MOTOR SHOW (COLOUR)

(22 Oct 1973) The 1973 Motor Show, held at Earls Court. Princess Anne opened the show. This year on exhibition a marked number of foreign cars together with British Exhibits.
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[@philipbarrett3151]

Britain: "Our spares are more readily available." Japan: "You won't need spares."

[@indridcold8433]

USA-We have a plentiful supply of very affordable parts for our cars in the junkyards, starting with extremely late model, low mileage vehicles.

[@philipbarrett3151]

@@indridcold8433 Yeah but none of them are interchangeable model year to model year because we got built IN obsolescence!

[@mrrolandlawrence]

irony being that austin licensed the design of the A series engine to nissan. during their time that design they updated it 4 times. meanwhile at austin.. whats good enough for 1951 is good enough for the year 2000.

[@philipbarrett3151]

@@mrrolandlawrence Sochiro Honda once said, "every time the US implements new regulations GM hires 100 lawyers & Honda hires 100 engineers!"

[@danabrahams7892]

Remember my dad telling me about a Japanese car manufacturer looking under the bonnet of a Triumph and saying: "Only the British could put that under a bonnet and call it a triumph."

[@scopex2749]

I was probably here with my late father. He took us to these now and again. I fell in love with the JENSEN INTERCEPTOR! Awesome car!

[@markjaycox8811]

ME TOO, LOVE MOPAR POWER.

[@fatbelly27]

Great name for a car too

[@susanbrown2909]

And me.

[@brianmilligan1787]

Jensen interceptor 140 MPH Toyota corolla T Sport 140 MPH + can be brought up to 600bhp Shivers Rolls royce last longer than the beautiful girls who sit in them lol

[@stuartbritton4811]

Me too

[@ronanrogers4127]

Back when you could recruit a few pole dancers to spice up a new car release.

[@bubbamcgullicutty8966]

Times were better then !

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

As if the talent is better now.

[@antoniop1968]

Ronan Rogers SAAB all the way! 😛😛

[@boomerhgt]

Roy B It was harmless too now everyone is butt hurt with fuck all humour

[@SteveT3D]

@@replynotificationsdisabled whats wrong with all over tattoos, flesh tunnels and blue / green asymmetric haircuts?

[@richardbrown1189]

That Japanese gag would cause an international incident nowadays!

[@paulparoma]

I thought the same thing. How stupid and feeble the world has become.

[@paulparoma]

@Kirk Wolfe No one is really talking about an "international incident." The phrase was used figuratively, I am pretty sure. Many of us have seen worse and many of us realize the future can bring unforeseen disasters, but that has nothing to do with the comments above.

[@Gynra]

It's not even accurate. Japanese people have no problem pronouncing the letter "R", and never have. It's "L" that's more problematic.

[@paulparoma]

@@Gynra I always thought the "R" and the "L" were sort of the same thing for Asians, in that neither really exists in their languages. But you are right, the gag was a little clumsy. However, I don't think the intention was to be accurate (pretty impossible for most Brits, anyway) but rather to be a little clever and a little funny. Turns out the guy is no Benny Hill. One certainly couldn't do it today, even if one were Benny Hill, because nothing can be funny anymore.

[@Uncle_Spooky]

So cringey

[@toml.1408]

The JENSEN INTERCEPTOR: Still my favorite car of all time!!! Greetings from Southern California, USA.

[@Afghanen]

The Jensen Interceptor ate all the others for breakfast,lunch and dinner. Still the most awesome car ever built.

[@darkwood777]

For the man going places.... mostly to the repair shop.

[@michaelwest7874]

Lol

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Just what I was thinking!

[@tbugher62]

At least the repair wasn't THOUSANDS of dollars like today.

[@manofthehour6856]

Yes, and the remaining places to the men's toilets so as not to soil his pants after looking at the repair bills.

[@alanoconnor6921]

All the Morris marina handbooks came with a free bus timetable!!

[@indridcold8433]

All Nissans with a CVT may also benefit their customers to include bus routes and a discount taxi coupon. Actually, all vehicles with a CVT except Subaru and Toyota Prius, could benefit their customers with a good local bus route and a taxi coupon for their customers.

