Top Gear 97 Hot Hatchbacks

Top Gear 97 Hot Hatchbacks

[@SuperAwesomeStuntMan]

"a 29 year old living in solihull" - Richard Hammond wsa 29 when this was made, and lived in solihull....

[@IceMan-il7dx]

And I lived in Holmes Chapel when spotty Harry Styles came into our shop.....

[@duanerackham9567]

They were bantering before they even knew each other

[@TheKenjoje]

well, he was 28 actually....

[@zanjator]

470

[@MichaelD8393]

My left ear really enjoyed this :)

[@Quasihamster]

+MichaelD8393 One of us is wearing his headphones the wrong way round.

[@MichaelD8393]

Mikosch2 LOL!

[@rubenbaltarejo161]

MichaelD8393 you're wearing your headphones in the wrong way...it should be the right ear

[@MichaelD8393]

Ruben Baltarejo Ok thanks for the advice

[@benbunch4159]

Lies.

[@experttrolltrollingdirty2062]

I miss Jeremy clarkson doing normal cars like this all time

[@JakeyGhost]

Punto GT - never failed to put a smile on my face. Mine was reliable too!

[@Snarl616]

and now they are classic cars too. If you want one, 5000€, please.

[@mrm1885]

I friend had a Punto and one day the door hinge broke and the door fell off when he opened it to go to work

[@easydrive3662]

its amazing how time passes so quickly, i can remember all these cars new on the road, now all gone apart from those that collect them!

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

All of this cars are still very popular in my country

[@giancarlolugo9586]

But the EG6 SiR has 170hp from factory double wishbone suspension LSD diff and short gear ratio and better brakes much better than those French cars and this is coming from a Toyota guy

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

@@giancarlolugo9586 The 5th gen civic is also popular but the 106 and the saxo have a bigger fan base because they are cheaper.

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@shingosshojiopoulos6608 Makes sense why everyone in europe has it while the 5th gen Civic hatchback SiR was the best selling civic in Japan Motoharu Kurosawa gave a great review of it in 91''' debut

[@shingosshojiopoulos6608]

@@giancarlolugo9586 I think that SiRs were a JDM only model unlike the Si

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@shingosshojiopoulos6608 well the SiR had 10hp more than the Euro version and an LSD diff from factory

[@stitcha123]

boy racer culture really died a death circa 2002+ strange - it was so big in the 80s/90s.

[@NaeMuckle]

stitcha123 the police stopped it. Curfews, speed traps etc

[@freuderickfrankenstein8417]

Yeah but you actually go places in a real car, other than your mom's place:)

[@leonpalmer2429]

Cheap finace on sport trim levels like m sport s line plus police clamping down on meets and hot hatches making crazy amounts of power killed it

[@viowave]

Uhm , yes the police got their tools and awareness. But the most important thing is that car manufactures have simple stopped building them. Yes, of course there are hot hatches today but for ridicoulous prices not to mention the power and overly luxurious and fitted with all kinds of 'entertainment features'. Just look how the 205 - 208 just got fat. The GTi very pricy and no cheaper rallye version . The 106 to the 108 has become from a hot hatch to a second car for the wife for groceries and bringing the kids to school. Also the lack for a certain ammount of homologation models is ofcourse a good bottle neck as well. Whether it is for rallying and those classes have changed rapidly in the last few years: back in the nineties you had the Super 1600 rally and cups. This is where a lot of hot hatches got their fame from as well. Like the Saxo Cup. Clio Cup is still here. In the Netherlands there was even a Fiat Cinquecento cup.

[@nickwills6042]

Peugeot has really gone downhill since then...

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

Pretty much 1 of 2 years later even their gems went to absolute shit. They were always shit but like this one you had a handful of greats.

[@XzzVttll]

i have 2001 peugeot 306 and nothing went wrong so far. just regular maintenance

[@zavier1304]

My 2007 207gti still runs fine

[@YTdelsCmts4NoRsn]

How? They still offered sporty and fun cars with decent reliability (206 RC, 207 RC, 308 GTi).

[@steverone7623]

Clarkson knows good music

[@MsBananasmel]

I had a Pug 106, only a 1.1 but it really is a nice looking car and handles really well. You don't see the GTi's anymore probably because boy racers wrecked them all because it can't have been rust....they don't rust !

[@WRXMK]

MsBananasmel There are Gti's about, but in certain areas. Some places have Gti's about. Most are usually in a garage or used less frequently.

