BBC Top Gear 1998 Motorshow (Birmingham NEC)

Top Gear covers the 1998 Birmingham Motorshow at the NEC. Presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Tiff Needell, Quentin Willson, Steve Berry.

[@mikeormond7883]

“A Jaguar has to have a face” ....only a mother could love

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

I thought the S Type looked good... When I was a kid, in Australia you didn't see many Jags and that was pretty exotic. Now I'm not so sure tbh

[@kieran9246]

The Rover 75 is a beautifully designed car

[@bensmithkent22]

Agree blew the s type into the weeds on looks and interior i know it was a segment below. Retro could look good.

[@jamessheehy4895]

The vel satis was and remains a cool quirky car! The opposite can be said for the pt cruiser!

[@1983simplythebest]

Actually, even the Azure looks so beautiful with the elegant Softtop, for me the Continental SC is my all Time favorite car.

[@willowman7721]

The Jag always up for a blanging on the manor Guv!!

[@waynerafferty1048]

Give me a S-type R everytime

[@sutherlandA1]

Geoff lawson died not long after this show, passing in mid 1999

[@m44kts]

The Vel Satis looked like a mashup of the production Avantime and Vel Satis. The Pronto Cruiser was such a cool concept yet the PT Cruiser/PT Loser was absolutely awful 😆 Also, Alex Riley is such a massive twat 😂😂

[@bttfkid5506]

Guy how much bass Composer YES

[@johndoe9672]

Yhou

[@scottpearson9692]

imagine actually designing a rover

[@mikeormond7883]

...and being proud of it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@scottpearson9692]

@@mikeormond7883 LOLOL that part was so over the top...Quinten is an actual living meme with how proper he always acts

[@kieran9246]

It’s an amazing looking car

[@scottpearson9692]

@@kieran9246 it was designed by a true young lord

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

Quinten doing his little thing to ruin jaguars image.

[@sameyers2670]

Those Porsches sound like alphabet soup lol. PSM, ABS etc etc

[@klowenstein483]

That Jensen looked fucking TERRIBLE. And don't get me started on that Rover 75....

[@peppercornsauce5067]

The new MR2 was such a massive disappointment from it's predecessor. That beautiful car with its wonderful curves and 240bhp .. what a shame , there's still time Toyota we're waiting.

[@tech10k14]

Rover 75... or 'Ugly mobile chicane' as I've always known them.

[@kieran9246]

The Rover 75 is lovely

[@NewtonInDaHouseYo]

6:26 … frankly speaking, that is nasty looking interior for a Jaguar.

[@henryviii6341]

praising the Rover 75 in 1998. how many left on the Road now ? and the ugly Ford Jaguar S type too ? killed by Ford interior ...who wants that in a Jag after all. but to compare to 1960s iconic S type ! beauty and the beast. both dreadful barges.both extinct very quickly.

[@bensmithkent22]

75 was half decent for the day bmw slung loads at it.

[@henryviii6341]

@@bensmithkent22 was ok. only ok. Let down as usual by reliability issues. My No1 bugbear is Jaguar NOW. a disgrace is the end of the classic Series III or XJ saloon. iconic. Look at Merc. they understood the brand. XJ was /is the greatest Jag. don’t bin it. improve it. a 911 lasts 50yrs plus ? XJ is equally worthy.

[@djh29971]

This hasn't aged well. The Rover 75 was a disaster and the S Type wasn't successful. Neither cars were bought with the buyer heads.

[@jameskeating5604]

Nobody has insulted Steve Berry yet...odd

[@bensmithkent22]

I have! He has many many teeth and looks identical to an autistic guest who once appeared on jeremy kyle.

[@sutherlandA1]

He did a nice bit of woolarding at 7:12

[@bensmithkent22]

The jaguar designer waffling shite @ 5:06 onwards about the differing faces on the cars being important and merc amd bmws generic faces. Fast forward to 2016 and look at the jaguar family samey face on the xe, xf and even f pace and xj. Wonder if hes still working for them? S type was hideous no marketing speak can cover it. Just listen to his nonsense at 5:50.

[@doublehracing113]

He died a year after this aired after suffering a stroke.

[@bensmithkent22]

Pray silence please for the electric light orchestra.