The Motor Show: Cars for Women (1967) | British Pathé

[@JohnDavis-ed5sg]

I went on the train from Winchester to this show, aged 11. Sat in lots of cars (queued for the Morgan). Came back tired out with bags of brochures, no fear or bother on my own, on the Tube for the first time. What a day, what an era! Clean streets, kind people. Glad I knew a nicer world.

[@mwsfly4644]

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[@Bringbackthesixties]

Nice words John and so very true

[@Edgars648]

The Bertone Pirana at 2:05 is a special car. It's only a one off and it was displayed only twice in public - once was in France in the 60s and the second time - right in this video at the Earls Court motor show. Now it's owned by Jay Leno. Search in KZbin. He actually told the whole story of that thing. This design later inspired Lamborghini Espada.

[@davidmarshall718]

Sean Connery should have driven it in a 007 movie.

[@slykingdom8734]

“ Put your foot down on this and he’ll be sober in a flash”

[@simonprodhan1926]

golden age of cars, brilliant

[@southwest3671]

........and women.

[@Jurgh909]

.....and advertising

[@lightspheres7070]

Then they put the Ford Comuta in there.....

[@rexluminus9867]

Happy so positive 🎶music. Great video. Thank you.

[@NYKgjl10]

The Ford Cortina. Looks flawless!!!

[@britishcomposers]

I swear the man at the end, reclining in the Cortina was a pal of my father's in the 80's; Ron Hoxby - who worked in the Fleet Street newspapers. Great guy.

[@NoLeadsEnt]

"he'll drink, you'll drive, that's the way"!!!

[@thairatcatcher]

"Very cheap , very Japanese" .Oh, the confidence of the narrator. 30 years later and the rest is history. Ah,so!

[@steveosshenanigans]

How bloody Rude of the narrator

[@Seminal_Ideas]

It was this condescending nonsense that led to the underestimation of the Japanese ingenuity. The same happend at Singapore 25 years earlier.

[@pmwebber22]

"What's more, there's only 2 pedals, Stop and Go. Couldn't be easier for the wife!" 1967, but even so...

[@ptyb6195]

Jon Seymour very unfair comment and so disrespectful to many women drivers. I’ve been teaching safe driving for thirty five years and in all that time have found the women to be the safest due to their common sense and consideration for other road users. I think men are deluded when they claim to be superior and the insurance statistics are testament to this.

[@robertstorey7476]

@@ptyb6195 yeah but for bossing the fast lane you need a bloke to do it properly.

[@theelectrichobo829]

@Jon Seymour your fragile masculinity is showing luvvie.

[@sinbin55671]

@Jon Seymour You ok hun?

[@juslangley]

I will say, women have a knack for tailgating.

[@elbownesdam4024]

Splendid...thanks for showing 👍

[@Kingstersreejit]

These videos are priceless❤️❤️

[@11carbuff19572011]

The fixed-head coupe based on the Imp was called the Sunbeam Stiletto, not a Hillman. The Hillman name went to what parent company Rootes Group called the "Californian", which was a coupe version of the mid 1950s Minx saloon. Loved those vacuumed clean girls all the same.

[@SimonNoina]

+ROBERT CHARLES HAYNES Sorry mate!....you're not right there!......I had a 1968 Hillman Imp Californian as my first car!....same bodyshell as stiletto but more basic fittings...

[@jharris947]

It ay have been 54 years ago but there were some really nice motors there.

[@sorynaudiobahn]

What I understood from this video : you need a wife to be able to drink more

[@commissarblyt.8073]

I like how it cuts from a city or something on fire to a car show. Peak of ads.

[@JemTheWire]

Nice to see British cars without any rust! Great presentation. I really miss those 'simpler' days.

[@acjdf]

But I doubt Mrs patronized lady wife does.

[@cjmurray5806]

1:30 the Rolls Royce had everything, including a WHOPPING price tag of ten thousand five hundred pounds!!!

[@bluegtturbo]

You could buy a nice house in London for that back then.My sister worked in a bank for 400 quid a year,so it would have taken her 25 years to save up if she didn't spend on anything else! Now her salary would be 20,000 a year for the same job, but I doubt the Rolls would cost 500 grand!

[@niceone550]

@@bluegtturbo Wow! 400 pounds!

[@44ro.n]

£185,000 in today's money!