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

I can only agree, the Nissan has its fair share of problems.

[@67AlmazRus]

Good joke! We in Russia know two jokes about Land Rovers: if there is no oil under it, then it is over. If you saw a Land Rover on the road, then only one of two things: he is going to the car service or from it just now.

[@alanoconnor6921]

The marinas had a good heated rear window,,,,,, kept your hands warm while you were pushing it,,

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

67AlmazRus how very funny, and true! Lol, hey did you know why we have red, amber and green traffic lights? Red is stop green is go. Amber is to take up all the slack in the transmission!

[@martintaper7997]

When cars came in colours.

[@harryday174]

All grey, black and white now...

[@martintaper7997]

@@harryday174 ...and generally termed by me as, "funereal" colours.

[@CarbageMan]

Colors don't sell well.

[@martintaper7997]

@@CarbageMan They don't sell well because they are not offered, a self fulfilling prophecy, and guess what, they used to sell well when they were offered - you can only buy what is offered. Some say the Model T Ford only came in black, and that's untrue, it always came in at least 4 other colours - a lot of myth out there about car colours.

[@CarbageMan]

@@martintaper7997 Actually, they are. Market research shows that shades of black, white and gray sell the best. I said it because I meant it. it isn't any "myth."

[@nw8000]

Now that's! one motor show I want to go to. Cars, Birds and proper BOOZE!

[@Fubar_The_WEF]

I had a toy Lotus Europa as a kid. I loved it to bits. I'm still no nearer to owning one.

[@joelfildes5544]

Worlds fastest van !

[@paulparoma]

Hah! I had a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado and a Trabant toy as a kid. Loved them both, and the Cadillac was motorized. I have no desire to own either. Well, maybe the Eldo...

[@gutz1981]

"Do you come with the car?" "Oh you. Ha ha ha ha."

[@nw8000]

LOL That Simpsons episode which one was it I got to see it again!!

[@gutz1981]

@@nw8000 I think it was the Mr Plow episode. Season 3 I think.

[@rappers5719]

🤣

[@nw8000]

@@gutz1981 Thank you dude

[@boomerhgt]

gutz1981 That was when the Simpsons was funny It's ran too long

[@normhanson981]

Really enjoyed the video , thanks. Lotus Europa was a timeless design .

[@ranat5526]

The Datsun was the most reliable car in the UK during damp weather and early morning starts.

[@deltafoxtrot2]

we use to have a Datsun Bluebird estate, it had a very reliable engines, unfortunately the bodywork used to disolve and rust away. Datsun got such a bad reputation for poor bodywork that they had to change their name to Nissan.😊

[@trickygoose2]

@@deltafoxtrot2 Nissan was always the company name. Datsun was the brand name used outside Japan until about 1983.

[@DM-it2ch]

British Leyland cars were out of date by the time they fell off the end of the production line. The only mystery is how it lasted as long as it did!!

[@lewis72]

Not all of them.

[@R33Racer]

Patriotism mostly. No BL car was ever a success outside the UK, other than perhaps a few Triumphs. Some cars were dated but not all. Some had some real effort put into them, only to be let down by countless other factors.

[@lewis72]

@@R33Racer Yes, build quality was often very bad, which was a great shame as cars like the XJ6, XJ12, Range Rover, SD1, Dolomite Sprint, Stag & Mini would have been much more successful. IMO, BL tried to be be too forward thinking with what they offered instead of doing what Ford did and just sell pleasant-looking run-of-the-mill stuff. Take, for instance, the Maxi. FWD, hydragas suspension, 5-speed box in a 5-door hatchback body. Cortina had none of that but it looked better and went wrong less often (I think).

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Many years ago I worked for a company that made gearbox parts for almost all the big car manufacturers with the exception of BL. When I asked why I was told "The government won't let them pay high enough wages to attract decent designers, so they have to buy cheap foreign gearboxes". And they were *crap*. The gear shift lever in BL cars felt like it was in a bowl of pudding so you couldn't tell which gear you were in by feel, or even if you were in gear ! I reckon the only designers left there were old guys closing in fast on retirement and who'd stopped caring. No wonder the cars were awful.

