Top Gear Feb 98 CLARKSONS Bargin Buying Cars

Top Gear Feb 98 CLARKSONS Bargin Buying Cars

[@bobibest89]

Only Clarkson can recommend a XJ220 as a second hand bargain.

[@SiVlog1989]

to be fair though, for the time, for a car that was originally £415,000 to get one for £150,000 is extraordinary

[@lewis72]

...and they are above £300k now.

[@JimboRustles]

Eh, that's not much more than general inflation.

[@lewis72]

JimboRustles My point was that from £415k to £150k they've held their values. You'd probably do well to get one for £300k now.

[@FAT8893]

During those days? Why not. For a supercar that originally cost way over £400k, I would definitely had bought one back then.

[@LucasOliveira-tt2ll]

if the stereo falls off you can always "borrow" one from your fellow's Aston Martin, because you're driving a Jaaaag

[@jimtaylor294]

Yup, and as Aston's only ever built one car that's capable of 220mph+, it's not like he can catch you in the Jaag either XD.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

Clarkson drove an XJ220 in The Grand Tour, and the stereo fell out again!!! But seriously, that gorgeous RX-7....... I want it so badly!!!

[@GODOFHELLFIRE3]

That is some good advice on bargain-buying right there. Clarkson's savvy like that: he's the sort of person who would buy tickets to a film at the cinema, cross the street to buy his sweets and cola, and then cross back over to the cinema to watch the film. Try it next time your watching a film, saves you a small fortune.

[@BennysBenz]

I always laugh when the stereo fly's out hahaha

[@Samspianopage]

If I had spent 55k on a V12 BMW I wouldn't be selling it at all even now, I'd be keeping it. I generally prefer that shape of BMW anyway to anything they've made since but that's just me.

[@ANYTHING-AND-EVERYTHING.]

You would need a 2nd income just to fuel it.

[@ANYTHING-AND-EVERYTHING.]

Surely if the jaguar did not have the engine and specification promised the customers should have had no problem getting deposit refunded.

[@Kuson2]

My right ear got very lonely watching this....

[@TheStwat]

LOL

[@lewis72]

I've set set my laptop to mono !

[@AaroMesa]

good to know my surround is working as it should

[@darthravo]

Considering I'm watching with a earphone with only left earphone working, can't believe I see this comment 😂

[@theelectrichobo829]

OK it's not just me then lol.

[@Ty4ons]

Too bad the Mazda RX7 has gotten very popular in the recent years and many of the available cars have nasty bodykits and spoilers. Why ruin a beautiful car?

[@cumnmrmptaaa4234]

It's especially bad now

[@Robdutton91]

Because people enjoy these things? Let them enjoy them

[@nasanasa3]

RX-7 "These things last" ... Oops.

[@rampage3337]

xD.... well atleast the price of it lasted

[@RallyLancer95]

Last it was on the road. June 2012

[@Tiffany.1970]

Wankel rotary engine as long as the wankel engine is in good order ☻🤪

[@23gatesy]

I literally laughed out loud, which never usually happens

[@jimtaylor294]

A good RX-7 is easier to find these days than many Jap' motors of the time, and much better looking.

[@josj15]

thank you for uploading these old top gear videos!!!! Old Top Gear = The BEST Top Gear

[@soundseeker63]

Jag still looks very sexy for a car designed in 1988!

[@E34Benzin]

I love that 750i E32 with sport leather seats. The Calypsorot colour looks brilliant too. Simply beautiful.

[@nutsackmania]

+E34Benzin we get it you wack your minidong to bmws

[@E34Benzin]

I will, go and get you, some nice, crayons...

[@sbomorse]

+nutsackmania knobhead

[@Turner9090]

That honestly seemed like that was the first time that the stereo popped out and he improvised that line, brilliant

[@ridcom]

Clarkson wasn't kidding. Last November, I bought a 2006 BMW 750i with 115,000 miles on it for $10,200. After taxes, it was around $85,000 new.

