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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--HtBSDCxpFg.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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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..."
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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
Dan it,I wish I can have that Mira.(Unfortunlly,although I live in asia,I'm living in a left-hand drive country(The 660cc Mira is JP ONLY,so is ilegel to drive one here,since it's RHD),and I surely can't afford to import a rare second-hand k-car by myself.(I think I can only barely afford a second-hand,local made,march/micra.)
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 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.
@Richard NZ ah yes, the time when Paul walker wasn't a god and the uglyass silver R34 with blue stripes and the shitty orange supra weren't the fastest cars in the world.
75k is not in dollars. By the way, this was not a Lexus but a toyota Soarer, the americanised version sans those goodies was sold as a Lexus SC400, a cheaper version and related version was the Toyota Supra.
Arayig1982 75,000 British £ is even more than 75,000 US $. The US spec. Lexus SC didn’t have all of the gadgets of the JDM Toyota Soarer, but it wasn’t some econobox. The Toyota Supra was very expensive too.
Supra was lesser priced version, and if you compare it to other foreign cars such as Porsche 968, it was affordable, but nobody bought them, people bought suv's, (now they buy crappy crossovers) although they are prized now.
Ford wasn’t competing with Lexus. They still aren’t really. I mean sure they have Lincoln. But that’s not really in the same market as Lexus. Ford makes affordable cars. Lexus makes luxury vehicles.