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

@@44ro.n Aye

[@madriditunes7021]

@@44ro.n My Prius cost only 5.000€😂😂😂

[@paulnolan1352]

They were truly optimistic times.

[@rhedinrage1601]

Look how exciting all these cars are and all this advertising and all these days out. Now you just watch some soulless car silently drive past in slow motion with no fanfare only to get one and realise it makes a constant high pitch ring, can barely go anywhere and catches fire from time to time.

[@shmookins]

2:26 An electric car. I wonder what it's specs are?

[@rhedinrage1601]

Well it's small and light so it's better than most modern EV's, it's a town commuter so it doesn't have a lot of range. It likely uses lead acid batteries so the fire risk is significantly reduced and it also has no infotainment, autonomous or monitoring features so it really is a simple little car to drive. Fortunately for the EV manufactures of today, they don't have to stand on an open market like the Ford comuta. Today they just have to tick the watermelon green agenda and they'll get subsidised, often against the will of, by tax payers.

[@aarondavis7526]

Zero to sixty in 42 business days

[@tinypizza4278]

I wonder if its got a ludicrous mode

[@aarondavis7526]

@@tinypizza4278 ludicrously slow

[@owenlewis8006]

All those British Marques consigned to history. Such a shame.

[@arsankar]

Well, the other brands proved to be better :D

[@beaufighter245]

Yes, a real shame. Cars all had their own particular style too.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@beaufighter245 British cars, in general, never had any style. There have been a few exceptions like the Mini (and that also was penned by a Greek) which looked cute but even that under the hood fell short. Mini body panels were not properly designed. Electrics were bad, switches, fuses not innovative. Positive earth when everybody else opted for negative earth. Generators rather then the efficient alternators. There was no proper standardization, just look at the imperial threads vs metric. Call a spade a spade!

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@beaufighter245 .......and don't forget carbs,carbs,carbs. When everyone else was going i,i,i. I had a 1979 Merc, with the Bosch K'Jetronic. So efficient and economical. Jaguar on the other hand had a V12 engine topped by a hat of carburettors. You know people vote with their feet.

[@Arltratlo]

funny, i saw VW and Porsche... and both are doing well...

[@dominicdomehead7049]

When cars were actually nice to look at. Nothing more than bloated lumps of metal today.

[@sgtjyf01]

Largely driven by increased safety standards required as cars are now being driven faster and accelerates harder. And yes, Humans are also getting fatter.

[@matthewdufty606]

pause it at 4:01. I know whats going on there on the way back from the pub :)

[@ianharwell7500]

It's not a lump in his throat

[@tkx86]

That first girl is stunning. Lovely...

[@uttaradit2]

you get one you get the other

[@KNIGH7]

How is this 1967? This is incredible quality.

[@gotham61]

Shot on film, and a modern transfer.

[@paullytle1904]

Film is can be very high quality, especially compared to early digital

[@friendlypiranha774]

They made it on bioscope media.😂

[@vingotaq777]

Probably recorded on 35mm film which is cinema quality

[@gaynor1721]

Very few women could drive in those days. They were happy to be driven around by their husbands, including my mother.

[@RonJohn63]

Your mother was a husband?

[@gotham61]

My mother was a better driver than my father, especially on long trips. She and a couple of girl friends drove a Ford Anglia rental car all over Europe for two months in the mid 1950s.

[@alastairward2774]

@@RonJohn63 his mother was *his* husband.

[@trickygoose2]

My Mum learnt to drive before my Dad. They had a lodger who drove and he taught her in return for her doing his washing. When my Dad passed they had to change from Mum's Mini because he was too tall to drive it comfortably.

[@johngreen6375]

My Nan was a better driver than my Grandad ( she learned to drive in the 1940’s ) In later years he would come back with an extra dent in the car. My Nan never had an accident. I say the same with my parents that my Mum is a better and more patient driver than my Dad.

[@DestructoGuy17]

Why is there a picture of what looks like a flaming war zone for the first few frames of the video?

[@Graymenn]

probably from the previous tv segment this was recorded from

[@punman5392]

Smedley Butler I think this is from a newsreel

[@MicroChirp]

The editor didn't cut it precisely from the full newsreel.

[@alastairward2774]

Fast forward to a world of unlimited gasoline consumption.