[@MKRM27]

ridcom You know why so cheap... because no one else wanted to pay more for it. You didn’t get a bargain, you paid the most it was worth.

[@TheGamerTim]

'This one can go sideways' Proceeds to drive straight

[@mydogiscalledoscar]

The XJ220 is genuinely my favourite supercar of all time.

[@aquadelic8457]

As a weekend car, yes, second-hand luxury barges are serious bang for buck... but only as weekend car, not daily

[@Emppu_T.]

What a steal that xj was.

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

Those car prices, I don't know what people were thinking

[@andynightingale7335]

As I write there are 5 for sale online in 2019 for £500,000. Incredible all these years later.

[@lostwill86]

got a 405 grdt with 251000 miles on the clock and stil going strong

[@mathieumansire372]

this is priceless 8:20

[@edgarbeat275]

hahahahaha wow

[@hoodwinker7932]

That Citroën is now worth ten quid....

[@egykilenckilenchet]

It's worth ten quid cause it's a citroen, not cause it's a bad car. Citroens have always been ridiculous value for the price because people think they're all money traps because of the few ones with problematic hydro suspension. Source: driving a 98 xsara for years with next to no problems which i bought for about a bag of crisps worth.

[@PresidentCamacho2024]

a bag of crisps?, that much?, you've been scammed

[@egykilenckilenchet]

says who? cars been running fine under me, clocked 50k kms on it 250k-300k, no major problems, 10 times the space in the Break than comparably priced germans, really comfortable ride... besides the rear torsion suspension this car has 0 issues. the 8v engine is impossible to kill and the headgasket can be replaced for like 100gbp inc labor on the TU3 engine. This car costs nothing to run and has much more space and ride quality than anything else in the price range.

[@dankatz5224]

egykilenckilenchet yeah agreed, I have a 1993 2.1 diesel XM and a 2000 3.0 V6 (ES9 24 valve) with all the bodywork and interior converted to series 1 (pre-'94) spec. The diesel's done a quarter million miles, the V6 half that. The diesel gets me 55mpg on the motorway and actually has low end torque, unlike a modern diesel. Sounds like a tractor though. The V6 is wonderful. They are such stylish cars, certain to be future classics in my opinion.

[@mendozerosu3041]

10p for parts 😂

[@AMDX1325]

XJ220...was my childhood poster supercar...

[@L0rM]

XJ220 tearing around the Brecon roads in South Wales... they are lots of fun :D

[@Yourfinances]

...That 605 looks excellent, I wonder if it's still on the road though. Here in my country, Perú, you still can see many 605's. I have a 1995 SRi 2.0 with the engine rebuilt and runs like a champ. Most of the 605's here are in regular shape, though there are some great examples without any cracks in the dashboard, which is almost imposible in this car.

[@MichaelD8393]

0:36 AKA the reason why most modern convertibles have powered tops :)

[@MichaelD8393]

nutsackmania Hey I just meant it as a joke.

[@MichaelD8393]

nutsackmania No.

[@Chalky.]

Many people who had the chance to buy the XJ220 cheap and just stick it in a garage under a sheet for a few decades must be kicking themselves now with how much they're now worth.

[@garyzhang5099]

Chalky instead, they use the money to buy a house, and it now worth 2*XJ220.

[@RivieraKid34]

The gas pedal isn't used to make the car go. It's actually the radio eject lever.

[@Arcyn]

Say what you will, but my dream car is a Savana RX-7 with the engine replaced by a finished twin-rotar engine, unlike the one that's actually in it.

[@chrisredfield3240]

Bought my £31k new mondeo titainium-x 163ps powershift estate with many extra's 2 years old for £10k. Just coming up to 7 years old now and nothing has gone wrong. Just had to do the rear pads cost me £53 for OEM still on the same tyres as when i got it

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

Bought my 18yr old MkII Mondeo Ghia X for £380 a year ago. Everything still works on it including all the Ghia X extras & it's passed its MoT for another year. It's in pristine condition & looks like a new car. Luxury motoring on a budget, it's also reasonable on fuel economy because it's only a 2L. Insurance is cheap too. I think getting a car on HP or lease is madness.