[@admiralcraddock464]

But those Cortinas were as rotten as an old pear after five years. Mind you, so was every other car made beck then.

[@carlsanders7919]

I finally understand. Auto makers: "We dont need quality in 1973 we have woman to sell cars".

[@brianpreston8483]

They still do it today

[@asd36f]

1:29 - I had no idea that the VJ Valiant Charger was sold in England!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Graham Clayton - It wasn’t. The motor show featured lots of cars that were not sold here as ‘show pieces’. Although I suppose you could import one (at great cost).

[@wagoneer11]

Australian Chryslers WERE sold in the UK from the late 60s until the mid 70s. The Charger was one of the most popular models. UK cars were mostly big spec V8 auto. The top of the line CxC hardtop and sedan was also sold in the UK.

[@myopinion138]

@@wagoneer11 You are totally wrong mate

[@wagoneer11]

@@myopinion138 Everything i have stated is a FACT. Just because you are ignorant of something does not make it wrong. Do a little research, google makes it really easy for people like you. Here is one to get started on www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/aussie-chry.html

[@lesliewood135]

They were sold here. I drove one when working in a Chrysler dealership in Scotland in the mid 70’s. It could go but steering the thing was another matter

[@ori6inal-gam3r17]

Imagine the uproar today if they had scantily clad women gyrating on the cars.

[@jourwalis-8875]

You bet!

[@DAMORBEL]

@@jourwalis-8875 Getting girls to take their clothes off is still a great game. As Tom Lehrer observed - there's a charge for what she used to do for free!

[@craigstaggs8597]

@Professor McClaine Indeed I have seen all episodes and the person of colour always wins ....

[@fan-bs4sn]

Yes, the world had become a lot worse

[@laurieharper1526]

@@craigstaggs8597 "We" didn't own it. A wealthy few did. That's still the case today.

[@39PSIOnTheDaily]

That Countach LP400 was production chassis #2. It’s worth several million now.

[@edgarbeat275]

Sure is 😊 Technically tube chassis No1 as the prototype was welded steel sheet construction. With its original interior. Was red with twin wipers. If you keep hunting the AP archives there is footage of the Lancia Zero and 1971 stratos prototype. Oh and the production Lp400. I will post links to them. Just great to see show footage. Compair the rear of No2 countach to a 1974 Lp400 the rear was changed for production.

[@stevesrover]

It is nice seeing these cars all brand new.

[@RestorationAustralia]

Super cool, I can't see anyone looking down on the mobile phone, good old days.

[@CodyBosch]

“ The space age Lamborghini, a £16,000 dream.“ -I know inflation and all, but still so weird to hear.

[@dcarbs2979]

You could get £10k Uraccos this century!

[@bubbamcgullicutty8966]

Would be over 160k Eur today !

[@geneharrogate6911]

Princess Anne was quite a dish back in the day, if thats your thing. A true good egg and so much more interesting and deserving of praise than disco princess Diana ever was.

[@geneharrogate6911]

@Pollywog Oh no! Where? Where?!!!

[@agohelliwell6755]

I was there as a 16 year old app motor mech ... it was all free . The dealership i worked at paid for everything . GREAT DAYS !

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, yeah, especially if they paid for the SAAB stripper and a lapdance! ....seriously, those were much better days in terms of motoring when cars look interesting, were not mobile computerized TV screens on wheels in an assortment of colors such as black, white, tan or silver. I was only two that year, but having grown up with a steady diet of Matchbox cars and enthusiast magazines, those were THE days.

[@agohelliwell6755]

@@manofthehour6856 five of us went to that VERY motor show and the models didn't care how they dressed ... I'll never 4get it ..

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@manofthehour6856 Well then get yourself one of those 1960's, 70's cars, they will go under the title "vintage" on your internet market place. They see how many times you will need to visit your local garage for tune ups and general servicing. Cortina, Allegro, Mini, Princess etc theres some of them.

[@vinbar35]

@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 agreed but back then it was possible to fix a lot of stuff your self. It was a right of passage for young drivers. Now, even if you need to change a spark plug there's no guarantee that you would even be able to get at it.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

First time I saw a "Yensen" was in Dubai around 1973/4. It was on a road leading to the Zabeel Palace. Looked very impressive, elegant, GT type of a car.