[@hotchkess846]

It was a glimpse into a different universe :)

[@Cracktaculus]

That Rapier was slick!

[@adrianrowden8266]

How those woman can hold a steering wheel whilst being pretty at the same time is beyond me...

[@DarkDeath-yg7nv]

couple of nice models there the cars are OK too 👌

[@vladglushenko1220]

shots from this documentary used for Depeche Mode's movie clip Master & Servant

[@jourwalis-8875]

My mother was born in 1923 and she didn´t have a drivers license in 1967. But of course, there were no pubs in Sweden.....

[@4TheRecord]

2:43 Couldn't be easier for the wife :-)

[@a.bloke2.0alwayslearning.23]

My beautiful 1999 Lexus LS400 has a FANTASTICALLY well-lit make up Vanity Mirror, and with my not smoking, the ashtray is the PERFECT place for me to keep my Lipstick.

[@montesa35]

Honda N360 🇯🇵🇬🇧 While in the USA: Toyopet Datsun Subaru Sambar/360 Dodge Colt (rebadged Mitsubishi in early 70s)

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

That Mazal is just gorgeous!!!

[@ChivalryE34]

Ah yes, an AC Frua 428 and Honda N360. 7000cc or 350cc, direct competitors for the 'women's market for vehicle sales' in the 60s.

[@jourwalis-8875]

"Ferrying the old man home from the local.....". Is that the only thing that a woman can do behind the wheel!?

[@EngOne]

yes

[@robwatts9437]

Back in the 60s they was very sexist back then

[@CH-zp2rh]

it was different times

[@danmayberry1185]

Women, Know Your Limits ..

[@liten48]

Mineral blue mgc awesum

[@timcolledge3732]

Great stuff!!

[@evilsmurf2k8]

SJWs would have a field day with this lol. Great quality video.

[@asd36f]

2:56 - Austin 3 litre!

[@rileybenstead3574]

I was searching for the Austin 3 litre. Didn't see much of it in this film clip. Just a glimpse at about 2.57. Beautiful cars. I had three of them.

[@beaufighter245]

Beat me to it! A quick glimpse of a beautifully styled car. I noticed this had the single headlight fitted where I remember them having twin headlights. I still, on occasion, see a blue 3 litre in excellent condition being driven. Not many survive I guess.

[@cjmurray5806]

@@beaufighter245 they were gorgeous cars!

[@rileybenstead3574]

I haven't seen one for years. I wish I had kept at least one of mine. I only have the workshop manual and handbook to remember them by, lol. xx

[@cjmurray5806]

@@rileybenstead3574 wouldn't it be nice to have a barn full of all those cars! (I currently own a 1975 TR 7)

[@BoyceBailey]

He'll Drink, She'll drive.... It is the way :)

[@FromtheHerts81]

Get married lads; instant designated driver!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Dear oh lord, you'd think this was a spoof. The "Japanese Honda salesman" is perhaps the most cringe of all

[@bombaydan]

Classic

[@yulien568]

Damn alcoholism seemed pretty rampant

[@juanlauda2300]

If only someone had combined the Piranha with the Marzal...😉

[@julianwalls1077]

Optimism in way of top speed the Mazel would do 140mph not 210

[@CH-zp2rh]

Lambo Espada 😃

[@Adeleisha]

…and fitted it with a flux capacitor…⚡️

[@lightspheres7070]

What a years for the car.......then they put the Ford Comuta in there......

[@bazza945]

"Cars for women"! That's a phrase to get today's women frothing at the mouth.

[@erichibunmaeh5497]

luar biasa sekali

[@martinleicht5911]

Groovy !! 🍺 😎 👍

[@Utilitarian101]

Couldn't be easier for the wife! 👍🏻

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Go or Stop - couldn't be easier for the wife.

[@dbertovi]

Misogyny wasn't strange at that time! 2:43 - there are only two pedals...!!! Nice.

[@webz3589]

2:44oh dear 😅😅😅😅

[@glenmason4788]

A whopping price tag of £10,500 for the Rolls Royce lol😂

[@RonnieSomerville]

SUNBEAM Stilletto

[@CH-zp2rh]

$10k for a Rolls Royce, at that price give 2 please and the honda mini, very Japanease very cheap would go to become one of the most successful cars in history. Also this video promotes a lot of husband drinking 🍸😃

[@jrbs]

1:35 The Rolls Royce is still a 'man's' car then!🤣🤣🤣

[@maverick214]

Back then the cars and women were both good looking. Where did it all go wrong?