[@chrisredfield3240]

Rare VHS uploads hp just means you pay even more because buying the car and buying the money. Lease would only work if you can offset it against a company or part of work. If you do 3-4k a month you may as well lease

[@Catalina._]

XJ220 is the most beautiful Jaguar road car ever made...

[@stephenboulton1347]

100 percent agree

[@eepyautumn]

Nah, the E Type, XK120 and XK 4.2 all look better. The 220 looks cool, not beautiful though.

[@aaroncable340]

150 thousand for an xj220 you'll never see that again also the fact it depreciated that much is odd also even tho it had a v6 and not much of what was promised still a great buy tho I would love to modify one to what jaguar promised like awd the v12 and the doors and i think the top speed but you'd need a good understanding of what you were doing and alot of money and not a tonne of feeling for keeping rare cars stock but that would be an interesting project car and some achievement

[@ordinalgnome6597]

My left ear really enjoyed this

[@TheDarkPhoenix23]

Flying radio! The quality mark of a true Jaguar! lol

[@jimtaylor294]

More like the G Force count thereof :P .

[@goclunker]

The xj220 is still beautiful, can't deny that

[@kernals12]

Amazingly the same thing that happened to that Jag happened to the Bugatti Veyron, it went on sale a few years before the worst financial crisis since the great depression

[@jimtaylor294]

Kind of, though the Credit Crunch was far worse than the '90's rescession.

[@jacobrhodes7433]

The Rover 800 was not and is not a dreadful car. Even the 2.0 is fast for the weight of the car and the ride and comfort is fantastic.

[@chrisredfield3240]

The 2.0 engine was a real performer but mine did tend to overheat rather a lot 820 sli

[@Glenn1967ful]

Clarkson hated Rovers, even when cars like the 200 and 600 were actually very good. I had a Honda engined 200 that was completely faultless and only rust killed it at 11 years old. Sister had a diesel 400 that went forever and was only scrapped after a crash rendered it worthless. I think he equated everything they made with the Allegro.

[@MadIIMike]

Well... I get you can save a fair amount of money by buying a 3-5 year old car instead of a brand new one. But tbh, I rather save a lot and buy a 20~ year old car. As sad as it is, I don't think car industry really did not much for the average people in the last 20 years. Between 85 and 95, Anti-Lock Brakes, Airbags, Injection and protection against corrosion (sorry for my english) became standard. Now from 95 on, what did we get? Engines got smaller, cars got heavier, fuel consumption claims became totally unrealistic, lots of "omg it's going to save your life" things like traction control, xenon lights etc. I doubt anybody thinks back at his e36, Audi 80 etc. and is glad to have survived it. You can get a "premium brand", well-runing, save car from the early-mid 90s with a decently powerful engine for less than 1000€. And this car will also save you (assuming insurance in your country works the same way it does in germany) a fortune on insurance. I got a '92 Audi 80 2.8E V6 with 220k km for less than 500€, the car is quite a save bet to reach 300k km, well maintained ones even reach more than 500k km, it doesn't rust and parts are (in germany, if the car is rare in your country, parts will be more expensive - quattros are also fairly expensive if something happens to the transmission or exhaust system) really cheap. Without driving slow, it uses between 10 and 12 L fuel on 100km. By comparsion, a new Golf VII with the 140PS 1.4L TSI (Turbo), which weights just slightly less (50kg or so), which accelerates slightly (~half a second) slower and has a slightly (about 10 km/h) lower topspeed, needs about 8 Liters (despite the very optimistic claims of 5.4L, which it reached with special oil, tires you would't even put on a 50ps car... on a dyno without wind or idiots that cut you off and force you to brake) - and it has 6 or 7 (depending on transmission) Gears rather than the Audi's 5, which leads to another minus on the golf's 1.4L firecracker: The Elasticity from 80-120 takes 5.6 seconds in the Audi, Golf with 6 Gears takes 7 seconds, Golf with 7 Gears 8.5. I'm not saying the Audi is better than the Golf because it's faster, accelerates better etc. as it's somewhat doubtable that a 20year+ car still has all it's horses alive and reaches the times within tens of a second. I'm also not a Driver who has to to go all-out to impress anybody. - But I also think IF I have to pay a decent amount of money for tax/insurance, the car I pay this for shouldn't be just something like a 65PS 1-ton Kia Picanto which has to fear ambitioned truck drivers. Note: PS differs just very slightly from HP, but I don't have the HP-Numbers in my Head, so I wrote the right PS ones rather than just translating PS into HP and use Numbers that would seem odd for those used to HP.