[@fairalbion]

A friend ours was a proprietor of a BL garage in Surrey in the 1970s. One day a woman brought in a Honda Accord & asked if they would check the fluids & tyres. Pretty novel: they'd never seen one before. A mechanic opened the bonnet & soon all the other staff, our friend included, were gathered round to look at the layout. It was all precision, neat & tidy, like the mechanism of an expensive Swiss watch - beautiful to behold. Very different to the low quality & antiquated stuff they were to used working on. He later switched to selling & servicing one of the Japanese brands - don't remember which.

[@frankspencer6935]

Some of the later Rovers had Honda engines and gearboxes.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Once owned one of those Volvo 164 with straight 6 and twin carburator engine. It was like a battle tank on the road and you needed your own petrol station. But by that time, who cared about smal things like that when it was fun to drive and we all waited for that moon station who never was built. 😊

[@StewsChannel]

Lol, that Saab girl was sure earning her pay! Cool video, different times for sure!

[@racketman2u]

If I had to pick a favourite year for cars, 72-73 would be about spot on; Britain had the Jensen Interceptor and XJ12, Triumph TR6, and the lovely Lotus Elan was still in production; in the USA the 240Z was impressing the locals, but they still had decent versions of the Pontiac Trans Am and Camaro; and in Aussie, the big Falcon GT coupes.

[@JeeGee114]

What about that 16 valve yellow Triumph Dolomite Sprint on display.

[@nlpnt]

For everyday cars it was the beginning of the end. GM replaced the '68-72 generation A-bodies with the Colonnades and BL replaced the ADO16 1100/1300 with the Allegro, kicking off the Malaise Era in earnest on both sides of the Atlantic.

[@northstar1950]

Always wanted a 'Yensen'

[@blinski1]

I always read Jensen as a 'yensen', as it is obviously Danish/Norwegian surname.

[@23rdjune]

@@blinski1 Made in West Bromwich.

[@timpriddy349]

440 cubic inches.....7.2 litres doesnt sound too tough to me

[@14rnr]

@@blinski1 You are correct, I know it was the most common Surname in Danmark when I used to go to there a lot in the 90's. Take care.

[@mell3109]

I have one :-)

[@antonylawler3423]

1:44 "Imported Foreign (spit spit) cars". Said with total disgust. Lol.

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, I wonder if the narrator had any commentary on the imported foreign girls? Probably not; he sounds too ancient for that kind of thing. Myself, Ms Skoda in the white bikini, and damn the cars!!!!

[@kittylou5966]

@@manofthehour6856 I doubt they were foreign.

[@cnevill2]

It’s so strange to see so many cars without head rests.

[@greatbyrondo]

And thin steering wheels...

[@FTFLCY]

"Yensen"? Did he think it was Dutch?

[@TheSpritz0]

Those Russian Ladas were VERY reliable, and some I knew drove them for 15 years without much more than oil, tires, brakes, etc...needing replacement.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

😃😃😃 Bollocks. Why does a skoda have a heated rear window.??? To. Keep your hands warm when your pushing it.

[@TheSpritz0]

@@stringer-ik1pc I didn't say Skoda, they were not good- LADA was much more robust...

[@borderlands6606]

@@TheSpritz0 Skoda and Lada were better than the BL competition.

[@TheSpritz0]

@@borderlands6606 Oh 100% on that, even Rovers had issues where their bodies leaked and things like their glove-box would get flooded in a rainfall...

[@marshalllucky]

That cortina at 1.11 must have been made on a friday afternoon, they forgot the doors ?

[@martinwarne7183]

Marsh they fell off on the way over

[@pdtech4524]

Jenson Interceptor was my fav! £16k for a brand new Lambo!! I'll have a pair. 😁😎👍

[@brinx8634]

Ahh.....I thought it was 16k lbs.

[@manofthehour6856]

And what you don't take, I'll take the pair along with the rest of Miss Skoda.

[@vinbar35]

@Pollywog which is about 80k short of what it's equivalent costs new today and that's the basic version. So it really was a bargain back then :)

[@vinbar35]

@Pollywog I suppose it could be considered a bargain if someone paid 275K for one then decided that they didn't like florescent green with pink seats after all and sold it the next day for 194k.

