Old Top Gear 1991 - Jeremy Clarkson looks at some older Lamborghini's and takes a look at the new 20th Anniversary Countach. Taken from season 14, episode 12.
As you go further back into the Top Gear archives, Jeremy's hair just gets bigger and bigger. I can only imagine that, as a child, he was a hedge that made noise.
+salveMonesvol you're so right about that. Typical humans. I remember almost every car review loving the lambo but complaining about the drive. Now it can be driven and they're complaining yet again. AMAZING
Back then we expected cars to be better than the previous car. Now we expect certain cars to remind us about the previous era and or be fun to drive. Chasing speed and numbers is no longer the aim of most enthusiasts. The bugatti veyron is a perfect example of something fast yet boring.
Yeah that beast grew up. As a kid I was so amazed by how cool that looked. I still can't afford it in real life so I use it in Gran Turismo instead lol
@@leftright6054 I remember selecting it in a game and being shocked at how slow it was. Next to an Enzo or Koenigsegg, it was a snail. Turns out the original C12 had an engine straight from a '91 S-class limousine. Yeah, they had a nice exhaust and a tune, but you could do that on a limo, too. AMG helped them out with that.
@@shorthub3445 The age or the potato engine? The C12S had a much improved version of the same engine punched out to 7.0 liters and quite a lot more power.
What if Lamborghini made a special edition of this special edition and then made another special edition of the special edition of the first special edition and so on😂
Yeah i just noticed that when i went through a bunch of Countach video's. Might be a joke within a joke, or just lazy writing, but it was funny nevertheless :)
@ab c Paddington Bear was actually created by a BBC Cameraman called Michael Bond. Clarkson’s mum managed to get the license to produce the soft toy version. The little bear sold in the millions which must have made Mrs C a pretty wealthy lady!
My neighbour had a Anniversary model in a G reg. It was white with red interior. It sat rotting for years under a cover, the tyres were flat, moss growing on it etc, he’d fire it up once in a while and I loved sitting in it and pressing the throttle. It did sound a big gooey at times but never used. He decided to sell it a few years back and I knew he got £34k for it. I think I saw similar but in very good condition for around £350k lol.
I remember when this was transmitted. He also wrote a page in a Car rag and talked about the TV spot you just watched... It took a load of takes to get the Lambo to leave the golf off the line... The golf is easy to drive and launch off the line. The Lambo you have to get the revs right and feed the clutch right or it either bogs down or just spins its tyres.
Hmm, Anyone else notice the drag race between this and the GTI is exactly like the one he did between a Murcielago and GTI about 15 years later. Only difference is that VW now own Lambo
6:42 They made the exact same scene with the exact same words years later. There was always a golf GTI but instead of a Countach there was a Murcielago Love this
I could swear magazine writers complained about the early Diablo, because it had the same heavy clutch and steering as the Countach. It was a big deal when Lamborghini changed that, with the upgrade to the Diablo VT.
+8x5t3e7s4r6y it's a sad world when we come to the conclusion that it was better when animals like Khadafi and Saddam were in office. And these were truly barbaric.
Hard to believe it was that recently that 200+ MPH was unusual. I still remember reading about the Diablo for the first time in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1991.
The difference between the. Lamborghini and the ferrari is the literal personality. Ferrari cars are Full of passion yes but at the end of the day you know its a car.... The point of a lamborghini is the fact that it isnt easy to drive. Its meant to be feisty, its meant to feel like youre a bull fighter and the car is the bull.... You have to grab it by the horns and show it whos boss... You have to fight with it. Going fast in a lamborghini should be literally a fight for your life in a feisty italian bull. And when you walk away from it you damn well know that its a living entity and not just a car
***** its easy sure but its not accurate, reports suggest that its still more blunt than a ferrari. but a lambo is really all about the engine and then the style.
I've driven every car here, from the Miura, LM002 to the Diablo. Though I am 189 cm I still love the Countach best. I knew of the heavy clutch, but I was surprised that the gas pedal also was monstrously heavy.
'in 71 everyone was driving around in mk2 cortinas - the countach was as bigger leap forward as the harrier jump jet was from the horse.' LOL classic clarkson...
Hell, any Joe Shmoe with a bit of extra cash, some talent, a garage and the ability to order parts from Jegs or Summit racing can build a car faster than that. Hell, go to any podunk countryside village in any country and you won't have to search for long until you come across a random tuner who tuned his 1980s Golf GTi to 2000 hp using spit, duct tape and spare change.
Not all about speed young fellah! Its about desirabilty, pedigree, Rarity and sheer want factor. Its not all about speed and tuning. These are handcrafted exotics.
Man I love that Diablo. Especially before they put a spoiler on it - with the wheels that this one had. It looked so unlike most cars with the driver stuck right to the front of the car and like 2/3 of the car being engine and rear wheels. I had a poster of it on my wall when I was a kid along with a Countach and a Porsche 959. I don't mean to say the Diablo's my dream car, but something about the way it looks still does it for me even so long after it's been out.
Anthony Mancini i wasn't even alive in the days of the countach but its my favourite car... lamborghinis' especially older ones are just the business when it comes to cars
But the countach just neeeds the big wing that does nothing but look badass. A friend of mine has both the countach and the diablo, well his dad does anyway, and the countach just kind of does it so much more for me. If you sit inside you really can see the italian saying "ah, that's good enough leather right there". You can hear the fuel valves opening somwhere behind you if you press the pedal when the engine is not running, the big spoiler is glued together from two big parts and there is a big hump right in the middle where they didn't care to get rid of extra glue before they painted it, it's hilarious, if you bought a car today, even some dacia, that wouldn't happen :D The Diablo is miles better quality wise, it was one of the lasts models from 2001 when audi had taken over before. But it isn't even half as loud, although being so much faster
i get shocked just as much each time i see jeremy's 'fro even though i know its coming when i watch these old episodes. i also remember seeing a red lm002 as a kid driving around hwy 6 in houston. very rare car. but, jeremy, just get a hmmwv.
Why is this vid recommended now? My high school teacher owned one back then and I accidentally ran into him in it at a local car meet, btw. It's a dope ride.
Top Gear has always had "series" instead "seasons", because they often have more than one series per year. Old Top Gear had 45 series and 505 episodes. Started in 1977.
The Miura is one of the most, if not THE most beautiful car in history. The only cars that could beat it are maybe the Mercedes 300SL, BMW 3.0 CSL, Aston Martin DB4 DB5 and DB6, Ferrari 365 Daytona, Jaguar E-type, Jensen Interceptor FF, Toyota 2000gt, or one of the old Porsche 917s. But personally I believe the Miura tops them all.
The definitive dream car back in the 80's. If you didn't have a Porsche 911 poster on your wall you more than likely had a Lamborghini Countach poster on it. I would prefer the Diablo out of the two if given a choice.
I saw an interview with the three presenters of the current Top Gear, where Jeremy described himself as a teenager, saying he looked like a "drainpipe that's swallowed a spacehopper", or something alogn those lines :P
Wow I found it amazing when I saw what they did with the Diablo and the Golf GTI because I had just watched the Lamborghini Gallardo top gear review and it had the exact same script and set-up.
