1986 Motor Show - Top Gear Special - Birmingham NEC

[@cunninglinguist-hu1dz]

If top gear is to return, they should bring it back in this format

[@philclarke313]

I have said this for years back when it was brilliant and informative

[@cunninglinguist-hu1dz]

@@philclarke313 yeah before Clarkson was allowed to ruin it

[@jc5454]

I was bored of them 3 🔔 end's after the first couple of series

[@williamrae9954]

There is no motorshows at the NEC like that any more, even Scotland had better than anything nowadays!

[@IdiotRace]

@@philclarke313 nobody was watching the old format when it got phased out unfortunately. Also the BBC doesn't make programs for niche audiences anymore

[@graystarmusicuk]

Weird how the animated car in the opening credits has a dashboard just like cars now..

[@scottirvine121]

Agreed, miss the older factual top gear

[@lash9400]

I love re watching these old car show videos. I watched most of them when I was a kid. I watched Top gear from day 1 and while I like both formats, the current shows are getting stale , I can’t even remember the last one I saw. I wish it would also go back to the original format .

[@cool3865]

i really do miss the old top gear, i know everyone liked the top gear from 2004 onwards but it just wasnt the same

[@GG-hu9dn]

It was boring compared to the original if you ask me? :-(

[@AndrewWoodhouse]

It used to be informative and aimed at the car buyer, not just entertainment

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Loved William Woollard as a host.

[@Ash-928]

He's cool, and I think there was a pose named after him, "Wollarding" I think where you rest one foot on the front bumper of the car you're reviewing.

[@DanielHillCoaching]

Awesome upload! I love the questions at the end 😄

[@garethjones8047]

I was there, 7 years old

[@TravelHonestly]

So cool watching these old videos! Thank you!

[@neilmckay8649]

Reassuring intro music, when life was simpler.

[@revolume]

Thanks for uploading this, it seems to be in much better quality than what was available at the moment :)

[@Nixter1974007]

Top Gear in its best format. Informative, interesting and factual. Not three arrogant unfunny buffoons.

[@tonybaileyuk]

what a boring old fart

[@mark4lev]

This programme used to go out Sunday afternoons to complement the motor show. Remember there was no other car programmes, and no media at all apart from magazines. Different times

[@mrdainase]

Panther Solo concept at 8-13 seconds, if they had held their nerve that would have been a dream motor for thousands of drivers.

[@CurboroughSprinter]

5:37 hilarious! Oh look the Vauxhall maintains a straight line as one wheel locks up versus the Ford with ABS. We should all remove ABS from our cars! 🤣🤣🤣

[@m-arky66]

Maybe Mazda had a crystal ball showing the 323 4x4, now we know what the WRC would become after the 86 RAC rally. Pretty rare to find now those I think.

[@mattploij2673]

because they didnt get the escort, i think australia got a ford version of it, called the laser TX3, that sold well into the 90's. i don't know if there was also mazda version there

[@andypalin3287]

I do miss the scantily clad ladies! 😂

[@Ash-928]

I like seeing the love in the comments for this old skool Top Gear format over the overrated Clarkson, Hammond and May era, and how cool was William Woolard?!

[@MontyMotorsport]

👍🏁

[@shireboundscribbles]

Top Gear when it was Top Gear, rather than a Men Behaving Badly offshoot.

[@simonweakley3479]

I was on stand duty at Austin Rover at the 1986 show, terrible that its all gone now and our capacity to build 600,000 cars a year. No wonder there are 11 million people of working age not working now.

[@marc87supra]

Not a surprise though, the cars out of Austin Rover were increasingly terrible and build quality left much to be desired. The UK still has around 170,000 people employed in automotive manufacturing and produces 1.6+ million vehicles a year, so still a thriving industry.

[@cool3865]

i really wish Mazda made the MX-03, it would of been a great GT car

[@jimmyh6601]

Am I too late to enter the competition? I'm having trouble finding that edition of the Radio Times😊

[@stuffthings3728]

I hope they make a performance version of the Charlton

[@MontyMotorsport]

👍🏁

[@rev.waynet.oleary7387]

The real top gear...

[@AtheistOrphan]

I forgot that there was a Carlton estate.

[@lib556]

I love old cars and think (looking back nostalgically) they are always better looking than newer cars. Except.... the mid-80s. These cars are hideous and utterly forgettable. The Jag is okay and the TVR maybe but it still looks so... 80s. I guess the new AC Ace never made it to market?

[@goosegog]

1:07 Are we sure Peter Johnson isn't Vince Vaughn?

[@andymoore9977]

21:00 According to Mr Clarkson A. A. Gill once said his V8 TVR sounded like two lesbians in a bucket. I wonder how he got to know what two lesbians in a bucket sound like?

[@matthewc.419]

I remember the launch of the Carlton

[@AtheistOrphan]

Exciting times!

[@patrickwalsh7439]

William Woollard = legend

[@jondrizzle4554]

William well-ard 😂

[@nickb5391]

The 'real' Top Gear when they tested & reported them rather than the 3 later clowns just destroy then, the BBC made a big mistake trying to get the 'boy racer' viewers to boost their figures, my classic car was done as a feature in 1991/2

[@ghvtg]

Erm, no. Clarkson, Hammond and May presented on the 'real' Top Gear too. That's what it was called!! And it was far more successful for viewer numbers domestically and globally than the older Top Gear version, making alot more money for the BBC. I don't see why that would be a mistake they made, perhaps you could elaborate on your logic?

[@mr.thegreat557]

@@ghvtgI actually stopped watching Top Gear - couldn’t stand Hammonds constant attention seeking, arse kissing crap.

[@jasondavis8886]

Ohh I was there....

[@AtheistOrphan]

37 years ago!

[@version736ha2]

Re circulating ball system lol

[@Glowingtomato]

It's like a British version of the show Motorweek from the US!

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

motorweek is a legendary show, love the retro marathons.

[@cool3865]

thats how the old Top Gear use to be, the british version of Motorweek, then after they shut down from 2000 to 2002, they came back in 2003 and then in 2004 they became what everyone now knows of Top Gear

[@alexhammett1212]

How cool is that Mazda

[@clivet3252]

You can see the influence on the MX-6

[@alexhammett1212]

@clivet3252 I was thinking Cosmo?

[@clivet3252]

@@alexhammett1212 we didn't get that in the UK

[@nicholaskennedy1748]

My Dad bought an F reg 89 Carlton 2 litre CD in 2003 for £250. He ran it for 4.5 years and only the fuel pump broke. Unfortunately had to scrap it in the end as the fuel tank went rotten and was leaking petrol. But it was a lovely car

[@bolshevikproductions]

Did he. I once had eaten a broken biscuit

[@nicholaskennedy1748]

@@bolshevikproductions comedian, you should do stand up.

[@AtheistOrphan]

19:28 - Well that never happened!

[@dinkydaz6711]

The roads look nice and empty

[@Sww1975]

Not a pothole in sight

[@easydrive3662]

Gosh never thought id be looking to see what cars are been launched in 1986 due to all today's cars been fat, ugly, bulbous SUVs!

[@JasonSmith-dw3vp]

Mazda really were ahead of the curve with tech

[@andyboothe4377]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