[@michealng6974]

When I was looking at the girls at the beginning of I thought it was a contemporary motor show...

[@Endurorodzndubz]

Oh how it went so so wrong, the amber warning light stopped working due to being made by BL

[@richsackett3423]

Lucas: Prince of Darkness

[@brinx8634]

For me, a Yensen would be a good car...I drive a Yaguar and my wife has a VW Yetta.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

DWL OMG

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Velly nice work

[@RivieraByBuick]

nah u don`t, u re yust yelious.

[@herbiehusker1889]

No love for Yapanese cars?

[@herbtube7824]

Girls and Cars... good times :-)

[@jeniferallan6693]

My dad had a hillman hunter... Fab video. When all cars looked totally different. And women ....well...women sold cars....and we did japanese voices...loved this flashback to my teens...

[@steviedee8921]

Princess Anne..Britain,s no. 1 driver...who wrote this drivel?

[@clivejones5880]

I burst out laughing at that remark.

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, if by this inferred logic that the Royals rank above everyone else in the UK, I wonder how the Queen would feel about this statement considering how she, last I knew continues to drive at age 93 and was a mechanic during World War II? Or maybe being the "Number 1 Driver" means that she drives a mobile urinal?

[@keithwelton]

This remark stems from Princess Anne being caught at well over 100 mph on the M1 in her Reliant Scimitar as does the later comment on the Jensen Interceptor having a top speed of 140mph being fast enough for a Princess.

[@markbennett9787]

Pat Moss ?

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@keithwelton She also rode her Royal in the Olympic jumping events. I saw her in San Diego on the circuit just after it rained. Really slippery and she dominated her ride.

[@stejer211]

2:34 'Our cars are as good as any in the world!' Ten years later...

[@colshythecomedian]

"Leyland's dream of a petrol rationed car" looks like Peppa pigs car!

[@jeremytravis360]

I remember going. The Earls Court Stadium has gone now.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Er, there never was a stadium at Earls Court. Do you mean White City?

[@jeremytravis360]

@@AtheistOrphan No, I do mean Earls Court Stadium. They held everything form Pop concerts, Ideal Home Exhibition Boat show and Sports Arena.Depending on the event they advertised it accordingly. If you Google Earls Court Stadium it does come up.

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@jeremytravis360 - Oh sorry I didn’t know you meant Earls Court Exhibition centre. Yes, been there several times myself. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard it referred to as a ‘stadium’ though, which of course it never was, nor can I find it referred to as such on the internet. Happy memories for me, I saw Genesis and Floyd there.

[@jeremytravis360]

@@AtheistOrphan Yes thats what I meant. I also saw Pink Floyd back in 1973 I think, and The International Boat Show, and many other events It was Called Earls Court Exhibition Centre. They also had a sports event but not a big fan of Sport. I also went to a Genesis Concert but that was at Wembley.

[@video99couk]

1:13 They mention the Hillman Hunter which was coming towards the end of life, yet nothing of the Avenger which was a much more recent model. You can see one behind the Hunter. Oh yes, I still enjoy driving a 1972 Hillman Avenger.

[@simongleaden2864]

I passed my test driving a Hillman Avenger, back in 1982.

[@stefeniedavidmusic]

Ok, someone out there has to help me out. What is the name of the music in this video. It was also used in a TV ad in the 70s for the city of Amsterdam. I have been trying to find it for years and just tripped over this video.

[@johnd8892]

Theme from van DER Valk. Eye Level.

[@stefeniedavidmusic]

@@johnd8892 Thanks sooooooooooo much. I love the internet! After all these years. Wow.

[@gulraizify]

Hoods are so long in cars probably a safety feature back then.

[@mebeasensei]

Volvo looks nice and particularly nice interior. That Russian car, Moskvitch 412 (don't laugh) won the British Saloon Championship!

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Actually I like the look of the Moskvitch 412.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Like all Russians involved in competition. It was either on steroids or cheated 😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@tca666]

Those models should be brought back this year!!!

[@Android-vk8yh]

I reckon they would be a bit wrinkly now mate...🤭🤣👍

[@Wesley_C]

These show car girls of the 70's there amazing.

