We Drove Jeremy Clarkson's Daily!

[@Drivetribe]

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[@bghoody5665]

I'd take the GT for sure - minus the troublesome alarm system of course.

[@Kalah_]

I definitely wouldn't take the GT. Why would anyone want a car that has the engine stop working after four days? xD

[@billdavis3875]

the GT although it prolly feels like an ash tray after Clarkson

[@GryphLane]

@@ripvanwinkle2002 Yes but we're not talking about them. Wind your neck in.

[@slimshady6718]

Wasn’t gaffe taped bumpers the mondeo trait !!!

[@gnws6]

Most younger Millennials and Zoomers wouldn't understand '80s and '90s car HP ratings. They forget that it was a representation of its time, technology, and standards of the day. They forget that those cars were also a lot lighter than much more modern cars -- they didn't need 700hp just to make it move, like today's cars. Let's not forget, either, that 225hp was still respectable even into the mid-2000s. The 2002-07 WRX was 227hp, an SRT4 Neon was 215-230hp (depending on year), and the supercharged Cobalt SS and ION Redline was 205hp. A VERY underrated 205hp, but 205hp nonetheless. Horsepower isn't EVERYTHING when in comes to a performance car, or a vehicle's driving dynamics. It's a decent part of the equation, but it isn't everything.

[@faustinaadu2284]

Remember when hot hatches were classified as quick if they did 0-60 in under 8 seconds 😅

[@gnws6]

@@faustinaadu2284 yup. I remember when a 245hp Turbo V6 Gbody Regal was the fastest accelerating car you could buy in America, too.

[@jeraldjoyce2995]

I think some people get so focused on power, they forget about the other driving dynamics. yeah, my grandmother's buick makes twice as much power as my honda. but the honda is half a ton lighter, a few feet shorter, & the suspension is tuned for a sportier feel. on paper, the buick should be more fun. but it isn't.

[@KineticTaco]

I’m a millennial born in 92. All you need to look at is a Miata and your entire paragraph is proved true.

[@throwback19841]

@@jeraldjoyce2995 On paper, the honda should be more fun too, you just have to read the whole page

[@ruk2023--]

I'm so old that I remember the TV shows and news / car magazine articles when he talked about this when he had it.

[@H.T.S]

me too

[@petewatson9866]

Do I, was given the Clarkson Car Wars VHS for a Xmas present. Will sell for £75k 😂

[@shugaroony]

Oh yes, we were there. I remember seeing my first Sierra Cosworth back in the 80's, it was like seeing a Lamborghini drive past for a young lad.

[@TheOriginalChazno5]

@@petewatson9866 My friend got that the Xmas as well lol 👍

[@michapiotr1118]

This comment isn't really about this video but rather whole Jeremy Clarkson, James may and Richard Hammond's incredible career in grand tour and top gear. I've just finished watching their last ever film on grand tour and i want to say thank you. Thank you for the happiness that both the top gear and grand tour brought to my life , thank you for starting my interest in cars and thank you for the humorous entertainment that made my life worth living because literally in my lowest moments in life your humor helped to get off my knees. What you guys did is special . I am going to miss grand tour and top gear and thank you once again. (Please forgive me , my English is mid at best )

[@ianroper2812]

It was Frank who designed the wing on the back, in fact it was meant to be a triple wing, but because of cost, it was taken down to two. Wheeler Dealers with Ant Ansted actually modified a cosie to look as it should, taken from Franks sketches he did.

[@dalepaul8540]

And it looks shocking with 3

[@cwheels1026]

if i recall, the addition of the third wing actually improved the aero.

[@dammo92]

Yes it was I seen that wheelers dealers and yeah it meat to have three and it not just because off cost and it was putting to much down fourse on the rear end

[@rosscarruthers]

The car with the third wing has been restored to 2 and was noted that the 3rd wing was made up for the wheeler dealer episode. Had his car at cars and coffee in la..was on a dde / jww video recently

[@IanMaddock]

Wheeler dealers have the details on the rear wing.

