alpina B7 Turbo, but man, he did not go wrong.

Shiz Exactly. Leave the clowning around to JC, RH and JM. Trying to shoehorn people into their shoes doesn’t work. Just give Chris Harris full creative control and let him do his thing.

Yeah and even Clarkson, Hammond and May were more spontaneous and fun back in the early days... used to be more about cars as well. I honestly don't care too much about the 'special episodes' where they do ridiculous things with vehicles that aren't meant for that purpose... but, okay, that was their thing and a lot of people do love it. No need however for Top Gear to copy that and make boats out of tuk-tuks. Of course one could argue that formula was Top Gear's all along and not that of our 3 Musketeers, but it just feels so 'try hard' with Top Gear. Especially with that awful Matt LeBlanc and his fake scripted cringey delivery. Sabine I find quite annoying as well. She could be sisters with Heidi Klum, who's very cringe as well. I'm glad further along the season there will be no more Matt. Leave the reign to Harris and he'll deliver. One of my favourite car videos was that of Chris Harris on Cars, his own RU-vid channel at Portimao circuit, driving the holy trinity (P1, LaFerrari, 918 Spyder) along with Marino Franchitti and Tiff Needell. The way they interacted was just a couple of blokes with a passion for cars being genuinely enthusiastic. There was a general structure, but they were pretty much just chatting freely rather than reading offa a script. Just felt so right, the excitement was real. That is what car people (I wanted to say petrolheads, but these days -__-" , lol) can relate too, because that's exactly how they are amongst their buddies.

Totally agree, much better than the "Travel Show" it turned into. Big question, who the hell owned all of those beautiful cars?

I could listen to Chris Harris for hours talk about cars. He gets it. He understands how real car people(not a snobby "enthusiast"), who live and breathe cars, geek out over the littlest things.

@@filipeferreirac You folks don't understand the real Top Gear, do you? It was never a car show. If you want a car show watch Fifth Gear, or that show where they restore cars. Top Gear was a comedy show that had cars as it's point of revolution. It was about 3 blokes that we're great friends and did stupid stuff. Nobody cared about the car section of it. The comedy, the simplicity, the utter stupidity, that was the main attraction point. The show itself was built around their personalities, molded by their complementing attributes. Nobody gave a crap's ass about the car subject itself. Of course they would test the cars, give it a lap run or whatever, but the basic substance, the fuel of the show, the thing that made you always watch it was their relationship. Their passion to make people laugh and act like toddlers with big toys. I'm pretty sure you can succeed in the same fashion in any field, as long as you are entertaining. As long as you keep people interested in what you're doing. Don't get me wrong, I feel the same way as Chris about the immense impact on history the cars in that garage had, but it's not the same. Put Clarkson Hammond and May in that garage and I guarantee you a banter for the ages. That's what people like, thats what people want. Disagreement. Because i don't care about ONE guy's opinion, I wanna see conflicting points of view in a fun setup. I couldn't care less that' he's excited about a pristine E30. I'm excited as well, but that doesn't make it watchable. It's about keeping the audience interested, and this is what they lack.

Yea i agree

I always knew he should of been on Top Gear.

Totally agree.

Chris and Tiff are the 2 best presenters!

This is nearly every car nut

Hee Kim he is the Richard Hudson-Evans of 2019

To see him go nuts... Entertaining

Pedro Macário And least is the key word. Should be three hours.

However long it would take to do cinematic shots and spec/fact listings for every inch of every car. A year long, hour or 2 per week series could do it. A casual 52 - 104 hours of footage. :) Then the next year's series can be all the outtakes/'vlogs' for everything behind the cinematic stuff we would see in the first series. :) Well, we can dream.

Yes. I can watch this when I am off work, in the background on my second screen so I can awe at the lovely cars... oh and that starion.... Beauty

It would be one hour if top gear wasn't in charge

Alpina E38, not a bog standard one, although there is nothing wrong with a V12 E38 750. Alpina is one of the coolest names in the biz.

Ikr who wouldnt👍

I did notice but didn't think of it that way. How lovely!

That's TRUE passion.

Maybe he doesn't wanna get caught when he steals one of 'em :-)

@@kagankantar7439 correction all of them ;p

Respect🤜

YES!

because I kept rewinding, it took me 30 minutes to finish watching it and it's only 12 minutes in length. If it gets too long my day would be gone

Or 60 +

Same.