[@andi346208]

It's strange that the Lamborghini Countach is a car we now think of as synonymous with the 1980s and yet it must have been designed 10 years before the 80s began. I'd have that one one now for 16 grand!

[@yggdrasil9039]

Just prior to the OPEC oil crisis.

[@agapitofioramonti381]

Just some days, or some hours prior.......

[@noneofyourbusiness7594]

man i bet there was some big bushes back then bring them back

[@David-ty1xz]

"the girl that has arrived and will last forever, the car that is". Back when Benny Hill was on PBS, boobs and all.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

lovely video txs !

[@scootergeorge9576]

0:33 Chrysler and Fiat, side by side. An omen.

[@SonnyGTA]

That little van was pretty cool!!!

[@victorvance2573]

From a time when beautiful cars where the norm and not the exception.

[@jameslindley924]

Hmm!!! Missed out Range Rover 2 Door Classic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- The Best Vehicle on the market !!!!!!!!!

[@pyrotechnick420]

2:20 I'm hearing the narrator call this car a "Shopping Cart." lol

[@elbownesdam4024]

Good to know princess margaret was the safest woman driver in the entire known cosmos and beyond

[@AtheistOrphan]

Do you mean Princess Anne? (Who featured in the video).

[@MrClingclong]

I've never heard of the 'Yensen'. They look pretty similar to the Jensens though. I wonder if it was one of those 'foreign cars' I've been hearing about?

[@joshuaa3075]

I love how they tried to Distract from the bad cars with attractive ladies writhing on the cars. The knew how to move some bad cars back then.

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

Wtf is a Yensun Interceptor? Is that BBC 'trying to be a toff' spiel

[@hornetbrown]

IKR?! That sounded weird.

[@MorningNapalm]

And even in Danish, which is where the name comes from originally: www.jensenmuseum.org/alan-richard-jensen/

[@rogerbarrett9920]

It's not the BEEB who made this - but that "Bob Danvers Walker" voice that all Pathe and Movietone news stories used since the 1930's- Even when I was a kid in the 1950's I remember asking my Dad if all people spoke that way in the past.

[@rcaive0875]

Love the Saab girl @ :21! LOL

[@georgejacob3162]

She looked to be enjoying herself!

[@nkt1]

That scene has it all: stunning girl, great, quirky car, Eye Level as the soundtrack.

[@FIATS76]

Those Swedes!

[@thecraziestcanuck]

The Jensen Interceptor 😍

[@chrisdooley6468]

Brilliant Volvo. Plus I swear that was an Interceptor of Mad Max fame in the beginning. Those front headlights and bumper are unique

[@richsackett3423]

Jackie Stewart is so tiny, he'd have been a great jockey if not for car racing.

[@MrGranfield]

Jensen Interceptor West Bromwich's finest.

[@melgrant7404]

Worth a fortune nowadays

[@johnd8892]

1:22 . Hey Charger !

[@deltafoxtrot2]

It was common to see rust bubbling through the bodywork on any 1970s car after about six years. Rust prevention and water traps were not thought through with the car manufactures. Come winter your heart would be in your mouth hoping that the engine would start.

[@allanatkinson2422]

At 2:30. "Russians among leading contenders for the british market". Oh I'm laughing so hard my ribs hurt.

[@mirisch64]

Тебя что-то не устраивает, русофоб проклятый?

[@DerpEye]

@@mirisch64 Well, he's no wrong though.

[@MartinWillett]

The 16 valve Moskowitz. Seven in the engine, five in the tyres and the rest in the radio, in the top model only.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Yeah, he put the Japanese right at the back, yet they came out the top today!!

[@ConsumerDV]

British cars in 1970-s were garbage, barely welded together by always-striking workers. Literally anything was better. Russian cars were also cheaper.

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

All those Buxom Pommy girls & you just know a thick thatch is sitting there... Such heaven- i'll take a Redhead thanks!

[@locoeditbreakdown5427]

beautiful!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

The lotus Europa ..."A mere 117MPH but smooth once you're in it" ...little did he know.