[@nigelbond4056]

Ah, those halcyon days 😂

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

*bad idea*

[@harbourdogNL]

Hot babes in the little sporty cars, and a crowd of old duffers in Rolls...yep, that's what I'd expect.

[@friendlypiranha774]

Harbour Dog, those Hot Babes are in their 80s now.

[@machiavellian7490]

Proppa crumpet! No caterpillar 🐛 eyelashes or Pringle lips

[@madriditunes7021]

0:42 😂 very cheap very japanese 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gylldevlin8478]

2:55 to 3:25 classico

[@bubblybhai7647]

Ford had an electric car concept in 1967! How did Tesla take over the world then?

[@CH-zp2rh]

Didn’t work for Ford I guess 😁

[@ChristopherPlatt]

Ford never shot one into space.

[@louiejonesponation]

They’ve allowed women to have the same rights as men, when will children have the same rights? I know that adults seem to be more mature but children and teens are looked down upon.

[@hachikuhenonis9333]

0:44 ''Very Japanese'', ... well, because we are Japanese of course.

[@jfv65]

At that point in time the Brits had no clue that their British car industry would soon be overtaken.

[@Arltratlo]

and after that, a Opel Ascona A... very British...lol

[@Arltratlo]

@@jfv65 why would they, they won the war...lol

[@faithlesshound5621]

Patronising. British journalists typically called the small Honda a copy of the Mini. They had no idea how technically superior Japanese cars were. Streets ahead on quality and reliability too. Japanese manufacturers were about to exterminate the British motorcycle industry and then take on the car makers.

[@thegearknob7161]

​@@faithlesshound5621 I agree it's patronising, but Japanese cars weren't much competition quite yet at that stage. Getting there though. Remember that the first Japanese car sold in the UK was only in 1964 (and it wasn't a particularly great one). Datsun weren't here until 1968. There weren't exactly many Japanese cars to chose from here for most of the 60s. As cool as the Honda S600 is, and as much as I want one, it still wouldn't have appeared like much of an industry at the time from Britain's perspective. There wasn't much on the high end yet. It's not like you could go out and buy a Toyota Century. It didn't help that Japan in the early to mid 60s also had a reputation a bit like China does today. A lot of the industry was seen to be copying. The N600 would have certainly seemed like a copy of the Mini, even if it wasn't. It was just another small car intended to fit within Kei class restrictions. But who in Britain knew about Kei back then? It wasn't until the 70s that attitudes began to change and eventually flipped on its head.

[@reenougle]

Thank goodness, a car for women with only stop and go pedals! We wouldn't want to overload our brains with pedals and gears- Ouch!

[@cudatom9290]

How'd that 68 Plymouth get in there?

[@ChristopherPlatt]

Right hand drive Barracuda sighted!

[@nickturner2813]

It's a Motor Show, that's how.

[@a34rwl]

TR5... WOOF!

[@sicks6six]

honda mini, ford E, there's nothing new, this is the year styling took leave of its self IMO, and the jetsons on TV are to blame.

[@simonsimon325]

Women, know your limits!

[@richardkleinberger7031]

The narrator's sexism is just something to behold. Every word out of his mouth is misogynistic.

[@felipeaugusto5592]

The new honda mini, very cheap very japanese

[@johnhughes3796]

Did women even drive cars back then?

[@mikegradidge1200]

“Cars for women” 1967 and they still can’t drive 😂

[@stephendent3058]

What's more there's only two pedals go and stop, couldn't be easier for the wife🙊

[@VefaERDEMJr]

Duh! Sexism in those years... Wait, sexual discrimination is still a thing...

[@southwest3671]

.......very Japanese and very cheap. Just add: very good too.

[@ChristopherPlatt]

The 1967 models weren't.

[@stevosd60]

Same condescending sexist voice over as today.... Makes you proud to be a bloke. 🤪

[@rovercoupe7104]

Cringe. M.

[@steveosshenanigans]

Very cheap very Japanese…….very Rude😮

[@a.bloke2.0alwayslearning.23]

I hear Ford is bringing a Hatchback out complete with a Man Driver to do the parking. .