[@gnws6]

I also didn't realize that Clarkson only had the car for a year -- it seemed like longer than that, and I thought he mentioned that he had it until around 1997 in an old OLD Top Gear video. It popped up several times in his old videos back then, and it was even mentioned in Eric Bana's "Love the Beast." The car evidently left a long-lasting impression on Jezza.

[@LeeTillbury]

You clearly didn't watch all the video 4:00

[@gnws6]

@@LeeTillbury clearly you can’t read

[@Lemingtona-x5g]

was a free loan car too

[@Blakeoffire]

You forgot to mention that Cosworth also developed the truly ferocious new V16 found in the upcoming Bugatti Tourbillon !

[@e36brian.deutsche]

It's so cool you guys were able to drive it! and even after all these years it's still in great condition!

[@DJwes6969]

"it's name was Gary, and every morning when you turned the key and started it, it would say DO YOU WANT SOME!!!" (Quote J. Clarkson)

[@houseking9211]

Gary the Cosseh

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

The greatest ever Cosworth made! It's wideboy image with the air scoops and that massive wing really capture the period of the early 1990s and all the ram raiding that went on then! It deserves its legendary status.

[@philiprowney]

Sorry, I see RS200 as 'the best ever'.

[@jdapaul1351]

This and the Mercedes 190 E Cosworth are my favorites.

[@DontPanicDear]

I remember reading about his Cossie on the back page of Performance Car magazine 🤓 It suited Jeremy SO well at the time 😂

[@BenofYoutube]

I don't imagine it was hard to track down, it's been all over social media in recent weeks 👀

[@Telesgoooo]

Bloke here in Cornwall has a pure white rs cossy blue engine block and bits n bobs he only takes it out in the summer it's gotta be one of the cleanest cossy I've layed eyes on 👌 and his son has the purple rs focus for a daily 🤣 just as clean and factory looking as the cossy. It's a treat to see and hear the cossy when he takes it out.

[@mrbojangles5313]

I also have a ‘daily driver’ but refer to it usually as ‘my car’

[@meirionrhys3786]

Nexen budget tyres On a cossie?! 😂 owner needs to give his head a wobble

[@BrianGon89]

Came here to mention this!

[@mikesullivan3420]

Nexen tyres will far out perform anything you could do in that car.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

In fairness - I think the Cossie eats its tyres pretty quickly.

[@BrianGon89]

@@SMlFFY85 I'll give you that. Come to think of it it was hard to find the right size tire for my E30's factory 15"s, let alone performance rubber. Could be just as sparse for the cossie.

[@alistermccallum]

Not much choice in 225/45R16. Although I’d go for some Advan Neovas over the awful Nexens, especially for a car that will be driven sparingly.

[@OriginalAbsolute]

My father has one he tuned his in 2003 to 400bhp and got a 2023 Yaris GR that the engine popped at 370. But the cossie is still going 😂. That old girl is 30 years old

[@ShalomBrother]

5:00 that’s a funny looking MK5 XR3i

[@Nick-j6f]

Misha Charoudin took one of these around the Nurburgring in the wet. Now that seems like a ton of fun.

[@streamius]

The closest I will ever come to driving this is in Forza Motorsport. It's my favorite car. 7:26 around the Ring.

[@julianadams2206]

Great Video. I was at the Iconic auction when this car sold. The new owner has got a true piece of motoring history. Luckily for me, although i have never owned one of these amazing cars I co-drove one to Le Mans and back in the early 2000's so have fond memories of driving one all those years ago.

[@RobertDonnyJr-c4e]

BeCos it’s Worth it…

[@Mechanicalrob]

It really wasn’t, I owned one! 😂

@@Mechanicalrob Same. These are not great.

[@srxt6758]

In random discussions about Cossies I had over the years alot of people always said Sierra was better and even handled better. Since I never drove any of the cars I find that hard to believe considering Sierra is older but then I remember the whole plasticky like wheels and suspension thing feel started in the 90s so who am I to know...