[@RETROCAM73]

Great the year I was born I'll have a Mk1 Capri and Mk3 Cortina please Daytona yellow lovely 😊❤️👌🏻

[@Cortinaman63]

Campbell Nutting, If you like the Mk,3 Ford Cortina, you might find my channel interesting, if you have not already seen it?, I am restoring the ONLY surviving 1974 Ex-Ford Motor Company Mk.3 Cortina built as one of their promotional cars, like this 2000E was. back to as it was when brand new, and will soon be uploading a April 1969 Ford Capri Mk.1 Perana, restoration video too.

[@rockeroller]

Eff the cars, I'll go for the slooots.

[@paperbackwriter4145]

1:43 Lada begins

[@DiscoFang]

The mighty Fiat 124. Great cars. I had a Special T with the twin cam 1400.

[@darrenmeears4667]

Wow birds & cars sounds like a good day out did they have a bar 😆

[@Theogenerang]

Thanks for reminding me why I hated the 1970's. My fathers car yard was full of this junk.

[@markjaycox8811]

WHY DOES PRINCESS ANNE RESEMBLE CHELSEA CLINTON?

[@markjaycox8811]

@Roy B The PLOT thickens, ala Dickens.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

30% of cars sold in Britain are foreign imports. How will the British car industry cope? Watch this space to find out.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@trident3b I remember reading somewhere that the London Cab Company was now the top British car manufacturer

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@trident3b Joke --------------------------------------- Your head.

[@adamme8369]

@@GenialHarryGrout Aren't they own by Chinese? Geely if I remember well.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@adamme8369 I wouldn't be surprised

[@patrickXWAY]

wonderful ! Music ?

[@bignoel32]

The datsun was probably the best car there.

[@GRAHAMAUS]

+Noel Kennedy Nope 0:30, the HP Firenza. Awesome car, so, so rare now. I had one, wish I hadn't sold it.

[@eddiekennedy7394]

datsuns were very reliable, excellent mechanics although rotted badly.

[@lesliebarnes8407]

THOSE WERE RUST BUCKETS CRAP CARS!!

[@colinjohnston8519]

The datusn was probably the worst car there. They rotted like nothing. Good cars for Japan but not for UK.

[@agfagaevart]

Like MGs and Triumphs didn't??

[@stephenborsbey4350]

music van de valk. on tv at the time.

[@TheLRider]

How we didn't realise then that we were becoming un-competitive and ofcourse we blamed the foreigners then as we still do. Where were our wonderful leaders then both in private and public sectors?.

[@manofthehour6856]

It really is a bit of 20/20-hindsight. I think that happened in the United States as well, Brian Thomas, although our companies didn't become a cumbersome state-owned juggernaut, which mainly sunk under its own weight of ineptitude / inefficiency, there was just as much arrogance and complacency coming out the US, ESPECIALLY, GM. I remember the times, and the announcer in the VO comment of "velly velly nicely indeed", it was rather patronizing, arrogant, and honestly, uh, lacking in perception. I understand WHY, because the British and the Amercans had been building cars for decades, but they lost sight of product (big expensive (profit-generating) cushy cars) in the US, and customer needs (economy especially during the fuel price increases, as well as quality and durability) I feel nostalgic for all (except the Russian!) cars in this film, laugh at how suggestive the models (especially SAAB!) are compared to only like 6 or 7 years earlier, and marvel that though it isn't that long ago (or maybe it is!), cars were so much more exciting then, along with styling and colors. The comment regarding Lord Stokes saying "Our cars are as good as any others and we can compete with the rest of the world" is (and this coming from someone who wishes BL had been successful) is laughable when one thinks of the irreverent Top Gear hosts ridiculing these cars as junk. Whether that is the truth or not is up for debate, but the reputation of BL leans toward very negative. Fun stuff!!!