[@marcospinola8803]

Come to portugal and buy one... 106 gti and saxo cup you can buy for a 3000 to 5000€

[@Eduardo-lw6nd]

Don't listen to him, don't buy in Portugal. Same story here but worst. Used cars are crazy expensive, tired of the mileage and everything is modified. To give you an idea, what you think is good for the scrapyard, we still drive and sell 2x times its price.

[@niftyrmz4506]

sun shine roof hahahalol

[@79vinylmixer]

First time I watched this through the headphones I thought I was half deaf LOL!!

[@experttrolltrollingdirty2062]

A few of my fav cars when I was a kid lol

[@floerschel]

It's 2020. I am still seeing Polo 6Ns on the street. Best value money has ever bought, if well maintained.

[@TheRealKlinky]

I loved my 106 quicksilver & saxo vts back in the day... thanks for the memories gezza 👍👍👍

[@RoadRunnerDrummerJD]

He's wrong. I'd take the Saxo VTS every time.

[@Robdutton91]

13 years later and they’re rare as hen’s teeth, hope you got one when you could 😁

[@timothylanders3189]

Watching this. I remember the Mazda 323 BF SS 1.6L 16v turbocharged little beasty with 15ohp. Not very fast 0-60 but, torque steer queen haha. That was 1988 btw ;)

[@dubsydubs5234]

So glad I watched this the Fiat backing track brings back memories. Inside by Stiltskin.

[@fatwalletboy2]

The 106 big enough for a family? Which family.....The Borrowers?

[@Robdutton91]

Families were smaller back in the day… apparently 😂

[@WRXMK]

These are great cars! Can't wait to own a 106!

[@DrPacman]

Did you own one? And do you still?

[@WRXMK]

@@DrPacman Nah, but I still want a GTi

[@christopherkelly577]

I had a vtr mark 2 brand new then bought a very early mark 1 vts...superb fun

[@Kioskflippingfilms]

Omg it was so good music in the show back then

[@sol1996sg]

Peugeot 205 best hot hatch ever, sure it's not very strong but it's pretty and so much fun to drive that the strength doesn't matter

[@smith2781]

Agree with you 💯 my first car was a 1.1 205 style and my mates in there 1.2 nova and fiesta couldn’t keep up then my second car was the 205 xs 1.4 and it would beat 1.6 nova gte I loved the 205’s

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

This was the highlight of Topgear. It could be brought back in the same format.

[@Ricky12389]

I’ve owned all the cars in this video apart from the VW polo and the 106gti was by far the best in my opinion

[@user-hi1tz5jk4x]

6:00 had me dying 💀💀💀 ( the Polo 6n2 is my fav car btw )

[@jchan9839]

I love the Saxo

[@SSHHABBA]

My left ear likes this

[@MePeterNicholls]

Those power figures look so tame 😂

[@Alexander_l322]

Try driving them lol 120 odd mph in a saxo is pretty fucking scary.

[@DIZAZZO]

do you have some fiat tipo test from top gear? if something about it exist...

[@oliveroneill1388]

Great music ..thin lizzy ...

[@woodsy555]

i owned a 97 punto gt fkin rapid car standard

[@protonicstorm7228]

I have my speakers on low, he seems to say £4620 😎 on turning my speakers up on rewind it's 12 thousand 😂 I couldn't remember them being £4k new 🤣

[@maral430]

i dont know why but i would buy punto or peugeot. they look nice, and polo is ugly.

[@matthewarlotte1974]

had the west coast saxo horrible offset driving position that made you sit crooked even if you were not in the car lol

[@brahimnadia749]

Jeremy & saxo vts waaaaaaw

[@thetreblerebel]

America got their hot hatchbacks in the ,80s but they did not sell well, so we got screwed when it came time for the Type Rs and Focus ST, RS. Not until the late 2010s,and then manufactures make CUVs now

[@jeryjohn]

"One day i went somwhere with someone" Thats how vage the saxo steering was

[@budditbuddit1555]

he should have done the gt starlet advanced....some car probably the best car I ever had

[@oliveroneill1388]

Great little car . Saxo . Had one . But not that model . It never broke down ... only thing was the shocks were abit mousey

[@kevanmccaffrey8513]

80s hot hatches looks so much better"

[@albanhauswald790]

What's the music when the 106 is introduced?

[@n-r1-s-7_9_6]

106👹

[@buffalo182]

Crow footing for time

[@kernals12]

@8stewiegriffin they only give you money to repair or replace your car that you crashed

[@alanphysio]

We’ve even got vintage clarksons ……😆

[@thomasmcdougall8059]

Where are the Max power lads at

[@pavel_endrle]

Nice vid, but there´s "some" mistakes :) pug had as an option sunshine roof so as passenger bag. And it is not slower on 0-60mph than citroën. ;)

[@WegrennerX]

yes is was, it had other gearing.