[@stiprus_garsas]

Content would be worth it's weight if it included Jeremy seeing it, his reaction and such

[@WhiteDieselShed]

Yeah they should have reunited Clarkson with "Gary".

[@ryanhoffmann9341]

I am SOOOOOO Jeaslous of your ST200! I used to own an SVT Contour (the US version of the ST) and I genuinely miss it.

[@knightbeat]

They are the perfect combination of TV personalities that ever existed. Rather than just separating into their own boring elderly life stuff, they should have created an adventure business based on Grand Touring. They can combine things from Diddly Squat farm, Hawkstone brewery, May's pub, Hammond's car modifications (with crazy/deadly adventures) to it. People will love to do their own documentaries, Instagram posts, KZbin videos including a socialising experience with the world famous trio at the end of their own grand tour.

[@bugjuicer]

I remember when the Cossie came out, as a kid. Loved it and always wanted one! I remember thinking "wow! 220bhp! That's mental on the roads!!" and now look where we are... The class tho, just iconic. Best I got was the Tamiya RC Cosworth, which I loved instead

[@79ferret]

Just sold at for £60k at Silverstone Festival

[@daniel-it2lw]

its hard to describe to people how diverse car culture is, and the 3 boys are such a integral point of that culture

[@justmechanicthings]

6:09 Plymouth Superbird has entered the chat

[@slideways8022]

I believe Mike butchered the quote, the RS cosworth was the first mass-produced car to produce Downforce and the front and the rear. I don’t think the front chin splitter on the SB was ever tested to see if it created downforce.

[@AverageJane222]

Nexen tyres on a £60,000 Cozzy?? Sacrilege.

[@uranusneptun5239]

Someone likes to burn rubber...

[@NickKolythas]

I was thinking the same thing

[@grantlindley2145]

My dad owns clarksons old Land Cruiser another amazing can in its on right. Also its value only going in 1 direction. Owns it for many years now and still uses not daily but I’d say weekly.

[@ELXABER]

One of my favorite little cars was a 05 Jetta GLI TDI, but I like my B7 S4 Cabriolet even better, and I bought it before I heard Clarkson say it had one of the top three engines ever put in a car, which I can't disagree with since you can balance a quarter on the manifold and rev the engine without knocking it over.

[@lohenbrau]

To answer "Is it worth it," you must first ask what value you place on regaining a piece of your youth. Cars like these have the value they do not just because they are great cars, but because they are time machines that transport people back to the youth they had, or the one they wish they had.

[@gregtucker8148]

I actually sat in that car! at the time when Jeremy had that he lived in fourthbridge road battersea south london opposite my best friends house. We always used to go and chat with him whenever we saw him. He was very friendly and always wiling to give us his time!

[@Endlessly_Nameless]

I used to read performance car magazine in the 90s… I remember clarkson reviewing this car and the incredible metallic green Aston Martin v8 supercharged vantage… great days

[@kidcowdy1231]

Classic Mike, trying to get everyone into a mondeo, to be fair they are lovely cars, had one as a curtesy car a while back and it drove really nice

[@aussie2uGA]

I had three Merkur XR4Ti's, two bi-wings and one single wing model. They were decent for the states at the time, much cheaper than the BMW 3 series equivalent.

[@affordablevs]

What a car - had the pleasure of driving an Imperial Blue Small Turbo, Rare Non Aero one back in the day... As a spotty 19 yr old, that was some experience!! Great motors!

[@prime1971]

I saw him in that car at Thuxton in the 90's with his wife of the time, what a blast frommthe past this video has been.

[@iestynhedd9544]

I was a kid I just loved cars , and I remember this car being in Top gear magazine when I was about 12 and being obsessed with it !