[@peugeotCitroen2CV]

They didn't look too bad, just like a bigger 405, the early ones had electrical issues, like the early xm's but i think later ones had that all solved. Id love to get a v6 605, the 607 just looks so awkward.

[@monibstar]

Wow the Jaguar XJ220 is so nice :)

[@christianc6041]

the second hand price for this mazda rx-7 remains that one in 98' LOL :)) now they are expensive as shit can't touch a good one !

[@TheRealEmile]

Plus aswell the fact that they all have hideous bodykits on them...

[@Paul_Zernick]

Sad but true. Just checked. Only 53 rx7s of all genes on sale. Prices went up fast after scrolling past the shit boxes. Up to $75kAU in fact. Avg maybe $35-45k for a decent one. $50k+ for a minter.

[@wizardrhyme9597]

We had one here in good shape almost stock a few years ago for 25k usd

[@silverliteway]

Clarkson talking about money saving tips in a jumper and jacket - quite tickled, remember this from my early teens!

[@nopy99]

Showing my age....I remember watching this on the telly on the beeb.

[@semmicolon]

my left ear enjoyed this

[@marcusphoenixish]

I think this was my dad's inspiration for buying his used bmw 735i in about 1998. It was a lot of car for the money

[@paulanderson79]

735i is also much cheaper to run than the V12. Even a 728i straight six model isn't frightfully under-powered. It's not meant to be a racing car after all.

[@robsawalker]

ha ha, good luck finding an XJ220 'cheap' now!

[@EgoShredder]

It's so they can say "hey poor person......look what I can afford when I feel like it!". I agree with you though that buying new is just throwing hard earned money away.

[@r0dnee]

That xj220 is in the millions now

[@MsBananasmel]

The XJ220 has Rover R8 rear lights.

[@KarlHamilton]

It has a metro engine.

[@jimtaylor294]

A Metro 6R4 engine*. The latter detail is key, rather like a Peugeot 205 Diesel vs a 205 Turbo. TWR turned a fairly everyday 3.5L Austin-Rover V6 engine, into a twin-turbocharged 550HP & 330+ lb/ft of torque producing firespitting powerhouse. (that was actually more powerful in practice than contemporary engines with twice the cylinders & liters)

[@livc44411]

The XM is going up in value, the later ones are fetching £5k in the UK.

[@jimtaylor294]

Still really boring though (even the name was boring), a poor relation to the delightfully bonkers CX.

[@mohammedadam4253]

😅🔫 When Jeremy said the RX-7 was reliable….

[@k1er4n544]

For looks alone I would buy the xj 220 over an f1 and for value with performance xj220 still would win only thing I would change a xj220 is the rims

[@nutsackmania]

+kieran simpson you are an idiot

[@k1er4n544]

Your mum's a what

[@k1er4n544]

nutsackmania​​ and you sir looked like you was born in the toilet damn you Look like shit am I not allowed a opinion kid or loser whatever you are just go home you're drunk 

[@SiVlog1989]

The XJ220 must give some idea of what it's like to manoeuvre an office block... From the view of filing cabinet. In reference to Clarkson referencing how the "220 is too big and the interior is too small,"

[@alexlintern9779]

Top-tip : V12 vs straight six: double-trouble triple-cost

[@TheStwat]

And just look how much XJ220's are worth now !!

[@ciaranburke3243]

The 405 is a very pretty car 👌

[@mattevans4377]

You could have bought 3 XJ220s for just a little more than the price of one back then. What an investment that would have been...

