Old Top Gear 1999 - Jaguar S-Type

[@hardcorehardo]

God that intro

[@clarissamcpigeon7857]

It's very typical of BBC shows around that time and there are other BBC intros that are much the same.

[@geztagamingch]

Better than nowadays of course.

[@Ryan98063]

@AlexGRFan97 but that's the thing people didn't get in the 1990s, just throwing as much shit on the screen as technology permitted doesn't work

[@ericgu9036]

@@Ryan98063 the 1999-2000 intro was much better and was one of my favorite intros from the old top gear

[@paleoph6168]

Super bass. 👌

[@VoVilliaCorp]

James, Tiff, and Quentin. The odd, goofy trio that almost was.

[@viniciusmagnoni6492]

Top Class show.

[@staggabob]

Hell of an entry from Tiff there, i wonder how many takes that took..

[@schizogony]

One.

[@COIcultist]

@@schizogony Just the 1even if he had partaken of a drink or 10 as is his want.

[@ldwp6395]

Tiffs a professional, probably 1

[@thegreatgrumdini]

I have a 2006 S-Type and everywhere I take it people love it ❤

[@HJ-vs7lf]

Like many enthusiasts, I copied the Top Gear consensus that it was 'Jaguars weakest moment'. Now I own an X350 while living in a city with tight streets, I can see the benefits of a car with slightly smaller outside dimensions. The interior of an XJ is cramped anyways. I actually like the facelift model. The S type R facelift is my favorite. I really think it could have been more succesful if it had offered those bumpers as an R package on regular models, at an earlier moment. The image problem was caused by many of the cars on the road, being delivered in grandpa spec with a boring colour and small wheels, lots of chrome. The retro lines worked well with the villanous touch of the S-Type R facelift. The same goes for the X358 facelift compared to the X350. I really think Ian Calumn understood the X350 design better than at the moment the X350 came out. Maybe it was Ford who told them to add so much chrome to the X350, I couldn't tell. Removing the plastic mid door protection strip made the car look way less bulky. Add the big wheels make the x358 looks like a Hotwheels version of a classic Jag, rather than a fat version of it. 17 inch and even 18 inch make the car look fat, they're too much inset and too small considering the height of the body. Also, the chrome strip that goes across the bootlid is now wider, making the car look low and wide from behind, instead of high and narrow. Finally, removing the chrome around the front and back windows emphasised the chrome window line on the side of the car, making the car visually longer and slimmer. The huge parts of blacked out glass on the front and rear glass don't show as much as on an x350, especially in darker colours. I really think the X358 encapsuled way more what a Jag XJ should be. It was originally designed to be a 4 door E type by sir Willilam Lyons. While the X350 can be very boring looking, in many configuarations, the X358 is always a bit naughty. It's a big car, that's not ashamed of it.

[@tovape]

no kidding, my 2008 X-Type gets bashed online but In real life everyone compliments it every time

[@MonkeyHunch1]

Do you only take it to the 2006 Jag S type owners meetings?

[@peteralanturner9296]

Love them! I've owned a Mark II & now a 2007 S-Type. They always turns heads, especially from Bimmers, Mercs & Audis.

[@ericgeorge5483]

Not with that fucking grill. Awful.

[@dfweurocars]

love it or hate it, look at the s types from the 60s...its called style..@@ericgeorge5483

[@bicyclist2]

Wow this is really old. James has aged well. Good thing he doesn't talk like this anymore. Thanks.

[@Sunotmy]

but he still does

[@clarissamcpigeon7857]

Jags really are such "villainous" cars and always were. Stereotypical East End gangster from the 1960s.

[@nathanfisher5825]

My dad has a 2003 3.0 liter v6 stype

[@somervillearron]

@@nathanfisher5825 i have a 4.2 v8 supercharged s type,im currently in the proccess of doing a maual swap im just waiting on the lockdown finishing so i can have an adapter made

[@PiNeRO36]

Yes, very grime.

[@didncozosksma4466]

I think The Kray Twins had Jags ( I think the 420g)

[@jimmyneutron5679]

and did you finalize it? I currently own the 3.0 manual@@somervillearron

[@geigerzoola6642]

James May is a legend

[@TheFreakonhell]

7:10 May always have been swaggy af 👌🏽😂💚

[@stevenlopez5832]

Hard to believe James was only 36 here.

[@paianis]

So much better quality than the version already on YT.

[@kristianbrandt3012]

'In fact they were so good in the wrong hands'. That's very well put.

[@intorsusvolo7834]

I wanted one when it came out and I still want one 20 years later. Thought about it at least once a year.

[@JamesKeithProduction]

I have one and it’s been pretty good to me :)

[@theshadowman1398]

James is fantastic.

[@thebikevoid2732]

Tiff. That intro. That guy rules.

[@sotirismp2883]

Tiff is a god

[@kunaalsoni5284]

God the early interior on these was woeful; much better after the facelift.

[@lessutter9178]

Amazing video and same color and year! Thanks!