[@garykee1]

when i was 19, i was on holidays in scotland with my folks and had never seen this car before since they were not available in the canadian marketplace. walking past the dealership in airdrie lanarkshire scotland, i happened to see one for sale at the time i believe was around 21,000 british pounds. wish i had the money then and now to own one and maybe be able to import it to canada where i reside. but alas, life goes on..

[@alanmckeown5377]

I remember drooling over it when he showed it to us I was 22 and knew it was well out of my league I had to make do with the orion 1.6i ghia pretty enough car back then for a 22 year old lad

[@garyseaton4619]

Ford and Cosworth was a match made in heaven... It's a historic combination...

[@Ukraine_Lviv_Forever]

in deed it worth it! because you buy not a piece of metal, you buy an emotions, the part of the history and a little part of Jeremy's soul

[@tug1345]

I remember the Autocar road test , 137mph top speed, 0-60 in 5.7 seconds, the earlier big turbo cars was 227 bhp , the smaller turbo 224 bhp

[@Rafagafanhotobra]

Honestly, the part that caught me the most off-guard was clarkson's timeline and ideas. Didn't know how long he took to establish himself as a car journalist, and didn't know about his efforts with entrepreneurship AND car journalism. Guy is a genius since way before he appeared on the screen.

[@jerrywhittington6607]

Clarkson adds value!

[@madanto2394]

Early 90's & 2000's is when cars had their own individual DNA & steering wheels then things started taking a turn for the worst round about 2012 & standards are only slipping further.

[@Carp.fishing.motocrosser]

The Mondeo ST200 v6’s are so rare now it’s a shame don’t see many on roads anymore there’s one near me that’s sat on a driveway rotting 🥲

[@Paul-D]

I had so much fun with RS fords of all kinds when I was 17-20 - back when you could jump in and out of decent ones for less then a few grand each. Those were the days, and for those that were there too - I was usually with the OddKidd Creations lot at shows and stuff

[@DarrenLewarne]

Back when fun cars where cheap! I miss those days, I bought my skyline in 2005 for £3500 (and a saxo vtr as part x)

[@david111davies]

Wasn't the Cosworth completely insane on insurance cost even back in its day though. You needed to be properly well off to run them

[@valtersozolins277]

Cosseh

[@MIGHTYR1]

NO ITS A COSSA😅

[@charliehd6870]

Came to the comments for this, wasn't disappointed 🤣 "I've got a... cosseh"

[@MIGHTYR1]

@@charliehd6870 CONGRATS BROTHER,I GOT A 280 BROOKLANDS CAPRI,BIG UP THE FORDS WORKING MANS CAR👍👍

[@MIGHTYR1]

@@charliehd6870 CONGRATS BROTHER,I HAVE A 280 BROOKLANDS TURBO,BIG UP THE BLUE COLLAR HEROES 👍👍👍

[@energymc22]

Remember to leave your jaw open after saying it

[@CarObsession]

Great video as always, love Mike's passion and knowledge.

[@andyguest6543]

Great job on this video Mike, glad it was just you and didn't include your "Mechinic" would love to see more excellent videos like this

[@OakleySpencer]

That is one of my dream cars

[@colingale]

a cossie, Miss those.

[@phinds1]

Totally worth it. Just by the history of the car alone!!

[@BladeofAkire]

I found out recently that the R33 Skyline in the Top Gear video covering them being imported into the UK, I used to own! Didn't have a clue, crazy! :D

[@jnk726]

ahh, nice to see that the Kenyan bracelet has made its way to drivetribe 🇰🇪

[@ngnotts7796]

Worth every penny and more just for the history and iconic status of the car, then you factor in the performance of the car and I would not be surprised if it went for even higher

[@Gorbyrev]

That is a £100K car all day given the current market. I am pretty sure they were £25K back in the day which was serious money. Great video.

[@brickhead_07]

11:25 The V16 in the new Bugatti Tourbillion is engineered by Cosworth too

[@88Opportunist]

And now I need to dig up my Robot Wars collection again...thanks.