[@leenevin8451]

The wheels on that Bmw don't look new at all

[@steu.k.6114]

lee nevin. It was set up

[@23gatesy]

They never did, especially with OEM brake pads

[@R33Racer]

Try getting a high milage XJ220 now close to that £150k price or even the original asking price!

[@twincammike8329]

150 grand...and a no scraws holding in the radio...yeah Jeremy always gives good advice...lol...

[@fasthracing]

Scraw what the fuck is a scraw?

[@Lakhshamana]

2:05 my feelings exactly for the RX-7

[@martyn19931]

"it doesnt have a racing pedigree"...apart from the engine deriving from a Cosworth DFV and was developed by TWR. Nice though and love the 605!

[@willemm]

Just for fun I tried to find examples of the cars Jeremy mentioned to see what they would be worth today: BMW 750: about 20k for a good one Mazda RX7: about 30k XM break: most of them have rotted away by now, but I found a few at around 1000 pounds Rover 800: 1000 or so, again if you can find one Peugeot 605: 1000 XJ 220: There are a few for sale but they don't list the prices for these. If you want to know you can't afford them...

[@dimashevchenkoua]

The rot on the XMs wasn't that bad - dodgy electrics is what killed most.

[@kernals12]

when Jeremy tested the Rover 800, he liked it, why is he now calling it dreadful?

[@popindosin228]

Cause he's Jeremy Clarkson

[@Jack_The_Ripper_Here]

That Jag though....

[@peterjones6561]

Andy Wilman posing as the BMW owner!

[@irishniall83]

1 XJ220 for sale today on Autotrader for £455k

[@georgejacob3162]

Jeremy Clarkson with another Top Gear Top Tip with the Jaguar XJ220 there.

[@HeavenlyWarrior]

Hearing in the left hear is nice...

[@chrismorin6663]

150,000 pennies?! Wow, well worth it.

[@Da51lva]

Jaguar will be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds now in 2019

[@ArnoldClarke]

“this one can go sideways” cue shot of car not going sideways.

[@Cancun771]

As usual, crappy tipps by someone who didn't ever have to live with a second-hand rotary or 12-cylinder. Bottomless money pits, most of them.

[@ireneuszpyc6684]

I lived with a rotary (Mazda RX-8 R3) - very high fuel consumption & road tax ruined me financially

[@AlexGreenwoodUkulele]

Could be worse; Could have been an old Rolls Royce...

[@zloychechen5150]

ever since that was new i was wondering who might want one of those. i mean, granted, the top 2 engines make that quite fast (even though the base one is laughable, and the one after that is questionable), but it's never seemed attractive. it's just some car that eats oil and has weird doors.

[@M00SEY84]

In fairness the title is bargain cars to buy....Not to run and own!

[@jimtaylor294]

V12's have always been a double edged sword. It's whether you by them from a studious owner or a brainless yuppie, that counts. Still: better a BMW or a Mazda, than that dull as wallpaper paste Citroen XD.

[@torpedorammkreuzer]

I want a XJ220!!!

[@ANYTHING-AND-EVERYTHING.]

When top gear was good before they turned it into a farce full of prat stunts.

[@TheYorkMan]

This is one of the 'later' car reports from Top Gear that put me off the series... Rather than being, as the opening narrative purports... A well thought out and somewhat educational piece about buying a used high end (but unwanted and thus forfeit to 75% depreciation in 4 years from new) vehicle and what to actually look for.... It's simply a reason to announce that there are apparently some LHD XJ220s on the market which are still well outside the budget of 99% of anyone watching the programme but, as a 210 second banal suggestion it was decided it makes a powerful soundbite.... Me..? I'd much rather have seen an in-depth buyers guide for the the 750iL BMW, the V6 XM Break, and the V6 605.... But that's 21 years after the editorial decision that gave Clarkson permission for this...

[@markrainford1219]

Ahhh Clarkson, bless him. Never had a fucking clue about cars though.