Even 60 mins 😃👍

/// M facts

True. Still Miss the old squad

I second that... He's better than everyone else at the Moment... And watching the latest Grand Tour season 3 episode 4, better than all the 3 combined...

@@yashsiddham9728 Jeremy said himself that Chris is one of the best car journalist out there

@@dulisha yes, and I couldn't agree more. I like those 3 too. But it feels like Harris would be limited due to Flintoff and the other one. And the reason why the New Top Gear will always be lacking of the acclaim of the Old.

It's great - the enthusiasm he has for these old cars is contagious.

Also this should’ve been an hour long.

At least.

Go read his evo diaries of evo.co.uk forum. Tremendous short reads and stories.

That was better than a ten minute freeview.

Absofuckinlutley!

"Look at the steering wheel"

@@kurtsulzbacher2383 The screwdrivers. * voice goes up an octave or two * The screwdrivers!

@@lukem118 "absolute Mint, imma have a moment"

This is the absolute best video on RU-vid. Thankyou Mr Harris ... you are a legend.

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+3!

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Same here. It's like therapy

I was lucky I actually met him a year and something ago in Porsche Zuffenhausen. He was just returning a 911R back at the factory. It was insane, meeting him and also seeing that special Porsche.

I met the guy last year during the filming of Top Gear, we were chatting about 80’s cars then. Such a nice guy.

I would quite happily watch that.

Even as an BMW i3 owner (which is the funkiest EV out there) I agree

You are damn right! I wish i could just ride one of those cars, at least just sit in them... Lovely, beautiful pieces of machinery 👌👍

As a Tesla big fan, i agree

The reason you buy and keep your favourite classic. We have a C registered Escort Cabriolet SE that came standard with the Turbo Kit flared arches. I took the original steel wheels and wheel trims off to put some deep dish 17” RS wheels on it. It’s white with a white hood and it honestly looks like new. Also have a brand new engine that i got from ford a long long time ago. Also have a 2006 Audi A4 3.2 Quattro that is also like new in light blue. Sits on the drive under cover. Both get driven from time to time. It’s sad to think they might not be allowed on the road one day? ☹️

Tom I’m a tad jealous..love the BMW i3! Funky is right! Funky and cool! 😊👍🏻

Hey Sam..please call Doug DeMuro immediately and tell him paradise is no longer in heaven and send him the link to this video.

Chris is an incredible man!

a GRAND TOUR, indeed

Thumbs

Dude *Alpina

My fav too! and its only £25,000

B007 HELLL YEAH !!!! Car is GORGEOUS!!

Me too! I had a chance to buy one once in Bahrain.

Yeah he probably awoke on the auction block when the gavel came down

Ikr now everyone is all about those ridiculous V12 powered G 65s lol. Don't get me wrong, I like G Wagens but.... tf is V12 in this for lmao. My fav is the 500E amazing sleeper like those SECs.

Hammers

And modern Mercs are still bad ass

All black sec Mercs give me a need for manhood counciling

@@dhio9615 you mean ostentatious

Yes, always fun to see a bushman in awe of the White Man's miracles.

Chris is good, but nothing beats Jeremy, Captain Slow, and Hammond.

@@caribbeangtr8077 yep they have charm that probably will never been replicated

I'm not sure about the rest of cast. A sportsman has nothing to do with cars was casted as one of hosts 🤪 I'm of course talking about Ashes-winning England cricketer Flintoff. He's not even a race car driver.

@@caribbeangtr8077 The trio arent journalists per se at least anymore, they function more as automotive themed comedians. Chris Harris, he is well truly the king of automotive journalism. He could make a Prius review interesting without any gimmicks, or any additives.

@@jameslee9314 To each his own, the trio are absolutely entertaining and their technical content was good too. Now, I have a high level of respect for Chris and the knowledge he imparts, but just less entertaining, but by no means boring. I'm an automotive tuner, so I appreciate everything that Chris says. Cheers.

Throwing out all this knowledge is the biggest cool card to any nerd of anything. Not only was it an amazing collection they found just the right man so show it off

Yes, and I really want one of those because growing up my family car was a 240TD estate. Same body but hardly the same condition. To have that AMG wagon edition would be a dream.

TheVeryteddy Big Agree.