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

“I’ll do it in a small Jagwahr!”

[@dashtesla]

3:21 oh the good old days of vhs tape.. XD

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

2:30 James May having a 1982 hair style in 1999!!!

[@bertyadventures]

The introduction is classic

[@DanRyzESPUK]

Damm, I can´t belive that James was driving a Jaguar registered in Spain in 1999!!! Bonkers.

[@dlpgamer]

Right? Thought the same

[@JV64]

WHAT? IM SPANISH-

[@DanRyzESPUK]

@@JV64 mira la matrícula

[@Mainiac1221]

1:38 wow Tiff, just wow

[@mylifeasmanta]

wait is that vicki BH? wow indeed

[@ognjenstojanovic9322]

​@@mylifeasmanta why is she screeming

[@dalemason4251]

Hey great video thanks also I have a gearbox fault on the jag and wondering if I should just go ahead and change the gearbox or have it check for a transmission fault as well just in case? The computer hasn't had any problems so just wondering if I can trust it with this issue just looking for some advice thanks.

[@boldlygoingnowhere366]

1:53 LIKE A BOSS!

[@DeuceBiggerHo]

James sounds posher here. I guess he toned down the poshness in later years.

[@tilio9380]

I'm sure it's more down to the smoking over the years, similar to Clarkson's voice development.

[@thomaskruyer251]

Do you have more old top Gear? Thanks!

[@NZotyoka81]

I had one and i will buy another one cause i miss the car soo much. It’s just simply better than anyother saloon car.

[@luxurreview]

6:23 Scotty?

[@baseballgod8065]

Endless money pits. 🤗

[@XxSkydog71xX]

Baby may

[@Robo34]

i was like...woooowww..James could drive like that????? :D

[@terryah2136]

To think Slow replaced the Orangutan

[@curierfromxibalba1155]

Back then BBC considered James and Clarkson pretty similar

[@lotusjaggarage2989]

Is that james he didn't look 80

[@lawxxxx9853]

Tiff at 1.16 - Hilarious!

[@tamatomlinson]

IT LEFT THE GROUND

[@michaelstevens3479]

Now I remember why I have never watched a whole episode,bloody kids show.

[@Jerram89]

Should've had Mike Brewer on to do that bank job skit...

[@Jordanskiy]

'OLD AAAAAT YER 'AND & GIVE ME THE WONGA!

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

Never once has Mike said it like that and I’ve seen every Autotrader and Wheeler Dealer episodes

[@KanishQQuotes]

Young James may look like Edmund from Narnia

[@JabrHawr]

is this film or video? looks film to me, but that's weird considering it was 1999 - i believe video was easy to shoot outdoors; i.e. the video equipment was small and easy enough to carry around outside

[@JabrHawr]

okay, probably this was intentional to make it resemble whatever show they are imitating (the guys with the cockney accent) - maybe that show is old, so. also, i feel this may have been an 'effect', and not real 'film'.

[@jamessummers1902]

I want to jump mine like that now

[@BugattiONE666]

Quentin won this.........u know why.,...

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Strange entry from Jaguar. The R version was okay though. The XF is a lot better as a successor.

[@benjaminbradshaw3995]

I thought may joined in 2003

[@RWL2012]

May joined *New* Top Gear in 2003 (replacing Jason Dawe), but he was on *Old* Top Gear briefly for one series in 1999. Clarkson was also on Old Top Gear but from 1988 to 1998, and Hammond came from Men & Motors (1998-2002).

[@callmesociety5833]

Car guy huh?

[@BrownDeluxe]

old TopGear was too British xD

[@zodiacforest3004]

I like the 2002 dark blue jaguar S type although I don't think I'll ever own one unless someone to s feeling extremely generous They need to pay for a driving course pay for my insurance pay for the car and petrol tax and MOT anyone feeling that generous 😂

[@EvanTries]

lol this is so British.

[@mpa1931]

James in his pre old lady days

[@MonkeyHunch1]

And this is why Top gear ended for a while before Clarkson and Wilman brought it back in the newer format. THis was bloody awful.

[@ajburnett9]

티프니델!!!

[@shroomyesc]

It's a small thing but god those door handles were awful. There was no way to get grip and they were incredibly flimsy.

[@bielik_2]

Back when Yaris was a new car... Ew.

[@mikesheehan4470]

Jagwar

[@jonamcc]

kushty

[@aripapas1098]

top gear could've been so much for the culture. It became tabloid thanks to "higher powers."

[@jootai]

i got one for sale for a 1000€

[@rolon-ew5kl]

The front looks horrible with that grill.

[@lynngreen1015]

Jaguar were the real crooks making that abysmal car.

[@Emrestill]

Stype always run better than mercedes and bmw 5 e39 even e60.. İ drive all engine stype e class and 5.. Stype run better then others and you get most fun stype.. İ think stype last real english britian style jaguar and goes classic... new xf, xe and others looks like convensial german cars..

[@ericgeorge5483]

Awful car.