[@Gingerclown]

Ford Escorts have by far the best driving position of any car I have ever had

[@washshine3045]

Worth every penny that and a mk2 golf gti is just a dream

[@lionsgarage]

Very cool car, wished you drove it up to Clarkson to show it to him as part of the story for the vid.

[@petersauer94]

That duel rear wing was going to be a triple wing! But the bean counters stopped it happening 😮

[@meh7348]

Thankfully

[@DontPanicDear]

Costin & Duckworth didn’t quite have the right ring to it, so I can understand the portmanteau. It could so easily have been Tinduck though 😂

[@1968spikey]

Probably more accurate when applied to Fords 😂

[@DontPanicDear]

@@1968spikey Never been a favourite of mine, but that’s harsh 😂

[@markbphilip]

Rover T Series engine, that brings back memories of my 220bhp Rover Coupe Turbo.

[@Gordanovich02]

I always dreamed of having a road-going Cossie in the blue and yellow Michelin Pilot livery like Malcolm Wilson's rally cars. It was not to be.

[@markhouston3404]

I even remember it was buttertubs pass that he drove it along!!

[@costafilh0]

Is up to Drive Tribe now to take the Grand Tour's torch. I hope the trio continues to do some road trips and take us along. Maybe they're "too old and fat" (Jemery's words, not mine) for crazy adventures, but not for some nice road trips, hanging out, talking and enjoying cars, and messing around like always.

[@demileonielaisure3100]

I miss those sounds!!!! Those 3 engines litterally sound like the heyday of F1 when cars had real engines! I hate what the future has for us……I understand being more green…..but you can’t beat a highly strung v10/12 ever!!!! Or the aggressive crackle of a short piped v8 with two 4 barrels and domed pistons with oversized valves! Yummy! But massive fan of all the old turbo cars from the 80/90’s especially all the rally homologation cars! Just special! I owned a scooby and if I could I’d have another but sadly there money pits but what a drive!

[@diegoramdhani2799]

I owned a first gen Seat Leon Cupra R with 205HP, the car came out 2002 just like me and it was great and felt proper fast. I currently own a Passat GTE from 2016 that on paper performs the same as the Cupra, yet it feels really dull. Even though it isn’t particularly slow (especially for a car that weighs more than 1700kg’s) it just doesn’t have the wow or speed sensation you get with older cars.

[@rikardottosson1272]

The post 90s cars weigh twice as much though. Back in the 80’s people didn’t believe in safety, so cars were light. So 200hp then wouldn’t feel like 200hp today.

[@bobskiale]

a friend of mine owned that car and took me out in it !

[@martinnaylor]

Cracking car,not in the same league but in some sort of way miss my E plate Sierra XR4x4.

[@LaymanApprentice]

Definitely iconic and worth it

[@alexanderfinch4432]

Not sure what the colour code is for that cosworth but it's definitely the best for that car.

[@STKeef]

Worth every penny

[@tunes4life]

Simply, my all time favourite car of all time... Had i had millions to spare,i'd buy one and have it rebuilt in blue carbon fibre,inside out where possible.. But as i don't i can carry on dreaming..

[@TheJpf79]

Lotus Carlton 5 door salooon from back then had 377hp it was 0.4 seconds quicker to 60 than a Ferrari Testarossa. Caused the entire UK to have to upgrade its police vehicles as they couldn't catch it, was a green one done ram raiding all over the country and was never caught, mp's tried to have it banned. That's the real legend from the 90's never mind a cosworth, The cosworth badge was more like an apple on a phone these days, the phones aren't as great as your told or folk belive but people love showing off the apple for some reason.

[@Ex-Pear-Rocker]

'5 door saloon' 😆😂 but get ya point anyway..

[@TheJpf79]

@@Ex-Pear-Rocker Try using the internet before advertising your ignorance.

