Top Gear - Car Of The Year 1998 

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Ik tell me about it! It’s nostalgic and brings me back to my childhood in a heartbeat and I love it all Asf!❤️

No he talks about how he can drive, he’s a driving failure

@@autoroom21 Tiff won 3rd overall at Le Mans in a Porsche 962 and was talented enough to break into Formula 1. Guy's a legend.

@@autoroom21 say what

I wasn't a fan of the styling when they first came out but maybe that was something to do with the gaudy colours that they also had because i now own a 2004 Mk1 Ford Focus in a very non-gaudy dark grey colour. I don't usually like grey cars (I had a Mk3 Astra in Mistral Grey and didn't like the colour) but dark grey suits the Mk1 Focus in my opinion. It handles brilliantly and the build quality is better than most comparable cars of the time.

Tiff and I think Vicki are now on Fifth Gear.

No one ever says Quentin lol

ToyCorp Uk Ebay WorldWide shipping available. Quentin’s my favourite 😆

Tiff was always a meat and potatoes guy when it came to cars. The show was trending towards automotive junk food when he left.

Dariy Novik nope. petrolheads like the old stuff, the new stuff and the in between stuff too. cars.... cars and other things you put petrol into. nothing nerdy about that..... honest (i hope they believe me).

yes he was,

Back when it was a car show as opposed to light entertainment.

@@retepyam5858 Fifth gear and Top gear were great Fifth Gear is still the old spirit of the Old Top gear, while Clarkson, Hammond and may went over the top and became what people loves it. then BBC destroyed both because "redacted" hates both for being too old brittish

He was not the sensible one. He was the only one who was not a complete and utter tosser!

@@knightofthenine3121 Clarkson punched a producer? They kept him on after a series of controversies and drew the like when he punched someone, I think that’s probably quite lenient

+Bilal Ahmed she will always be bangable

Bilal Ahmed she’s still hot !

She was 26 at the time of the video. Now in 2020 is 48 and still looks good.

At which point it kept its occupants safe and sound I trust?

Was the semi-truck driver okay?

You can say that with most of these cars. Conservative styling.

The BBR turbo versions are fantastic! The chassis, engine and brakes can handle the extra power and they are huge fun. The original 1.6 engine was derived from a turbocharged rally car engine I believe.

+FrightfulAccountant If your purchase decision is based on "uniqueness" alone, you're doing it wrong :)

Not on uniqueness alone, but I do rather dislike driving a car everybody else drives...

+FrightfulAccountant Same here, actually. Unfortunately that does mean I'll have to get something that's a bit overpriced, a bit impractical and a bit inferior compared to the "mainstream" cars. A Ford Fiesta ST might do just fine...

I would like to have an Alfa, but they are expensive o run in every single aspect... I went for a G8 Honda Civic 'spaceship'. Has very extravagansic looks, without braking my back. A Focus S I may buy one day in the future, when hey are getting rare and very special ;)

Latest Focus RS realy is a beauty! But expensive as well unfortunatly. Still if you have a lot to spend, it's one of those great sporty but practical cars to buy!

+Burger Van Dreamz My 207 GTi would pee on it

All inside work, it has pipercross induction, front mounted intercooler, downpipe back only, now for the stage 2 remap. I don't know if it actually would stock either but it's turbo'd, but I still love it anyway- removed all the GTi badging so it just looks like a regular old shit 207, at least to the ricers...

yo bub i got 106 gti, 708 cams, 4-2-1 manifold etc, proxes, slaps most things. can guarantee my 106 is better than your focus also i think they are tanks compared

coco mgee nice one, sounds like it's had quite a bit of real non-rice work. yeah it would stomp on it, the 106 is a very light little car, you're lucky to own one.

cheers, yeah i havnt riced it out however it was ricers that got me into em weirdly enough haha, just times changed by time iv got one(well iv had 3 106s 2 saxos, 1.1 106 2 1.4 saxo and quiksilver, a saxo vtr and a proper gti :P im a french car whore lol. ps i love the sound of your 207 im loving those

kraenk12 66 now mate..😂

68 now😂

@@Supercarcompilers 69 now

@@lavanderlavandin9017 nice

Um... Just the opposite. Golf looked old-fashioned at the stage of developing. But first Focus looks brilliant even today !

When it was new, the suspension on the W220 was very good, the pnumatic airmatic had sway bars, the ABC dealt with all that hydraulically. That's when it was new... 20 years later, replacing parts is a nightmare on the wallet..

Or the mx5, both have held up very well.

Travis Smith yes i love the mx-5

It could pass off as a 5 year old car! It's such a great design, I really like this generation of BMWs

+Chthonian121 The W220 started production in August 1998

You're right!

Old, jauger, for, sale

My mates is still running without any problems and he bought it in 2000.

Rick schiffer However the Civic was changed in 1995/96 and again in 2001, this was for new cars released in 1998

Yeah

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As the owner of a 260k mile W220 S500, I have to agree with Quinton. The W220 is an incredible machine, there is no reason a 2 ton car should handle so nimbly. With all this mileage it still doesnt burn oil or give any indication that its exhausted in any way. Look at the absolute joy/fear in Vicky's eyes and how much fun Tiff is having throwing the car around. Until you drive one, I dont think it's possible to understand. Its a massive car but it feels so much lighter and responsive than my '76 MGB. Mercedes Benz laid out the blueprint for the pinnacle of large yet responsive sedans when they built the W220. The W140 has the best reputation but it's a barge, the W220 proved that even a tanker ship can maneuver like a jetski with the right amount of engineering.

It still exists. It's called 5th Gear, which you'll find is still running on Channel 5.

GetOverHere83 I know. ..but it's still not the same. Need actual reviews of the cars...not how fast it goes around a track or how sideways you can make if go.

Your so right it's pathetic now,cringe worthy

dogsitter68 I do like 5th gears reviews much better...and better drivers...more skillfully.

Ehhhh, I can't say I agree. I own a 2003 GLI 24v, and I love it, but it was still about $10k more than a base Focus at the time, so it's hard to make a comparison. Plus the mk4 suspension setup was awful until they updated it in 2005 for the mk4.5, while the Focus handled well from launch. The build quality is actually better on the Focus too surprisingly, I've had so many electrical problems with my car...

kolby4078 there is no vr6 gti. that an r32. and they are both rubbish. the gti is soooo slow.

MrBusunglueck There was in the U.S., Mk3 and Mk4. Slow compared to what.

the_niceking there was a vr5 in the mk4 and a vr6 in the mk3. they were called that tough and not gti. but technically they had gti suspension and stuff. and mk4 golfs apart from the 2,8 and 3,2 litre took over 8 secs to 60... thats slow.

MrBusunglueck As I said, in America, the mk4 GTI came with the BDF 24v VR6, and was swapped to the 1.8T for the mk4.5, we never got a VR5 model in the states, and thank goodness. The 24v we got here made 200bhp and 200 ft-lb, and was just a little bit slower than the BMW 330i of the time. It's not fast by modern standards, but these cars are over 10 years old now, and weren't soooo slow at the time.

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