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I remember this…..and I was 4! Shows you how legendary this clip was 😂😂😂

Up until the late 1990's German Engineering mostly delivered all that its reputation promised. AUDIs, BMWs, and Mercedes' were built to work fine and last forever. Too bad it's all Chinese parts and engineered obsolescence after the year 2000. And no amount of manipulated EU regulations can save them now that they also ditched cheap Russian energy.

You skipped over the Chimaera. Their best selling car.

QHello @ all: Please help me find the video with Rowan Atkinson and the Mercedes Pulman. I searched for rowan atkinson mercedes (pulman or 600 pulman) with no results.

@6:32 "I mean, this car has cruise control. Get offff! Stop it!" Just push the brake pedal, you stupid man! 😂🤣

Fantastic car. I had a picture of one on my bedroom wall when I was growing up.

Who knew Conan O’Brien worked in car sales during his time hosting Late Night in the early years! 😂

Never let me down??

that lady sold me on the wedge

The vectra diesel was the fastest car I’ve ever driven. When my ex wife tried to burn my house down, I went from Lewisham in South London to Batley in West Yorkshire in 2hrs and 35mins. Not even a hire car is that quick.

someone without parking sensors backed into me. I'd say they're worth every penny to save a pound.

Worldwide Gang we run this Ting!

Miss the Ericsson phone hahaha.

Solid reliable car

The most ok car ever made

I bought a 20 year old Vectra for £450 and ran it for 2 years! 1.8 petrol on an S reg. Loved driving it till the electrics gave out!

C5 Corvette had pop up lights.

He should get a couple of mates in and make the exact same program as this in the same locations on the same topics,cow herding in oz but with cars,maybe race around the mine or get all British made cars to a meet in london,i think it could work 🤔🤣 Money for old rope

Very old Top Gear

30 year old car blowing my socks off.

The DeLorean Part made me lol

How cute was Vicki eh

1995 was peak existence for the world. It's all been downhill from then. Luv and Peace.

He pretends he isn't but Clarkson has always been a snobby wanker.

We might wonder where British sportscar industry would have been without that old Oldsmobile aluminum V8 they got their hands on back in the 60s

MORM radio is Mormon Radio

This is why literally everyone in the UK now drives a 3-Series

people in the 90s didnt know how good they had it. indicators? controls? its 2024!

Best in V6 but not Vauxhalls finest moment

30 years old now..... and still looks amazing

I was there

It’s aged far better than Clarkson.

2024 the modern a8 with a v8 is 3 times the price

" It's just a box on wheels. "

Opel or Vauxhall Calibra was still the best of their creations.

It's this mr bean?

What is the difference between a 1996 Opel Vectra and Vauxhall Vectra? Other than Vauxhall badging I mean

I still think the interior of this generation A8 looks kind of fresh. It seems to have aged well.

8:14 oh lordy 😍

I watched this SO much years back, realise I know it nearly word for word

TAXSI

these cars handled like they were on rails... when you turn the wheel it kept going straight....

Now you know why this is the family car of the Dursleys in Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.

My old local taxi firm that took me to and from school had 2 of these Vectras!! One was a maroon 2.0dti ls not too sure what the other silver one was, might have been the same! They were eventually replaced by mainly Skoda Octavias! The boss also liked the newer Vectra so had few of them in the fleet as well!

I had an all leather SRI 140. Stonking car. Engine was lovely and it never missed a beat in 3 years.

It was 1999 and I was a sales manager working in Berkshire. Our cars were replaced every 4 years, with most of them racking up 40k a year plus. I ignored the 318's and 1.8 A4's all my colleagues chose and went for a 4 door Vectra 2.6 SRI, the budget even stretched to adding electric rear windows, CC and metallic paint! My colleagues all 'enjoyed' their wheezing 'premium' German models, while I left them behind with a throaty roar. I bought it off the company with 170k on the clock, the only thing it needed before I sold it with 190k was a new exhaust manifold and a alternator.

Who or what is a Jeremy Clarkson???🤔 A comedian (better Clown?) with an own TV show to road- test cars!!! No seriously combination... Fact one: the Vectra is great by design inside and out. But he didn't understand... Fact two: at this time nobody could know that the car was the poor side of quality! If he had understand he would be a great motor journalist... Verdict: He knows nothing and doesn't understand the design. But what can I expect of a guy with 80s haircut in the mid 90s...? He's the missing member of the Monty Python's group...

I remember as a 90s kid not quite old enough to drive always admiring Audi design. Even the Audi 80 has a timeless elegance. I'm not such a fan of their later designs though (just personal opinion) I think the 90s was peak design for them and likewise bmw. Would love to find a nice example but very difficult to find here in Ireland