[@Ex-Pear-Rocker]

@@TheJpf79 What?? How is it possible to make a 5 door saloon? 😂

[@slideways8022]

I mean, the Carlton barely sold over 900 units, mean while ford sold over 10,000 Cosworths to the U.K. market alone. Not to mention the cosworth motor could easily be mapped up to 300bhp. Yes the Carlton was the big dog, but with so few about (and starting at 4 times the cost) the Cosworth arguably left a bigger impact on the U.K. 90s tuning culture

[@Graham_Shaw]

My Dad had the 1.6 LX of that generation in white. The immobiliser failed, and so with a Haynes manual, I took the main fuse box apart, and added a wire that bypassed the immobiliser. Try doing that in a modern canbus car. No chance! LOL!!

[@mephistovonfaust]

Extremely cool car with a huge nostalgia factor but 60k+? No, I don’t think so

[@__PHIL__]

You think that's expensive, I saw two RS500 Sierras from the same owner and he was asking for £265,000 - each.

[@c111prs]

It will do twice that imo

[@HansDelbruck53]

4.6 kilos is 10.14 pounds of downforce and 19.4 kilos is 42.8 pounds of downforce for those wanting to understand the numbers.

[@S.ASmith]

Ford have always set cars up well. Even without a 50/50 weight balance, they handle very well for what they are. Biased as I own a MK3 ST pushing over 31lb/min of air and a lot of suspension changes.

[@YoungManDub]

Mike is becoming a legend in his own right. I could see somebody doing a video on his Rover or Mondeo in a similar fashion in 30 years

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Would have been awesome for Jeremy to be in the video. I'm only 30 seconds in, but I assume he's not in it.

[@Graham_Shaw]

A big thanks to the legend that is John Bentley, for giving us Clarkson in Top Gear, I suppose? LOL!

[@shugaroony]

I see John is still on the gadget show too, what a guy!

[@iantownsend500]

I just hope whoever buys that Cossie, let’s Clarkson have one more blast in it

[@andysmith-y5g]

I brought it 🙂

[@thewindow6]

Interesting you say about everyone wanting to be associated with Cosworth these days, Bugatti seem to have downplayed their input into the Tourbillon quite a bit

[@JBFlytography]

Watch the Wheeler Dealers episode with the Cossie, they have the designer of the rear wing and they make it how it was meant to be, with two “wings”

[@shugaroony]

Stopped watching Wheeler Dealers when they dumped Ed China.

[@JBFlytography]

@@shugaroony Unpopular opinion but don’t really like Edd China, prefer Ant Anstead, but he wasn’t as bad as “Elvis”, 😂 Cossie episode is still interesting though. Should give it a watch.

[@rustycagerage]

the ford probe with pop-up headlights.....awesome

Front wheel drive sh*tbox.

[@thezfunk]

Now that I can legally import them into the US, I really, really, really want to get one. It looks like prices on decent ones have gone crazy though.

[@matthewneville3840]

Ive seen this car in the flesh in Haslemere. Its very nice

[@adamc209]

I remember watching him ask for it back (the first time!)

[@kjah06]

Depending on ites milleage easily over £100k. Maybe over £200k at a push if its totally standard (almost) and low miles etc

[@Sh4dowgale]

Thank you for removing the bot comments!

[@danielkarmy4893]

Silk Cut and Jaguar; Clarkson and Cosseh; name a more iconic combination...

[@simonwatling2203]

what i wouldn't give to have a tweaked RS cosworth.. super rare in New Zealand

[@dammo92]

I reckon you guys should bid on it and collect it and keep it with the grad tour and top gears cars what you have collected as that one is one of one Clarkson daily so the Vale of that later on in the years to come could end up going up and up

[@markdance574]

It looks phenomenal , I’d buy one any day but I do feel the car itself has a better reputation than is actually warranted . A Subaru bug eye is a much better car to drive

[@MrTurbo_]

The focus mk2 st / rs may have nothing to do with cosworth, but i'll be surprised if their prices don't shoot through the roof with their legendary inline 5's which can easily be pushed to over 600bhp and be awd converted by bolting on some volvo bits