@@2ears1mouth786 you can look for a volvo with the T5 to console you, less expensive but good

It is beautiful isn't it

@Gappie Al Kebabi thanks

its cooler if the host is jeremy james and richard hammond

Who jezza we all know Chris is a dick bring back clarkson

@random panda on the internet so true, if they let Chris do like his own show, kind of like Clarkson's motorworld but Harris on his own it would be great

He has arabian English accent, it's most adults thing wich I hear in my life

Agreed

@whybother now Jay does it to the cars of his guests as well. Every car wash, valet company, parking company, and service department should be teaching that to each employee who touches the client's car. It's annoying to take a spotless car to valet or the service department, but then getting it back with their prints all over the damn car.

@whybother now hahaha

@@fitnessguru8012 I'm sure your 98 honda civid will be fine with a few fingerprints on it

@@BardiaSaeedi 🤣

Ehm.....No

Ferrari gets the spot light all the time though.

So true!!

Exactly what I'm thinking. Charlie T?

I like that no Ferrari or Lambo is mentioned because I have seen a lot of their models. Gets boring after a while obviously when it's just mainly all show and no go unlike these car in the vid.

Demuro would spend a whole week for each car 😂

If You accidentally drop Doug Demuro to this place, it'll takes 50 years for him to find exit...

LOL! YES he would!

Bruh I wish he would visit this place

LMAO! best comment yet

True enthusiast behaviour.

Respect for the cars

He's actually having a cargasm at 2:27

Noticed him do this and appreciated it.

I think any real car guy would have done that and also only real car guys would have noticed that 👍🏼😁

😂 totally

Me too mate i drive one.But Alpina's......

I just stopped the video to read the comments when he said there were 3 of them and I found yours smh. I didn't even know they made alpines back then.

Sexiest full size sedan in the world 😍

I have a friend who has one..a 6.0L even

And I cried even more when I saw the condition they were in. It was eye-wateringly astonishing.

I know! I’ve probably watched this video 10-15 times, and each time I rewind this particular 5-second bit 3-4 times! Just love his childlike enthusiasm and wonder 😁😁😁

@@hexistenz ahahahah this is hilarious euphoria 😂😂

/// M so beautiful honestly

I'm just sad that he missed the Audi UR Quattro beside it

@@Foxhound617 He should've run by all cars and named them all. What a collection wow!

@@Foxhound617 i bet he gushed over it. its not like chris to miss it. I think it just got cut for time.

And ignores the 400i behind him.

Yes, just look, that's what it will be all about) In 50-100 years, few people alive knows how to drive a petrol car, or to maintain them :(

Rimrock300 you’ll have us car guys growing up now saving a few petrol cars for later when we want to fix them for our kids

Hard to disagree with that.

I wish it was an hour +

Ryan Hopkins Wouldn’t I have to get out less and stay home and watch RU-vid videos?

I think you’re right. They are totally usable and fast enough today, kinda safe and still loads of brand / character. Buy a new BMW today, one thing you won’t get is Bavarian character and taking a stand for good design. As they once did.

Depends on what brand of the 80s, as you can see in the video a lot of the 80s cars got way to advance electronics that never lasted. Id agree about the 90s though

Everything except American cars

As an owner of a full tool kit e28, those suckers are hard to come by, hell yeah i would be too!

lol nice one. I'd love to see Harris and Harry doing another collab. I think the last time they did it was back when Harris' still in EVO magazine

No he looks like Trevor from GTA V😂

They would probably have better chemistry than the others.

And was Chris right?

but that car is amazing

TechMetalRules im not a cars guy but id say theyve sacrificed style for economy.

I'm guilty of doing this. I try not to, but I just forgot sometimes and close it by the window #nameandshame

My Apple Watch gave me a notification for an irregular heart beat when I saw it, pure artistry on wheels.

Was my absolute dream to have a silver Renault 5 turbo as a kid. Here I am 20 odd years later driving a silver Ford S Max 😓

Dan James I had the R5 GT Turbo when I was a lad, oh the highs and lows were massive. Also now drive a smart ForTwo 😭 reality... 🙈

He says, ’He had no idea what the folks at the Renault were smoking when they were designing the R5, but he wants some of whatever that was). LOL! Count me in too.

Ha ha ha 😂 me too man, I was like....loooook at it

German Big totally agree! I recognized it instantly when he sat behind the steering wheel. The interior :D Ive got one E38 myself here in Sweden. 4litres V8 -95 I love it.

It's Alpina, so its 10x better !

I love all the cars from video, but if i had to choose one it woud be e38 alpina for sure :)