[@TheLRider]

@@manofthehour6856 I tend to agree with you when comparing us with the US; but why not compare us with the best, e.g. Toyota, The German Automotive sector? By the time BL was set up the writing was very much on the wall and in UK PLc parlance a massive no no from marketing/perception and recruitment perspective. I owned a number of BMC/UK built cars over the years from an 850 Mini, a Cooper S, to a Jaguar XKR including an MG Maestro, an MG Montego Turbo, Dolomite Sprint, Lotus Sunbeam and all probably castigated by by Top Gear as people seem to pick them as the "experts" in all things automotive, I found all the cars to be brilliant in their own way and because I looked after them and maintained them properly they never ever let me down. "Top Gear" are only journalists and used to create "good television". I worked at Jaguar and Aston Martin for 25 years and it was only due to Ford that they started to move in the right direction but only after having it pointed out to them where they were lacking and forced to face the truth, all be it belatedly. Why Germany has made such a success of their post war position and we have stuttered and not succeeded to the same extent is not a mystery. Look at RR and Bentley under German management and yet the same pool of workers as before. Until we face this head on we will just keep sliding, and still blame the foreigners as we are doing with Brexit. WE need to look a lot closer to home for our failings and stop blaming others. Suspect Trump tried the same strategy.

[@CB1000FP1]

The government wasn't responsible for the demise of the British car industry the unions were, the government had no control over them till Maggie started to kick their arses by then it was to late

[@TheLRider]

@@CB1000FP1 I agree that the loony left had a lot to answer for but in my experience you only get militant unions where you have incompetent or week management. Put both together and you have the perfect recipe. While I worked in the automotive sector Unions were still encouraged as a way to pull all the work force together to agree to T&Cs and pay settlements etc. Germany's automotive sector is highly Unuionised and sit on Works Committees to agree company policy and plans etc. By the time Thatcher stood up to the Unions the management had lost the plot big time obviously and as far as I am concerned share an equal part of the blame. When Ford took over Jaguar the then new CEO Bill Heydn said that if it hadn't been for the shop floor Jaguar would have gone down the pan and publicly humiliated and dismissed nearly all his first line i.e. The Directors. I rest my case and until we accept that we don't have a great reputation for good management and top flight leadership we will not move forward. Also do not underestimate Thatchers appetite for Union bashing and was only too happy to close huge swathes of UK PLCs industries. that ofcourse have never been replaced It is managements role and duty to develop effective teams by effective leadership, training, coaching etc. We have come a long way but we still have a huge way to go and I fear that blaming the competition doesn't move us forward one inch.

[@CB1000FP1]

@@TheLRider I became a engineering apprentice in 68 and we had I big national strike in I think 70 and I was persuaded to join the union but I quickly left it and to this day I have no idea what they were striking about, took up lorry driving a couple of years later and never joined a union again and still earned more than many of my mates who were members

[@EtonieE25]

Ah the good ol’ days of rust and unreliability 😆

[@pittassavvas7512]

I clicked for the cars and liked for the woman!! Hey!! Charger, as Chrysler used to say!!

[@Porsche996driver]

Wait - there was an MGB GT with a V8?!

[@vinbar35]

The same small block V8 that was put in the Rover 3500 which was an old Buick engine that they were discontinuing so BL took them.

[@Handsolo313]

Mister clean. Mister clean.🎵🎶.

[@SZPWS1777]

1973, the first year that the world gets a glimpse of the Lamborghini Countach; painted in "Verde Medio," medium green. It was a bit earlier than I previously thought. What about you?

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Brilliant. I remember the topless models on the triumph stand when the TR7 was launched. 👍😂🇬🇧

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

r u sure

[@Senna-xi1gr]

@@JohnSmith-zv8km yeh John, I will try & dig out the old pics. 👍

[@roshanmanilal5315]

47 years ago, 1973 was the year I was born

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

I drive a 1994 Geo Metro hatchback. Stock. I should show it at a car meet.

[@siliquaesid703]

I don't care how many floozies you use, an Allegro is still just a 💩. I met Ken Tyrrell, one of the nicest people you could hope to meet. Top Bloke. RIP Ken.

[@iangascoigne8231]

Eye level.

[@johnnyf99music74]

I never thought those Lambo Countach's were that heavy : )

[@coalieroller5663]

Princess Anne, Reliant Scimitar

[@figjam59]

And speeding tickets...

[@auser1617]

I went to this show, though it was really good at the time, I see Jackie Stewart is getting in early on Princess Ann..........

[@kernowarty]

I went there that year and my Dad was thinking about getting a Triumph Toledo. Got a VW Beetle instead.