[@aspiringaspie3280]

Where's the Japanese competition in this???

[@zavier1304]

I'm thinking Pulsar gti

[@giancarlolugo9586]

@@zavier1304 Honda civic EG6 SiR and EK9 Type R Mitsubishi Cyborg R Toyota Starlet EP82 turbo Pulsar/sunny/primera/almera GTI those hatchbacks eats the french ones for breakfast

[@gmoduk93]

@cr250mad probably not :')

[@n-r1-s-7_9_6]

Punto hot van

[@TonyMontana-sx6jv]

When the show used to be about the cars. It went down hill for me when it become more about the presenters.

[@benjaminbuljevic7977]

yikes should have bought an ae86 in 97 ... or maybe 20 and store them away for 20 years

[@antman5474]

saxo vt series were okay but out classed by the puma in every department, apart from maybe the styling.

[@azzy274]

I wouldn't say so. I've had a vtr, vts and 2 1.7 pumas. I'd say the puma was better then the vtr but the vts was just in a different league when it came to speed just felt more eager to get going. The pumas definitely felt better built imo and still very entertaining! Just not quite as entertaining as the vts

[@ollieoneill5961]

Good old thin Lizzy .. X

[@leonpalmer2429]

Compare the power figures to a audi s1

[@n-r1-s-7_9_6]

VW polo 💇

[@thelolmaster1997]

I've been searching the far reaches of the internet and literally no-one can decide if the 106 is better than the saxo.. do you just flip a coin?

[@scp1975tube]

They should have tested the VW GTI 1.6, not the 1.4 16v.... then it would be a fair comparison.... But ok, I allways like to see the classics.

[@madoka8372]

whats the song when he reviewed the punto

[@williamharris7641]

Thin Lizzy boys are back in town

[@ronwhite8503]

Followed by Whiskey in the Jar (o).

[@Snarl616]

at 3:28 it's "Stiltskin - inside". I thought it was something like U2.

[@1975ukandbored]

Air conditioning?

[@twinsparkalfaromeo6877]

120 hp is alot!

[@nunyabusiness8538]

Twinspark Alfa romeo 90’s people be like

[@soundseeker63]

What he doesnt tell you is that the Saxo and 106 fold like a house of cards in an accident. Punto is a bit better but not by much. Polo is by far the safest and best made, but also the slowest and softest. Best all round car but worst hot hatch. So personally I'd take.... An Ibiza Cupra :-)

[@TheAmbasadaRecords]

Ibiza doesn't handle that well in std, especially 2 and 3 gen, first one was ok

[@NISSANMICRA-wj2oo]

well just don't crash

[@n-r1-s-7_9_6]

La Saxo mk1❌

[@abelardions7600]

Which is the song at 4:11?

[@ttmadness34]

Stiltskin - inside

[@R33Racer]

I'd rather have the rather more obscure, better made and reliable Super Micra. 1.3 engine in a car thats as light as a Jay-cloth. A superbely overlooked car.

[@fatwalletboy2]

Why does it look like they filmed this in some kind of mist?

[@SnarkyRC]

Must have been a VHS transfer

[@thesecheesespleasejesus4238]

Citroen LNA is better. Peugeot 104 ZS also tremendous.

[@tiadaid]

120 bhp in a hot hatch. Really? And this is from the 1990s, not the 1970s!

[@MG-qi6zq]

French manufacturers have always been specialists in small city cars and Volkswagen has been and still specialist in ugly cars.

[@bankowski1024]

Superb fiat Punto.... You got to be jocking.... Even in the 90s.....pfffff

[@alernest]

That horse looks very human... Like that singer of the New Kids on the Block...

[@fatwalletboy2]

God knows why the polo is even here

[@stanczyk11111]

..

[@michaelrawson6261]

So... 1997 then...? A time when, apparently, Honda, Toyota, ford and Vauxhall didn't make a single fast hatch...!!???

[@fatwalletboy2]

If a car has 160bhp then i dont need some keyboard nonce to tell me a Honda VTi would destroy all these cars. Maybe if these also had 160bhp and similar weights it would be a level playing field.......boy learns a similar size car with 30bhp more than the most powerful car here would win. Get the flags out.........

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

No Fiat or crappy Citroën please, I'll take the boring Polo as Jeremy called it.

[@miralemnermina142]

Both are awesome, Punto gt doesn't handle good but has huge potential for tuning, Saxo handles as a dream