[@fpm1979]

mark rainford I have always had the impression he only quoted what others had written or said about cars.

[@palebeachbum]

Having money and being intelligent are not necessarily synonymous. Plenty of stupid people have money, and vise versa, plenty of brilliant people are dirt poor.

[@ComandanteJ]

And now an XJ220 goes for ~600K €

[@hendo337]

The failure of the XJ220 is why I think the new Ford GT will be crap. Turbo V6s aren't under the hood of very many cars that are selling for more than they cost new. The McLaren F1, last Ford GT, the BMW Z8, Porsche Carrara GT and on and on and on.

[@jimtaylor294]

The Ford GT had a rubbish engine from start to finish. It drinks fuel but has crap performance. At least the original GT40's vast engine paid off with plenty of power. The XJ220 by comparison remains a V12 slaying speed machine, being significantly faster than the quad-turbo v12 Bugatti EB110, and having repeatedly beaten the more expensive and ostensibly more powerful Pagani Zonda, in standing quarter mile races.

[@MyloXyloto94]

What toaster model did you use to record this? :)

[@tyraela115]

HAHA The Cylon kind ... :)

[@MilitaryHistory2011]

The funniest thing is that Rx7s are still going for around 20k. Hell some are way upwards of that!

[@Brett_is_Veng]

And if you bought the xj220 it would now be worth over a million. Food for thought

[@cartzar]

lol rx7's last XD

[@Bhong666]

cartzar I did choke on my coffee when he said that... Rather have a Soarer with a 2J!! :P

[@Bhong666]

cartzar ...or a 1J ofcourse! Oops just checked your vids! :D Very, very nice!

[@cheesyeurotrance95]

that was funny lmao

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

They do if you replace the 4 million vacuum lines frequently lol

[@zekvuc6552]

tnx man one of my fav

[@ElBloeTigre]

Yeah, but without them, we'd have no used cars to buy.

[@Manu-Official]

''That won't happen in a Nissan micra'' That because the micra's radio is still wired in ;)

[@JaKaRe36]

Er, sounds like a looked after example? Probably wants the front wishbones and bushes replaced all round, most likely they would pass an MOT as is but it'll tighten the handling up a bit. Pay attention to cleaning the arches too, they love a bit of bubbling there. Think I'll be selling my one soon, running a bike was way cheaper.

[@xReventonx]

WOW is that what an RX-7 looks like ? wouldn't have known since everyone changes them...

[@stig20101]

luv the bmw 7 series and the pug 605 the rover is smart too

[@elchamber]

I saw a V12 BMW or Mercedes at a police auction block sell for $7,000. Not bad.

[@TheLazEffect]

nowadays you can get some of those cars for a few hundred pounds.

[@qrogueuk]

Is it me or do all these cars seem to cost to much new back in 93 to 98. Compared to 2013 to 2018 ???

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

I agree, factor in inflation & a £30K car in 1995 is about £45-48K in 2018.

[@jimtaylor294]

Aye. Ronda's were overpriced.

[@sdfsdf23232dsfsdf]

Haha. 36% residual for a 4 year old 7 series would be a pipe dream these days.

[@marinzeko20]

i have peugeot 605 2.5 tdi 96 year whit 650 000 km

[@505stealth]

yeah...you are right. The power to weight of a Wankel is pretty good, and they seem to rev with the ease of a sewing machine...but every 1 I've know that has had an RX7 ends up selling it when the miles add up. No matter how many times you change the oil and put synthetic in it, does not seem to matter. Reminds me of Subaru and VW/Porsche flat 4 and 6 engines...can't stand the sound of piston slap they make when the miles get to a certain point..they sound like a lawn mower.

[@John_17x]

Mazda RX-7 best car here !!!!!! hard now though to buy a really good one for cheap. if it was back then I probably would have an RX-7 !!! my friend still has one, he has had since it was almost new. amazing cars. although he did tune his up quite a lot. lol

[@daverunner3397]

The jag is still very sharp

[@bzdtemp]

Somehow the World was wider back then.